The Kicking & Screening Soccer Film Festival will kick off on May 22 @ Scandanavia House in NYC and on th 23rd will show Messi & Me, we caught up with the producer, Jake Abraham. This is a movie that is the outgrowth of one kick, ok it was a bicycle kick, yes it was a game with Leo Messi et al playing, it did go for a goal, and give the soccer career of the player, Matt Eliason a new life, so yes that one kick thing was a bit of an oversimplification.
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May 16, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
Contributed by Steven Torres
Photo Source:Jacksonvillearmada.com
Jacksonville Armada FC of National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) secured a berth into the third round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday evening after defeating Tampa Bay Rowdies of United Soccer League, 1:0, at the Southern Oak Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla.
read May 15, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
The most successful team in German soccer has joined its inital worldwide content sharing deal with ESPN the US based and worlds leading sports entertainment company. This is also a first for ESPN with a global team, ESPN has the rights to use and share the club's video, access driven features, pre and post game match reports, press briefings, team travelogue and other items over their full lineup of programming in the US, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.
read May 15, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
US Soccer came up with the games and locations frt the 3rd round to be played May 22-23 then those 24 winners will advance, with pro teams from USL, NPSL, PDL and local qualifying teams. Following that they will meet up with the MLS teams June 6, that draw will be held May 24. The remaing schedule is May 24, fourth round draw, Fourth Round June 6, Round of 16 draw June 7, Round of 16 June 20, Quater finals July 18, Semi finals Aug 8, FInal Sept 26 (tentative). The Facebook page of Soccer Long Island Magazine has many stories and videos on this years Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
read May 14, 2018
by Sean McCaffery
This game to be played Sunday May 20 @ 3p.m. CT will be on UniMas. It will be the '98 Throwback Match with $2 hot dogs presented by Red Hot Chicago. Chicago will seek to move a game closer to .500 overall facing Houston with a 6-9-8 record yet far better in the friendly home confines of Toyota Park at 4-3-4. A pair of Dynamo players had time in the Windy City with DaMarcus Beasley achiving MLS All-Star status twice while there 2000-'04 as they took the US Open Cup in 2000 & '03 and he notched 18 goals with 28 assists over 134 total games.
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