Some News for Thursday Jun 9, 2011
du Nord, June 9, 2011
Dear Leader El Brucio is off to Kansas City for tonight's opening of LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, adjacent to Kansas International Speedway, so you are stuck with me, Joe the Curmudgeon. By the way, Bruce will be unveiling his Pièce de résistance, a beautiful bronze statue in front of the Cauldron entrance:But seriously, Sporting Kansas City makes their first home field appearance in 2011, taking on fellow cellar dwellers in the Eastern Conference, the Chicago Fire. Kickoff is set for 10pm ET/9pm CT/8pm MT/6pm PT and you can watch the action on ESPN2 or ESPN3.com in the US, and TSN2 in Canada.You can read more on the game at MLSsoccer.com and there are heaps of other content as well.Also, enjoy this massive article by Adam Spangler over at This Is American Soccer, for "A Behind The Scenes Oral History of Soccer in Kansas City"On November 18, 2010, a Major League Soccer team changed its name. One minute they were the Kansas City Wizards. The next, they were Sporting KC. Of course it’s never that simple.This is t