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Kicking & Screening Short: "Boniek et Platini" reviewed

By Sean McCaffery, May 19, 2018

No spoiler here. Set in the time that the FIFA  World Cup of 1982 was taking place in Spain and of course every little boy here in Poland, although under martial law wants to play and be their hero Boniek, one opts for Platini. They and their friends gather on a makeshift field and play out their fantasy game. There is but one ball amongst them and of course it is the official ball of the tourney the adidas Tango, and of course the ball after an errant rebound gets confiscated, the two main characters conspire on how to get back their prized possession.

Whitecaps and 5th Annual #Buckup Mental Health Fundraising Effort

By Sean McCaffery, May 18, 2018

The goal this go 'round is $100,000 for the local Covenant House Vancouver. This is intended to benefit homless at-risk youth and the teams started the fund off with a $25,000 donaton of their own. This campaign has since 2014 raised over $160,000 for mental health initiatives for these youth and the 'Caps themselves have ponied up over $240,000 since 2012.

How to support this cause?

1. Raffle 1,600 tickets at just $20 each or 3 for $50 with 2 grand prizes. Round trip  a pair of seats anywhere WestJet goes and a suite at a 'Caps game.

Producer of Mess & Me, Jake Abraham showing at Kicking & Screening

By Sean McCaffery, May 17, 2018

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.

Armada Secured Open Cup Third Round Berth; Miami FC 2 Eliminated

By Sean McCaffery, May 16, 2018

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.

FC Bayern Munich and ESPN ink Historic First Content Alliance

By Sean McCaffery, May 15, 2018

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.

3rd Round Scheduling for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

By Sean McCaffery, May 15, 2018

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.

Chicago Fire v Houston Dynamo on National TV

By Sean McCaffery, May 14, 2018

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.

Roby Young inducted into the Jewish Sports Heritage Assoc. HOF

By Sean McCaffery, May 13, 2018

Roby Young, a top international player captaining Israel in the late 60's, trememdous club player, named player of the millennium  for his club team of Hapoel Haifa, Soccer Bowl winner with the New York Cosmos, decades at the Buckley School and he had coached both the men and women at Queens College. Roby is not just one of the best soccer people I know, he is one of the best people I have met, having known him since 1982 and accompanied him as he took his middle son, Irad and his youth team to the FIFA World Cup in Mexico in 1986.

CANADA WINS 1990 NORTH AMERICAN NATIONS CUP

By Sean McCaffery, May 11, 2018

Contributed by Steven Torres

Soccer Long Island Magazine rewinds this week to almost three decades ago, when a Canadian men's national team’s success of qualifying for several FIFA tournaments (Olympic Games, World Cup, etc.) helped lead them to the 1990 North American Nations Cup.

The North American Cup, that included Mexico and United States, was held entirely at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia from May 6-13, 1990.

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