Tag: Giants Stadium
BLACK HISTORY MONTH (DAY 11): When fast means to slow down: Coundoul on the challenges of observing Ramadan as a soccer player (2009)
Red Bulls goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul wouldn’t tip his hand to a reporter on whether he eat and drink during the day on Saturday.
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LONDON CALLING – PART VII (1996): Goalkeeper is sleepless in London: New York native Sommer learning trade with QPR
It was 1:15 a.m., three hours after the game and Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Juergen Sommer could not sleep. He was still annoyed that his team gave away a discouraging 2-1 home loss to fellow west London club Chelsea on Jan. 2.
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TONY’S REWARD: Tony Meola looks back at the day he and a bunch of 20-somethings changed USA soccer history
On the night prior to the most important game of his young national team career on Nov. 18, 1989, young Tony Meola couldn’t sleep.
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USA ’94 VENUE SELECTION: When the World Cup came to the land of the Giants
For those soccer fans who have feared they would have to travel hundreds of miles to catch even one match of the 1994 World Cup, worry no more. The World Cup is coming to Giants Stadium.
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TAKING ON THE BEST: Red Bulls to face Barcelona at RBA on July 30
The Red Bulls will face FC Barcelona at Red Bull Arena on Saturday, July 30 at 7 p.m. ET, the club announced Thursday.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH (DAY 11): When fast means to slow down: Coundoul on the challenges of observing Ramadan as a soccer player (2009)
Red Bulls goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul wouldn’t tip his hand to a reporter on whether he eat and drink during the day on Saturday.
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SOME FAMOUS LASTS: Of the original Rochester Lancers
Today is the 41st anniversary of the original Rochester Lancers’ final game in the first incarnation of the North American Soccer League.
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41 YEARS AGO TODAY: Original Lancers played their final game, a 5-0 loss at the Cosmos
No one realized it at the time, but the original Rochester Lancers played their final game in the old North American Soccer League 41 years ago today on Sunday, Aug. 24, 1980. They dropped a 5-0 decision to the Cosmos.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Some enduring personal memories of the Gold Cup
Yep, that was Michael Lewis’ credential for the 2005 Gold Cup, him and his dog Jennie. By Michael...
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Remembering Al Colone
There are many ways to measure a man or a woman.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Believe it or not, Long Island was an original MLS venue in 1994
Twenty-seven years ago today – June 15, 1994- Major League Soccer named its original seven franchises.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Red Bulls acquisition certainly creates buzz, but will it give the team much-needed wings? (2006)
It certainly isn’t easy to measure the intensity of buzz.
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