The New York Red Bulls are only two games into the season and they already find themselves in a familiar place: not where they expected to be.
Having gone through a preseason uninterrupted by off field issues, and benefiting from a squad that saw very few changes, Mike Petke and his [...]
The January transfer window always promises headline grabbing deals, but rarely delivers.
Yet, while it’s rare to sign a club-changing player as Liverpool did with Luis Suarez in 2011, it would be foolish to ignore the impact some winter-market players have on their new teams.Below are a few players that could [...]
We will have to wait until the end of February to find out the fate of West Brom’s Nicolas Anelka.
The Frenchman stands accused of making an anti-Semitic gesture known as the quenelle, after scoring against West Ham at Upton Park, earlier this month. If found guilty, Anelka will face a five [...]
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Nobody can accuse Mike Petke of being a stoic man.
Throughout the season, Petke has delivered some memorable press conferences that have demonstrated every emotion between absolute petulance and pure exuberance.
Last Sunday, Petke was positively buoyant as he addressed reporters about his franchise’s first [...]
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As far as sporting events go, there are only a few that can measure up to a clasico.
All the necessary ingredients are there.
First, there’s the regional rivalry that not only transcends sports and politics, but also cuts through issues of cultural identity. Catalonia [...]
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The hopeful axiom is one that has become quite popular among Sporting Lisbon fans. After enduring the worst season in its history, the Lisbon Lions are about to embark on a new season that will serve, if nothing else, to restore some dignity.
Anguish is [...]
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The summer transfer market is referred to as the “silly season” for a number of reasons. But the current Gareth Bale saga may forever transform the moniker to the “stupid season”.
The sheer absurdity of the figures being reported concerning the Welshman’s potential transfer to [...]
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It was never going to be a holy matrimony; thus, news that Juninho Pernambucano and the New York Red Bulls agreed to part ways shouldn’t leave anyone in a stupor.
Of course, Juninho will take much of the flack. Even in his late thirties, a player [...]
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It’s Sunday, and I find myself striking that “dangerous” balance between business and pleasure as I discuss the merits of tattoos with Dax McCarty at a rooftop barbeque in Brooklyn.
McCarty, who is sporting the hipster look that he’s accustomed his Instagram followers to, finds [...]
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After years of planning, and months of growing speculation, the MLS announced that Manchester City and the New York Yankees have partnered up in order to establish the league’s newest expansion team in New York City.
The move has been received with a mixture of [...]
