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USL Soccer.com Rhinos Soccer.com Charleston Battery.com D&C.com A rough trip to Charleston which had the Rhinos getting to town a mere three hours before kickoff and allowing an early goal for the second straight game had the Rhinos somehwat happy to escape Blackbaud Stadium with a 1-1 draw against...

The 2007 Rhinos home opener versus the defending USL 1st Division Champion Vancouver Whitecaps has come and gone and I'm going to recap the match with a little The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Only this time there are going to be two editions of GBU: One for the game on the field and another for wha...

Rhinos Soccer.com The results of the MRI are back and it is not good news for the Rhinos or their captain. Vallow is expected to miss three months as he will need surgery to repair a ruptured right distal biceps tendon which was injured blocking a shot in practice on April 18th. Vallow is scheduled...

Scott Vallow's injured bicep, that has kept him out of the Rhinos two recent exhibition matches versus Syracuse University and Niagara University, hasn't been healing as fast as some would like. Scott and the team are awaiting the results of an MRI to determine whether or not how to approach the inj...

LA Soccer News.com is reporting that Chivas USA has sent the former MLS MVP to Toronto FC for Paulo Nagamura and a draft pick. However, Ives Galarcep is reporting that Chivas USA is denying the report. For Chivas' sake, I hope the report is incorrect. If it's not, then they've traded away their Des...

Yesterday the Rhinos unveiled their kit deal with Select and the kits that the team will be wearing in 2007. I hate to go all Mr. Blackwell on them, but what is going on with the yellow shoulders on that home kit? I think the all road and alternate kits look OK, but the home kit leaves much to be de...

US Soccer.com Citing commitments to his club team, Jesus Padilla has declined US Soccer's invitation to join the latest U-20 camp and to play Argentina's U-20s at PAETEC Park on May 15th. Padilla has been replaced on the US roster by UCLA midfielder Sal Zizzo who was a part of the US U-20 team durin...

It looks as if Jesus Padilla will not be coming to Rochester next month. The free internet translation I did was sketchy, but it sounds to me like Padilla hopes to one day play for El Tri, so he's taking a pass on the invite from US Soccer. There are rumors floating around that Padilla's Mexican cl...

I feel a rant coming on. Sure, the Wizards smoked Toronto FC last night 3-0 and Eddie Johnson helped my fantasy team by scoring a goal (I named him my team's captain because he was getting to play Toronto FC twice this week.....), so I should be happy. But there's been so much stuff getting bottled...

Rhinos Soccer.com Devo @ D&C.com The Rhinos have added a third goalkeeper to the mix as they've signed Virginia Tech grad and former Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Chase Harrison. The addition of Harrison brings the Rhinos roster to 24 players. That leaves them with two open roster spots should they want...

US Soccer.com Yanks Abroad The US U-20s will bring primarily a domestic based squad to Rochester on May 15th when they face off with defending U-20 World Cup champs Argentina. Johann Smith is the only European based player that has been named to coach Thomas Rongen's 16 man roster that was announced...

Democrat & Chronicle Joe Spector's latest article on PAETEC Park should have come as no suprise to Rhinos fans that frequent this little corner of cyberspace. Almost three weeks ago, I had this update from Rhino's Executive Vice President Matthew Ford about how the team is still awaiting the promise...

Rhinos Soccer.com The good news is that the press release the team sent out had photos of Freddy Adu, such as the one above, by John Todd of International Sport Images who supplies photos for US Soccer. So, it would appear that Adu will be playing for the US in the match. Also, the Rhinos mentioned...

Big Apple Soccer.com It was announced yesterday that WSII now has commitments from 8 markets for the 2008 re-launch of a top professional women's soccer league in the US. Boston and NY/NJ will join LA, Washington, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis, and a market to be named later (rumored to be San Jose) wh...

  For those that were wondering who the Rhinos currently have under contract, here is the list and when those players contracts end. This update is through the announcement of the Chase Harrison signing that was announced on 4/24/07. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of th...

Arena, Red Bulls get their man - NY Red Bulls.com Argentine scorer signs deal with Crew - Columbus Dispatch With MLS adding two more foreign born Designated Players on Tuesday, the soccer media is abuzz with talk about what this all means and who could be coming next. Greg Lalas has a piece about th...

There have been some hints thrown around by Rhinos management about possible player signings and a major announcement that may take place this week. Hopefully the forward playing in England with Championship and EPL experience wasn't Danny Dichio who is reportedly set to sign with Toronto FC. The B...

Having given the performances from Friday night in their 2-1 loss to Puerto Rico and their 1-0 win in Miami time to settle like a meal that wasn't that great upon first blush, I'm here some thoughts after two games: Hamed Diallo may be that dangerous free kick taker the Rhinos have needed ever sinc...

Opening day 2007 is upon us as the Rhinos take on the Puerto Rico Islanders tonight at 8pm. Devo is all over the opener with his article in today's D&C and he has the projected starting lineup in his blog. Over at RhinosSoccer.com, Justin Swackhamer has an audio interview with Rhinos head coach Laur...

Rhinos Soccer.com In unexpected news yesterday, the Rhinos announced that they had signed defender Kenney Bertz to a new two year contract that will keep him with the club through the 2008 season. The Rhinos held an option on Bertz for 2007, but worked out a new two year deal with their 2006 Rookie...

Bob Matthews - D&C.com The Rhinos season opener apparently will not be broadcast on local airwaves due to a conflict with the WYSL broadcast of the Red Wings game. You will be able to get the game featuring play by play by Soccer Sam and color commentary by Rhinos executive VP Matthew Ford on WYSL's...

Eric Wynalda has made a name for himself as a candid soccer analyst that will take shots at anyone and everyone. Well, that certainly seemed to be true when Eric gave an apparently alcohol fueled interview to a blogger ahead of the US-Ecuador game recently. Near the end of the interview Wynalda t...

MLS Opening Day 2007 is tomorrow. And with a trio of nationally televised games, I hope to get to see a few of the new storylines develop with DC United (Luciano Emilio and Fred make their MLS debuts) taking on the Colorado Rapids at brand new Dick's Sporting Goods Park on ABC at 3:30, the New York...

On Christmas day, the Democrat and Chronicle had an article on additional funding for Phase II of PAETEC Park and the Rhinos plans to finish the press box and luxury suites, build a commisary to help improve the quality of concessions, a new video production studio, a stage to allow PAETEC Park to h...

MLSNet.com MLSNet.com Chicago Sun Times Chicago Daily Herald Soccer America Chicagoland Soccer News.com Of all the Blanco signing with the Chicago Fire, my favorite has to be from Luis Bueno at SI.com. I'm definitely not sold on the Blanco signing being a good thing for the Fire or MLS in the long t...

MLSNet.com MLS is rolling out a bunch of changes this season to try and improve their product. Some of them are on the business side (Beckham Rule, more flexibility in allocation spending, etc.) that are aimed at improving the talent level in the league. Others are in the broadcast side of things (m...

MLSNet.com Chicagoland Soccer News.com Houston Chronicle Star Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco will put pen to paper Tuesday on a deal with the Chicago Fire, the club has announced. Blanco will become the third designated player signed by an MLS since the "Beckham Rule" was announced earlier this o...

The Virginian-Pilot USL Soccer.com Rhinos Soccer.com Fox Soccer.com In case you haven't heard, the Virginia Beach Mariners franchise was terminated by the USL yesterday. What that means for the Rhinos is that their season will begin a week earlier than expected in Puerto Rico as they travel to take...

The sixth overall selection in the 2007 USL College Draft is now in camp with the Rhinos. Former University of New Hampshire and Cape Cod Crusader goalkeeper Brian Levey has joined the Rhinos as they prepare for the 2007 USL 1st Division season at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. Levey is h...

Rhinos Soccer.com Scott Palguta channels his inner Landon Donovan and the Rhinos get 2nd half goals from Chad Severs and Ryan Wileman to defeat Miami FC 3-2 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida yesterday. The good news is that Diallo, Wileman, and Severs provided some second half offense. The b...