Pari Pantazopoulos -- Chicago FireThe Chicago Fire's open tryouts typically do not bring in a
first-team player, but Mount Prospect's Paraskevas "Pari" Pantazopoulos is an exception to the
rule.
The Fire announced Monday that Pantazopoulos, who topped the 210-player pool to win the 2011 open
tryout in January, has signed with the club.
In my life - outside of family - there are three people who have influenced me the most, whom I can
point to as being a true role model for me. One was Paul Oberjuerge, my former editor at The San
Bernardino Sun, who gave me my start in journalism and allowed me to cover soccer back in 1998. The
other was a trainer I had at my local gym, whom you will hear about soon enough.
Leonardo scores his first MLS gol off a Beckham free kick, sealing a 1-0 victory over
Philadelphia Union
In the words of @mattyhuffine's Twitter stream: "#LAGALAXY win with 10 men in what turned out to
be more of a card game than a soccer match."
Right?
Or as my favorite futbol curmudgeon, Grahame Jones, put it in today's LA Times, "[R]eferee
Paul Ward, .
Last night Jeff Cunningham scored to move into a tie for the career MLS scoring record and move
ahead of Brian McBride to become the Columbus Crew's all time leading goal scorer. The former is a
record which will, in all likelihood, one day belong to Landon Donovan, but Cunningham would be a
fine player to overtake Jaime Moreno and make the record his own.
In my life - outside of family - there are three people who have influenced me the most, whom I can
point to as being a true role model for me. One was Paul Oberjuerge, my former editor at The San
Bernardino Sun, who gave me my start in journalism and allowed me to cover soccer back in 1998. The
other was a trainer I had at my local gym, whom you will hear about soon enough.
