Imagine waiting at a stadium through a three hour delay to see the half hour of a soccer game. Would you do it? It wouldn’t be for me, but that was the reality last night at RFK stadium. Even the most faithful fans such as the Barra Brava and the Screaming Eagles deserted after a while. Now imagine you’ve been waiting to see the same game for seven weeks. It sounds like a game the gods just didn’t want to see played right? Continue reading “DC Downed by Houston, It only took 5 hours!”
Bye Bye Brad. Brad Friedel is set to leave Blackburn after the club accepted a $4 million offer for him. Blackburn wouldn’t disclose the team that the offer came from, but the leading candidate was Aston Villa. Blackburn also say that they will only officially sell Friedel when they find a suitable replacement for him in the goal. Here is the official statement of the club. Continue reading “Brad Friedel Leaving Blackburn”
I’ve been around soccer for a long time and I’ve never seen anything as curious as LA’s transfer strategy. Instead of adding more defensive help, (something they really need), they are poised to add more attacking quality. YS has learned that Nolberto Solano, who last year played for West Ham is close to joining LA. Nolberto Solano is a talented midfielder who will bring some help and will also let David Beckham stay out on the right side. Continue reading “Nolberto Solano to LA, Edson Buddle to Norway”
FC Dallas has finally decided they care about scoring goals. YS has learned that FC Dallas is very close to signing Ariel Ortega, a former Argentine International, and a current player at River Plate. Ortega, who is 34, is a veteran of three World Cups and has over 90 caps for Argentina.
John Ellinger, An assistant coach for FC Dallas had this to say.
“Our priority is to find a high-quality striker, who can play immediately and Ortega has these characteristics. We want to sign a player who can make an impact, and who is also experienced, so that he can be complemented by Kenny Cooper. Although we understand that an international superstar like Ortega, who is as popular as Diego Maradona in Argentina, is costly.”
Continue reading “FC Dallas Closing in on Argentine Star, Ariel Ortega”
If you were going to the DC United vs. Houston Dynamo game today, don’t. The game has been postponed for a second time until tomorrow due to power outages in the area. The game will be played on Wednesday at 7:30 now. Your tickets will be valid for the game. Please don’t show up, you will be told the same info. that I’m telling you right now.
We all knew that Landon Donovan was interested in a move to Europe. Now, we know he is ready to get out of LA, specifically to England. There was a report on Sky Sports saying that Donovan would welcome a move to England. Here’s what Donovan said.
“The older I get and the more I play, the more I’m yearning for that highest level I can play at. I think the Premiership would be the best place to play.”
Continue reading “Landon Donovan’s Last Season in MLS?”
Transfer Season is to put it lightly, hectic. That’s why it has been interesting to see the talk about Michael Bradley go down. With teams like Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Middlesborough, Blackburn, and Monaco all vying for Bradley’s signature, you’d think there would be plenty of talk, but there hasn’t been recently. However, an executive at Heerenveen has revealed a lot. Yme Kuiper said this to the team’s website.
“Bradley’s name comes up on the list of many different clubs. His departure is a bit dependent on third parties – if other clubs’ players leave, the ball starts rolling. If Bradley does well (in China), there will be interest. At this moment, we assume that he won’t play for us this season.”
Freddy Adu has officially made his move to Monaco. Since Benfica signed Pablo Aimar, they were happy to let Adu go. The loan move has a view to a permanent move in the event that Monaco wants to keep Adu in a longer term move. Adu might hold a press conference from California where he is currently training with the Olympic Squad. Continue reading “Freddy Adu Officially Loaned to Monaco”
If anybody thought that Superliga was just a boring and time-wasting midseason event, you should tell them they missed a great group stage. The second edition proved to be thrilling and always entertaining. I personally watched many of the games and they never disappointed. I’m going to hand out a few awards for the group stages and you can see what they are after the jump. Continue reading “Superliga Group Stages: Highlighting the Best”
If you have not already heard, there was a scuffle between some West Ham supporters and some Crew supporters in Columbus yesterday. Let’s just hope this is not a pre-cursor to anything that happens at the All-Star game because there will be European attention and the league needs to be on top of things. They didn’t get off to a good start when they flew West Ham to the USA in Economy class. Anyway, after the jump is a detailed report of the incident. Continue reading “Columbus Crew Fans Fight with West Ham Fans”
