Some News for Wed Dec 23, 2009
du Nord, December 23, 2009
STARTERSThe reason given for Portland having fake turf in their new stadium is that they will be sharing the place with Portland State Universities football team. So much for soccer specific or the Timbers being the primary tenant.MLSFrank Dell'apa on his blog Soccer Confidential tells us about the great coaching success happening right now for 2 former New England Revolution favorites - Leonel Alvarez and Mauricio Wright. Alvarez led his team to the Colombian championship, and Wright's team is in the final!dNSeattle is going to spend part of their pre-season in Spain participating in the La Manga Cup. Several other MLS have done this before. The Sounders will be in one group with Nordsjaelland (Denmark), Rosenborg (Norway) & Stabaek (Norway). The other group will contain Brann (Norway), Krylia Sovetov (Russia), Midtjylland (Denmark) and Molde (Norway).dNMark Young at MLSnet gives us a round up on many former MLSer's.dNJack Bell of the New York Times shows us what Red Bulls midfielder Seth Stammler is doing