Some Soccer News for Sep 9, 2016
du Nord, September 9, 2016
It's Day 253 of 2016. Minnesota United head coach Carl Craig says there are no excuses when going to play at New York Cosmos this weekend: "If (we) don’t play well enough, we might not win. If we do, I think we’ve got a good chance, so fuck all the rest." More from Craig and player Jeb Brovsky who has filled in at right fullback quite well for the injured Kevin Venegas. By Jeff Ruetter of Fifty Five One. dN The return of Landon Donovan to the LA Galaxy. By Kevin Baxter of the LA Times. Bruce Arena: "If you’re going to gamble a little bit, this is a pretty good guy to gamble with." Donovan is getting paid $150,000 for the rest of this season. The team will make that back in 1 or 2 games with extra ticket sales that Donovan will drive. This is Donovan's post on Facebook announcing his return. Donovan talks about his thoughts and ideas on the return in this interview on the Galaxy website. [VIDEO] The Galaxy host Orlando City on Sunday at 6pm CT on FS1. dN Kindling: du Nord Music Mix Vol 95 (download + extract)