Via Bruce’s Belly, it looks like the sale of the Metrostars to Red Bull is all but done. Red Bull, yes the one that gives you wings, also bought a team in Austria and totally rebranded it. I’ve left comments on a couple blogs with my thoughts, but its worth summarizing them here. The team […]
The US team handily beat Guatemala 4-0 in another preparatory friendly yesterday. For the US to solidify itself as a regional power, it has to take care of the minnows without breaking a sweat. Bruce Arena has his team doing that, and yesterday emphasizes that we’ve been doing this consistently for more than a year
Via FootballCorner, swedish striker Henrik Larson is return to Helsinborg at the end of the Spanish season. The striker joined Barcelona from Celtic in 2004 but missed most of last season with a knee injury. Larsson also came out of international retirement in order to help his country qualify for this year’s World Cup finals.
Yup, its a World Cup year, that means US Soccer and MLS try to get some publicity and exposure from a non-sports magazine. This year its Maxim, as the press release on mlsnet.com tells us. I’m going to hazard a guess and say that at least these won’t be as bad as the GQ pictures
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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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DC united have launched Access United, a multimedia offering with behind-the-scenes goodies. It’s a window media video, so if you’re not using Windows, expect to jump through some hoops to get it to play, if you can at all.
If you’re wondering what Landon Donovan does in the off season, apparently it involves wearing makeup.