Some Soccer News for Jul 29, 2016
du Nord, July 29, 2016
It's Day 211 of 2016. The frightening story of Chris Rolfe's latest battle with concussions. The DC United attacking midfielder has not played since April, and is a long way from taking the field again. By Steven Goff of the Washington Post. Teammate Patrick Nyarko has suffered 2 concussions this season and just returned to playing. dN Sigi Schmid with an emotional and heartfelt goodbye last night to Sounders fans at an Emerald City Supporters function. By Matt Pentz of the Seattle Times. [VIDEO] dN Some very big games this weekend in MLS, including two head coaching debuts: -Sat Jul 30 NYC v Colorado - #1 East v #2 West - 2pm CT -Sun Jul 31 SKC v Portland - both want to be elite, neither is right now - 1pm CT on FOX Seattle v LA - Brian Schmetzer's first game- 3pm CT on ESPN Orlando v New Eng - Jason Kreis first game - 6:30pm CT dN MLS All Star Game: -Thu Jul 27 MLS 1-2 Arsenal - MLS goal by Didier Drogba. Ars goals by Joel Campbell(PK) + Chuba Akpom. dN San Jose hosted the All Star game, and their most har