Messi in Senegal
Barcelona star Lionel Messi arrived in Senegal to help launch a campaign against malaria in Africa. The reigning world footballer of the year is advocating the need to use medicated bed nets to reduce the pace of the disease on the continent. “I am really delighted to come to Senegal,” the Argentine told BBC Sport. […]
U.S. Knocked out of World Cup by Ghana Again
ISTANBUL (AP) — The U.S. was knocked out of the Under-20World Cup in the first round, finishing last in Group A with a 4-1 loss to Ghana on Thursday night at Kayseri. The American U20s were outscored 9-3 in the tournament, opening with a 4-1 loss to Spain and then coming from behind to tie France […]
Wake Up the Inner City
WAKE UP U.S. Soccer!!! As the NBA Championship wrapped up and all of the post-game talk ensued, basketball fans around the world have slowly but surely begun that agonizing basketball withdrawal that we all go through at this time of the year. And for that I’m deeply regretful… But don’t fret…next season is right around […]
The Art of Protest in Brazil
Rows of soccer balls representing a cemetery are laid out in Rio’s Copacabana beach, the latest in a protest movement that has swept Brazil.
Summer of Soccer in US
It seems like the United States has become the destination of choice for International Clubs and this summer is no exception. The U.S. will host well over 40 games in 18 cities this summer from the likes of Chelsea, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Spain and Brazil, just to name a few. So in addition to […]
First African-American woman named chief executive of major national U.S. soccer body
Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, who spent seven years as the national executive director of the Los Angeles-based American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, has been named the American Youth Soccer Organization’s new National Executive Director. She is the first African-American woman to be named chief executive of a major national U.S. soccer body.
All Hispanics Don’t Like Soccer
Soccer season in the U.S. officially started last month (the Major League Soccer schedule). I was reading up about the latest blitzes targeting Hispanics. Everything I’d been reading was about “Hispanic soccer viewing numbers up for soccer”, “soccer unifies Hispanics”, “soccer is the wave of the future for U.S. Hispanics”. And honestly much of the […]
EPL vs. NBA: Why soccer should fear the NBA
As the 2013 NBA Finals comes down to a game 7 and the summer touring begins here’s a great piece about the globalization of sports. When the English Premier League announced plans to play a regular-season, competitve match on foreign soil — dubbed the “39th game” – there was almost unified outcry from the many […]
Man City & The Yankees Form Partnership
If you haven’t received the memo or read the NY Times or ESPNFC or BBC or…need we go on? Then you probably don’t know that two of the biggest and polarizing sports brands in the world, The New York Yankees and Manchester City Football Club have come together to form New York City Football Club, […]
Confederations Cup: Tahiti
Location: In the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia Capital: Papeete Population: 274,512 Official Language: French Ethnic Groups: Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4% FIFA Ranking #138. Players to Watch: Steevy Chung Hue, Marima Vahiura
