Some Soccer News for Apr 7, 2016
du Nord, April 7, 2016
It's Day 98 of 2016. On Saturday April 6, 1996 the first MLS game was played. You can watch the whole game right here, and see how much soccer in America has changed. A look back to the inaugural day 20 years ago as many people on the scene tell their versions of the story. By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC. dN But there is another side to all this 20 Years celebration! Last week in DC a long time United supporter was banned from the stadium for 1 year after igniting a smoke flair in the tunnel outside the stadium when leading the most hardcore of supporters into the stands. I have no idea if he had been warned before or this topic was a serious issue with the team, but a 1 year ban is pretty significant. You won't be surprised to find out that many fans are quite upset by all of this. Here is an open letter to the club that was posted on Facebook today by a member of the supporters group District Ultras, the group whose member was punished. The biggest point I take from all of this is that week-in and week-out we