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A few images from the past few games at RFK Stadium. All photos Martin Fernandez.
It's been a tumultuous few months for Argentine Primera Division side Racing Club. First, Teo
Gutierrez threatened his teammates with a paintball gun after they reacted negatively to him
getting sent off in a losing effort, then fans threw crutches on the pitch during a Copa Argentina
match to protest the team's poor form and now, they're combining those two incidents by threatening
members of the team at gunpoint.
Dwayne De Rosario and Hamdi Salihi scored on either side of halftime to help D.C. United to a
comfortable 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids at RFK Stadium in Washngton D.C. With the win United
jumped into a tie for second place with Sporting Kansas City. Photos: Martin Fernandez.
Bas Rutten: "Knee to da groin" Game of the Week DC United 4, New York 1 In the Barra Brava, the
atmosphere rained down richly, chants and middle fingers and lager-infused songs spilling down
harder and faster than the rain pelting and deadening the RFK playing surface. But on the field,
there was little evidence of this being the most heated, longest-running rivalry in the league —
the
Photo Credit: D.C. UnitedWhen most professional athletes (and European soccer players) can't suit
up for a game they're usually seen living the good life up in a luxury suite with the owner and/or
their wife/girlfriend, but not Major League Soccer players.
Photo Credit: D.C. UnitedIf you want more evidence of why American soccer is so great look no
further than scenes from last Saturday's D.
Photo Credit: D.C. UnitedWhen most professional athletes (and European soccer players) can't suit
up for a game they're usually seen living the good life up in a luxury suite with the owner and/or
their wife/girlfriend, but not Major League Soccer players.
Photo Credit: D.C. UnitedIf you want more evidence of why American soccer is so great look no
further than scenes from last Saturday's D.
Saturday's two games in the Torneo Clausura turned into only one game, thanks to a firefight
outside Newell's Old Boys' ground in Rosario which left one policeman wounded. The gunfight was
between members of Newell's barra brava, and it's not ... Continue reading →
If you're a long-time or recent follower of the Free Beer Movement, you've probably noticed that we
take a pretty keen interest in the supporters of Major League Soccer teams. When it comes down to
it, the action on the field is what is it... the teams change, the scores differ, and the players
come and go, but what remains a constant is the passion and the intensity of the supporters in the
stands.
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the
show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate
2-0 in ... Continue reading →
When Major League Soccer launched, its marketing seemed to have advertisement ADD. Football
stadiums, family marketing, no-tie shootouts unlike anyone else in FIFA and ultimately an
unreliable target audience. In its inaugural 1996 year, several of the MLS teams shared stadiums
with their city's NFL counterparts.
We continue to expand our coverage of American soccer culture with our series "Better Know a
Supporters Group," just like Steven Colbert's "Better Know a District" from "The Colbert
Report".
Our goal: to feature each of the MLS teams' supporters groups. We've sent e-mails to each and every
SG in Major League Soccer and soon you'll be able to check all what each is all about and what
awesomeness they have to contribute to our growing American soccer world.
We continue to expand our coverage of American soccer culture with our series "Better Know a
Supporters Group," just like Steven Colbert's "Better Know a District" from "The Colbert
Report".
Our goal: to feature each of the MLS teams' supporters groups. We've sent e-mails to each and every
SG in Major League Soccer and soon you'll be able to check all what each is all about and what
awesomeness they have to contribute to our growing American soccer world.
In the twelfth episode of Hand Of Pod, the Anglophone world's foremost (and, indeed, only)
Argentine football podcast, Sam, English Dan and Seba welcome back Australian Dan from his sojourn
around Mendiza and Córdoba. There's a big discussion on the ... Continue reading →
Sunday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Clausura were overshadowed by tragedy, as death returned to the
stadia of Argentina's top flight. Ramón Aramayo, a 36-year-old fan (I would like to stress, not a
barra brava), got involved in a struggle ... Continue reading →
