Finally, a date has been set for the official release of the new 2013 Houston Dynamo jersey. On Monday, February 25th, the Dynamo will release the new design for the upcoming season.
MLS Soccer announced today the Dynamo will join 11 other clubs in unveiling at least one of their new jersey designs in the league's inaugural "Jersey Week.
An Glenn Davis article with tidbits on Cameron and Oscar Boniek. OBG "is likely to debut this
Saturday against the Philadelphia Union." While the "rumored transfer fee" for Cameron is "between
2 and 2.5 million." (Glenn Davis Soccer)
BBVA Compass holding up "surprisingly well" after a rugby games and six soccer matches.
Soccer has never been a clean game and never will be. It's original form allowed hacking. Long
before the soccer craft was engineered for style and class, hunks of meat took chops at each other.
Reputations were built around violence and threats. Men whose shadow was aggression found the
soccer field inviting, a safe place to kick the living daylights out of a fellow mortal.
Clint Dempsey responded to his poor performance last Friday with two goals and an assist to lead the United States men's national team to a 3-1 win over Guatemala. The win secured the group lead and the Nats passage onto the next round of World Cup qualifying, the "Hex".
Highlights:
Reaction:
Post-Game Press Conference:
Analysis from some of American soccer's best writers:
Will Parchman (The Shin Guardian) - "With A Hexclamation Point!
The Seattle Sounders sniper found the the back of the net on two headers, including one in the 91st minute, to save the U.S. men's national team blushes and their Hexagonal round hopes of World Cup qualifying, and defeat Antigua and Barduda 2-1.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our series of fan posts continues with a post from Avery
Kravitz, who writes about following the Union from New England.
There are three things New England sports fans enjoy doing; Watching the Patriots, hating the
Yankees, and clinging to the hope that the Big Three can stay out of a retirement home long enough
to win another NBA title.
It's been a while since the last edition of Musket Rounds, and I accept full responsibility for
that. The next two weeks will be crazy for me in particular as law school finals run their course,
but I promise I'll do as much as I can to keep things consistent in this space. We have a number of
links to get out there, so I won't waste any more time.
In this week's power rankings roundup, the Union fall two spots to fifth at MLS Soccer.com. At
ESPN, they move up one spot to fifth. They drop one spot to fourth at the Seattle Times. At
Goal.com, the Union fall two spots to eighth.
Sheanon Williams, profiled on the Union website, was named to Goal.
Mostly unnoticed on the UK side of the Atlantic, Arsenal's majority shareholder, Stan Kroenke,
has suffered a setback to his sporting ambitions in the United States.
Kroenke combines being a Trappist monk (vow of silence) with owning sports franchises in the NFL
(American football), NHL (ice hockey), NBA (basketball) and MLS (soccer) as well as his stake in
Arsenal.
Mostly unnoticed on the UK side of the Atlantic, Arsenal's majority shareholder, Stan Kroenke,
has suffered a setback to his sporting ambitions in the United States.
Kroenke combines being a Trappist monk (vow of silence) with owning sports franchises in the NFL
(American football), NHL (ice hockey), NBA (basketball) and MLS (soccer) as well as his stake in
Arsenal.
When San Jose Earthquakes striker, Alan Gordon, scored the winner in the last minute of stoppage
time against LA Galaxy in Los Angeles in mid-May, he peeled off his strip in celebration. By then,
many of the 1906 Ultras, San Jose's wild band of traveling supporters, were already stripped to the
waist.
In this week's MLS Soccer March to the Match podcast, the extraordinary amount of shot
opportunities for Sporting KC was referenced.
Forward progress....
Cauldron favorite and midfielder Graham Zusi in particular is on a pace for almost 100 shots
taken. As a midfielder this is nothing short of outstanding.
-Today we got one good match and one that should be not as good.
Napoli v Chelsea I am a diehard Chelsea fan but I gotta be honest. I think that Napoli might take
it to them
today. It's not so much that I think Napoli is playing that good as I think Chelsea and more
importantly AVB
have a flawed system.
The final match day of the 2012 MLS Combine has kicked off as MLS coaches and scouts make their
final observations and preparations ahead of Thursday's MLS Combine.
The day's first match features the Blue and Green teams, and while there are some interesting
prospects in this game, the main event features the talent-laden and undefeated red team against
the equally impressive white team.
Orange Slices is our game day, catch-all post that we update during the day before the
match. Don't accept substitutes, imitators or copycats! Ask for fresh, wholesome Orange Slices by
name.
