Last night I attended Alex Kotler's Football Partnerships panel, "Tweet: Blowing the Whistle on
Social Media." Greg Lalas, Chris Schlosser, Chris Toy and myself were the panelists, and there were
some seriously smart people in the room, all with incredible perspectives. It was humbling and
insightful to be included among this group to discuss and share information on how we are each
using social media to achieve our business objectives.
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There is a great community of soccer bloggers out there delivering soccer news and original
content and one blog that is really doing it right is No Short Corners.
Greg Seltzer and Sean O'Connor run the blog and their resume in soccer journalism is very
impressive. Combined, the two have reported on soccer across the globe for over a decade,
covering MLS, U.
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Today is the 1 year anniversary of Inside Minnesota Soccer.
A year ago I was scrambling to get the site up and running before the Minnesota State High
Schools soccer tournament. I think my vision of what I wanted IMS to be has changed slightly but
overall the mission is the same.
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Today is the 1 year anniversary of Inside Minnesota Soccer.
A year ago I was scrambling to get the site up and running before the Minnesota State High
Schools soccer tournament. I think my vision of what I wanted IMS to be has changed slightly but
overall the mission is the same.
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SMU Freshman hits 95-yard Soccer Goal @ Yahoo! Video
I live in America where soccer is still a second-string sport, but even the most controversial but
popular American sports blogs can't ignore this fluke goal from a college soccer player at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
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Du Nord 19 October @ 03:49 PM EST
STARTERSAs we approach the final round of the regular season in MLS 7 teams are fighting for the remaining
3 playoff spots. Columbus, Houston, Los Angeles, Chivas USA & Seattle are all in, while only New
York, San Jose & Kansas City are out. The list of scenarios for the seven teams still battling is
endless.
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If you want soccer news.
Protesters angry that two schools were displaced for a new stadium — and that a new
school they were promised in return has not appeared — have blockaded the stadium construction
site, forcing work to stop.
Yeah, it's a World Cup stadium.
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Buncha crazy stuff. Frankie Hejduk has been added to the USMNT roster for the upcoming qualifiers,
replacing the injured Clint Dempsey.
Speaking of the national team, Charlie Davies thinks the U.S. can win the World Cup -- that would
be the day.
In some slightly surprising Major League Soccer news, Baltimore's mayor Sheila Dixon has asked the
Maryland Stadium Authority about potentially building D.
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At least, that's what Wendy Parker would have you believe. Besides her article on Pitch Invasion,
she's slagged me off on her twitter account, soccer news aggregator site, and even her Atlanta
Soccer News site. The basic premise is the same, but it seems Wendy got increasingly worked up as
she plotted, wrote, and then basked in the afterglow of the article that was largely written in
response to me.
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U.S. professional soccer at the crossroads (again) By ASN Staff
(http://american-soccer-news.com/?author=61) • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: Op-Ed
(http://american-soccer-news.com/?cat=8) First came talk...
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Newsworthy items have been sparse as the Dynamo take a brief but well-deserved hiatus. There was
a nice announcement that Houston's Reliant Stadium will host the 2010 MLS All Star game. This marks
the official start to the rumors of which European powerhouse will grace us with their royal
presence.
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As Landon Donovan's national team career ticks on, previous records continue to fall. With the
all-time goal scoring title firmly his, a cap on Saturday night will give him the overall lead in
World Cup qualifiers with 32.
At the moment Donovan is currently tied with Kasey Keller, Eddie Pope, and Claudio Reyna at 31
qualifying appearances and barring unforeseen circumstances will make the record his own on
Saturday night in Sandy, Utah.
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Week 3 of the Barclays Premier League has just concluded. And what a week it has been, full of
events, talking points and incidents. We have had pitch invasions, stabbings, world class diving
and finally the all-conquering Barcelona capturing another trophy, this time the UEFA Super
Cup.
So, it was good to get back to the mundaneness of Week 3 in the Barclays Premier League.
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The Footie 12 August @ 12:27 PM EST
Kirstina Kiss has announced today that she will be retiring from the Canadian Women's National
Soccer Team today. Kiss began her soccer career in Ottawa, Ontario after being a star player at the
Holy Trinity High School. She was the team captain for Canada and helped her team win silver at the
2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo and bronze in 2007 at the Pan American games in Rio de
Janairo.
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Fox has revealed the TV schedule for its playoff round of Champions League matches it'll be on
showing live on its Fox Soccer Channel network as well as its sister networks such as FSN and Fox
Sports en Espanol.
The schedule is listed below. But in other important and related news, Fox Soccer Channel has
pushed back the timeline of its HD coverage from this fall to February 2010, for the round of
16.
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The Footie 05 August @ 11:11 AM EST
Montreal Impact lost to Argentina's River Plate 2-1 last night in over-time. River Plate
remained undefeated on their Canadian tour. They played the Toronto FC and a game against an
English clud in Edmonton so far.
It may have been raining hard in Montreal yesterday but attendance was high to near capacity at
the Saputo Stadium.
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Midweek seems an apt time to touch on a few things I've overlooked:
*The Sounders play Barcelona at 7:30 tonight in Seattle on ESPN2. It will be interesting to see
who that usually delirious crowd will predominantly be rooting for - the home team or the European
champions. More here.
Here's Barcelona's Lionel Messi doing a little ball juggling atop the 605-foot-high Space needle
ahead of the game.
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The Footie 04 August @ 01:24 PM EST
Well it was bound to happen - and it seems like it is going to happen. The UEFA is finally
concerned that players are getting paid too much money. With players getting some of the highest
paid sports contracts in the world only clubs with deep pockets are able to compete.
UEFA President Michel Platini voices concern over player pay inflation.
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The Footie 03 August @ 01:59 PM EST
It's normal that if you posses something valuable you insure it, right? Well in some soccer news
today Real Madrid announced that they have insured their new star player Cristiano Ronaldo's legs,
for an estimated $144 million.
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo get's $144 million leg insurance policy
Claiming to have insured his legs for that amount could seem excessive.
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Molto Calcio 02 August @ 10:27 AM EST
With just a few weeks to go before all the passion restarts in Europe and the MLS nearing its
conclusion i wanted to share a fantastic site with you.Its mysoccerplace.net.Mysoccerplace.net
collects footballs highlights from the days current and past to keep fans informed and in tune with
the day's occurrence from around the footballing globe.
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video via American Soccer News
This guy had a great tournament. He's got a very bright future, full of confidence, and there
is a lot of talk he has a good shot of making the World Cup team for South Africa 2010.
What do you think? Did he play well enough to do that?
JM
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The Star Tribune's David La Vaque wrote an extensive article that was published today
concerning the financial troubles of the Minnesota Thunder. As editor and writer of Inside
Minnesota Soccer I feel compelled to give you some insight into the article and make some personal
comments about the Thunder's current situation.
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The Star Tribune's David La Vaque wrote an extensive article that was published today
concerning the financial troubles of the Minnesota Thunder. As editor and writer of Inside
Minnesota Soccer I feel compelled to give you some insight into the article and make some personal
comments about the Thunder's current situation.
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By Stephen Coutts – Valued Guest Writer for The Flat Back Four
KENT League side Beckenham Town have made an audacious bid to coax evergreen striker Teddy
Sheringham out of retirement.
Teddy Sheringham achieving greatness at the 1999 Champions League final - Image from Reuters
The ex-Manchester United, Spurs and Millwall striker finished his career at Colchester last summer
and is said to be wanted for Town's 2009-10 Carlsberg FA Vase campaign.
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By Stephen Coutts – Valued Guest Writer for The Flat Back Four
KENT League side Beckenham Town have made an audacious bid to coax evergreen striker Teddy
Sheringham out of retirement.
Teddy Sheringham achieving greatness at the 1999 Champions League final - Image from Reuters
The ex-Manchester United, Spurs and Millwall striker finished his career at Colchester last summer
and is said to be wanted for Town's 2009-10 Carlsberg FA Vase campaign.
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Big news in American Soccer news today. Oguchi Onyewu signed a three year deal with European
powerhouse AC Milan today, and Fifa handed out a 3+1 match ban for Micheal Bradley after an
altercation between the ref and himself after he was sent off during the Spain v. USMNT match in
the Confederations Cup.
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I haven't done this in a while, but soccer news has been slow. Check out these recent Google
searches that brought people to my blog.
I've added some editorial comments in italics. Fun times:
- "brad evans have a girlfriend" (not sure, next time add a '?')
- "teens gone wild video" (sorry my blog didn't help you out)
- "ronaldo dinosaur" (nice ad)
- "clint dempsey" (deuce is popular, rightfully so)
- "fifa 08 how to get be a pro season" (can't understand that one)
- "soccer moms gone wild" (probably didn't help again)
- "Kovax Brothers Wine" (I should get some free bottles, only fair)
- "michael owen galatasaray" (do they know something we don't)
- "games with totti" (what kind of games?
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According to the great EPL Talk soccer news site, ESPN have announced their plans for next year's
2010 World Cup.
Expect wall-to-wall coverage of the world's biggest sporting event, with all of the network's World
Cup coverage from on-site in South Africa, totaling more than 65 hours of original content.
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ESPN announced today that they have grabbed the rights to 46 English Premier League matches in the
UK starting next season and running through the 2012/13 season. ESPN also launched the following
website that takes people to a page featuring the image above: http://www.espn.co.uk/. An
interesting move by ESPN.
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The Same Old Story: The US Men's National Team, my DVR and bad luck have again
combined to result in my misfortune. I recorded yesterday's FIFA Confederations Cup match against
Italy (which started around 2:00 CST) before I went to work, and I intended to watch it when I
arrived home at night.
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Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, known in the football world as Kaka , was born on 22 April 1982
in Brasila. His father is an engineer and his mother a teacher, a situation that allowed him to
grow up in a middle-class atmosphere. He moved to Sao Paulo when he was four years old and began
playing football in that city.
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Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, known in the football world as Kaka , was born on 22 April 1982
in Brasila. His father is an engineer and his mother a teacher, a situation that allowed him to
grow up in a middle-class atmosphere. He moved to Sao Paulo when he was four years old and began
playing football in that city.
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When the US team wins, US fans experience a mixture of euphoria and dismay. It seems fair to say
we are grateful for the win and anxious about the team's shortcomings. Fans know our country has a
long way to go until we're ready to challenge for the World Cup in earnest, and there are few
things hardcore US soccer fans want more.
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