TGIF

Published August 7, 2009

I'm worn out and I have a busy weekend ahead. If you have been following the Kick This! Twitter feed , you know that we have Matthew Delicate and U.S. Soccer Director of Referee Development Paul Tamberino lined up for the show's second hour, I'm working on getting Ross Smith on in the second hour, a...

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Pure frustration

Published August 6, 2009

D&C.com D&C.com - Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet Carolina RailHawks.com The coach is frustrated. The players are frustrated. The fans are frustrated. After last evening's 1-0 loss to the Carolina RailHawks, the Rhinos are 2-3-4 at home and there stru...

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The RailHawks come to town

Published August 5, 2009

D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com With a 2-2-4 home record so far this season, the Rhinos hope to grab three points this evening when they host the Carolina RailHawks. Carolina has been playing tight games on the road as they have 9 goals for and only 7 goals allowed in 9 road games this season. The RailH...

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Back from vacation

Published August 4, 2009

It's too bad I didn't miss much over the past four days. Just another in a long line of bad calls against the Rhinos, apparently a show outside the show on Saturday morning, and Darren Tilley trying to change the topic off of the officiating. Now the focus has to shift to the Carolina RailHawks wh...

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Suite Stuff

Published July 30, 2009

Devo has an update on the suites at Marina Auto Stadium. His previous update had the latest on the status of Steve Kindel and Errol McFarlane's availability. MLS All Star Game MLSNet.com MLSNet.com No Short Corners - Video Thursday I find it funny that there was a lot more internet chatter a...

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MLS All Star Wednesday Night

Published July 29, 2009

MLSNet.com No Short Corners WV Hooligan I wonder if Everton will be rocking their new black & hot pink away unis tonight when they take on the MLS All Stars in Salt Lake? With so many big names not on the MLS All Star team, I really don't know how interested I am in tonight's match. News & Notes:...

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Sepp Blatter makes the rounds

Published July 28, 2009

US MNT Blog US Soccer.com Soccer Insider Washington Post.com I'm with Steven Goff with his take on the schedule having nothing to do with luring better players to MLS. Although, everyone agrees that soccer specfic stadiums are key. But, eight of the fifteen teams already play in MLS primary stad...

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Post-Open Cup season off to a good start

Published July 27, 2009

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet So much for Darren Tilley's negative tactics during USL 1st Division league play. After the weather delay on Saturday night, the Rhinos came out in a 4-3-3 formation and took care of business against the last place Cleveland City Stars with...

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Rhinos add two more to the roster

Published July 23, 2009

Devo's Direct Kicks The Rhinos made it official today that they have signed former Vancouver Whitecap leftback Steve Kindel to a 1 year deal and T&T forward Errol McFarlane to a 2 year deal. Kindel is a veteran of the USL 1st Division and has two league titles on his resume. I like this addition t...

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It's 0 for 4 versus DC United

Published July 22, 2009

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Washington Post.com MLSNet.com Match Tracker MLSNet.com MLSNet.com Behind The Badge.com Behind The Badge.com - Photos Washington Times.com DC United.com Washington Examiner.com SBI.net First off I want to say that I hope that Darren Kenton a...

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It's HUUUUGE ROCHESTER

Published July 21, 2009

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com US Open Cup.com Preview USL Soccer.com Behind The Badge Washington Post.com Behind The Badge - Preview Video Washington Examiner MLSNet.com - Game Notes MLSNet.com United Mania The Rhinos are without one of the great US Open Cup scorers in Joh...

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The 100 Club has a new member

Published July 20, 2009

D&C.com - Front Page article D&C.com - Sports Page article Devo's Direct Kicks Devo's Direct Kicks US Soccer.com Rhinos Soccer.com The WNT Blog YouTube.com - ESPN Kaka may belong to Jesus, but Abby belongs to Rochester. While Mia Hamm, a few of the others of the 1991 USWNT World Cup squad...

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So, are the refs card happy in 2009?

Published July 17, 2009

It was a topic of discussion on last week's edition of Kick This! as to whether the officials were calling things tighter in 2009. The Rhinos-Impact game on Wednesday evening was the 87th game of the 2009 USL 1st Division season. Here are the numbers for the first 87 games of the 2008 season and how...

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Missed it by that much

Published July 16, 2009

D&C.com D&C.com - Notebook Rhinos Soccer.com Montreal Impact.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet This will likely be one of those games that the Rhinos look back upon at the end of the year and think "We really let two points slip away". In the last minute or two of regulation and in the four minute...

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It's Rochester-Montreal day!

Published July 15, 2009

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Montreal Impact.com Neither team is at full strength with Brent Sancho and Darren Tilley serving red card suspensions for the Rhinos and Nevio Pizzolitto serving a red card suspension for Montreal. On top of that, midfielder Patrick Leduc (foot) and d...

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This is going to be a long one

Published July 14, 2009

I was a slacker yesterday, so to make up for it, here is a really long post. Rhinos stuff: There was a sweet gallery of pictures at D&C.com after the Rhinos-Puerto Rico match on Friday night. We had Brent Sancho and Andrew Gregor on Kick This! on Saturday and neither guy pulled any punches with...

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Book report

Published July 10, 2009

Amazon.com SI.com - Excerpt Yahoo.com - Excerpt When I returned home from Tuesday evening's US Open Cup match, my advance copy of Grant Wahl's new book The Beckham Experiment was waiting for me. I was really excited to read the book, especially after reading the excerpt that was released on SI.com...

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Bring on United!

Published July 8, 2009

D&C.com D&C.com - Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks It wasn't the prettiest match, but at least the Rhinos finished off the Wilmington Hammerheads in regulation time last evening to advance to the US Open Cup Semifinals where they will take on the defending champion DC United. The Rhinos were able to p...

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Rain, rain, go away....

Published July 7, 2009

D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com Star News Online - Match preview Star News Online - Notes USL Soccer.com US Open Cup.com Here is a good omen for the Rhinos: during the modern era, only one other team has advanced on PKs twice. The first was Charleston last year and they made it all the way to the F...

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[Insert hot joke here]

Published July 6, 2009

D&C.com - Game story D&C.com - Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet I would expect Darren Tilley to be pretty happy with how yesterday's game versus Austin worked out. Getting the first league win at home was overdue. Getting rest for guys like Brent Sancho,...

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On to the Quarters

Published July 1, 2009

D&C.com D&C.com- Notebook Devo's Direct Kicks Rochester Homepage.net Rhinos Soccer.com MLSNet.com Crew Xtra - Devo's game story for the Columbus Dispatch Another Open Cup game, another OT/PK thriller for the Rhinos. After the weather delay, the Rhinos were able to go through against the Crew's...

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US Open Cup blackout.......

Published June 30, 2009

Devo's Direct Kicks Part 1 Devo's Direct Kicks Part 2 D&C.com Rhinos Soccer.com MLSNet.com Crew Xtra Blog Rhinos owner Rob Clark is making tonight's match versus Columbus as the only one being hosted by a USL 1st Division club that won't be carried on USLLive.com. He is also trying to see i...

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The clock struck midnight for Cinderella

Published June 29, 2009

US Soccer.com MLS Daily - Lots of links Grant Wahl blog Yanks Abroad MLSNet.com Big Apple Soccer.com The first half was a dream that no US soccer fan wanted to wake up from. The second half was reality crashing hard on the hopes of those same fans. That said, the US can only be proud of the eff...

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Links for the weekend

Published June 26, 2009

Since it's Wegmans LPGA weekend, here are a boatload of links: - Only $51 was wagered on the US winning the Confed Cup despite 999 to 1 odds. - Here is a video to watch before Sunday's final. Maybe Sunday is our day? - Bill Archer is calling for Bob Bradley for President. - MLS Talk looks at...

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Playing with house money

Published June 25, 2009

MLS Daily - Links du Nord The Kartik Report - Links Goal.com - Bob Bradley: Neutralising Xavi was the key WV Hooligan Yanks Abroad - Match Report Grant Wahl's Blog @ SI.com USMNT Blog - Headlines from around the world The Kartik Report - How the English press covered the match Landon Dono...

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Stadium idea

Published June 24, 2009

du Nord Q&A with Peter Wilt Fanhouse The Offside - Stadium Envy: Millerntor Stadion (FC St. Pauli) MLS Rumors - The Punkrockization of MLS Millerntor - Pic 1 Millerntor - Pic 2 Millerntor - Pic 3 Millerntor - Pic 4 Millerntor - Pic 5 One of the long time debates within soccer circles in th...

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Game Day

Published June 24, 2009

US Soccer.com Quote Sheet Grant Wahl's Blog at SI.com Yanks Abroad Preview Yanks Abroad - Donovan: We have nothing to lose The Kartik Reports Pregame links Matchfit USA No Short Corners AP via SI.com I wish I was in South Africa and had the chance to score free tickets to today's game. And w...

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The Great Escape

Published June 22, 2009

US Soccer.com US Soccer.com - Post match quotes USMNT Blog - Highlights SBI.net - The Highlights SBI.net - MMCB Soccer y Futbol blog Prost Amerika Soccer MLS Talk Boston.com - Houdini Lives MLS Daily NY Post.com Match Fit USA Kartik Report Kartik Report's MOM Big Apple Soccer.com No...

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1,000,000 Touches

Published June 19, 2009

With the unwhelming performance so far in the Confederations Cup, some people are blaming Bob Bradley,some people are blaming the US Soccer Federation , and some of the players are getting blamed as well and in one case, a player is taking responsibility for his bad play. But with the technical s...

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Spoiler Alert

Published June 18, 2009

If you DVR'd the Brazil-US Confederations Cup match, I'm going to list a boatload of pre-game and post-game articles. So if you don't want to know what happened, then don't click any of the post-game links! Before: - AP via SI.com - Yanks Abroad talks to Bob Bradley and JF Torres, and previews the...

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