Thursday, January 07, 2016

Some Soccer News for Jan 7, 2016

Its Day 7 of 2016.


Whoa. Good move for Sporting Kansas City acquiring long time Houston Dynamo captain Brad Davis. From the Kansas City Star.
-While Davis is definitely showing wear on his tires he can still be a key cog in a 15-18 player rotation needed by a championship contender.

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New court documents show what went wrong with Peter Nowak in charge of the Philadelphia Union. This is a pretty sad story. Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com has been sorting it out since day one.
-Everyone comes out of this with a stain on them.
-Former MetroStars and Philadelphia Union exec Nick Sakiewicz has been hired as the new commissioner of the National Lacrosse League. If you are a lacrosse fan I feel bad for you today.

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Q & A with Mexican superstar Javier Hernandez aka Chicharito aka the little pea, who has brought his career back to a full boil this season at Leverkusen. By Paul Tenorio of the Orlando Sentinel.

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San Antonio was officially announced as a new USL club today.
-The team is owned by the NBA San Antonio Spurs and have bought the stadium that used to house the San Antonio Scorpions of the NASL, a team that is now fully extinct.
-This new ownership group has but one item on its to-do list: MLS.

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Here is a Q & A with NASL commissioner Bill Peterson that was published on the league website.

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A logo and colors for LAFC have finally arrived. And the supporters dig it. (Their hashtag is second only to #SpreadTheDarkness)

-Will Ferrell was also announced as part of the LAFC ownership. He said the last thing he was a part-owner of was a 1984 Camry.

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Keep getting told that the 2016 MLS match schedule is being released today. Still haven't seen it. Check here to see if its been posted - they will have it first.

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San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper David Bingham has been added to the USA January camp roster.
-Matches:
Jan 31 v Iceland
Feb 5 v Canada



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1 Comments:

Blogger Nate "Ack" said...

Does LAFC's new crest look suspiciously like United's?

11:31 AM  

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