September 2, 2010
Everyone is putting their two cents out there on the Bob Bradley contract extension:
Brooks Peck @ Dirty Tackle blog on Yahoo!
Then there was the press conference with Bradley and Sunil Gulati and the reactions to that:
One of my favorite pieces is this one from David Hirshey @ ESPN.com.
And I wonder how fun the Landon Donovan and Bob Bradley meeting will go after that headline.....
News & Notes:
- Portland has a jersey sponsor and Vancouver has a head coach for 2011. And here is an update on the progress at BC Place.
- SBI.net lays out why fans will hate what CONCACAF is doing and Greg Seltzer is already there.
- The 24th Minute & Inside Minnesota Soccer look at the USSF D2/NASL clubs that are on thin ice for 2011.
- Inside Minnesota Soccer also has a nice breakdown of how the USSF D2 playoffs will work.
- DC United was not happy with the ref in their 2-1 AET loss to Columbus in the USOC Semifinals. Columbus will have to travel to Seattle for the final.
- MLS has Episodes one , two , and three up of a series called Real Road Trip. I really like what MLS's web team has been up to since the re-launch of the site and adding all the cool new columns and content like what goes up on Youtube.
- I always thought that LA & MLS would value Landon Donovan more than a European club would. And a $16 million price tag sounds about like what I would expect LA & MLS to ask for.
- The news that Columbus is scouting locations for a stadium to replace Crew Stadium has me dreaming about replacing MAS with a stadium somewhere like Henrietta near the thruway exit.
- And this interview with Seattle's athletic development coach Dave Tenney was really interesting. Along with way over my head in spots.
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