Ya know, Joey T gets his share of beef on the Galaxy board. He is (was) the GM of the big sports radio station in San Diego/LA, XTRA, and he does Galaxy PBP on TV in LA. Yeoman's work on a station that, by and large, does not appreciate the Beautiful Game. He is a bit, shall we say, emotional in his delivery, but he is a true fan, and manages to get G highlights into every XTRA show he takes part in. Vote one for Joe Tutino. PZ, et al: bash away...
Josh Hakala from his Detroit radio "Soccer Fanatics" show is pretty good. I know we're talking beat writers and people who do this for a living, but someone should give props to Josh for all the work he puts into the show and essentially does it for free.
A big cheer for the people at soccer365.com, a-league.com and the wide varity of other webzines that cover soccer. Most of these people write for free or freelance and deserve credit also. www.soccerwriter.com is a site dedicated to those people.
Re: Among other glaring errors.... Remind me to kill the other writer. I don't believe we missed that. :embaressed:
great thread. gotta give props to Tobias Xavier-Lopez at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. every once in a while he'll dig up some stadium news for us grateful burn fans to chew on. also, does FSW count?
Jack Bell does a lot more than just scour the web - he's been providing a lot of good info. Btw did you see Friday's Alecko article? Does Ives Galarcep make print editions in NJ? I like him better than Goff -- probably doesn't get as much space as Goff, but when he writes, he writes the way we all wish soccer was covered in this country.
Announcers JP Dellacamera and Alexi Lalas Writers Grant Wahl Weekly Newspaper Writers Glenn Davis is okay in Houston's paper
Bell and Galarcep are excellent writers, but neither one breaks many stories. The two biggest scoops of the offseason concerning the MetroStars were reported by other papers: Bob Bradley getting hired (by the Newark Star Ledger) and the big D.C. trade (by the Washington Post). Otherwise, I enjoy their work a lot.
I totally forgot to mention Galarcep earlier. I began reading his stuff during the World Cup because he was the only reporter from Jersey in Korea. It wasn't easy finding copies of his paper, the Herald & News, but from what I saw they do tons of soccer. I went back to their website a few weeks ago to take a look at his World Cup stories but they were gone. Now I just get his stuff off the website but I don't think all his stories get on. I got on Bell in the earlier post because I just don't see any originality out of that guy, although to his credit he did a good job on Eskandarian and he was the first to have Diallo's transfer. As far as breaking stuff in Metrosland goes, I think Galarcep, Lewis and Giase all get their share. Galarcep seems to get anything involving Mathis. When Clint didn't play against Portugal I think he was the first to report that Clint was completely healthy. He was also the first to get Clint to open up about his problems last season. As for the big D.C. trade, Galarcep did have something about that very deal a week before it happened, I'm pretty sure it was the same day as Goff's. Not to compare them. I'm pretty sure Goff is the top guy in the country at getting national team scoops and anything D.C. related. Giase got Bradley being the coach, which was big and pretty damn surprising, and the Ledger seems to get all the stadium news. Even with that, I don't bother subcribing to the Ledger because they'll go six days without soccer and what's the point in buying a paper for one day of soccer? Lewis gets good stuff pretty regularly too even though he seems to get the least space. I think he's been covering soccer longer than any of them. I forgot to mention TV guys. Max Bretos seems like a funny guy while Pedro Pinto seems pompous. Does anyone top Tommy Smythe though? He's the best.
First Annual MLS All Star Writers - First 11 from -Go2NY - to you, here are the .....First Annual Soccer Journalism MLS All Stars.... ..........................Starting 11............................ ............................1.Lewis................................ ...2.Dell'Apa......3.Goff.......4.Jones......5.Killion...... .....6.Wagman....7.Dir....10.Connoly.......8.Dure....... ....9.Wahl...20.BigSoccerUSNTAnalysts...11.Bell...... .....3..Chapman 1 – Keeper - Michael Lewis NY Daily News – Old enough to remember NY ethnic teams from the 50s 2 - Right Wing Back – Frank Dell’Apa Boston Globe – The voice of NE Soccer 23 - Utility Back - Doug Chapman - no affiliation - Great soccer story teller, dearly missed 3 - Right Center Back – Steven Goff - Washington Post – DC & MLS Cronicler 4 - Left Center Back – Grahame Jones LA Times – Covers good stuff no one else does 5 - Left WingBack - Ann Killion SJ Mercury News – Brilliant well researched pieces 6 - Defensive Mid - Bob Wagman – Soccer Times/ESPN, Solid USNMT Analyst 7 - Holding Mid – Dave Dir - ESPN – Best U.S. Television Analyst 10 - Attacking Mid, Capt - Marc Connoly ABC/ESPN – #1 Soccer writer in the business 8 - 65th Minute Impact Resereve – Beau Dure USA Today – Always positive, Nice work 9 - Withdrawn Forward - Jeff Wahl - Sports Illustrated – Not afraid to say good things about soccer 11 – Target Striker – Jack Bell - New York Times – Superb WorldCup coverage 20 – Rotation Striker 3 - BigSoccer’s USMNT Game & Player Analysis Crew Coach – Don Garber – Powerfully eloquent piece on the new American soccer Top Rookies 17 – Right Winger - Chris Bergen – USsoccerUK - hard working, enterprising journalist 16 – Rotation Defensive Mid - SUM – Purchasing & marketing WC & MLS airtime Referee Crew Howard Ulman, Tom Canavan, Charlie Gillespie, Stephen Wade - AP staff – cover everything often with no byline Bench Impact Reserves Contacto Deportivo - Jorge Perez – Reynan Cordova – only daily TV soccer highlight show – Andres Cantor - Telemundo - Who reminds us that soccer announcing is as exciting as the sport Alex Yannis, Jack Cavanaugh, George Vescey – New York Times Paul Gutierez – Los Angeles Times Gus Martins– Boston Herald Bill Griffith – Boston Globe Jack McCarthy – Chicago Tribune Len Ziehm – Chicago Sun Times Kent McDill – Chicago Daily Herald Rick Alanzo, Steve Davies – Dallas Morning News Tobias Lopes – Fort Worth Star Telegram Sam Mellinger – Kansas City Star Fred Rabledo – Long Beach Press Telegram Al Baldaros – Orange County Register Waiting ComeBack Teamless - Michelle Kaufmann – Miami Herald, excellent writer Yellow Card Soccer America – A dollar short and a day late, occasional moments of brilliance Emerald City Gazette - Could clean up its act to become legitimate competition Jeff Bradley – ESPN Mag - Cute sophomoric kiddie writer Red Card U.S.Soccer – fat salaried 19th century fiefdom gatekeepers – a sad lot MLSNet – too low budget and uncaring – lack fan sensitivity ESPN – another arrogant and sad lot, goal of the year, Wow! Love tnast 8 seconds of caverage, sorry I missed it! Waived Trecker – Deposed Capt of junk mail Paul Gardner – cheap shot UK scandal sheet artist, once a good writer Cut before tryouts Pay $4.95 - or no Columbus Dispatch for you NY MetroStars Regional Team Colin Stephenson, Frank Giasi, Newark Star Ledger -Ives Galarcep, North Jersey.com, Herald News - Jason McIntire, Bergen Record - Tom Rock, Steve Zipay, NewsDay Add your best selections, for 2003, I'm just a U.S. and Metro fan
When did the Dispatch start charging? And you forgot J Hutcherson of www.ussoccerplayers.com for his excellent Soccer Business Daily. Great stuff on such things as TV rights, etc.
Re: First Annual MLS All Star Writers - First 11 1) It's "Yellow Card Journalism, LLC" 2) Exactly which ECG have you read? curiously yours,
Re: First Annual MLS All Star Writers - First 11 Great stuff! Very creative! A few problems, though..... Jack Bell didn't cover the World Cup for the New York Times. From what I can tell, his editors don't let him cover anything beyond the Meadowlands. George Vecsey a reserve???? Surely you jest. No one writes more eloquently about soccer, or any other sport, in this country than GV. It's Grant Wahl, not Jeff Wahl. All is forgiven!
Media Best 11 Go2NY, nice spin on this topic but you lost me when you called Grant Wahl Jeff and had Jack Bell in your best 11. NY Times had two guys in Korea and Bell wasn't one of them, that should tell you something. Using the 2002 World Cup as a requirement (Had to be there to make the Best 11) here's my Best 11 of 2002. GK-Michael Lewis (He wrote Soccer for Dummies for crissakes.) D-Kelly Whiteside (Good stuff at the World Cup for a high-profile national paper.) D-Marc Connolly (Only exception to World Cup rule. His stories read as if he were there.) D-Frank Dell'Apa (Keeps Boston soccer blanketed and had interesting stuff from Japan). D-Ives Galarcep (Wrote a ton at World Cup and seems to have Metros covered.) M-Ridge Mahoney (Soccer America staple had solid Cup stuff and MNT info all year long) M-Paul Gardner (Yes, he seems to be a bit negative and bitter, but we can't have a team full of ultra-positive American soccer apologists) M-Steven Goff (The best at getting MNT and D.C. info first and covered World Cup well) M-Filip Bondy (Had some of the more entertaining tales from Korea and delivers great columns whenever he's allowed to do soccer.) F-Grant Wahl (Funny and soccer knowledgeable, a rare combo.) F-Grahame Jones (Grumpy old man the only American media member who covers international stuff on a regular basis.) Bench: Michelle Kaufman, Jerry+Jamie Trecker, Bob Wagman, Jeff Bradley (no Cup trip only reason he's not in Best 11) Ty Keough and Veronica Payse (Hey, it's my team I made the World Cup a requisite because it was just plain embarrassing that some newspapers and magazines (ESPN) didn't bother attending the world's biggest sporting event. I know it isn't the fault of the reporters who didn't go but those who went were able to do some special things.
lots of great choices. and as is my habit, i'd add mark starr at newsweek to the list. he consistantly battles a reluctant editorial heirachy to present soccer pieces (read by many millions) to a market who would otherwise not bother. his web columns, especially, are underappreciated.
Can't leave out Brian Trusdell, who I consider to be the most thorough reporter out of everyone. Unfortunately, the name may not ring a bell since he works for Bloomberg, much like the AP reporters. He's been to the past four times... and every other major tourney. If you ask me, he should be in the starting 11. Paul
i'm a big fan of jeff bradley. unfortunately i don't really know of anyone at all around here in chicago the local sun tends to be the best paper which is a shame because i mean there's the Sun Times and the Tribune in the city and they usually just have results. i think the best description of the overall attitude of us news media towards soccer would be this bit they did on the daily show where they had a guy pretending to cover the world cup. and it basically came down to him saying "yeah...they're playing soccer over here um....i guess these guys are good but i'm gonna be honest..i just don't care" i got a real kick out of it. that's also really loosely translated. i can't remember all that well.
I'll agree with that. And I feel like we are forgetting just about everybody who ever worked at internetsoccer.com: Oliu (who also could use some shameless self-promotion), Aris Ohanessian (who else gets stuff on Yanks Abroad like that?), and others. We also forget that Peter Brewington, ex-of USA Today and InternetSoccer, seems to have fallen by the wayside these days.
Forgot about Truesdell My mistake, thanks for pointing him out Paul. I'd plug him in for Paul Gardner, who may be too old to start anyway. LOL