There is a great piece over at The Original Winger; an interview with Gino Rossetti of Rossetti
Architects. Get inside the head of one of the people who is shaping --somewhat literally-- how
soccer is perceived in America.
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Gregan'em (pronounced like the Southernism "Momma'nem"*) take the show on the road to Harrison for
the laying of the final piece of sodding sod. They're also joined by special guests Tab Ramos &
Ritchie Williams to talk stadia, New Jersey stuff and playoffs. They also prove that --standing
next to Ramos & Williams they are the tallest team of pundits in the American soccersphere.
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Extra Time live from the House of Taurine
™. Get an eyeful of those seats and that grass in
the background; with apologies to Seattle fans, blue & green never looked so good together. And
most importantly get an earful of hot playoff talk from Greg, Jason, Shep & Shep's mustache.
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Here's a video of a couple of Brooklyn boys breaking one of my cardinal rules for New York
area-living: never cross two rivers in one trip. If you have to go from the BK to The Dirty Jersey
make a pit stop in the city for a drink, a meal or anything to break up the trip. I find that it
makes the journey less epic.
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Check the Red Bull Arena webcam right now and you'll see something wonderful, glorious and green.
No, I'm talking about Dietrich Mateschitz's millions laid out like a...well actually yeah, I guess
I am talking about that since he's kinda bankrolling this whole miracle along the Passaic. One of
the prettiest things I have seen in a stadium since Penelope Cruz last turned out in support of
Spain.
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They used to always say that the Home Depot Center was the jewel of Major League Soccer. I guess
sh*t done changed...or it will in March 2010 at least. To be fair though I think they are two
different animals that are each worthy of being a "diamond girl" in their own way and don't really
lend themselves to a side-by-side comparison.
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WVHooligan 21 September @ 06:38 PM EST
Chester Stadium currently under construction. (Photo via Philadelphia Union)
Lots of attention lately has been given to the start of next season for each club. It mainly
seems to boil down to two clubs that are causing the league to redo the start of the season
schedule every other day.
Both Toronto and 2010 expansion club Philadelphia seem to have their own issues going on.
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It's quaint but that roof makes it cozy. I hope they get this built sooner rather than later
because their current digs are Dragon Stadium 2.0.
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A few sources have stated that the TOA (Team Owners Association) is meeting with MLS this week and
both groups are trying to make some deal that might create every promotion/relegation lovers wet
dream... MLS2. I must point out that no one has come forward and confirmed this news yet. I bring
it to you only for the sake of argument and will leave the breaking story (if in fact this meeting
took place) to the actual journalists.
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I'm not exactly sure how interested anyone is in this but Panasonic are outfitting Red Bull Arena
with all of it's video screens and TV's. That's cool. I like to to watch TV and go to soccer games
so why not do both at the same time?
Perhaps Panasonic would like to become The Official Technology Partner of SF's House?
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This was on NYC's NBC affiliate during today's morning show. I'm sure a more legitimate video of
this piece will surface later in the day but until then you'll have to be content to watch it in
TOR's patented GhettoVision™.
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Some of the citizenry, including local bar owner Joe Pizzo, are not impressed with the Rochester
Rhinos and their stadium. As for me, I am not impressed the city's faux-Kent Brockman news anchor.
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Andy Martin of Getty Images took this photo of Red Bull Areana earlier this week. I want to
common-law marry it. That is all.
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Why fly from Boston to Philly when you can save yourself the hassle of the airport by taking
Amtrak? With four MLS teams set up along the Acela route next season you'll probably see more teams
and fans taking to the rails to take in away games. Also, keep your eyes peeled for a cameo by Red
Bull Arena in the clip above.
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Ain't no drama like PDX stadium drama. Hot on the heels of Merritt Paulson's withdrawl of one
baseball relocation proposal one of the Portland City Councilmen who voted for the ordinance to
bring Major League Soccer to Portland has now said that he's going to vote against it if it means
losing the city's baseball team.
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Big shouts to Down The Byline for pointing out this tasty bit of stadium p0rn. This is one of the
first renderings of the Kansas City SSS that's slowly coming to fruition. Things tend to change
from the early renderings to the finished product but it's just nice to see something even if the
finished product is something altogether different.
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We're not even to the All-Star break and I'm about one more loss from completely giving up hope for
anything good coming out of the 2009 season for RBNY. I know that's one more loss than necessary
for some of my fellow fans but I'm attempting to be an optimist. Other than some wild, unlikely
success the only good things I can imagine are the following:
1.
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Been sitting on this for a couple of days; it's form last week but it's still worth checking out if
not for the fact that it may be hopefully be the only time you see Juan Pietravallo set foot on
this field.
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Let the World Cup Qualifying hype begin! With the Yanks getting after it twice this week, away at
Costa Rica and at home against Honduras, this week should yield a enough USMNT content to fill the
supporters end of a reasonably-sized SSS with ease. Our Gooch (and his new, questionable goatee)
gets it started with some solo action; he definitely sounds done with Belgium so all you wild
Walloon women had better find another brother to get a champagne shower from.
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Over at RedBullReader.com, they've launched the first installment of a new video series which shows
the Red Bull Arena under construction in a time-lapse video. Every two weeks they'll post another
month's worth of construction footage. Today's tease goes back to the early days: September 2008.
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Who will actually get out of their tight & temporary stadium first: San Jose and it's incredible,
shrinking stadium or Kansas City and it's funded but not REALLY funded stadium that looks like it
going to get put off another year? Damn you recession, damn you.
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Not the local band. But the Champions League Finalist. That Barcelona. The one with Henry, Messi
and Eto'o. The one with Puyol, Marquez, Xavi and Iniesta Barcelona v Sounders on August 5th. Will
the Henry to MLS rumors start up again on the trip? Almost certainly. Their SSS holds 97k, ours
only [.
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Pay no attention to the audio as we had a few different conversations going on at the same time so
it's all a bit jumbled. Do pay attention to the sterling camerawork by Jamison though because the
visuals are much better than anything Dunny (who took loads of pictures) & I have to say.
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The Rapids are in Houston for their first Sunday game of the season. They have a 4 game undefeated
streak on the line (If you count the USOC game) as they finish their longest road trip of the year.
The game is at 1pm MDT and will be televised on Telefutura nationally and on Universal Sports in
the Denver market (in English).
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on Flickr"img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3405014840_2b00e79cf7_o.jpg" alt="Rowdies"
width="500" height="376" //abr /br /1. Don't sign an aging star right out of the box.br /2. Don't
make grand statements of becoming "a world class club".
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This Saturday night is no cover night at Rio Tinto Stadium. Don't ask me about drink specials or
who's DJing because I have no idea. This guy is working the door though so don't even think about
using your fake ID.
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Damn, talk about a 90th minute push toward goal. While the New Soccer Nation waits around for word
from the Portland City Council, Anheuser-Busch has gotten in on Jeff Cooper's action in St. Louis
but it might be too little late. They're essentially signing over the deed to a soccer park they
own that has a small stadium.
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