Wearing the goat horns
Published May 22, 2008
SBI.net SI.com John Terry can blame the wet turf at Luzhniki Stadiumfor his slip and miss on the PK that would have given Chelsea a 5-4 win on PKs. Didier Drogba on the other hand has no one to blame but himself for the braincramp swat he took at Nemanja Vidic. Who knows if having Drogba available f...
Palguta named to Team of the Week
Published May 21, 2008
USL Soccer.com Rhinos defender Scott Palguta earned a spot on the USL 1st Division Team of the Week with his game tying goal in Seattle. Also on the Team of the Week were former Rhino midfielder Jonathan "Don't call me Jonny" Steele and Charleston Battery forward Randi patterson who scored the lone...
Is winning Mission: Impossible?
Published May 19, 2008
USL Soccer.com Devo's Direct Kicks D&C - Rhinos drop home opener, remain winless D&C - Gallery D&C - Plenty of room for optimism about Rochester Rhinos Rhinos Soccer.com For once, the weather cooperated and despite gloomy forecasts leading up to Saturday's home opener, the weather was relatively nic...
2nd chance is one day away
Published May 16, 2008
D&C - New Rhinos owner eager to win back fans, sponsors D&C - Meet the 2008 Rhinos Rhinos Soccer.com - Traffic and Parking plan The D&C is firing up the Rhinos coverage, the Rhinos staff are working like crazy, thousands of people have their lovely new season tickets, Danny Earls is signed and expe...
Palguta blast nets Rhinos a point
Published May 15, 2008
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com It only took 450 minutes of soccer the the Rhinos to score a goal in 2008. Unfortunately, that goal didn't produce the team's first win of the season. But, it did salvage a late tie in Seattle and the Rhinos return home for Saturday's open...
Is tonight the night?
Published May 14, 2008
D&C.com With the Rhinos in Seattle this evening, the $1million question is whether tonight is the night that the Rhinos score a goal (or more) and get their first win of the season. On the bright side, they do have the reigning USL 1st Division Team of the Week goalkeeper in Scott Vallow and they s...
Injury bug bites ex-Rhinos
Published May 13, 2008
Mike Ambersley's 2008 USL 1st Division season is apparently over due to a knee injury. Atlanta's 2007 leading goal scorer, Warren Ukah, is also done for the season with a knee injury he suffered in a collision with Seattle goalkeeper Chris Eylander. In Montreal, Gabe Gervais is on the shelf for thr...
Is it time to hit the panic button?
Published May 12, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com USL Soccer.com Whitecaps FC.com Another game, another shutout loss for the Rhinos. With the home opener less than a week away and the new Rhinos management trying to make a good first impression, the results on the field are sp far away from being acceptable that one has t...
Glass Half Full
Published May 9, 2008
D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com Portland Timbers.com Oregon Live.com Portland Tribune.com Usually a scoreless draw isn't a reason to celebrate, but after the Rhinos first two games of the season, the Rhinos were more than happy to leave Portland with their first point of the 2008 season. Rh...
Salt in the wound
Published May 7, 2008
USL Soccer.com When the USL 1st Division Team of the Week was named this week, I got a chuckle over how many players on the list played against the Rhinos last week. Six (yes, over half of the TOTW) players were from Charleston or Minnesota. And that includes the USL 1st Division Player of the Week...
Das Auto in DC
Published May 6, 2008
DC United.com Soccer Insider 5 years and over $14 million Plus, an option for the naming rights for the soccer specific stadium that DC United has been trying to get built for years. That's what German automaker Volkswagen has coughed up to get their logo on the front of the jerseys for DC United. T...
Rhinos need to change their luck
Published May 5, 2008
D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com Minnesota Thunder.com Star Tribune.com Whether it was misjudging a wind aided punt by Thunder goalkeeper Nick Platter, failing to convert a penalty kick just a few minutes after Alen Marcina gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead, or failing to convert on a handful of qua...
A Bad Dream
Published May 3, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com USL Soccer.com - Official Match Information Charleston Battery.com The Darren Tilley and Rob Clark eras of Rochester Rhinos soccer didn't really start off with a rather uninspired 2-0 loss in Charleston last night did it? Atiba Charles' Rhinos debut didn't last only 13 minu...
The season opener is only a day away
Published May 1, 2008
Charleston Battery.com MnThunder.com The Rhinos open up the 2008 season in Charleston tomorrow evening versus the Battery. Former Rhinos defender John Wilson will not be in the Battery line up as he is sitting out a red card suspension. Charleston will have midfielder Stephen Armstrong back in the l...
Rhinos - Clear Channel deal gets done
Published April 30, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com The long awaited deal with Clear Channel radio became official yesterday and Country 107.3 FM is the new radio home of the Rochester Rhinos. I tuned it to 107.3 FM on the way home from the pre-season gameon Friday evening and the reception was a lot better than what I received li...
If you think you had a bad weekend........
Published April 29, 2008
SI.com If you had a bad weekend, I'd suggest reading how Brazilian forward Ronaldo's weekend went. I would suggest that you swallow any liquids prior to clicking the above link as I do not want to be held responsible for any monitor or PC damage that is caused by the unplanned projection of liquids....
The preseason is in the books........
Published April 28, 2008
The Rhinos closed out the preseason with a 1-0 win over Binghamton University on Friday night and a 4-1 win over St. Catherines Roma yesterday afternoon. The upside with this year's team is that they look to have a lot of skill and team speed and should be a very fun team to watch. Hamed Diallo ha...
Game On!!!!!!
Published April 25, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com The preseason game versus Binghamton University is on for this evening. the game will start at 6pm at PAETEC Park and admission and parking is free. Also, tomorrow morning at 10am the Rhinos are having an open practice and Select-A-Seat event. So, come on down and check out the tea...
The Rhinos preview is up!
Published April 24, 2008
USL Soccer.com The one thing that jumps out at me as their take that the signing of Salles is the biggest move of the off season. I would say that getting Steve Guppy as a player/assistant coach is the biggest move that they made in the off season. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if Luke Kreamalmayer...
Just another kick around
Published April 22, 2008
It's a relatively slow news day, so I'm going to be lazy and just give a run down of some of the things that are going on i the world of soccer. - The Rhinos have rescheduled the pre-season game against Binghamton University for Friday evening at 6pm at PAETEC Park. They have also an open practive a...
Rhinos changing radio broadcast partners
Published April 21, 2008
Devo's Direct Kicks WYSL 1040.com WYSL 1040 AM has posted a news item on their site that says that the Rhinos have backed out of a verbal agreement to have games broadcast on WYSL for both the 2008 and 2009 seasons and they will instead move to one of the FM signals owned by Clear Channel radio. Hot...
Game Off!!!!
Published April 21, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com Tonight's preseason game versus Binghamton University has been postponed. The Rhinos are working to re-schedule the game. So, if you were planninng on heading down to PAETEC Park tonight at 6pm, I'd make alternate plans! The next scheduled home preseason game is Sunday afternoon...
With opening day only two weeks away........
Published April 18, 2008
Since we are two weeks outfrom the first game of the 2008 Rhinos season when they travel to Charelston, SC to take on the Battery, here is my guess as to what Darren Tilley's first Starting XI will look like: Goalkeeper - Scott Vallow - I think this is one of the safer picks right now. The bigger qu...
Rhinos sign three
Published April 16, 2008
The Rhinos have signed three players, including former Trinidad and Tobago national team defender David Atiba Charles. The Rhinos have also signed Canadian forward Evan Milward and defender J.P. Reyes. Milward and Reyes were in the Rhinso starting eleven versus Syracuse University this evening and...
Here comes the Orange
Published April 16, 2008
The Rhinos have their second home game of the pre-season tonight with the Syracuse Orange heading west down I-90. Here are some of the questions running through my head before the 6pm kick off: - Will Salles play or is he still out with an ankle injury? - Will John Ball be in the line up since his i...
First impressions
Published April 15, 2008
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks I didn't come away from yesterday's preseason game versus Hartwick College thinking that this team is a lock to be a USL 1st Division title contender in 2008. There were things I like and some things that I think need to be addressed moving forward. But, here are my qui...
Good News & Ugly News
Published April 14, 2008
Good News: Rhinos Soccer.com The Rhinos defeated the USL 2nd Division's Cleveland City Stars 1-0 on Saturday. Hamed Diallo scored his second goal of the pre-season to provide the visitors with the win. If you want to get a first hand look at the new Rhinos, you can come out to PAETEC Park tonight a...
TGIF
Published April 11, 2008
The Rhinos are having a press conference this afternoon (at 2:30 or 2:45, depending on the source of the information) at Famous Dave's BBQ. I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that it is to announce that Famous Dave's will be a concessionaire at PAETEC Park. Hopefully the club can get a fe...
Rhinos defeat Bonnies 3-1
Published April 10, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com The Leader.com Devo's Direct Kicks The Rhinos defeated St. Bonaventure 3-1 in their preseason debut for 2008. Hamed Diallo, Matthew Delicate, and Johnny Menyongar scored first half goals for the Rhinos in the victory. Newly signed midfielder Luke Kreamalmeyer was in Coach Darren Ti...
Tiger to the Rhinos and Pato to the Impact
Published April 9, 2008
Devo's Direct Kicks Devo is reporting that Evan Milward, J.P. Reyes, Danny Earl, John Donohue, and former Real Salt Lake midfielder Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick are among the new players that are currently in Rhinos camp. Fitzpatrick would certainly be a guy that would appear on paper to bring an upg...