“I’m 100% Salvadoran. That’s my country who I play for. Just because I was born and raised here doesn’t mean I’m going to show any mercy against the U.S. In fact, I was a part of the El Salvador team that knocked them out of Olympic Qualifying, and I’m not going to lie – it was a great feeling.” Atlanta Silverbacks’ midfielder Richie Menjivar, who is a starter on El Salvador’s Gold Cup team[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. (Atlanta Silverbacks Communication)
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“We do not know how to play football. We just boot the ball up the pitch and it gets us nowhere…In international football you cannot just hit and hope because you give the ball away.” Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp laments the state of English soccer after England went three-and-out at the U-12 European Championships. (SkySports)
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“You can’t create chances when a team kicks you and doesn’t want to play soccer. I have nothing against the coaching staff and nothing against the players, but today was just an ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly game of soccer.” Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid after his team lost 1-0 to San Jose. The Sounders had only six shots and had lost three starters to injuries by the 53rd minute. (MLSSoccer.com)
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“They will be in Belize shirts, I’m sure they will. But my dad says he might wear a United States jersey underneath.” Belize MNT coach Ian Mork who grew up in Wichita, Kan., on their allegiance for the USA-Belize Gold Cup game. (Wichita Eagle)
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“The level of consistency was the lowest I’ve seen from a referee in MLS. And again, I don’t want to belabor the point about the referee being poor. He is going to be poor. It’s his 14th match of his entire career.” Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis, upset with referee Matthew Foerster for his decision to send off Chris Wingert for a second yellow card in RSL’s 2-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City. (SoccerAmerica.com)
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“We do not know how to play football. We just boot the ball up the pitch and it gets us nowhere…In international football you cannot just hit and hope because you give the ball away.” Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp laments the state of English soccer after England went three-and-out at the U-12 European Championships. (SkySports)
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“You can’t create chances when a team kicks you and doesn’t want to play soccer. I have nothing against the coaching staff and nothing against the players, but today was just an ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly game of soccer.” Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid after his team lost 1-0 to San Jose. The Sounders had only six shots and had lost three starters to injuries by the 53rd minute. (MLSSoccer.com)
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“They will be in Belize shirts, I’m sure they will. But my dad says he might wear a United States jersey underneath.” Belize MNT coach Ian Mork who grew up in Wichita, Kan., on their allegiance for the USA-Belize Gold Cup game. (Wichita Eagle)
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“The level of consistency was the lowest I’ve seen from a referee in MLS. And again, I don’t want to belabor the point about the referee being poor. He is going to be poor. It’s his 14th match of his entire career.” Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis, upset with referee Matthew Foerster for his decision to send off Chris Wingert for a second yellow card in RSL’s 2-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City. (SoccerAmerica.com)
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