Okay, when I first saw this I thought it was West Brom's goal that all0wed them to draw Tottenham today, thereby practically sealing the Premiership for Leicester City. Spurs take 1-0 lead on... whatever this is pic.twitter.com/XMEwFERNEy— Deadspin (@Deadspin) April 25, 2016 But, this was actually Tottenham's goal. Of all the times they struck the woodwork this is ironically the goal that they scored. Anyway, the Leicester City story is awesome.
Sacramento Gold FC @sacramentogold 4m FULL TIME! Four goals in the second half power Sacramento Gold FC to a resounding 5-1 win over the Sonoma County
good enough for first place with the 4 wins and 1 loss: http://www.npsl.com/standings/show/1575287?subseason=204585
May 4, 2016 SF City FC will open its inaugural 2016 Premier Development League season away to the Las Vegas Mobsters this coming Saturday. The match will kickoff at 7:30pm at Green Valley High School. SF City has finalized its roster for the 2016 season. The club is delighted to add 11 returners plus 2 more newcomers in addition to the players announced over the last 2 weeks. Goalkeeper Austin Harms, Defenders: A.J. Swoboda, Anthony Rascon, Ben Brewster, Midfielders: Barry McCabe, Bobby Edwards, Dylan Murphy, Johannes Demarzi, Nick Littleton, Quentin Balhan and George Plakorus will all be playing for the Iron and Gold. SF City also welcomes Defender Kevin Gould and Forward Adnan Gabeljic. Gould played at USF from 2011-2015, where he captained the team in his Junior and Senior seasons. Gould can play across the back four or as a defensive midfielder. Gabeljic comes to SF City FC from USL Pro side, Sacramento Republic FC. He played for St. Louis University and scored 15 goals in 69 matches for the Billikens. Gabeljic was drafted in the 2014 MLS Superdraft by Sporting Kansas City. Striker Adnan Gabeljic This will be the 1st overall meeting between the 2 teams and 1st of three Central Pacific Divisional matches this season. This is Las Vegas’ 3rd season in the PDL. They are coached by former Crystal Palace and Wellington United goalkeeper Paul Barron, currently in his 2nd season. Barron has also worked at Newcastle, Middlesborough, QPR and West Bromwich Albion as a goalkeeper coach. The match will be broadcast live (audio only) at SFCityFC.com. Broadcaster Charles Wollin will have the pre-match build-up and call from Green Valley High School starting at 7:25pm.
It appears management over at Rayo OKC have a pretty thin skin: Rayo OKC backs out of agreement with Energy FC supporters group Five minutes before Open Cup tickets went on sale to the public, they reneged on selling a block of 71 to a Grid member, all over some Facebook and other social media posts.
If that's the real reason they backed out, that's pretty much a chicken$#!+ move. I expect management of a professional sports team to act more professionally. Rayo OKC didn't meet that expectation this round........ Sent from my SM-T230NU using Tapatalk
NASL now has a cable sports contract for 10 fall season games on CBS Sports Network. First game today. Channel 732 for local Comcast/Xfinity customers. And, yes, I'm pimping OKC sports again because I know all of you are excited to see your 2nd favorite team... Yourrrrrrrr OKC RAYOOOOOOOO!!!! http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36584880
I know the notion of promotion/relegation in the U.S. is an over-discussed topic when compared to its liklihood, but I thought this opinion-piece was pretty good. Plus, it includes quotes from Warren and Kevin Goldthwaite... U.S. Promotion/Relegation
I'm over all of the "pro/rel will make our national team better and soccer super duper popular in the U.S.!" myth pounded by advocates. I just can't stomach the simplistic notions and only looking at the pros and not the cons, and many people's inability to put their bias aside rather than letting the conclusion they want drive their assessment. What this author doesn't point out is that without the closed MLS league structure, there wouldn't be all of the huge money investors investing in Sac Republic and rolling out ambitious stadium plans. Those things only happen with the closed system in mind, being part of a major league like every other major sport in America. That's a huge point overlooked.
Pro-Rel may possibly be worth it, if only for the prospect of seeing Galactoscum get sent down. Of course, MLS would never let that happen, but it's nice to dream.
I've sometimes had the thought that, while MLS will likely never participate in promotion/relegation, there could be an opportunity to do it among the lower leagues. Not the way the article suggests, with NASL leading the show and bringing MLS along (can anyone see NASL and MLS working together?). Rather, if the shrinking NASL should collapse, those teams could get absorbed into the newly-2nd-tier USL. Then you've got 40ish 2nd tier teams. Of course you have to split them up geographically, because lower tier teams won't have the cross-country travel budget (another factor the article ignores). But take all the NASL/USL & PDL teams in each half of the country, and you've got 50 or 60 teams that could be split into 3 tiers with pro/rel. The economic disparities are not as great, more investment happens in more out of the way areas, overall quality improves over time, and MLS teams could retain their affiliation with the team of their choice. Gives them a good incentive to help out their lower-tier team with players so they stay up in the 2nd tier, too. Sure, it's a pipe dream, but it's a happy pipe dream.
help Sonoma County Sol to travel to Cleveland for the NPSL finals: https://www.gofundme.com/2hcnfk38?rcid=dd266a46583d11e6b715bc764e05b494
According to this report, not only is Rayo OKC of NASL in dire financial straits, but the Tampa Bay Strikers may be as well, quoting the club's managing director. The report also mentions "rumors" of NASL clubs looking to jump to USL, but also USL looking to jump to NASL, so who knows? http://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/2016/8/9/12390266/is-rayo-okc-the-first-dent-in-an-nasl-implosion Add to this Minn. Previously-known-as-United about to make the jump to MLS and the recent loss of Atlanta Silverbacks (dead weight) and SA Scorpions (which I thought was somewhat successful), what kind of shape is NASL really in?
About time... After a disappointing week of results, the @SJEarthquakes terminate general manager John Doyle. #MLS #Quake74 https://t.co/EYMnkTxKcS— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) August 29, 2016
Okay guys and gals, I know I'm the only person on this board with even a passing interest in Rayo OKC. But this is just bizarre. The minority owner has taken and hidden 1/2 of the playing surface and will not release it to Rayo until there is an agreement on its future use. Rayo OKC missing turf update: Minority owner Sean Jones has released a statement regarding today's news - pic.twitter.com/9pItsaxZL2— James P (@James_Poling) August 30, 2016
Tommy Stewart benefits from a CB mistake: .@thommystew opens the scoring with the fastest (and possibly easiest) goal in #FuryFC history.#FeelTheFury pic.twitter.com/Lewzsu0BY5— Ottawa Fury FC (@OttawaFuryFC) September 2, 2016 And now for a bit of irony: haha nice finish— Derek Foran (@Deggsaaay) September 6, 2016