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ASN Morning Read: An Englishman to MLS
The real question: Will Owen Coyle bring the mascot along when he moves to Major League Soccer? We would be totally pro that decision. What the heck is a Dynamo anyway?
BY
Noah Davis
Posted
December 10, 2014
9:23 AM
The Houston Dynamo hire Owen Coyle as their new manager. Brad Davis is excited: “Talking with Stuart [Holden, former Dynamo star who played for Coyle at Bolton Wanderers] ... he was definitely a guy the players loved to play for, a guy that the players really respected. For me, as a player, those are the things you love to hear; a coach that’s going to work for the players and have the players’ thoughts first and foremost in his mind. It’s a positive name I’ve heard talking to other guys in terms of players that have played for him.”
This is a good move. Here's the entirely of an email sent by a Dynamo-loving friend: "HOLY SH*T OWEN COYLE. he's definitely bringing back STU. love it."
Landon Donovan might be retired but we can still write about him: The Los Angeles Galaxy locker room was puddled with beer and champagne. It smelled like a frat party. Rap music bumped from the stereo system and the players were celebrating. Moments before the media descended into the madness, Donovan's teammates began cheering and chanting; they wanted him to stick around for one more year. It was teasing but also serious. All week the media had been asking Donovan if this was really it. At one point on Friday, during Donovan's last ever pre-game press conference, a reporter asked him what they, the media, need to do to make him stick around. The answer was nothing His mind was made up. His teammates knew that as well as anybody.
Hey now:
Alexi Lalas and Taylor Twellman might be breaking up as The Big Redhead appears to be headed for Fox Sports while The Big Head recently resigned with ESPN. Brad Friedel is also going to Fox Sports while Brian McBride will leave at the end of the season. This has been your once a month soccer talking head update. Please continue about your business.
