Some Soccer News for Apr 6, 2017
du Nord, April 6, 2017
It's Day 96 of 2017. Rest In Power Don Rickles. One of the funniest and cruelest comics of all time. Vulgar without a single cuss word. My kinda guy. dN Missed this yesterday, dammit: First game ever under the name Minnesota United was April 5, 2013 - 4 years ago yesterday. MLS played its first game 22 years ago today too! And 100 years ago today the USA entered WWI. Also born on this day: Merle Haggard, Billy Dee Williams, Ivan Dixon, Udo Dirkshneider, Sun Wen. dN The CONCACAF trio of USA-Canada-Mexico are very likely to submit a joint-bid for the 2026 World Cup. David Conn of the Guardian. Also plenty of info on CONCACAF's ongoing legal battles with the US Dept of Justice surrounding long running bribery schemes. This is Canada's chance to make the World Cup. By Graham Dunbar for the AP. dN Details on how US Soccer and the Women's National Team got a new contract done. By Andrew Das for the New York Times. dN CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Its over for MLS and the USA and Canada. Its Mexico v Mexico in the fina