Shake Up Coming?
Published August 18, 2009
D&C.com I can write a piece about tonight's game versus the Minnesota Thunder. But, what fun would that be? This is another game against a bottom 3 team that the Rhinos should win and it will only be a stroy if they don't win it. The news of the day is Jeff's gameday article where there is talk of...
Champions League Tuesday
Published August 17, 2009
Soccer America.com Between the Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports Net, the Fox family has both the UEFA & CONCACAF Champions Leagues covered. Not only can you see Arsenal-Celtic in UEFA Champions League action, you can also see Columbus-Puerto Rico and DC United-Marathon in CONCACAF Champions League...
Gut check time
Published August 16, 2009
Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet It was painful and frustrating to watch the Portland Timbers dismantle the Rhinos on Saturday night. I was upset that Johnny Menyongar would be so selfish that he would kick a Portland player in the nether region after being foule...
Slow news day
Published August 13, 2009
Jeff has a really good piece on Pat Ercoli's transition into the radio booth today. I was excited about the news that Pat would join Joe in the broadcast booth and the duo has done very well this season. But that was to be expected given how well they both know the game. News & Notes: - Portland wi...
That sucked
Published August 12, 2009
The Kartik Report Du Nord US Soccer.com MLS Talk MLS Daily Yanks Abroad WV Hooligan Soccer Insider No Short Corners AP via SI.com Jonah Freedman @ SI.com Grant Wahl @ SI.com Grant Wahl Quick Shots Michael Lewis @ MLSNet.com SBI.net This Is American Soccer.com The Offside Rules Yank...
USMNT Gameday
Published August 11, 2009
USMNT Blog MLS Talk Yanks Abroad No Short Corners WVHooligan Washington Post - Soccer Insider The Offside Rules - Jozy video SI.com - Grant Wahl's 5 Things SI.com - Jonah Freedman on JF Torres No Short Corners - Don't let "cinqo a cero" fool you MLS Talk - Sleeping on Mexico a bad idea Was...
Azteca looms
Published August 10, 2009
US Soccer.com MLSNet.com USMNT Blog - Referee Change The Offside Rules - Howard Power SI.com Steve Davis - Open Letter to Mexico Fans WVHooligan - Hex Standings Grant Wahl - Great Moments in US-Mexico Rivalry MLS Talk - JF Torres talks MLS Talk - What will we see from Mexico? The Offside Ru...
TGIF
Published August 6, 2009
I'm worn out and I have a busy weekend ahead. If you have been following the Kick This! Twitter feed , you know that we have Matthew Delicate and U.S. Soccer Director of Referee Development Paul Tamberino lined up for the show's second hour, I'm working on getting Ross Smith on in the second hour, a...
Pure frustration
Published August 5, 2009
D&C.com D&C.com - Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet Carolina RailHawks.com The coach is frustrated. The players are frustrated. The fans are frustrated. After last evening's 1-0 loss to the Carolina RailHawks, the Rhinos are 2-3-4 at home and there stru...
The RailHawks come to town
Published August 4, 2009
D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com With a 2-2-4 home record so far this season, the Rhinos hope to grab three points this evening when they host the Carolina RailHawks. Carolina has been playing tight games on the road as they have 9 goals for and only 7 goals allowed in 9 road games this season. The RailH...
Back from vacation
Published August 3, 2009
It's too bad I didn't miss much over the past four days. Just another in a long line of bad calls against the Rhinos, apparently a show outside the show on Saturday morning, and Darren Tilley trying to change the topic off of the officiating. Now the focus has to shift to the Carolina RailHawks wh...
Suite Stuff
Published July 29, 2009
Devo has an update on the suites at Marina Auto Stadium. His previous update had the latest on the status of Steve Kindel and Errol McFarlane's availability. MLS All Star Game MLSNet.com MLSNet.com No Short Corners - Video Thursday I find it funny that there was a lot more internet chatter a...
MLS All Star Wednesday Night
Published July 28, 2009
MLSNet.com No Short Corners WV Hooligan I wonder if Everton will be rocking their new black & hot pink away unis tonight when they take on the MLS All Stars in Salt Lake? With so many big names not on the MLS All Star team, I really don't know how interested I am in tonight's match. News & Notes:...
Sepp Blatter makes the rounds
Published July 27, 2009
US MNT Blog US Soccer.com Soccer Insider Washington Post.com I'm with Steven Goff with his take on the schedule having nothing to do with luring better players to MLS. Although, everyone agrees that soccer specfic stadiums are key. But, eight of the fifteen teams already play in MLS primary stad...
Post-Open Cup season off to a good start
Published July 26, 2009
Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet So much for Darren Tilley's negative tactics during USL 1st Division league play. After the weather delay on Saturday night, the Rhinos came out in a 4-3-3 formation and took care of business against the last place Cleveland City Stars with...
Rhinos add two more to the roster
Published July 22, 2009
Devo's Direct Kicks The Rhinos made it official today that they have signed former Vancouver Whitecap leftback Steve Kindel to a 1 year deal and T&T forward Errol McFarlane to a 2 year deal. Kindel is a veteran of the USL 1st Division and has two league titles on his resume. I like this addition t...
It's 0 for 4 versus DC United
Published July 21, 2009
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Washington Post.com MLSNet.com Match Tracker MLSNet.com MLSNet.com Behind The Badge.com Behind The Badge.com - Photos Washington Times.com DC United.com Washington Examiner.com SBI.net First off I want to say that I hope that Darren Kenton a...
It's HUUUUGE ROCHESTER
Published July 20, 2009
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com US Open Cup.com Preview USL Soccer.com Behind The Badge Washington Post.com Behind The Badge - Preview Video Washington Examiner MLSNet.com - Game Notes MLSNet.com United Mania The Rhinos are without one of the great US Open Cup scorers in Joh...
The 100 Club has a new member
Published July 19, 2009
D&C.com - Front Page article D&C.com - Sports Page article Devo's Direct Kicks Devo's Direct Kicks US Soccer.com Rhinos Soccer.com The WNT Blog YouTube.com - ESPN Kaka may belong to Jesus, but Abby belongs to Rochester. While Mia Hamm, a few of the others of the 1991 USWNT World Cup squad...
So, are the refs card happy in 2009?
Published July 16, 2009
It was a topic of discussion on last week's edition of Kick This! as to whether the officials were calling things tighter in 2009. The Rhinos-Impact game on Wednesday evening was the 87th game of the 2009 USL 1st Division season. Here are the numbers for the first 87 games of the 2008 season and how...
Missed it by that much
Published July 15, 2009
D&C.com D&C.com - Notebook Rhinos Soccer.com Montreal Impact.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet This will likely be one of those games that the Rhinos look back upon at the end of the year and think "We really let two points slip away". In the last minute or two of regulation and in the four minute...
It's Rochester-Montreal day!
Published July 14, 2009
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Montreal Impact.com Neither team is at full strength with Brent Sancho and Darren Tilley serving red card suspensions for the Rhinos and Nevio Pizzolitto serving a red card suspension for Montreal. On top of that, midfielder Patrick Leduc (foot) and d...
This is going to be a long one
Published July 13, 2009
I was a slacker yesterday, so to make up for it, here is a really long post. Rhinos stuff: There was a sweet gallery of pictures at D&C.com after the Rhinos-Puerto Rico match on Friday night. We had Brent Sancho and Andrew Gregor on Kick This! on Saturday and neither guy pulled any punches with...
Book report
Published July 9, 2009
Amazon.com SI.com - Excerpt Yahoo.com - Excerpt When I returned home from Tuesday evening's US Open Cup match, my advance copy of Grant Wahl's new book The Beckham Experiment was waiting for me. I was really excited to read the book, especially after reading the excerpt that was released on SI.com...
Bring on United!
Published July 7, 2009
D&C.com D&C.com - Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks It wasn't the prettiest match, but at least the Rhinos finished off the Wilmington Hammerheads in regulation time last evening to advance to the US Open Cup Semifinals where they will take on the defending champion DC United. The Rhinos were able to p...
Rain, rain, go away....
Published July 6, 2009
D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com Star News Online - Match preview Star News Online - Notes USL Soccer.com US Open Cup.com Here is a good omen for the Rhinos: during the modern era, only one other team has advanced on PKs twice. The first was Charleston last year and they made it all the way to the F...
[Insert hot joke here]
Published July 5, 2009
D&C.com - Game story D&C.com - Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet I would expect Darren Tilley to be pretty happy with how yesterday's game versus Austin worked out. Getting the first league win at home was overdue. Getting rest for guys like Brent Sancho,...
On to the Quarters
Published June 30, 2009
D&C.com D&C.com- Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks Rochester Homepage.net Rhinos Soccer.com MLSNet.com Crew Xtra - Devo's game story for the Columbus Dispatch Another Open Cup game, another OT/PK thriller for the Rhinos. After the weather delay, the Rhinos were able to go through against the Crew's...
US Open Cup blackout.......
Published June 29, 2009
Devo's Direct Kicks Part 1 Devo's Direct Kicks Part 2 D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com MLSNet.com Crew Xtra Blog Rhinos owner Rob Clark is making tonight's match versus Columbus as the only one being hosted by a USL 1st Division club that won't be carried on USLLive.com. He is also trying to see i...
The clock struck midnight for Cinderella
Published June 28, 2009
US Soccer.com MLS Daily - Lots of links Grant Wahl blog Yanks Abroad MLSNet.com Big Apple Soccer.com The first half was a dream that no US soccer fan wanted to wake up from. The second half was reality crashing hard on the hopes of those same fans. That said, the US can only be proud of the eff...
