11/15 Hammer

"Armas has the hammer" is just a weak reference to "Arm & Hammer" consumer products. Armas' shot was certainly not a laser, but it did the job.

 

I guess this could serve as preview to SJ- KC
Conrad's Corner
MLS semifinal showdown will be poetry in motion
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/soccer/11/12/conrads.corner/index.html
Loney on LA- SJ
http://www.cybersoccernews.com/columnists/loney/031114loney.shtml
Snippet from yesterday on Twellman
http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2003/11/14/approaching_hostile_territory/
Twellman, who scored 15 goals in 22 games this season, is scheduled to undergo surgery next week to insert a screw to repair the stress fracture in his left foot. The foot will then be in a cast until mid-Janary, likely negating Twellman's chance to participate in the US national team training camp that month.
Article about Chelski owner's dubious motives
Russian roulette
Where does Chelsea's billionaire sugar daddy go from here?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/soccer/11/12/hamilton.ws/index.html

 

Not to downplay the great decision made by the Burn front office, but from a quote from one of the Dallas papers, in only cost 18K to get out of the Dragon Stadium deal...Wonder how much it cost to renegotiate with the Cotton Bowl, since i figure officials there would have wanted to take advantage of the situation

 

I think both sides had some leverage here. Cotton bowl knew that the Burn wanted out of Southlake, but the Burn knew that the Cotton Bowl had no other potential tenants.

 

Is it just me or do the bigsoccer logins no longer work on the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times? I get some message about needing to activate the account.

Sachin

 

This was an interesting little blur in the Washington Times.

The grapevine — Big changes are afoot in California. Sources say Sigi Schmid could be out as the Los Angeles Galaxy coach and replaced by former German superstar Jurgen Klinsmann. Meanwhile, coach Frank Yallop will leave the San Jose Earthquakes and take over Canada's national team. Yallop will be replaced by his assistant Dominic Kinnear.

 

That's odd, they're working for me, with both of those papers' sites.

 

Interesting, indeed, Sandon.

If Yallop leaves San Jose (and that does seem to be quite iffy, indeed, he's doing a great job of keeping matters under wraps there), Kinnear stepping in would be a logical replacement. Not only would that be a promotion from within, but without getting into too many details, Dom knows the area very, very well, and all the infrastructure that goes with it.

But the Klinsmann-for-Sigi move in L.A. seems like something completely out of left field. Not so much in the reporting by the Washington Times, but rather in the way that Klinsmann's inexperienced coaching-wise.

I know Jurgen's worked out informally with the Galaxy in the team's early days, at least, and that he lives in the L.A. area-- but does he have his coaching license yet? I also recall that he had been working on it as well.

I think that the Galaxy sacking Schmid would be an odd decision (although the tide of support seems to be going that way), but arguably, appointing an untested soul like Klinsmann to replace him would be even odder.

 

I simply don't get this "Season is too long" BS now being expounded in the Boston Globe and before in other outlets. MLS can't afford to have a 4 month season as some would suggest is best. I think this lenth is fine, though the point is valid that it takes so long to do so little (elimate two teams).

 

Klinsmann has actually being playing in the PDL with the Orange County Blue Star under the name "Jay Goppingen" ("J"ay for Jurgen, Goppingen for the town of his birth). I don't have any information but perhaps he was working on his coaching license with that team at the same time as he was playing for them. I do know he's been working on a coaching license for several years though - at least since he moved to LA.

 

Re: 11/15 Armas' Hammer

No, I actually think for once Grahame is onto something.

 

I had the same problem with the LA Times.

 

Same here. Something having to do with activating accounts and what-not.

 

Re: Re: Re: 11/15 Armas' Hammer

I don't think Sampson will leave Costa Rica, but as far as the others, I really dunno why they'd be interested but I think Grahame's on the right trail.

 

Even though that guy (John Powers) writes fairly often about soccer, I don't think there's too much to get in this case. He clearly wasn't aware that the Revs' attendance for their one game was 30% over the max and 75% over the average of last year's 4 home play-off games. So it would be easier to argue that the long season helped play-off attendance.

In general, it seems to me that playoff attendance this year is better than in a long time. SJ's 2 playoff crowds were their 3rd and 4th largest of the whole year, and only KC draw substantially below their season average in the post season.

 

Fire proves a worthy winner, eventually
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20031115/SP_003.htm

Defense dominates in defeat
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20031115/SP_013.htm

 

Fire proves a worthy winner, eventually
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20031115/SP_003.htm

Defense dominates in defeat
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20031115/SP_013.htm