The tradition continues…. A stirring tribute to injured winger Steve Zakuani as the Seattle faithful give a call-and-response Saturday at home in the 11th minute of their 3-0 win over Toronto FC to the player who’s leg was snapped in two last weekend. Zakuani, on twitter: “Experienced the most emotional 1 min of my life [...]
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27 Apr
Rimando & Alvarez: Your Real Salt Lake CCL Primer
TSG’s Jay Bell gets on the horn with RSL’s key men Last weekend I got a chance to speak with a couple of Real Salt Lake players about their CONCACAF Champions League final against Monterrey. I was able to speak with Arturo Alvarez (AA) for the second time in just over a month and I [...]
25 Apr
Monday Quarterbacking
You still on that jellybean high? Fantastic weekend for soccer, if you could squeeze it in: • The Los Angeles Galaxy went out of this world with their 3-0 thrashing of the visiting….”TIIIIMMMMBERs!” While the Galaxy’s form will be hailed, I’m not sold on their squad just yet. Chad Barrett played above himself and P-Town’s [...]
22 Apr
Sounders Win Away, But Story Is Zakuani
I’d like to take the Brian Mullan tackle on Steve Zakuani in an unpopular direction. Friday night in Colorado, the Sounders made a 1-0 win stand-up in the face of what was some heartfelt agony at losing their teammate Steve Zakuani on an unfortunate tackle in the early minutes. A confluence of circumstances, and some [...]
21 Apr
Gotham Bulls Over United: Henry Drops Brace…
…and Juan Agudelo does his “not Eddie Johnson” routine with a solid technical goal. United ran into a buzz saw this evening and a team that is starting to play the type of ball that Hans Backe envisioned. That said, it’s a radically different feel for the team and Thierry Henry is active and interested. [...]
20 Apr
Real Salt Lake Scratches For Solid Result
Good teams find the way. Real Salt Lake with not one, but two critical away goals to level the match both times as the visitors on the road in Monterrey played like it was already crowned the champion. Impressive. Great performances all around, but Nick Rimando….aggressive…on the road?! Tops.
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