Some Soccer News for Mar 8, 2016
du Nord, March 8, 2016
It's Day 68 of 2016. Is "Minnesota United FC" soon to be glue? MLS filed a trademark for "MNFC" and "Minnesota FC." By Dave Martinez of Empire of Soccer. dN Several big changes coming to the Laws of Football as approved this week by the International Football Association Board. By Bobby McMahon of Forbes. No more "triple" punishment for "denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity" - Was automatic red card, now yellow unless violent. No more stutter-step Penalty Kicks. Punishable by Yellow Card and loss of PK. Keeper coming off the line during PK is punishable by Yellow Card. Free kicks for offside will take place where the pass was made from, not where the player was offside. And many more including tests of some limited video replay for referees. No idea when these will be put in to motion. dN MLS commissioner Don Garber looks ahead to the near future. By Kevin Baxter of the LA Times. dN Mike Magee was named MLS Player Of The Week. dN Style Wars: This 1983 documentary on the beginnings of New York graffiti