Some Soccer News for Feb 11, 2016
It's Day 42 of 2016.
The USA Women got Olympic qualifying started in the right direction, beating Costa Rica 5-0 in game 1 of 3 in the Group Stage. The match featured a goal from Alex Morgon just 12 seconds after kick off! (2 teams from CONCACAF qualify, while a 3rd goes to a regional playoff for 1 final spot.)
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Fiorentina is trying to push the women's game forward in Italy, traditions be damned. By San Borden of the New York Times.
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The great songwriter Lucinda Williams describes the songs that formed and still form her life. From Entertainment Weekly. Thanks to Esa for the link.
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Is that a running shoe on the beach over there? Is that a foot inside the shoe? You found how many in this area over the past 10 years? 16!?!? What the hell is going on? By Yanan Wang of the Washington Post.
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Minnesota United is preparing to announce the signing of former Columbus Crew midfielder Ben Speas. He averaged 10 appearances per season (mostly as a sub) with the Crew.
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Here is a list of 15 players that were on MLS rosters in 2015 and now on NASL rosters for 2016. Expect more to be added to this list over the next 6 weeks. By Paul Kennedy of Soccer America.
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New England Revolution has immediately shored up their hole in defensive midfield by buying Gershon Koffie from Vancouver Whitecaps. Jermaine Jones is out of contract and new signing Xavier Kouassi blew out his knee.
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The opponent for this years MLS All Star game is Arsenal. The game is to be played Thu Jul 28 at the San Jose Earthquakes' Avaya stadium.
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Its all Leicester! Leicester! Leicester! But what about Tottenham? They're the ones in 2nd place. By Amy Lawrence of the Guardian.
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FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali says FIFA has punished nations that don't toe the company line with downplayed bids, bad match ups, poor referees, and other punishments. By Brian Homewood of Reuters. Thanks to Simon Evans for the link.
The Bird Is The Word
The USA Women got Olympic qualifying started in the right direction, beating Costa Rica 5-0 in game 1 of 3 in the Group Stage. The match featured a goal from Alex Morgon just 12 seconds after kick off! (2 teams from CONCACAF qualify, while a 3rd goes to a regional playoff for 1 final spot.)
- Here are match video highlights. Via CONCACAF.
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Fiorentina is trying to push the women's game forward in Italy, traditions be damned. By San Borden of the New York Times.
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The great songwriter Lucinda Williams describes the songs that formed and still form her life. From Entertainment Weekly. Thanks to Esa for the link.
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Is that a running shoe on the beach over there? Is that a foot inside the shoe? You found how many in this area over the past 10 years? 16!?!? What the hell is going on? By Yanan Wang of the Washington Post.
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Minnesota United is preparing to announce the signing of former Columbus Crew midfielder Ben Speas. He averaged 10 appearances per season (mostly as a sub) with the Crew.
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Here is a list of 15 players that were on MLS rosters in 2015 and now on NASL rosters for 2016. Expect more to be added to this list over the next 6 weeks. By Paul Kennedy of Soccer America.
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New England Revolution has immediately shored up their hole in defensive midfield by buying Gershon Koffie from Vancouver Whitecaps. Jermaine Jones is out of contract and new signing Xavier Kouassi blew out his knee.
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The opponent for this years MLS All Star game is Arsenal. The game is to be played Thu Jul 28 at the San Jose Earthquakes' Avaya stadium.
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) February 11, 2016
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Its all Leicester! Leicester! Leicester! But what about Tottenham? They're the ones in 2nd place. By Amy Lawrence of the Guardian.
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FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali says FIFA has punished nations that don't toe the company line with downplayed bids, bad match ups, poor referees, and other punishments. By Brian Homewood of Reuters. Thanks to Simon Evans for the link.
The Bird Is The Word
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