Some Soccer News for Apr 19, 2016

It's Day 110 of 2016.


An excerpt from the Chuck Blazer biography American Huckster has been posted - and it destroys Jack Warner. From Sports Illustrated.

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CONCACAF Champions League Final
1st Leg
-Wed Apr 20
UANL Tigres v Club America
2nd Leg
-Wed Apr 27
Club America v UANL Tigres

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Tickets now on sale for USMNT v Ecuador - Wed May 25 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco TX. Copa America warm up match.

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Speaking of tickets - the AC Milan v Chelsea friendly this summer in Minneapolis has sold 30k so far.

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Minnesota United owner Dr Bill McGuire was on the radio in Minneapolis last night talking about the team and building a stadium in St Paul. [AUDIO] From WCCO Radio.

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Atlanta United announce that they are building a big training facilities. Just read around the hyperbole.

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Details are beginning to leak out on the guilty pleas of three of the FIFA-scandal conspirators, including former CONCACAF boss Jeffrey Webb. From Agence France-Presse via the Guardian.

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A feature story on the return of the Reggae Boyz to prominence. [VIDEO] By Kick.

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My 10 favorite record stores of all time: (alphabetically)
Honest Jons Records/Reggae Revive (London)
Lou's Records (Encinitas)
Northern Lights (Minneapolis)
Other Music (New York)
Pier Platters (Hoboken)
Tower Records - Piccadilly (London)
Used Kids Records (Columbus)
Vintage Vinyl (St Louis)
Vinyl Solution (Grand Rapids)
Waterloo Records (Austin)

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Chandler Hoffman of Louisville has been named USL Player Of The Week.

Giovani dos Santos of LA Galaxy has been named MLS Player Of The Week.

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Brad Davis of KC has become the third field player in MLS history to play 400 games.

• Kyle Beckerman and Steve Ralston are the other two field players. Nick Rimando and Kevin Hartman have done it as goalkeepers.

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DC United's Managing General Partner Jason Levien is part of group looking to buy English Premier League team Swansea City. By David Conn of the Guardian.

• Current owners bought Swansea for $700,000 fourteen years ago, and are now said to have an asking price of $70,000,000!

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Both Leicester and Barcelona seem to be feeling the heat at the top in the most crucial moment. By Rob Hughes of the New York Times.



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