Some Soccer News for Mar 9, 2016
du Nord, March 9, 2016
It's Day 69 of 2016. Minnesota United played their first friendly in Mexico today - taking on a select team from CF Pachuca, made up of reserves, regulars and youth team members. The Loons won 1-2 on goals from Christian Ramirez and Lance Laing. (We are told that video highlights will be posted online soon.) dN Tigers: du Nord Music Mix Vol 74 (download + extract) dN A rare and fantastic interview with movie director William Friedkin, last week on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron. Friedkin films: French Connection, Exorcist, Cruising, To Live And Die In L.A., Killer Joe and more. dN A lot of young, and strong players left MLS this off-season. Will there be a lasting affect? By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC. dN Philly Union's leader Maurice Edu has been slowed down all preseason with a nagging leg injury, but today the team announced that its now been diagnosed as a fractured bone in his left lower leg (I don't know if its tibia or fibula) and he will miss up to 4 months. Oof. dN A weekly MLS topical review - High F