Some Soccer News for Jan 3, 2017
du Nord, January 3, 2017
It's Day 3 of 2017. Zinedine Zidane took over as manager of Real Madrid on Jan 4 2016. Since then the team has only lost 2 games. Impressive for a guy who had never been a head coach before. dN In case you missed it: Minnesota United signed Costa Rican centerback Francisco Calvo from Saprissa. It feels like Saprissa may have sold their whole team to MLS clubs in the past couple of weeks. dN On Tuesday MNUFC acquired 22 year old midfielder Collin Martin in a trade for a future lower round draft pick with DC United. Martin played under new Minn DPP Amos Magee in DC. (is that enough initials for you?) Steven Goff of the Washington Post, the leading journalist covering DC United, referred to Martin at "oft-injured." dN Minnesota United players Johan Venegas & Francisco Calvo are in the Costa Rica squad for the Central American Cup tournament that runs Jan 13 - 22. So they will miss the start of pre-season training camp. dN The New York Cosmos have apparently not paid their players for 3 months now, staff members