Archive: CONCACAF
Morning Kickaround
*The Euro quarterfinals get underway today with Portugal facing Germany in Basel (2:45 ET, ESPN). *New England's unbeaten streak reaches seven with a 1-1 tie against visiting New York. Credit to the Revs' Shalrie Joseph, who played for Grenada over the weekend, returned to Foxborough to play all 90 in...
By Steve Goff | June 19, 2008; 08:39 AM ET | Comments (47)
Midday Update
*USA defender Cat Whitehill tore a knee ligament and will miss the Olympics, the second women's standout to be ruled out of the Summer Games. *CONCACAF conducted only a portion of the Champions League draw (my bad), so we still don't know the potential groups for DCU and Houston. However,...
By Steve Goff | June 11, 2008; 02:24 PM ET | Comments (46)
Morning Kickaround
*The second round of World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF began last night with Honduras crushing visiting Puerto Rico, 4-0. *Greenbelt United? Read this. *In a U.S. Open Cup qualifier, Kansas City defeated Colorado on penalty kicks following a 2-2 tie to reach the round of 16 starting July 1. Ivan...
By Steve Goff | June 5, 2008; 09:36 AM ET | Comments (41)
Keller, Kai and CONCACAF
*From the Kasey Keller podcast on the USSF Web site, this great line about the reaction from Fulham owner Mohamed Al-Fayed when the club avoided relegation last weekend: "He was saying the whole time, 'Keep believing, if you believe you can do it, you can do it.' He was very...
By Steve Goff | May 14, 2008; 02:05 PM ET | Comments (32)
Friendly Anyone?
As Insider loyalists have known for some time, local promoters have been attempting to stage an El Salvador-Guatemala friendly this month at Estadio RFK. Today the deal was finalized: Fri., May 30, 8 p.m. Tickets purchased in advance will cost $30 or $40. Tickets purchased on the day of the...
By Steve Goff | May 1, 2008; 02:21 PM ET | Comments (34)
