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What Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You Stronger 2008-01-07 10:12:56 I have been away from blogging due to a respiratory infection. The medication has had me in and out of sleep for days now. But it is almost over. A few more days of meds and I should be healthy and lucid.
In the time I have been away the movement to bring a MLS expansion franchise to New [...]
Adios 2007, Hola 2008! 2007-12-31 09:25:25 Time to party! Enjoy your New Year activities with friends and family.
A quick review of NYC FC’s 2007:
1. The league confirms that New Yorker Fred Wilpon wants to buy a Major League Soccer expansion franchise
2. The Borough Boys Supporter Group and New York City FC dotNet are formed and NYC FC fans start to organize
3. Please sign [...] Read more:Adios
My New Year Resolutions… 2007-12-29 16:12:40 I’m keeping it simple this year:
1. Proofreading my posts. Since I have been medicated for the past two weeks I have noticed more typos in my articles. Obviously that has to change.
2. Try to take Sundays off. I see from my stat counter that people read this blog from work or on weekday afternoons. There is [...] Read more:Resolutions
, New Year
POLL: Who Should be the First NYC FC Superstar? 2007-12-28 08:19:40 The crappy thing about this blog is that you never get to talk about the players. There are no trades to discuss, no coach’s moves to lambaste.
Hopefully, a New York franchise will be announced soon, so we can start doing the fun parts of being a fan. Until then I put up a [...] Read more:First
, Superstar
Any 90:00 Soccer Magazine Subscribers? 2007-12-27 13:58:42 Does anyone have a copy of this month’s 90:00 SoccerMagazine
? They have the following article:
MLS Expansion
MLS is looking to expand to 16 teams by 2010. We narrow the field down to three deserving cities with an old school knockout tournament.
I would like to read it, but it is not online. Can someone [...] Read more:Subscribers
Did You Digg the Soccer in NYC Petition? 2007-12-27 13:40:42 I just Digg
’ed the Bring Soccer
to New York City petition. Help spread the word with a “Digg It”!
Here is the link to the petition’s page on Digg.com:
Poll Results: Tap Water is New York FC’s Official Energy Drink 2007-12-27 13:02:58 I guess New York
ers really do not want their soccer club to be named after energy drinks. Neither Monster nor Rockster got a single vote!
New York City’s tap water won with 55% of the vote. Brooklyn Lager was second with 30% followed by Jamba Juice’s 15%. I have a feeling that [...] Read more:Official
, Energy
, Drink
Interview with Bryan James, Co-Founder of the Sons of Ben 2007-12-26 11:34:51 Last week, BryanJames
was kind enough to answer a few questions on the Sons of Ben Supporter Group. The Sons of Ben have been working towards bringing a Major League Soccer expansion franchise to the Philadelphia area. Now that Philly is so close to making their soccer dreams come true, the Sons of Ben have [...]
Wilpon’s XMas Present to NYC? 2007-12-25 10:09:04 Let’s dissect a yesterday’s news confirming Major League Soccer’s interest in New York City being the 18th team. Here is the quote from the Soccer Times article:
SoccerTimes was told off-the-record by an MLS official that the top candidate would be New York City with a soccer-specific stadium built adjacent to Citi Field, [...] Read more:Present
MLS Official Says NYC to be 18th Expansion Team 2007-12-24 15:11:54 An unnamed source within Major League Soccer told the Soccer Times that New York City is the frontrunner for the 18th team in the league.
I’ll post some reaction/commentary to this news tomorrow. Enjoy your Christmas!
Thanks to Mets 1989 for the link. Read more:Official
, Expansion
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