Color me surprised. Bolivian players in the EPL are few and far between afaik. Was Jaime Moreno the last one to play in England? Está establecido que Samuel Galindo tendrá un salario de aproximadamente 15 mil dólares en el Arsenal, club inglés que recientemente lo fichó tras la aprobación del entrenador francés Arsene Wenger. Facteas […]
Now that the MLS season is close to an end, the playoff picture will start to come into clearer view. Using the Embed Widget module for Drupal, I was able to take a block containing the standings as a single table and make it available as a widget that anyone can put on their own
The USA’s run in the Confederations Cup got the beautiful game some coverage on the Colbert Report. He asks if its time to care about soccer.
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Beckham Deal Finalized – Soccer Insider Beckham will not count against the Galaxy’s 20-man senior roster or the salary cap until he returns to MLS. So, will the Galaxy let the poor sap that is holding Beckham’s roster spot know he’ll be cut in July or just let that hang over the locker room for
Great read in preparation of tonight’s kickoff. [ht mfishkin] Futbol rivalries are rooted in primary colors – Los Angeles Times But on Wednesday, we’ll be on opposite sides of a rivalry that divides a big chunk of Southern California between supporters of the green, white and red, and supporters of the red, white and blue.
I’d be tremendously happy to see D.C. United get its own stadium anywhere that is Metro accesbile. But the tone at the end of the article, about the county not being able to offer the team any incentive is confusing. AFAIK, the team hasn’t been looking for any locality to fully fund construction of a
Dear Landon, now lets see you put on such a performance against a team near the top of the FIFA standings.Americans Get It Right at Home, Cruise in Qualifier – washingtonpost.com “We were excellent,” forward Landon Donovan said. “The first half was one of the most dominating performances I have ever been a part of.
I hope US Soccer can find, and cap, more players like Jorge Flores, although there’s a lot of debate about how many undiscovered, diamonds-in-the-rough like him are out there. Still, if MLS and US Soccer can give opportunites to players like him, we could add some much needed Latin-flair to the game here. OK, I’m
The Sports Economist notes that the latest rule proposed by FIFA, limiting pro teams to a mix of 6+5 domestic and foreign players, would negatively impact Americans playing Europe. It would also lower the quality of play at home, since MLS would not be able to import more skilled players from the region and South
Some candid talk from Tino about what was (is?) lacking in him as a professional soccer player. Kicking it into gear — — baltimoresun.com In a recent interview, Quaranta (Archbishop Curley) said he often took his life as a professional athlete for granted. Now, after turning an invitation to train with United this season into