Offside Remarks

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Celebrating soccer‘s favorite octogenarian curmudgeon’s birthday

May 15, 2019 | Offside Remarks

For a young soccer writer living and making his living in Rochester, N.Y in the mid-1970’s — in the land before time as we know it — BTI (before the internet) — it was difficult to find a soccer book, any good soccer book, that would explain the game to me beyond the usual X’s and O’s.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: A day this writer will never forget

May 4, 2019 | Offside Remarks

It’s funny how we remember some of the most tumultuous things in our life although we can’t remember what we ate for lunch today or yesterday. We remember where we were for assassinations, 911 and other great tragedies.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: When a teenager began his path to become a writer, though he didn’t know it at the time

Apr 22, 2019 | Offside Remarks

Sometimes we don’t give our teachers, coaches and mentors thanks or credit, or enough credit, especially when they help put us on the right path or open a door.

A BRACE OF AWARDS: Garden State Journalists Association honors FrontRowSoccer.com twice

Apr 18, 2019 | Offside Remarks

FrontRowSoccer.com has been honored twice by the Garden State Journalists Association.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Decline of newspapers hasn’t helped Red Bulls, NYCFC attendance

Apr 17, 2019 | Offside Remarks

When you reside in a metro area that boasts 12 professional sports major league teams, you need all the help you can get.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Kaku deserves a nice, long suspension

Apr 15, 2019 | Offside Remarks

To paraphrase commissioner Don Garber at the MLS SuperDraft through the years, “Major League Soccer, you’re on the clock.”

OFFSIDE REMARKS: When metro soccer goes from boom to bust

Apr 7, 2019 | New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, Offside Remarks

Just a few years ago, we enjoyed a soccer boom in the metropolitan area.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Coaches, beware of the Ides of March, or any month, or any day, for that matter

Mar 15, 2019 | Offside Remarks

Beware the Ides of March, that ominous warning in Julius Caesar.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Not all draws are created equal: the good, bad and ugly of the Red Bulls, NYCFC and USWNT ties

Mar 3, 2019 | Offside Remarks

As I discovered many years ago, not all soccer ties are created equal.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Torrent will be on an early hot seat if NYCFC doesn’t get results

Mar 1, 2019 | New York City FC, Offside Remarks

Given that he took over the team in the middle of the season, Domenec Torrent essentially was given a pass with New York City FC’s underachieving results down the stretch in 2018.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: Red Bulls must deal with the curse of the nine, but they should be in the running again this year

Mar 1, 2019 | New York Red Bulls, Offside Remarks

You probably know this already, but it should be brought to any fans’ attention that the the Major League Soccer team that calls New Jersey home doesn’t do quite well in years ending with a nine.