I don’t know if that $10k included travel other than tournament fees. i think it most likely covered teammate scholarships
Interesting NYTimes article on how Sports Betting is becoming more entertaining than the sports themselves. Oy vey. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/magazine/sports-betting-ads.html?searchResultPosition=1
A thread about when fitness and daily lifestyle in pro sports was taken to far. And how it can affect a pros mental health. I will start out by saying i was one of the big boys, from year one at RSL i was a member of the fat camp. Every coach i ever had questioned my figure.— Chris Seitz (@Seitzy1) May 10, 2022
Wow, hits a little close to me as someone in my family developed an eating disorder I believe partly due to body image stuff she got at a relatively prestigious local summer ballet school. I don’t know how much was from the school itself vs. just from the culture around it though and the pressure to be on a pro track.
It was really sad for me to read as well. Thankfully he had a good support system. Sounds like the kind of person I'd like to see on the Quakes.
A key distinction in this series of tweets is that we're talking about a boy Chris, not a girl Chris. Most girls/women are victims of that body image propaganda, one way or another. Anyway, without going into the gory details, his story is totally relatable to me. And if we were talking about girls doing ballet or gymnastics instead of a guy playing soccer, people would mostly shrug and say "yeah, that's how it is."
This is cool! Albanian federation informs that 60-70,000 fans from Italy will be present for Conference League final https://t.co/dAgJniU6tF— RomaPress (@ASRomaPress) May 10, 2022
College Men: New NCAA Division I head coaches by Soccer America , Yesterday RSL-Arizona’s academy director Mike Kraus (SA Confidential) has been hired as the new Grand Canyon men's head coach, replacing Leonard Griffin, who left to become the Cal men's coach. 1. Brown. Patrick McLaughlin --> Chase Wileman (Kentucky assistant coach) 2. Bucknell. Brendan Nash --> Dave Brandt (Hope head coach) 3. California. Kevin Grimes --> Leonard Griffin (Grand Canyon head coach) 4. Canisius. Dermot McGrane --> Michael Tanke (Empire United MLS Next) 5. UConn. Ray Reid --> Chris Gbandi (Northeastern head coach) 6. Chicago State. Trevor Banks --> TBA 7. Delaware. Ian Hennessy --> Tommy McMenemy (Michigan associate coach) 8. Drake. Gareth Smith --> Pat Flinn (UChicago head coach) 9. Eastern Illinois. Ronnie Bouemboue -- TBA. 10. ETSU. David Casper --> David Lilly (Milligan head coach) 11. George Mason. Elmar Bolowich --> Rich Constanzo (Pittsburgh assistant coach) 12. Gonzaga. Aaron Lewis (Gonzaga interim coach named head coach) 13. Grand Canyon. Leonard Griffin --> Mike Kraus (RSL-Arizona’s academy director) 14. Hartford. Tom Poitras --> Milke Kulas, interim coach (Hartford assistant coach) 15. IUPUI. Brian Barnett --> Sid van Druenan (Wright State assistant coach) 16. Loyola Chicago. Neil Jones --> Steve Bode (Marquette women’s assistant coach) 17. Loyola Marymount. Paul Krumpe --> Kyle Schmid (Loyola Marymount associate coach) 18. Mass-Lowell. Christian Figueroa -- Kyle Zenoni (Milwaukee associate coach) 19. Missouri State. Jon Leamy --> Michael Seabolt (Missouri State associate coach). 20. Northern Kentucky. Stu Riddle --> Tom Poitras (Hartford head coach) 21. Northeastern. Chris Gbandi --> Rich Weinrebe (New Hampshire associate coach) 22. UNLV. Rich Ryerson --> BJ Craig (Oregon State associate coach) 23. VMI. Max Watson --> TBA. 24. Wisconsin. John Trask --> Neil Jones (Loyola Chicago head coach) 25. Xavier. Andy Fleming --> John Higgins (Indianapolis head coach) Note: Joe Barroso and Anthony Anzevui switched roles at Sacred Heart with Barroso, the longtime head coach, becoming assistant coach and Anzevui becoming the interim head coach. By: Cal Athletics Kevin Grimes Retires As Cal Men’s Soccer Coach With the 2010 Pac-10 trophy.
Top 5: Youngest starters (2022 U.S. Open Cup) 1. Marcus Lee, California United Strikers, 15 years, 9 months 2.Niko Tsakiris, San Jose Earthquakes. 16 years 10 months 3.Sergio Oregel, Chicago Fire, 16 years 11 months 4.Josh Wynder, Louisville City. 16 years 11 months 5.Brooklyn Raines, Houston Dynamo, 17 years, 1 month Source:Transfermarkt. Assessing MLS offseason moves -- which teams have helped themselves the most? by Paul Kennedy We've singled out five teams, all ranking in the top four in their conference with an improved points-per-game average from 2021. Read the whole story Around the country: American soccer news MLS Next Flex: - Sixteen playoff berths at stake. MLS Next Flex, a five-day event beginning Friday at the Maryland SoccerPlex, will bring in 64 teams competing in four age groups (U15, U16, U17 and U19) for spots in the MLS Next Cup Playoffs June 25-July 3 in Frisco, Texas. Regular-season standings will determine the other playoff berths. (Schedule) IFCPF World Cup: - U.S. women win 16-0 in first match ever. The USA beat host Spain in its first international Para women's match ever played at the five-team IFCPF World Cup. Catarina Guimaraes, 18, scored six first-galf goals. Rebecca Ostrander and Leah Glaser added hat tricks. (Game Report) - U.S. men fall 5-1 to Ukraine in semifinals. Cameron DeLillo scored the lone goal for the USA, which will face Brazil for third place on Sunday. Ukraine's Para men, winners of their five matches by a margin of 27-3, will face Iran in the final. (Game Report) U.S. Open Cup draw: El Trafico among five first-time matchups in round of 16 by Paul Kennedy Three of the last four times Sporting KC and the Houston Dynamo have met, the winner has gone on to win the Open Cup. Read the whole story Watch: Karim Benzema hit Real Madrid scoring milestone by Mike Woitalla Real Madrid's 6-0 win over Levante included the Frenchman's 323rd goal for the club in all competitions. Read the whole story Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to) 1. ESPN tries something new with the good old U.S. Open Cup By Charles Boehm (ussoccerplayers.com) 2. Kickers draw largest crowd since 2019, channel booming national soccer culture in U.S. Open Cup defeat to Charlotte FC By Zach Joachim (Richmond Times-Dispatch) 3. U.S. to host rugby World Cup for first time By Steve Douglas (AP) Watch: Karim Benzema hit Real Madrid scoring milestone by Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla, Yesterday Real Madrid, which had already clinched the 2021-22 LaLiga title, celebrated a 6-0 win on Thursday over Levante that featured a Vinicius Junior hat trick and Karim Benzema's 323rd goal in all competitions for the club. Benzema is now tied for second with Raul among Real Madrid's all-time scorer behind Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid All-time scorers 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 450 goals/438 games 2. Karim Benzema 323/603 2. Raúl 323/741
Hey Falvo, is this guy any good? Giorgio Chiellini to LAFC? Signing Juventus, Italy defender "doesn't make sense" | MLSSoccer.com
Yes! Giorgio Chiellini is a great defender and from the old school mentality equal to the great center backs like Vierchowod, Collovati, Scirea, Baresi, Maldini , Materazzi, Cannavaro and Nesta. He is currently captain of Juventus and of Italy's national team. Along with Gigi Donnarumma and Leonardo Bonucci , he helped secure Italy's Euro Cup win last year. He will started have definitely started in the World Cup had Italy made it. Sadly, they missed out again for the second consecutive time. Chiellini will do well in MLS as he is only a defender and not a forward so he can organize things in the back. The only question I think he may have is maintaining fitness. It's not that he isn't in shape but he will be turning 38 in August and unfortunately at that age, you get pulled muscles, hamstrings and all sorts of other injuries. It would be great to have him play for the Quakes but we all know these guys only know NY & LA. Maybe Toronto , Montreal or Miami too but I doubt he will go to those cities. they probably also won't spend the money on him. I foresee him going to LAFC to be close to his friend Alessandro Delpiero's restaurant and home in Bel Air.
Austin FC's Josh Wolff gets three-year contract extension by Paul Kennedy Pay to play and beyond by Ahmet Guvener
Just watched Napoli Genoa 3-0. Lorenzo Insigne scored on a pk in the win and then exited Napoli's Maradona Stadium for the last time as he is heading to TFC.
By the time Messi comes to MLS, he will be 36. I'm really getting sick of these Over 35 leaguers.....
I won't believe it until I see it and both Mesi's camp and MLS are already denying these rumours. I don't care so much that Messi would be over 35 my problem with this is he would be joining a bad team in MLS. Then when Miami doesn't win MLS Cup the inevitable reaction from fans that Messi sucks and he's too old. Then he goes to italy on a good team and plays great again. Same thing with Shaqiri in Chicago. He doesn't make a bad touch but the team itself just isn't good enough.
Wait isn't Messi supposed to be good enough to make a bad team good? I think he could if fully committed and fit.
If he ever plays at ppp we’ll finally see a full stadium. They’ll probably want to play that game at Levi’s.
We probably wouldn’t see him in SJ if they keep the same competition format. Not many inter-conference games and unlikely MLS would give us that one.
Not sure if it was Fisher, the Niners or whomever was in charge of having the Quakes playing their games at Levi's Stadium but I recall one of the two parties reneged on the deal and exited out because they were losing money. I foresee them playing at Stanford before Levi’s.
Or maybe Oracle Park in SF. Messi likely will have a clause in his contract that he only plays in cities he’s heard of.