As fans, we often direct a lot of abuse towards referees, rightly or wrongly forgetting oftentimes what a thankless task they have. In "Another referee’s revolution?", we get a glimpse of the politicking at the US Soccer Federation and how it inhibits hampers referee development. Forget the facts that "senior referees who were not being […]
In the 3rd part Andry tells of what is was like to join Newcastle United that was in turmoil and under a lot of pressure. But he left with good memories and probably a little bit wiser. I came into a side that was a decent team but the pressure on them was enormous, although
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The New York Times and The Times has the story of John Obi Mikel, a promising footballer who ended up on a yout contract for Lyn Oslo. It seems, Norway is exploiting a market niche by becoming a stopover for African players on their way to bigger clubs. By signing them and reselling them to
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So, as we all know, tickets to the World Cup are in pretty high demand. One rather silly reason why supply may be lower than it should be for the general public are marketing gimimicks like this one from Toshiba. If you purchase a Toshiba Qosmio Q30, you can get one ticket to a match.
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If you’re wondering what Landon Donovan does in the off season, apparently it involves wearing makeup.
My friend Chris and I discussing DC’s Draft of Jeff Carroll: Chris vS.: Jaff Carrol Chris vS.: jeff Oscar: yeah, just saw Chris vS.: what is up with the brother connection in this draft Oscar: lol Oscar: mls figures they can survive better on a developmental salary if they can live with their brothers Chris
This is a great way to cut operating costs for the Women’s team, and get more use out of each stadium. Now the only question is, will they Women’s team be formally affilated with the Men’s teams? I am skeptical, however, that if you have an MLS team you automatically have a buil in fan
Just poking fun at our bery own goal-scoring defender! All in all, its a great recognition of just how good Boswell can be if Bruce has brought him in for a look at training camp, after starting the 2005 season as an undrafted rookie with DC United. I hope this coming season that Nowak finds
Two interesting posts on The Sports Economists today. The first points to a story pinting out that Britain’s high tax rate puts the Premier League at a disadvantage relative to its Continental neighbors, forcing English clubs to offer higher wages to players in order to remain competitive. The firm said a player seeking net pay
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More people requested tickets during the pre-sale then are available, so there will be no public sale of tickets. People who submitted an application will find out by January 14th if they got tickets.