April 29, 2008
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
A giant has left us
One of the giants of the game left us today.
Gordon Bradley was not a giant because he is the only man to ever coach Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff. Nor because he was a championship winning coach.
Gordon was a giant because of all the people he touched.
March 30, 2008
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Soccer memories at Yankee and Shea
With the opening of the baseball season, the final one at Yankee and Shea Stadiums, the newspapers are awash with stories of baseball memories in those two ballparks. While the majority of great soccer memories in the New York area belong to Giants Stadium, there are many at those two New York stadiums as well.
Feb. 4, 2008
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Seasons worthy of the history books
On the heels of the fantastic regular season that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had, ESPN decided to rank the top 25 individual single-season performances in the history of sports.
Dec. 2, 2007
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Ironmen off to a good start
NEWARK, NJ---It’s been a long time since there has been an indoor soccer opening night around here.
Sept. 30, 2007
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
When the best team underachieves, who should pay?
We’re number three—again.
While there’s no shame in finishing third in the Women’s World Cup, behind Germany and Brazil, there was so much more expected of the United States team going into the tournament.
Aug. 27, 2007
CUTTONE'S CONCEPTS
Even after 30 years, memories don't fade.
It's hard to believe 30 years have gone by. But it’s been that long since the Cosmos hoisted the Soccer Bowl trophy in 1977 in Pele’s last competitive game.
Aug. 7, 2007
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Soccer Bashers need to wise up
This is a column 30 years in the making.
I’ve held my tongue, or in this case typing fingers, for that long, deciding it was better to ignore the soccer bashers than to get into a war of words with them.
June 27, 2007
CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Why aren’t fans showing the WNT some love?
They say Americans love a winner.
So it’s hard to figure why the U.S. Women’s team isn’t drawing better than they are.
May 30, 2007
CUTTONE'S CONCEPTS
Sports resurgence in Brooklyn includes soccer
There’s a sports resurgence going on in Brooklyn. It started with minor league baseball’s Cyclones, who play at KeySpan Park, and will culminate with the opening of the new Atlantic Yards Arena where the Nets will move in a few years. But soccer has not been left out.
Jan. 16, 2007
BIG BANG
Beckham could propel MLS to new heights
First, let’s set the record straight. The North American Soccer League did not fold because it imported high-priced foreign talent.
Jan. 2, 2007
THIS IS COSMOS SOCCER
Karvellas was the voice of an era
Jim Karvellas, voice of the Cosmos during their glory days, brought something very special to the broadcast booth about the NASL's legendary team in the seventies and eighties.
Dec. 18, 2006
STAR POWER
Music impresario Ertegun helped Cosmos glitter
A major player in the development of professional soccer in this country passed away last week. And while Lamar Hunt’s death drew most of the deserved accolades and notice, the death of former Cosmos president Ahmet Ertegun went largely unnoticed in the sporting press.
Dec. 5, 2006
KICK IN THE GRASS
Book offers insights into NASL’s rise and fall
Clive Toye’s A Kick in the Grass (St. Johann Press/Paperbound $22.50) offers an inside look at the successes and excesses of the North American Soccer League.
Aug. 14, 2006
THIS OLD HOUSE
Stadium rocked, MLS needs it to be for home team
If you ever returned to the neighborhood where you grew up and found the houses a bit run down and the yards overgrown with weeds, you know how I have felt the last few years making the trek to Giants Stadium.
