AROUND MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
The FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup begins today. MLS sides,
Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake and New England
Revolution will all be playing in this preseason tournament. New England takes
on LA and Red Bulls take on RSL. These teams will play 4 games in this
tournament and will be a great way for the teams to continue preseason
training. Check out FCTucson.com for more information on the event.
Off the record and a couple days late, yet pretty amazing to
say the least. Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls is demolishing his $ 9.5
million London mansion to build something that I feel is ridiculous and at the
same time epic. He is building a 5,500 gallon fish tank that its dimensions are
3 ft by 15 ft by 40 ft and will be visible on every floor of the new mansion.
Not really soccer news but something amusing nonetheless. He joins the likes of
David Beckham with insane fish tanks in a home.
MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario has signed a new deal with D.C.
United. The terms have not been disclosed at this point but with his
astonishing 16 goals over the season and stints with three different teams over
the past year have shown that the veteran can still get it done. With this deal
signed D.C. United is on the road to a better standing than last season already.
Expect De Rosario to be a building point for the team this season.
MLS Supporters Group, Timbers Army (supporters of Portland
Timbers) will be featured on an upcoming episode of the Independent Film
Channel’s series Portlandia to tackle the issue of noobs. Yeah, noobs. This
gets MAJOR exposure for MLS Supporters Groups and pushes the culture that much
farther into the main stream. The sketch will feature the Timbers Army along
with JELD-WIN Field, where the actors go for a Timbers match… The show will air
on IFC on Feb 24 at 10pm EST. Even if you’re not a fan of the show it should be
worth checking out just for that particular spot.
Monday marked the announcement of the MLS Reserve League
schedule. The Reserve League clubs will be split into three divisions, Eastern,
Central and Western as they were last season. Each reserve club will play a
total of 10 games this season for a total of 95 games for the league’s season.
The division split is as follows (Credit MLSSoccer.com)
Eastern:
Columbus Crew, D.C. United, Montreal Impact, New England Revolution, New York
Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC
Central:
Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City,
Real Salt Lake
Western:
Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle
Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
AROUND THE WORLD
The US National Teams are keeping busy over the next few
weeks with the Women’s team set to take on Denmark in Portugal on Feb 29. The
Men take on Italy in Genoa on the same day. The U-23 Men’s team takes on Mexico
at FC Dallas Stadium as well on the 29th. So it will be a busy day
for supporters and great day to bring new fans into the sport. The Men’s game
in Italy will be on ESPN 2 &3 as well as on Galavision. The U-23 will be on
Univision.
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