A lot of intrigue here as Adrian Heath is back for the MIB in Orlando but facing them. Both sides newer to MLS are still seeking their first tophy in the league.
This great program which uses soccer as the vehicle by which those down and out are able to pull themseles up by their own bootstraps have not been sitting on their hands by any means during this current Coronavirus crisis.
Below is the Readers DIgest version of the statement issued by CO-Founders Lawrence & Rob Caan. They are both very active in the events they host nationwide.
Unlike in nature where if the Quake is bad enough the Loons lose, here whoever is better will win.
Adrian Heath, HC of MN has been playing head games with his players since last year, harping on their being underdogs, but still this year?, you are undefeated. From his claiming the Crew were already coronated winners, but then they topped the Crew.
It has been a Jekel and Hyde MIB for the Boys in Blue, which shows up to play v the Timbers in a few hours? If anything less than the team that dispactched TFC in tremendous fashion, there will be problems galore, I konw Giovanni Saverse will have his team at top performance. Given NYCFC over the last 5 games has but one vitory in facing them the odds are not in their favor, but they did play very well last game, are they peaking at just the right time?
Today, the USSF announced the taking on of new legal council, Karen Leetzow after a pair of decades with NASCAR, serving as Senior VP & General Counsel. She will assume her new position in Chicago early Aug., for Wil WIlson, this is big as she is his intial new person at the executive level since he became Secretary General & CEO of the USSF.
NYCFC will once more take on a Giovannii Saverese coached team, this time it does count for a lot more than those games v his previous team, the NY Cosmos in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, more than 4x the money is at stake and though also not a game that counts on either MLS records, it is for one of their trophies, a million dollars and a spot in the ICC, so rest assured they will start their stars and play their DP's.
Some of the teams, NYCFC, SKC continued to let those on their press contact list know of these things on a fairly regular basis despite them now being league events. We must be new to the scene as until yesterday, despite covering the league for over a decade now and placing no less than a trio of calls without return relative to getting on the press list, until the most recent NYCFC press conference we were not on the league media list? This we were able to do by inquiring as to why?
Forward Alex Monis who we let you konw was loaned out to Foward Madison, got his first minutes facing North Texas SC at 74' of the 2-1 loss. Also making the game sheet were 2020 Homegrown plaers Chris Brady & Allan Rodriguez, they did not see the field. The trio were loaned out to this Fire USL League One affiliate Friday.
They new look Fire are back to training at Seat Geek Stadium as they got back in town on the 24th, their last game was the 23rd. Still under heavy restrictions, only players and essential staff are permitted, the full of their full activities were gone over by the medical team of the tea and local infectious disease experts.
The 2019-'20 Nations League is now set to occur during the March 2021 FIFA Window. USA & Honduras pair off as Mexico takes on Costa Rica in the semis. The final in this the first edition of the games and the consolation game locations are still TBD. The next League is to kick off June 2022 and end with the 2022/'23 Finals March '23.
