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Soccer Insider I guess Pat Onstad won't play forever. He is going to join Ben Olsen's coaching staff at DC United. I wonder if Pat will come out of retirement if Steve Cronin gets hurt? And if he does, will DC have to trade for his rights? The surprising piece of this news isn't that Pat is getting...

My computer was taking a mid-winter nap the past few days, so that's why the blog was silent. So, here goes: - The WNY Flash officially announced the signing of Christine Sinclair, along with 2010 WPS ROTY Ali Riley and Kandace Wilson. - WPS has one fewer team with the Chicago Red Stars suspendin...

Devo's Direct Kicks The Western New York Flash have announced the additions of 2010 WPS Rookie of the Year Defender Ali Riley and  MF/D Brittany Bock. The Flash had perviously selected midfielders Beverly Goebel and Kaley Fountainin the WPS Expansion Draft and signed GK Ashlyn Harris. Flash head co...

The Original Winger - US Bid Presentation Soccer Insider FanHouse US Soccer Daily Soccer America MLS Talk Inside Minnesota Soccer Dan Loney @ Big Soccer The old "Nuts & Bolts" chant pretty much sums up how most American soccer people were thinking when it was announced that Qatar had won the...

The soccer world didn't take Thanksgiving week off, like I did. - The USWNT clinched their trip to Germany 2011 thanks to A-Rod's goal. And they got a bit lucky at the draw with North Korea, Colombia, and Sweden in their group. - Devo has coverage of the Western NY Flash announcement. And while e...

The Rhinos have exercised options on 14 players and now have 15 players under contract for the 2011 season. The biggest name that the Rhinos have yet to secure for 2011 is captain Frankie Sanfillippo. It will be interesting to see if the Rhinos can get his name on a contract or not..... News rundow...

Grant Wahl Soccer Insider - Video Soccer America MLS Insider Fan House The Original Winger - Highlights The US beat South Africa 1-0 today and Juan Agudelo becamde the youngest goal scorer in USMNT history. It will be interesting to watch all the young talent that Bob Bradley has brought into t...

Colorado and FC Dallas took care of business over the weekend to advance to MLS Cup 2010 in Toronto on Sunday evening. While the less than sexy match up has many in the blog-o-sphere yawning , leagues can never guarantee LA vs NY match ups that will make league commissioners and TV execs to get all...

I just want to start off today by saying thank you to my father and all the other veterans out there. Now on to soccer. Inside Minnesota Soccer - NASL bid includes Atlanta & Minnesota Inside Minnesota Soccer - More NASL bid tidbits WV Hooligan Soccer By Ives So, the NASL has finally submitted thei...

Soccer Insider Fan House Soccer America Tune in to ESPN2 at 6pm tonight as the USWNT faces step 1 in their last chance to advance to next year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Thanks to their Semifinal 2-1 loss to host Mexico, the US must now defeat Costa Rica tonight in the CONCACAF Qualifyin...

US 9:0 Guatemala US-Guatemala Highlights US 4:0 Costa Rica USWNT Blog - Next Up: The BIG One The US will have a border war on Friday as they face either Canada or Mexico with the winner going to the 2011 Women's World Cup. The US scored 18 goals and did not allow a goal in their three group stage...

US Soccer.com USWNT Blog - Fans Everywhere USWNT Blog - And we're off USWNT Blog - Unique Moment Soccer America CONCACAF.com - Abby Wambach interview CONCACAF.com - US v Haiti highlights The USWNT got off to a strong start to World Cup qualifying witha  5-0 win over Haiti on Thursday night. A...

- Former Rhino Chase Harrison has signed with the Columbus Crew on a short term basis as an emergency backup goalkeeper. He signed with DC United in much the same role a few weeks ago. - I feel bad for Austin fans, especially The Free Beer Movement . But how bad does a situation have to be off th...

Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com Inside Minnesota Soccer.com In a move I've been expecting since the USL brass took in a Rhinos game at Marina Autos Stadium over a month ago, the Rhinos announced today that they will play in the USL PRO League in 2011. The USL expects to hav...

Inside Minnesota Soccer.com had this report that the Austin Aztex could be moving to Orlando, Florida for the 2011 season. Austin gave this response basically not really denying, but not confirming the report. WV Hooligan analyzes the news as well. If Austin is moving to the USL PRO League for 2...

USSF 2nd Division Pro League Awards Part 1 USSF 2nd Division Pro League Awards Part 2 The Rhinos were honored by the league with Bob Lilley taking home Coach of the Year honors and defenders Troy Roberts and Aaron Pitchkolan being named to the league's Best XI. Portland's Ryan Pore took home the g...

Devo's Direct Kicks If the Rochester City council decides against using the remaining $200,000 of the $4 million NY State grant to improve Marina Auto Stadium to build permanent locker rooms, they will have some explaining to do. Building a permanent locker room facility within the stadium is the ne...

Devo's Direct Kicks Inside Minnesota Soccer Puerto Rico got two goals from Nicholas Addlery in the second half of Added Extra Time in Vancouver and Carolina scored twice in the last 20 minutes at home against Montreal to come back from 1-0 down to advance to the USSF D-2 Pro League final. Puerto R...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks I think Devo was spot on with one thing: nobody KNOWS what the future holds. Whether it's the future of the Rhinos or the future of NASL, USL, or the USSF D2 Pro League, it's all TBD as we move from the 2010 season that just concluded for the Rhinos and move towards a 20...

Devo's Direct Kicks Here are some random thoughts after Saturday nights win/loss versus Puerto Rico that ended the Rhinos' 2010 season. - I like that the team went down fighting and didn't give up after giving up the first goal and being down 3-0 on aggregate. - I felt like Pitchkolan and Motagalvan...

Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com US Soccer.com - Scoresheet If the Rhinos are to avoid getting bounced from the playoffs by the Puerto Rico Islanders, they will need to have a big night offensively tomorrow after falling 2-0 in Puerto Rico last night. The Rhinos did defeat Puerto Rico 3-0 at home earlie...

- Devo has a nice article about the Rhinos' mindset ahead of their playoff opener tomorrow night versus Puerto Rico. - The scoring distribution throughout the rosters of the Rhinos and Islanders are eerily similiar this year. - SBI.net has their USSF D-2 Pro League Quarterfinal preview up and t...

The NASL and the USL are in the midst of a team waving contest. Yesterday, the NASL announced that San Antonio was joining the NASL for the 2012 season. The USL announced that the Charlotte Eagles will play in the USL PRO League in 2011. San Antonio has been a market that has been rumored to be...

Friday night, the Carolina RailHawks helped the Rhinos by defeating Austin 3-1. Saturday night, the Rhinos got two second half goals from Isaac Kissi, after giving up a goal in the 3rd minute, to defeat AC St Louis 2-1 on the road. That win moved the Rhinos ahead of Austin and into first place in t...

Brian at Inside Minnesota Soccer.com is reporting that the NASL has applied to be a 2nd Division league in 2011. Six teams were included in the submission. Those six were Carolina, Edmonton (2011 expansion team), Miami, Montreal, Tampa Bay, and Puerto Rico. The NASL is working with St Louis and Min...

With back to back losses to Miami FC, the Rhinos aren't finishing the regular season the way that they had hoped. Inside Minnesota Soccer.com takes a look at how the playoff picture looks heading into the final weekend of the season. What we know: - Puerto Rico is locked into the 8th seed - Montr...

- With Miami FC downing AC St Louis last night, Minnesota, Montreal, and Puerto Rico all clinched playoff spots. - Who the Rhinos face in the playoffs will depend not only whether they finish with the 1st seed or the 3rd, but how the 6th, 7th, and 8th place teams shake out. Minnesota finishes thei...

So, MLS decided to just fine Thierry Henry $2000 for his "goal celebration" that injured Kevin Hartman. $2000 is chump change for a guy that just dropped $9 million for a Soho penthouse apartment. So the fact that Henry will miss Friday's DP-fest between NY and LA with an MCL injury is karmic ju...

USSF D-2 Pro League September schedule This past week not only saw Miami FC knock off the Rhinos 2-1 , but Austin drew Tampa Bay FC 1-1 and then lost to AC St Louis 2-1. Did I mention that all three of the winners are on the outside looking in at the playoffs (Miami & St Louis have been eliminated...

I had a nice post going yesterday before my browser locked up and flushed it. Here is a quick little snapshot of the big news heading into tonight's home finale for the Rhinos: - Aaron King's stoppage time goal for Tampa Bay allowed the Rowdies to tie Austin and keep the Rhinos in first place. The...