Archive for June 9, 2010
News and Views from Wed Jun 9
MLS
- RSL downs Galaxy on iffy no call offside goal.
- Rapids steal point on road with Casey extra time header vs Fire.
- Wizards academy update.
- Houston President Oliver Luck leaving to become WVU AD.
Interesting Reads
- Social turmoil surrounds World Cup in Cape Town.
- Soccer that almost was in the USA.
- Goal.com: England’s influence on US Soccer.
Player Moves
World Cup
- Journalists robbed, one held at gunpoint.
- Individual achievements.
- Pre cup friendlies: Chile 2 New Zealand 0 –
- Golden Boot winners.
- African players receive WC amnesty.
- Terrific WC pictorial.
- England v USA: The beauty of anticipation.
Around the World
The Business of Soccer
- Corporate set staying away from South Africa.
- The collapse of football: how the toxic weed of Strategic Default took over our game.
- AT&T; will carry ESPN’s 3D World Cup broadcasts.
- Timbers gain first founding partner sponsor.
- USA’s World Cup bonus pot, largest in history(potentially).
- MLS pre cup business bits from Footiebusiness.
News and Views from Tues Jun 8
MLS
- Revs youth update.
- MLS ramblings.
- Video: BBC report on MLS and soccer in the USA.
- MLS injury report.
Player Moves
Around the World
World Cup
- Unusual suspects, sleeper teams.
- South Africa deports South American barra brava ‘hooligans’.
- Pre cup friendlies: Spain 6 Poland 0 – Portugal 3 Mozambique 0 –
- This post is all over the place, but interesting nonetheless.
- With 3 days to go, the all-injury team.
- World Cup sponsor primer.