Mr. White is in trouble
Published July 9, 2008
Chicago Tribune.com Red Card Blog Washington Post.com Soccer Insider Blog US Soccer is investigating claims that Blanco not only gouged DC United's Clyde Simms' eye, but that he headbutted a DC United official that was escorting him away from the Chicago bench after gettign red carded. It appears t...
Diallo and Harrison out - Gregor in
Published July 8, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com The Offside.com Timbers Blog TriSoccerFan.com Here's the wrap up: Hamed Diallo lands in Carolina Chase Harrison and Jamil Walker land in Portland And midfielder Andrew Gregor lands in Rochester My take: We talk "off the air" about stuff all the time at Kick This!. Two weeks ago...
US Open Cup Quarter Finals are tonight
Published July 7, 2008
US Open Cup.com The Rhinos are out of this year's tournament, but there are a few story lines to watch for tonight: - The Seattle Sounders are in the midst of their East-West-East roadtrip. Having lost in Charleston on Saturday, the Sounders play host to the Kansas City Wizards at Qwest Field. With...
The first thing that pops into my head....
Published July 6, 2008
Here are som the first things that pop into my head when some recent topics are brought up: The Rhinos 3-1 win over Vancouver on Saturday - This team needs to play like they did in the second half on a consistent basis. Ross Smith's debut as a Rhino - Outside of the John Stockton-esque short shor...
Rhinos bounced from the Open Cup
Published July 1, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com Devo's Direct Kicks DC United.com Washington Post.com Soccer Insider The Rhinos hung in with DC United for a while. Scott Vallow played well, T-Bone Bonseu didn't look out of place, and they kept Luciano Emilio off the scoreboard in the first half. The problem was that the Rh...
Is the 3rd Round the charm?
Published June 30, 2008
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Washington Post.com Washington Post Express Examiner.com US Open Cup.com There are a lot of unknowns heading into tonight's 3rd Round US Open Cup match between the Rhinos and DC United. Here are my Cliff's Notes: What we know: - There is a sizable carrot for winning t...
Now is it time to hit the panic button?
Published June 29, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - USL 1st Division Standings So, the Rhinos laid an egg in Charleston and lost 3 to 1 to the Battery on Saturday night. Then they got to watch tomorrow's US Open Cup opponent, DC United, completely destroy the LA Galaxy 4-1 on Sunday afternoon. With it appearing th...
Warm up the bus!
Published June 24, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com D&C.com - Notes Devo's Direct Kicks USL Soccer.com US Open Cup.com - Bracket The Rhinos took care of business last evening versus the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in a 3-0 win in the second round of the US Open Cup tournament. The Rhinos advance to face DC United next Tuesday...
Public Service Announcement
Published June 23, 2008
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks US Open Cup.com In case you didn't know, Rhinos season ticket holders need to use their Wild Card B ticket to get in to tonight's 2nd Round US Open Cup match between the Rhinos and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL 2nd Division. Pittsburgh is also coming in tonight's...
The RailHawks-Rhinos rivalry adds more spice
Published June 22, 2008
USL Soccer.com Rhinos Soccer.com TriSoccerFan.com Kick This! Podcast Devo's Direct Kicks It's a shame that the Carolina RailHawks are unlikely to return to PAETEC Park this season. There is a remote chance the Rhinos and RailHawks could meet in the US Open Cup Quarter Finals or beyond (the Quarter...
Carolina comes to town
Published June 19, 2008
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks It's always fun when the Carolina RailHawks come to town. Tonight's match will have some new storylines as it will be the first time that two former Rhinos players match up head to head as head coaches in the USL 1st Division. It also will be the first time that Rochester...
Abby's brace sends US through
Published June 18, 2008
US Soccer.com The scoreline from today's US-Italy Peace Queen Cup semifinal could read Abby Wambach 2 - Italy 0. The US advanced to the Peace Queen Cup final by a 2-0 score with Abby scoring the 97th and 98th goals of her USWNT career. The US will face Canada in Saturday's final. News & Notes: - It...
Rhinos add a new defender
Published June 17, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com URI Bio Wikipedia SoccerBase.com With the injury to Atiba Charles and T-Bone Nonseu away with the Ugandan National Team, the Rhinos have been looking to add depth at the center back position. The Rhinos announced that they have signed Ross Smith who grew upin Canada, played his c...
It was a loooong weekend
Published June 16, 2008
My long weekend started with me waiting for the Rhinos-Whitecaps game to start on Friday night. But, I had to take my two young sons home about 45 minutes before the match actually started. So while I missed the 3-0 pounding that the Rhinos put on Vancouver to escape the basement of the USL 1st Di...
Vancouver & FSC come to town
Published June 12, 2008
D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Whitecaps FC.com The Vancouver Whitecaps hve won their last four matches and currently stand atop the USL 1st Division standings. The Rhinos are 1-1-1 at home this season and currently at the bottom of the USL 1st Division table. The good news for the Rhinos will be that...
Rhinos learn potential 3rd round match up
Published June 11, 2008
Behind the Badge Blog The official DC United blog Behind the Badge is reporting that DC United will host the winner of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds-Rochester Rhinos 2nd Round US Open Cup match in the 3rd round. The game is scheduled to take place at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Gaithersburg, MD on Tue...
A re-org, streamers, and a yellow submarine??
Published June 11, 2008
USL Soccer.com One look at the USL 1st Division standings will tell you that the Montreal Impact are struggling in 2008. But, I was mildly surprised to see Nick De Santis step down as the Impact's head coach, move to a new technical director position, and see that another former Impact player, John...
Dodging a bullet
Published June 10, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com - Match story D&C.com - Match notes That was waaaay too close for comfort last night. After RWB Adria scored to tie it up, I was wondering if I'd have to write a piece about how someone needs to get fired because the franchise that won the Open Cup in 1999 just got knocked...
It's time to party like it's 1999
Published June 9, 2008
Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks US Open Cup.com I love this time of year. When US Open Cup begins, it brings back memories of the Rhinos greatest triumph. I'm even wearing my yellow Umbro jersey that the Rhinos wore during their 1999 run to the Open Cup title. Add in the flavor of G...
A tale of two scoreless draws
Published June 8, 2008
D&C.com - Match Report D&C.com - Match Notes Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com When Miami FC rolled into PAETEC Park coming off back to back scoreless draws, fans shouldn't have been expecting fireworks like the 5-4 thriller between these two clubs a couple of years ago. The Rhinos had their best ch...
A crazy week
Published June 5, 2008
I've had a crazy week and all I really have time to do now is get some quick stuff down before I run out for a crazy weekend! - Jamar Beasley is unlikely to be in Rochester on Tuesday for the US Open Cup game versus RWB Adria. How do I know? Well, that's what the press person traveling with the US F...
Onward and Upward!
Published June 1, 2008
D&C.com USL Soccer.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Last night the Rhinos were able to escape the USL 1st Division basement thanks to solid play all around and Johnny Menyongar and Matthew Delicate providing enough offense to gain the club's first win in 2008. It was a night of firsts as n...
Salles and Kreamalmayer named to TOTW
Published May 29, 2008
USL Soccer.com Rhinos Luke Kremalmayer and Mauricio Salles have earned a spot on the USL 1st Division Team of the Week after combining to produce the game tying goal in Carolina last Saturday night. Martin Nunez, who scored the RailHawks goal, was also named to the Team of the Week. News & Notes: -...
McBride headed to Chicago and US falls 2-0
Published May 28, 2008
SBI.net Fulham FC.com Chicago Tribune.com Soccer Insider by Steven Goff Yanks Abroad The Chicago Fire do not have a shortage of attacking options with Chad Barrett, Chris Rolfe, Tomasz Frankowski and others up top and Blanco and Justin Mapp as attacking midfielders. But, it appears that with Arl...
US-England Live from Wembley
Published May 27, 2008
USMNT Blog US Soccer.com Game Notes Kick off is about two hours away. Landon Donovan may, or may not, be getting his 100th cap for the USMNT today. It looks like Jonathon Spector is out for the US. And it is only a friendly. But, it will be interesting to see how this US squad looks on the road aga...
Is this the tie that turns things around?
Published May 26, 2008
USL Soccer.com D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Carolina RailHawks.com Much to the dismay of the Carolina RailHawks supporters , the Rhinos were able to steal a point on Saturday evening. With 4 defenders out due to injuries (Palguta - Knee, Charles - Hip, and Craft - calf) and T-Bone...
Wearing the goat horns
Published May 21, 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 20, 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 18, 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 15, 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...
