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D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet It wasn't pretty, but the Rhinos once again played 120 minutes and advanced on in the US Open Cup with a 2-1 win over Cleveland last night. While you could make the argument that the Rhinos got lucky against Pittsburgh, I f...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks US Open Cup.com - 2nd Round Preview It's the 2nd round of the Open Cup. It's also the 2nd round of the home and home "series" between the City Stars and the Rhinos. With a 3rd round date with the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on the line, Rochester and Clevel...

Rhinos Soccer.com Devo's Direct Kicks USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet The Rhinos had about as bad a 12 minute stretch as you can have in soccer. And on Saturday night it led to the Cleveland City Stars getting a 3-0 win over the Rhinos ahead of tomorrow night's 2nd Round US Open Cup match here in Roc...

I need to run, so here is today's run down of what's going down: - The Rhinos will host Columbus on June 30th in the 3rd round of the Open Cup should they win on Tuesday at home versus Cleveland. - ESPN has unveiled their plans for the Confed Cup. - Jermaine Jones may soon be teaming up with Mi...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com That was one of the crazier Rhinos games I ever remember being at. T-Bone almost gets red carded in the first minute after picking up a yellow and arguing long after the referee wanted the conversation to end. Then T-Bone scores to put the Riverhounds...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com The Rhinos open up the 2009 US Open Cup tournament this evening at 7pm at Marina Auto Stadium against the USL 2nd Division's Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Former Rhino Tenywa "T-Bone" Bonseu has played every minute in all 7 Pittsburgh matches this season and...

Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com - Match Report D&C.com - Notes USL Soccer.com - scoresheet 323 minutes. That is how long it's been since the Rhinos have scored a goal in league play after back-to-back scoreless efforts at home and getting shut out in Charleston in the final game of the opening eight g...

Who needs to bounce back more tomorrow: the Rhinos versus Minnesota or the US versus Honduras? The easy answer is to go with the US as the stakes are much higher. Add injuries to a lot of key US players like Maurice Edu, Brian Ching, and others, the case is tough to top. But, the Rhinos will be mis...

I ran into a Rhinos player after work yesterday and I was speachless when he asked me what I thought of Saturday night's game. It was hard for me to put into words because there things that I found entertaining, there were things that worried me, and I really wanted another win versus Montreal. But...

D&C.com - Match story D&C.com - Notes D&C.com - Naming rights contest Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com - Match report Rhinos Soccer.com - Naming rights contest Montreal Impact.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet The Rhinos are now 4-0-1 when they don't have a player sent off with a red card...

Rhinos Soccer.com - Channel 8 video Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com - Chris Nurse article Even though it didn't make the D&C's list of 10 things to do this weekend, we are a little over a day away from the home opener between the Rhinos and the Montreal Impact. With Cleveland visiting Carolina tonigh...

Meet the 2009 Rhinos - D&C.com Devo & Scott Vallow Blog Chat We are two days out, the Rhinos are talking up some pretty cool $19.99 promotions , the forecast is looking pretty good, and Montreal lost in Vancouver last night. It doesn't get much better than that. Hopefully there is a nice 10,000+...

PennLive.com The Rhinos played a friendly in Harrisburg on the way home from Charleston! Apparently Kwame Sarkodie scored the lone goal of the match and Tim Melia had the clean sheet. Also, former City Islander Ryan Heins sported the captain's armband for the Rhinos. Champions League stuff: I won't...

I'm coming off of a six day weekend, so my head is swimming today. But, here are some thoughts on what's gone on over the past week or so: - I should be happy with the Rhinos ending their 8 game road trip in 3rd place and with a winning record at 4-3-1. But, the team picking up cards left and right...

The Rhinos are filing a complaint about them. MLS commish Don Garber is blogging about them. Boston Breakers coach Tony DiCicco is unhappy with them. And Red Bulls head coach Juan Carlos Osorio is backpeddling because of comments about them. From MLS to WPS to the USL, there doesn't seem to b...

Youtube - Match Highlights Youtube - Whitecaps Interviews Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet On Thursday, the Rhinos were robbed by a ref in Portland. On Saturday, the Rhinos stole three points in Vancouver. In a gutty performance for a whole host of reasons, the...

Devo's Direct Kicks Rhinos Soccer.com Portland Timbers.com Oregon Live.com Our Sports Central.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet Apparently after sleeping on it, the Rhinos are going to make some noise about the ending to last evening's 2-1 loss in Portland. I hit the hay with about 10 minutes le...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks USL Soccer.com USL Thursday Night/Friday Morning Football If you plan on DVRing tonight's Fox Soccer Channel broadcast of the Rhinos game in Portland, then you won't need to stock up on your stimulant of choice. If you are going to watch the game from your couch or you...

D&C.com I hate the headline, but like the news that the City of Rochester appears willing to kick in some $420,000 for up keep of Your Name Here Stadium. Sure, the five pages of comments are primarily negative as people wonder why the City would be putting money into the stadium that houses a team t...

USL Soccer.com Brent Sancho and Tiger Fitzpatrick were named to the USL 1st Division Team of the Week for their work in the Rhinos 2-1 win in Montreal on Saturday afternoon. Chad Severs was once again named to the 2nd Division TOTW. He is currently tied for the league lead with 4 goals so far this...

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com USL Soccer.com - Scoresheet Montreal Impact.com - Match report Montreal Impact.com - Photos Thanks to Saturday's 2-1 win in Montreal, the Rhinos are now tied for 2nd in the USL 1st Division and trail Vancouver by one point. The Rhinos also own a game in hand over Vancou...

Delaware Online.com Philly.com SBI.net So, the people that run various websites, including MLSNet.com, have let the logo for the Philadelphia MLS club slip out ahead of next week's announcement. I think the logo is cool and the colors (navy and gold) work for me. But, the "Union" name makes me go...

D&C.com Devo and Rhinos owner Rob Clark had an online chat today at the D&C's website. You can go to the chat archive above and perhaps get some questions you might have answered such as the status of international friendlies, how things are going on the suites, and the prospects of Rochester moving...

This Is American Soccer.com Adam Spangler of TIAS.com has an interview with Peppe Pinton who controls the rights to the NY Cosmos name and logo. Pinton claims that he is open to letting a group that wants to do a NY based MLS club right the Cosmos name. He also says that with the Seattle Sounders in...

Rhinos Soccer.com Devo's Direct Kicks Cleveland City Stars.com USL.com - Scoresheet The Rhinos couldn't have hoped for more than they got Friday night in Cleveland. Win? Check Fewer Cards? Check (Atieno's first half caution was the lone Rhinos card) No new injuries? Check Get rest for some key g...

After last weekend's 4 point road trip to Puerto Rico and Miami, I am really excited to watch tonight's game in Cleveland on the Fox Soccer Channel. If the Rhinos are able to get 3 points tonight, they will vault into 2nd place in the USL 1st Division. And given that Cleveland has lost at Miami FC b...

Rhinos Soccer.com The Rhinos are hosting a viewing party tomorrow night at The Distillery on Mount Hope as the Fox Soccer Channel will have the Rhinos game in Cleveland as their USL Game of the Week. It will be interesting to see how many Rhinos fans come out to see the first non-USL Live Rhinos re...

Indy Star.com There are all sorts of issues with paying the operating expenses for Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis home of the NFL's Colts. And the City, which owns the stadium, is asking the Colts to kick in $5 million to help close the gap in their budget. It just goes to show you that planning fo...

The swine flu outbreak has caused CONCACAF to end the U-17 Championships early. I wonder if that is the reason for the slow soccer news day? News & Notes: - MLS Daily has their latest attendance figures up. Only 5 of the 14 returning teams have improved attendance over last season. There are also 5...

With a scoreless draw in Puerto Rico and a 2-1 win in Miami, the Rhinos are looking really good heading into Friday night's USL Game of the Week on FSC. The Rhinos had a couple of solid firsts for the 2009 USL 1st Division season: - They were the first road team to win in 2009 - They were the first...