January 30, 2012
CUTTONE'S CONCEPTS
A bad day for American soccer
Monday was a bad day for American soccer. And it shouldn't have been.
January 17, 2012
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Indoor soccer is alive in Kansas City
Indoor soccer is alive and relatively well in Kansas City. Even if it is in a bit of a time warp. But hey, that's always been part of the beauty of indoor soccer. Turn out the lights, pump smoke on the field, blare 80s disco music and watch guys run around on the turf like they were in a pinball machine.
January 7, 2012
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Whoops, WPS misses big opportunity
Thursday afternoon in the main ballroom at the Kansas City Convention Center, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber will step up to the podium to announce the first pick of the MLS Super Draft. Twenty-four hours later, Women’s Professional Soccer CEO Jennifer O’Sullivan will step up to a similar podium in a much smaller room at the same convention center and announce the women’s league’s first pick.
January 3, 2012
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Broaden the bookshelf
Being both a devoted reader and a soccer junkie, I am usually excited when a new soccer book arrives.
November 26, 2011
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Memo to US Soccer: time to step up
It’s time for U.S. Soccer to step up for women’s soccer.
September 27, 2011
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KC got it right
KANSAS CITY, Kan.---With all due respect to PPL Park and Red Bull Arena, both wonderful MLS stadiums, Kansas City has raised the bar.
August 6, 2011
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Making new memories, for better or worse
I thought the moment I flipped on the TV to watch the New York Cosmos take on Manchester United in the Paul Scholes farewell game, a flood of memories about the old days would come rushing over me.
I wanted it to, but it didn’t happen.
July 10, 2011
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Indomitable Abby
It's not always the best teams, with the best players, with the most skill, that win. Sometimes it requires guts, persistence, a little luck and a player that can pick up the team and almost singlehandedly will them to victory.
May 10, 2011
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Tough times for the women’s game
Seeing Brandi Chastain doing a promo for the upcoming Women’s World Cup reminded me just how much has changed in women’s soccer since that glorious summer in 1999, when the U.S. team was the darling of the entire country and Chastain wound up on the cover of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated after ripping her jersey off to celebrate her championship-winning penalty kick.
March 19, 2011
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Time to turn out
HARRISON, NJ---Ok, where is everyone ?
True it was a little cold tonight, maybe in the 40s. But otherwise it was a beautiful clear night. No excuse for Red Bull Arena to be little more than half full on opening night.
March 16, 2009
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Nostalgia is part of the passion for sport
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber is under the impression that selling soccer and selling nostalgia do not necessarily go hand in hand.
December 3, 2010
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Not shocked at FIFA’s decision
If FIFA had awarded the 2022 World Cup to Phoenix, Arizona, that would have been a shock. That they awarded it to Qatar, an Emirate with roughly the same population and summer climate, is not.
November 16, 2010
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MLS embracing some NASL history, mis-remembering other
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber is certainly more accepting of the North American Soccer League, its history and what the league meant to U.S. soccer and to developing soccer fans around the country than the league’s previous administration. But he still needs to get some of his facts about the league correct.
November 6, 2010
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The morning after the big upset
If a world power falls and there’s no one there to cover it, does it make a noise?
