Matchnight Archives for February 2007

Roster day preview

Matchnight @ 11:18 PM EST
Ben Likar, MatchNight in LA - That day that means something to players, and only the most serious fans, March 1 roster day preview. 18 senior spots and 10 developmental. Here are the players by category. Click to continue reading...

Storm Take Thunder to School

Matchnight @ 07:24 PM EST
Rusty Silber, MatchNight in Chicago - Mark Ughy and Andy Rosenband each booked hat tricks and an assist as the Chicago Storm reached out to Chicagoland area kids in its first "School Day Game" and then rolled past visiting Rockford Thunder 21-10 in a friendly at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Click to continue reading...

Storm Take Thunder to School

Matchnight @ 07:22 PM EST
Rusty Silber, MatchNight in Chicago - Mark Ughy and Andy Rosenband each booked hat tricks and an assist as the Chicago Storm reached out to Chicagoland area kids in its first "School Day Game" and then rolled past visiting Rockford Thunder 21-10 in a friendly at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Click to continue reading...

Crew Returns To Columbus

Matchnight @ 08:36 AM EST
Matt Bernhardt, MatchNight in Columbus - The Crew's buildup to the 2007 MLS season entered its next phase yesterday. After stops in Florida and the Phoenix area, the players returned to Columbus for about two weeks of practices before their next formal exhibition. Sigi's charges finished the first stretch of the preseason strong, defeating FC Dallas and Indios de Juarez by a combined score of 7-2 over two games in Phoenix. Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas Signs Four Draft Picks

Matchnight @ 09:34 PM EST
Buzz Carrick, MatchNight in Dallas - FC Dallas has signed four of their SuperDraft picks, Sandi Gbandi, Scott Jones, Andrew Daniels, and Tommy Krizanovic, to developmental deals and traveled with the team to Brazil. Jones, Daniels, and Krizanovic were chose in the MLS SuperDraft, Sandi Gbandi, brother of Chris Gbandi, was chose in the MLS Supplemental Draft. Click to continue reading...

FCD Departs for Brazil

Matchnight @ 09:11 PM EST
Buzz Carrick, MatchNight in Dallas - FC Dallas leaves today on their spring road trip to Brazil. Down south the hoops will be staying and training at Clube Atletico Paranaense's training center. While in Brazil FCD will face off against three of CAP's teams. In addition to the CAP reserves and U20s, FCD will face off against the CAP first team in a gated game at Kyocera Stadium in Curitiba, Brazil, on March 7th. Click to continue reading...

Statement Regarding TFA's Future

Matchnight @ 01:25 PM EST
Dan Gaichas, MatchNight in Chicago - Many of you have been asking what is going to happen to The Fire Alarm when MatchNight shuts down on March 31st. Well, we are going to keep things going, but the name is going to change. Click to continue reading...

Storm Match Postponed

Matchnight @ 08:33 PM EST
Dan Gaichas, MatchNight in Chicago - Sunday's match between the Chicago Storm and the California Cougars was postponed due to inclement weather that prevented the Storm from departing to Stockton for the match. The match has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 1st with kickoff at 9pm Chicago Time. Click to continue reading...

Storm Blasted at Sears Centre Again

Matchnight @ 06:06 PM EST
Dan Gaichas, MatchNight in Chicago - Some poor play against the restart and poor finishing doomed the Storm to a 12-4 loss against the Baltimore Blast at the Sears Centre. It is the Storms eighth defeat in their last 11 games. Click to continue reading...

FCD Struggle to Beat SMU 3-2

Matchnight @ 12:07 PM EST
Gina Zippilli, MatchNight in Dallas - The annual preseason match of FC Dallas versus SMU normally takes place late on a Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. The sun is usually shining and its usually pretty breezy outside. Friday nights game was anything but ordinary. It was a cold and rainy night in which FC Dallas spent the majority of the game down a goal. Click to continue reading...

Revs win over Bermuda Select Team 3-1

Matchnight @ 09:07 AM EST
Brian O'Connell, MatchNight in New England - As they took a 3-1 win over the Bermuda Select Team Tuesday night, there were a few new faces on the field for the Revolution. Click to continue reading...

Pub Quiz (Part Two)

Matchnight @ 12:06 AM EST
Don MacGregor, MatchNight in Chicago - Thanks to everyone who showed up on Tuesday night for Bill Quigleys pub quiz/fundraiser at the Globe Pub. Thanks to all who played the quiz, bought raffle tickets, and left contributions for Bill Quigley. Click to continue reading...

Fire Fall in Florida Finale

Matchnight @ 12:00 AM EST
Dan Gaichas, MatchNight in Chicago - The Fire dropped a 4-0 decision to the Kansas City Wizards in their last preseason match in Florida. Click to continue reading...

Practice Observations: Once More

Matchnight @ 10:00 PM EST
Buzz Carrick, MatchNight in Dallas - This is the second week of two-a-day sessions and the first week that has included tactical work. Some of the guys who blew off their off season programs and came in heavy got a bit of a shock. Morrow is a stickler for fitness and he brought the hammer down hard on a few people last week. Click to continue reading...

Preseason Questions From Contracts to Tactics: An Interview with Miguel Gonzalez

Matchnight @ 07:59 AM EST
Jim Dow, MatchNight in New England - With TnT now in the fold, sewn up with a seriously good contract by MLS standards, the question comes will Shalrie Joseph agree to a similar sort of sweet pot of gold? Click to continue reading...

Twellman Contract Extension - A Turning Point?

Matchnight @ 07:08 PM EST
MatchNight in New England - The re-signing of the 26 year-old forward, still in the prime of his career, will certainly give supporters a much-needed boost of confidence in the club in light of the offseason departures of Jose Cancela and Clint Dempsey. Click to continue reading...

US Women to Face Canada May 12 at Pizza Hut Park

Matchnight @ 04:56 PM EST
MatchNight in Dallas - US Soccer has announced that the US Women's National Team will face Canada on Saturday, May 12, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas at 6:30 p.m. CT. In celebration of Mothers Day, the US will wear wear unique Nike pink jerseys to Click to continue reading...

Fire Suffer First Preseason Loss

Matchnight @ 11:12 PM EST
Dan Gaichas, MatchNight in Chicago - The Fire suffered their first loss of the preseason on Sunday against the Houston Dynamo, 3-1, at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Click to continue reading...

Penalties Kill Storm Again in Detroit

Matchnight @ 11:15 PM EST
Dan Gaichas, MatchNight in Chicago - Two things that have killed the Storm this season were in display Saturday night against the Detroit Ignition: penalty killing and the fourth quarter. Against the top power play team in the MISL, the worst penalty ki Click to continue reading...

Try-Out Survivor Brad Knighton Invited To Bermuda

Matchnight @ 02:59 PM EST
Brian O'Connell, MatchNight in New England - If you're looking for a Cinderella story among the rookies during the course of Revolution preseason training, than look no further than the plight of goalkeeper Brad Knighton. Click to continue reading...