When Bayern Munich thumped Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal earlier in the week, Lionel Messi was largely made irrelevant as he dealt with the lingering effects of a hamstring injury. But in Barca's match against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, Messi's hamstring seemed just fine as he weaved through defenders and fired a shot into the bottom corner of the goal.
On a depressing day for Newcastle United supporters worldwide, one Geordie was grinning from ear to ear today after commentating on a simply sensational goal by Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Athletic Bilbao.
beIN SPORT commentator, and Newcastle United fan and former United footballer, Ray Hudson was the co-commentator as Messi went on a dazzling run past four defenders to slot the ball into the back of the net.
Horrible, horrible mistake by Victor Valdes. What was he thinking? With the match in the bag for
the Catalans by a mile, Valdes's bad first touch on a back pass allows Angel Di Maria to swoop down
on him and as the goalie tries to clumsily dribble the ball away, loses his nerve and balance,
falls and a predatory Di Maria gratefully finishes off.
The 90th Minute Podcast Episode 18 Phil Schoen Talks USA, La Liga, Europa League, & Ray Hudson -
The 90th Minute Soccer Blog
In Episode 18 of the podcast, GolTV's Phil Schoen talks about the USA National Team, La Liga,
Europa League, and working with Ray Hudson. He starts off giving his thoughts on the USA National
Team following their win at Italy.
Cesc Fabregas and Xavi guide Barcelona to their 12th Copa Del Rey final. Leo Messi had a hand in
both goals. Gol TV's inimitable Ray Hudson, "Messi, like a gazelle through the
cheetahs" couldn't have said it better. They meet Athletic Bilbao in the final most likely on
25th May.
Leo Messi scores his hat trick over the weekend. But this is not so much about his skills as
sublime as they are but Ray Hudson's orgasmic Gol TV commentary that accompanies those goals.
"Nothing less than the equivalent of a footballing bird of paradise. He is like Dr Spock, out
off his Vulcan mind" .
As your probably aware, Pies suffered a pretty large hack attack yesterday, knocking us off air
for almost the entire day hence the reason we're slightly late with this one, but it's a goody so
we hope you'll forgive the tardyness.
What we have here is Lionel Messi scoring the third goal of an obligatory,
barely-worth-mentioning hat-trick against Malaga on Sunday eve instantly made great by Gol TV
co-commentator Ray Hudson (a long-time Pies hero) reaching a point of euphoric climax in the
process.
It's time for the Hex! The United States is about to take on Honduras, and while the Yanks' roster features several former New England Revolution players, no one will draw more attention from Fort fans than Los Catrachos' striker Jerry Bengtson. This is a good opportunity for all of us to see him in action for his national team, where he appears to be scoring all the goals.
Normally, the middle of the week is a dry spell of New England Revolution news, but the upcoming
national team friendlies are providing plenty of fodder. There are some dissenting opinions
concerning the roster selections, and beyond that, plenty of people are ranting and raving about
plenty of other topics.
As Revolution president Brian Bilello's self-imposed 7 day deadline approaches, we here at The
Bent Musket wanted to take a look at a few of the "serious" names on the short list of possible
candidates. With Paul Mariner re-upping his contract with Toronto FC (amazingly, Mariner re-signed
almost IMMEDIATELY after meeting with the Revs) New England was left with only a few truly solid
choices that made sense, followed by quite a few question marks.
As Revolution president Brian Bilello's self-imposed 7 day deadline approaches, we here at The
Bent Musket wanted to take a look at a few of the "serious" names on the short list of possible
candidates. With Paul Mariner re-upping his contract with Toronto FC (amazingly, Mariner re-signed
almost IMMEDIATELY after meeting with the Revs) New England was left with only a few truly solid
choices that made sense, followed by quite a few question marks.
Brian Bilello's announced seven-day window from the time of his conference call until the naming
of a new head coach is winding to a close, and so far we've learned a few things about the
Revolution's quest:
There were around a dozen candidates identified and interviewed
Jimmy Conrad announced, to no one in particular, that he was not interested in the job because
he hated football lines and had too much respect for Steve Nicol
Paul Mariner, Steve Ralston, Jay Heaps, and Brian Bliss are definitely among the
candidates
Paul Mariner ruled himself out immediately after interviewing, accepting a 2-year extension
with Toronto
The candidates were gleaned from a diverse array of backgrounds, with MLS and non-MLS
experience throughout
It's probably a little late, but I'd like to take this opportunity to put forward my number-one,
most prized candidate for the job.
beIN Sport commentator Ray Hudson talks about Argentina in World Cup Qualifying, the genius of Lionel Messi, La Liga, Serie A, and Ligue 1. You can follow Ray on twitter @RayHudson
The 90th Minute Podcast Episode 38 Featuring Ray Hudson
AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:
1. WHAT'S GOING ON -- THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON OVER THERE BUT I CAN'T SEE IT?!?!??!??!?! WHAT
IS IT?!?!??!?!??! WHAT IS GOING ON!?!??!!??!?!?!??! AHHHHHHHH I HOPE IT'S ON THE NEWS LATER!
64,140 in attendance in Seattle for the Sounders final regular season home game.
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"His biorhythms are vibrating at a frequency that would deafen a bat."
-Ray Hudson of GolTV describing another amazing performance by Lionel Messi of Barcelona this
weekend.
The US National Team plays a pair of important qualifiers over the next few days facing Jamaica
in the rare international home and home. What makes the games an interesting business story is
the television availability of the games in the United States. Recall that the last away US
qualifier was only available via on demand.
As Ray Hudson would say, this is a classic banana peel match. TFC is 0-8, gave up a heartbreaking
tie in Vancouver midweek and is verging on wallowing through the worst season in MLS history.
United on the other hand handled TFC easily a few weeks ago, has lost only once since March working
its [...]
The future of soccer television in the United States has forever changed with the launched of
beIN Sport USA, a new all soccer channel by Al Jazeera.
The channel has attracted a lot of attention by spending millions of dollars to get rights for
top European leagues. Overall, the future for beIN Sport USA is very promising but what's the good
and bad.
Phil Schoen was nice enough to give the Brotherly Game some of his time about a week and a half
ago. The GolTV play-by-play announcer discussed plenty of topics with the Brotherly Game, some of
which included the Philadelphia Union.
Interview with Phil Schoen of GolTV
Here are some highlights of the chat:
Schoen's time with GolTV, along with his coverage of Colombian soccer, has enabled him to have
a more advanced take on players from South and Central America.
Today, NBC confirmed reports that they have hired Arlo White as their primary play-by-play voice
for their brand-new Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer coverage. As many of you know, White has
been the voice of Seattle Sounders FC, and ...
Visit http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com for the rest of the story.
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad with the latest news on Michael Bradley's potential transfer to
Roma.
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After word spread a few weeks ago that Brad Guzan had not been resigned by Aston Villa it comes as
a surprise today to read in the Birmingham Mail that he has nearly completed a new deal with the
club again and new head coach Paul Lambert has told him that he has an open and fair shot to earn
the starting job.
We linked to a tweet from Dave Zeitlin yesterday that indicated that, with Danny Califf doubtful
for Saturday's match against Chivas USA, Peter Nowak is likely to start the same back four that
played against Columbus, which means Garfan on the left, Gaddis on the right, with Valdes and
Williams in the middle.
Crisitano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 4-1 derby win over Atletico Madrid last
night, a three-goal haul which contained a couple of pearlers including this free-kick, which was
enough to send GOL TV's excitable co-commentator Ray Hudson into absolute erotic apoplexy.
Crisitano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 4-1 derby win over Atletico Madrid last
night, a three-goal haul which contained a couple of pearlers including this free-kick, which was
enough to send GOL TV's excitable co-commentator Ray Hudson into absolute erotic apoplexy.
Cristiano Ronaldo equaled and surpassed Lionel Messi's 39 La Liga goals with his seventh hat
trick of the season (Messi has six) in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Atletico Madrid. His first goal
-- a sublime free kick from distance -- prompted excitable commentator Ray Hudson to squeal that
"this is not just a dream, it's a wet dream of orgasmic proportions!
Ray Hudson, do your wonders never cease? The Geordie commentator, who plies his eclectic
linguistics on an American sports channel, is a fan of football first and a describer of football
matches second. We expect he requires a bib in the gantry given his habit of salivating like a
hyena at a barbecue during his [.
Ep.30 Fernando Scorres by Off The Post on Mixcloud Not for the first time this season, events in
the world of football have transcended the sport for the worst possible reasons. Here at the OTP
Podcast we are the first to admit our irreverant tone is not best suited to discussing such
heartbreaking occurrences, however [.
For those of you who do not know Ray Hudson, he is the color man on GolTV's American broadcast
of La Liga matches. To put it bluntly he is out of control, bat-shit crazy. A Geordie by blood,
Hudson plied his trade with Newcastle in the 1970′s before moving to the NASL for the rest of his
career.
Crazy Gol TV co-commentator Ray Hudson rather enjoyed Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick against
Atletico Madrid this week. In fact, he said the goal was a "wet dream of orgasmic proportions".
That would be enough for most pundits, but not the crazed Geordie. He also said that the flight of
the ball had "more curves to it [.
It was a wet night that saw the Strikers and over 7 thousand people witness a heartbreaker of a
game. The team looked flat and without a doubt the bunkered down Stars did enough to guarantee they
would be the first to hoist the NASL Soccer Bowl.
I'll do a season review in the next few days. For more on the game go to www.
