Tag: Downing Stadium
OFFSIDE REMARKS: With some special memories, wishing the greatest soccer player ever a very happy 80th birthday
Sometime today, Oct. 23, I will lift a glass to the fabulous Pele, who is celebrating his 80th birthday.
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TAKING A PASS (DAY 43): A not so perfect pitch for the Centaurs (1995)
Now, don’t get me going about the New York Centaurs.
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IT’S BEEN DONE BEFORE: Cosmos hosted a playoff game at Shea Stadium in 1976
A professional soccer that couldn’t host a playoff game at Yankee Stadium due to circumstance beyond its control winds up playing at the Mets home ballpark.
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NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY: How the U.S. men have fared in the metro area
Friday’s match between the United States and Brazilian national squads at MetLife Stadium will be the 28th time the Americans have played in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Happy anniversary, Pele, still the greatest
Now, don’t get me into a debate as to who is the greatest soccer player ever.
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THANK YOU AND GOODBYE: After 8 years, Jack Gaeta leaves the Cosmos
Jack Gaeta, director of team operations of the Cosmos, is leaving the team.
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A POSSIBLE FIRST: Report: U.S. Soccer plans for WCQ at Red Bull Arena Sept. 1
A World Cup qualifier in the metropolitan area? Now, that would be a first.
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