Who will be the Next Soccer Star?
While some of us are just big dreamers, there are a few who actually do have the talent to sign that dream contract with one of the world’s top clubs. But, not everyone has the chance to catch the eye of that scout from Manchester United, Real Madrid, or even Blackpool. Well, that may have…
The Australian A-League: Has the overseas Marquee experiment worked?
As I have written previously, the Australian A-League introduced the marquee player system as a way of attracting quality players while preventing expensive bidding wars that risked placing clubs in financial danger before the season was even underway. A well selected overseas marquee player offers more to a club and the League than just razzle…
Every Ince a Premiership Manager
“See I was supposed to be a footballer but they kept pickin’ the other kid who was a foot taller I got lazy and less enthusiastic I stopped trainin’ and turning up to matches started sabotaging the manager’s tactics but when I did play I used to score hat-tricks then I gave up now I’m…
Interview with Bryan James, founder of Sons of Ben
Formerly the fans without a team, it’s been a long time coming for The SOBs. The Sons of Ben are a group of soccer fans from Philadelphia whose outspoken support lead to February’s announcement of an MLS expansion team landing to the City of Brotherly Love in 2010. The team will play in a plush…
Toronto FC 2008 Season Preview
2007 review 2007 was Toronto FC’s first year in existence. While it wasn’t always smooth (setting the record for most consecutive goal-less minutes), they did manage a respectable six victories in their first season. A lack of squad depth and an abundance of injuries hurt the team in ways they would not recover from, ending…
San Jose Earthquakes 2008 Season Preview
2007 review Well, there isn’t much to say about the Earthquakes. There used to be a San Jose Earthquakes club, but they moved to Houston in 2005. All the players and most of the coaching staff went to the Houston Dynamo, and the community of San Jose mourned the loss of their club. The Bay…
New York Red Bulls 2008 Season Preview
2007 review New York were unlucky to have to play New England in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs in 2007. Finishing third in the Eastern Conference, with a record of twelve wins, seven draws, and eleven losses wasn’t enough to save former US manager Bruce Arena’s job, but an up-and-down season also…
Réal Salt Lake 2008 Season Preview
2007 review 2007 was another disappointment for the team established in 2005 in Utah. It was just like their first two seasons in that they ended one spot off the bottom of the league table. They won six, drew nine, and lost fifteen in a season that can be described only as another building year….
Kansas City Wizards 2008 Season Preview
2007 review 2007 was a year of ups and downs for the Wiz. Ultimately, defeat to eventual champions Houston in the MLS Cup semi finals was about as good as they could have hoped for. Kansas City was one of the most entertaining teams to watch last season, mostly thanks to manager Curt Onalfo’s refusal…
New England Revolution 2008 Season Preview
2007 review In 2007, New England finished in second place in the MLS Cup for the third straight season. In fact, the Revs have been finalists four times and semi-finalists twice in the last six seasons, but they have never won an MLS Cup. This is agonizing for me personally because New England has always…
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