Photo: Courtesy of FIFA
Philadelphia Union
A new article from Kerith Gabriel on Friday morning about a Gabriel Gomez to the Philadelphia
Union deal is headlined "Panama's Gomez signs with Union" but the copy says "According to sources,
the contract has been approved by Major League Soccer and awaits Gomez' signature before the Union
can schedule an announcement, which can come as early as next week.
After 3 weeks of writing about what we could hope for against the 3 best teams in England, I
thought I would have to find a different avenue this week. Hoping is ok against the big boys, but
obviously after our difficult run of ‘hoping', I was fully expecting a strong Newcastle team to
bounce back in style.
Here's Dynaman HRH Kofi Sarkodie taking over Day 3 of the Generation Adidas European trip blog.
I think it's nice that they surrounded Dynamo's four players with some nice supporting talent from
a few other MLS sides. Kofi shows once again he's not afraid to mix it up with some big boys.
You know what they are going to do. You don't like it and wouldn't play that way if it meant 80
points a season, but that's what they are going to throw at us and if we're not prepared, it's down
to us.
I don't like it but I'm not going to go on about it because then I'll end up like Arsene
Whinger, always complaining about injustices that his precious little angels have to face when they
play those awful big boys from up north.
Two nearly naked footballers in one day? Our beakers runneth over! Thanks Stefan Nikolic of Steaua
Bucharest. Image: REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel.
We realise we made a huge deal about not covering the Europa League last season. But obviously,
recent events from in the Champions League have forced our hand and we thought we should show
willing before the big boys come.
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney was at the centre of an unlikely Twitter spat with The X Factor
'wildman' Frankie Cocozza. The reality TV star tweeted: "#CelebsThatLookLikeTheyStink not really a
celeb but I bet his pits are stinking, along with his breath @waynerooney." You might wonder what
Rooney would gain from rising to the bait, [.
By Alan Duffy
Newcastle United 0-0 Swansea City Premier League 17th December 2011
Newcastle have now gone five league games without a victory after failing to break down a
stubborn Swansea side on Saturday afternoon.
