Thierry Henry admits MLS is a tough sell….
In an interview with Goal.com, Henry admits that MLS would be a tough sell for top young athletes who can play pro in other sports. NEW YORK – Reflecting on his time in Major League Soccer as he sits at a table at Bagatelle in New York’s chic Meat Packing district, Thierry Henry raises a […]
The Balotelli Factor
Time named Mario Balotelli one of the 100 most influential people in the world, from artists, leaders to pioneers, titans and icons. Does the US need its own Super Mario or could he help make this game more popular in the US? Source: Time Magazine Like UrbanStreetSoccer on Facebook. Follow UrbanStreetSoccer on Twitter @UrbanStSoccer
CHELSEA FC FOUNDATION AND FC HARLEM ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP
The Chelsea Football Club Foundation and FC Harlem today (Wednesday) announced a partnership to develop community initiatives for young people in New York.
Urban Street Soccer Radio: 1
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/100791140″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Episode 1 of Urban Street Soccer Radio. Featuring a vast array of sounds from many different genres; from the incredible jazz-funk style of Brazilian trio Azymuth to rapper Al Kani from Zambia to the latest contemporary electronic music by Victor Niglio, Bob Sinclar, and many more. To […]
The U.S. Needs More Futsal
This isn’t new news as we see from this good article from 2008. But what will it take for the U.S. to get with the program……………. Several weeks ago, Tom Dunmore of Pitch Invasion wrote about his trip to a Major Indoor Soccer League game in this piece for Chicago Sports Weekly, highlighting the curious combination of the world’s […]
Racial divide driving a wedge into soccer’s grassroots
Has much changed since Steven Wells wrote this article? Some will say “a lot”, others will say “some”, but we clearly know, Not Enough………….. Boston’s Pop Warner “urban suburban” American football league collapsed earlier this month. Parents of the suburban 7-14-year-olds said that the urban kids played too rough. And urban playing fields were “unsafe”. And […]
