Some Soccer News for Jul 26, 2016
du Nord, July 26, 2016
It's Day 208 of 2016. Sigi Schmid has been shown the door by the Seattle Sounders. He is my favorite coach in the history of MLS. But something had to change. By Matt Pentz of the Seattle Times. Schmid was the only coach the team has ever had in MLS. Brian Schmetzer, singer and guitarist of the Stray Cats, was named interim head coach. Schmid had been #1 on the du Nord Futbol MLS Coaches Hot Seat Power Rankings for months. Greg Vanney of Toronto now goes to the top of the charts. LAFC should be on the phone with Sigi's agent right now. On Sep 3 2005 I was in a bar in Columbus Ohio telling every Crew fan I could find that their team should be hiring Sigi Schmid as head coach. In 2008 he lead them to the MLS Cup Championship. A month later he left the Crew for Seattle. dN Diamond Bill "Call me Governor" Edwards, owner of the Tampa Bay Rowdies wrote an amazing open letter to fans of his team bitching about the poor quality referees. It is straight out of the Onion. Enjoy: Statement From Chairman, CEO and Govern