After a burst of news last month, the story concerning Houston Rockets' owner Les Alexander
buying the Dynamo went silent, but that doesn't mean the wheels weren't turning behind the
scenes.
According to separate reports from the Sporting News and the Chronicle, the deal is progressing
and couple be wrapped up within the month.
FC Dallas announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar jersey sponsorship deal with AdvoCare, a
Plano, Texas-based health and wellness company. Financial terms of the deal, the first jersey
sponsorship deal in team history, were not disclosed, but it will last for three and a half
years.
Antonio Cassano scored his debut goal for Inter but it was not enough to keep Zdenek Zeman's
Roma team plundering three in return. Check out Marquinho's goal from the tightest of angles. A
sliver of daylight and that is all that was needed.
Michael Bradley is out with a quadriceps injury and will not feature in the US national side's
upcoming World Cup qualifier against Jamaica.
As foreseen Didier Drogba makes the move to the Chinese League joining Shanghai Shenhua for a
cool $15 million per year on a two year contract. He joins former Chelsea compatriot Nicholas
Anelka and the club's new coach Sergio "Checho" Batista, last seen as Argentina's manager in their
2011 Copa America misadventure.
John Hackworth is no longer the interim head coach of the Philadelphia Union. He's on the job
permanently.
The Union removed the interim label from Hackworth, who took over after the firing of Peter
Nowak and steadied the club. He has amassed a 5-6-2 record in charge after the horrid 2-7-2 start
that put the Union in an early hole in the Eastern Conference standings a year after they were in
the conference semifinals.
The former Philadelphia Union manager filed suit over his severance package. Court documents lay
out for the first time the specifics of why the Union fired him, details of Nowak's contract, and
conflict between Nowak and Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz.
Yesterday's weekly press conference was canceled, but that did not stop the Philadelphia Union
from announcing what may be the biggest news in the franchise's short history.
Nick Sakiewicz, Union CEO and Managing Partner, informed the media at a 2:00 p.m. press
conference at PPL Park that the team had chosen to move on from head coach Peter Nowak.
The Philadelphia Union announced on Wednesday that manager Peter Nowak had left the club and his
assistant John Hackworth was their new head coach. In a quickly arranged press conference when most
of the soccer attention was on the European Championships, Philadelphia CEO Nick Sakiewicz
announced the change.
Peter Nowak's time in Philadelphia has come to an end. The club announced today that they have
removed him from his coaching duties as well as his position with the front office as the Vice
President of Soccer Operations.
CEO and managing director Nick Sakiewicz broke the news earlier today at a press conference.
The Philadelphia Union canceled Peter Nowak's weekly 1:30 p.m. press conference in favor of a
2:00 p.m. presser featuring only Nick Sakiewicz, the team's Managing Partner and CEO. The press
conference is expected to announce the firing of Nowak and the promotion of John Hackworth to
interim head coach.
The Philadelphia Union's tumultuous season has reportedly reached its breaking point.
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Peter Nowak is out as coach of the Union. Club CEO
Nick Sakiewicz is expected to officially announce the decision at a press conference at PPL Park on
Wednesday afternoon.
Peter Nowak has been let go from his position as head coach of the Philadelphia Union, according
to the Philadelphia Daily News.
A report put out by Kerith Gabriel, who also writes for Philly.com, said that today's 2 p.m.
press conference that will be attended by only Nick Sakiewicz, Union CEO and Managing Partner, will
confirm Nowak's departure.
This is an update to the update for the Arsenal supporting knobs fans that I hold so
dearly to my heart. All this while, I remained silent out of respect and loyalty to the Arsenal
(heh!). Oh and I was also busy mentally spending the additional 145,000 pounds I will be getting
from signing for United.
By now you must have seen this statement on RvP's official website announcing his decision to
not renew his contract with Arsenal.
This was probably an unsurprising yet gut-wrenching moment for many Arsenal fans. Ever since his
decision to postpone talks to the summer, which only led to a ban on media interaction imposed by
the club, there have been indications that Van Persie was not happy at the club and will not renew
his contract.
The Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis is adamant that the majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has no intention
of allowing Alisher Usmanov to invest some of his billions into improving the Arsenal squad and
won't be allowing the Russian billiobaire to even become a member of the board. "I don't think for
Mr Usmanov and anyone [.
The Arsenal CEO is quite adamant that Arsenal are aiming to beat all-comers in next season's race
for the Premiership and he has every belief that Arsene Wenger will be making the correct "quality"
signings that Arsenal need to reach that goal. "We want to win major competitions," Gazidis said.
"We want to win the [.
The Herald in Scotland is reporting that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is in advanced talks with
Rangers CEO Charles Green, Â to buy a 10% stake in the famous Scottish club, and to form a joint
venture to sell their replica shirts through the Sports Direct stores. Mike Ashley 10% stake in
Rangers plus a [.
It hasn't been easy for Celtic to nail down Newcastle goalkeeper Fraser Forster, even though the
6'7″ goalkeeper spent the last two seasons on loan at Celtic. Fraser Forster could finalize deal
next week But the deal could go through next week, once Fraser returns from his vacation, and his
agent Mark Curtis has said that Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell [.
Newcastle United is one of  17 Premier League teams that will play in a new Under-21 competition
announced today, which is meant to bridge the gap between the U18 Academy teams and the first teams
at English clubs. Richard Scudamore Barclays Premier League CEO Teams from 17 Premier League and
six npower Championship clubs, [.
After seeing their massive bid for Germany international Andre Schurrle rejected by Bayer
Leverkusen earlier this week, Chelsea have not been told to end their interest in the starlet
altogether.
Bayer Leverkusen CEO Wolfgang Holzhauser has maintained that the Bundesliga outfit previously
ruled out the sale of their promising winger for around €20 million due to uncertainty regarding
the availability of appropriate replacements.
Bayer Leverkusen have confirmed turning down a bid in excess of €20 million from Chelsea for
the services of acclaimed winger-forward Andre Schurrle.
Schurrle, 21, scored nine goals across 40 total appearances for the Bundesliga outfit last
season and was consequently chosen to represent Germany during this summer's Euro 2012
tournament.
Their Words "From the outset, we made clear we would play where we were told to play and we just
want to get back to playing football." Rangers CEO Charles Green. Other Sources Webb keen to usher
in new era for CONCACAF - from Reuters' Simon Evans: "I think we have a responsibility to all 40
countries to look at what is best for CONCACAF.
As expected, D.C. United officially announced they would introduce new members of the club's
ownership on Tuesday afternoon. Current owner Will Chang and club president and CEO Kevin Payne
will be on hand with the new members of the expanded group and they will all discuss the future of
the club, with the topic of a soccer-specific stadium surely to be addressed.
John Hackworth's reign as interim team manager (head coach) came to an end today, but his time
as the Philadelphia Union's fully empowered team manager have begun.
The Union named Hackworth the team's permanent team manager this evening, choosing to make him
the future of the club at their lead managerial position.
It's out with the AFL and in with the NRL at FFA Headquarters, with David Gallop announced as the
incoming CEO to take over from Ben Buckley once the new TV deal is negotiated. The transfer
merry-go-round also continues, with Richard Garcia set to line up in central defence for Melbourne
Heart this season.
Last night on Telefutura's Contacto Deportivo, Ivan Kasanzew (Twitter: @elcondek)asked David
Beckham if he will bring Major League Soccer (MLS) to Miami!
There has been a constant rumors that Marcelo Claure, CEO of Brightstar and owner of Bolivia's most
popular team Bolivar has contacted David Beckham in hopes of bringing a team to Miami.
D.C. United's front-office brass spoke Tuesday about how the club had no financial restrictions
following the introduction of new owners Jason Levien and Erick Thohir. The club's latest valuation
would seem to corroborate that.
According to a report from Forbes, D.C.'s two new owners bought 60 percent of the club to boost
its value to $50 million, with the ownership deal being the most expensive in league history.
Their Words "Although he has set the bar very high in the short time he has been in charge, we know
that Roberto is the right man to lead Chelsea onto further success." Chelsea CEO Ron Gourlay
announcing that the club has dropped the interim title for manager Roberto Di Matteo. Other Sources
Now Is The Time In Soccer When We Dance - from Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl: Klinsmann's U.
