11.24.14
ASN Morning Read: We're Talking About... Playoffs
Like Teal Bunbury, we are nothing if not very serious around these parts. But like Andrew Farrell, we're smiley and fun. We also enjoy long walks on the beach, soccer, and strange intro copy.
BY
Noah Davis
Posted
November 24, 2014
8:30 AM
Let's just go straight to the highlights, shall we?
Revs-Bulls
Sounders-Galaxy
Lee Nguyen and Landon Donovan get some love in The New York Times. The Red Bulls, of course, do not.
But hey, Boston.com loves Charlie Davies: “My career’s been a crazy road,” Davies said. “I think it’s impossible to predict where you’re going to play in the future. So many things can happen—new coaches, injuries, form. When you take all those into account it’s difficult to know where you’re going to end up. I think I was in Denmark when I realized playing for the Revolution could happen for me, so I was extremely happy. Who wouldn’t be, playing for the club you grew up watching? And also being home with so many family and friends around. It’s just an amazing opportunity that not too many people get so I when I got it I made sure I took it.”
Paul Kennedy offers up five smart pieces of advice for Jurgen Klinsmann, which are all very smart and which the coach will not listen to. Not that he should because he's the coach, but still.
Yeah... "When a national soccer team wins a FIFA World Cup, it marks the accomplishment by embroidering a small star onto its uniforms—the sporting equivalent of Dr. Seuss’s Sneetches on Beaches. After Germany’s men’s team won in Brazil this summer, its fourth World Cup victory, Adidas couldn’t keep up with demand for the team’s new four-star jerseys. In the U.S., the men’s national team has zero stars; the women’s team has two. Nike sells replica jerseys for both, and their design, other than the stars, is the same. Nike doesn’t, however, sell the two-starred jerseys in men’s sizes."
Would you like to read an an exhaustive list ranking the MLS stadium experiences? On Sporting Kansas City: "Game production from the stadium crew is amazing. Fireworks blast during the awesome hype video played before the team takes the pitch. Fans scream as starters are announced. Women swoon over local product, Matt Besler, team captain and a starter for the US 2014 World Cup team. The chants from The Cauldron begin well before gameplay, and continue through the 90 minutes of on-field action." And that's only half of it.
Two PR firms refused to work with FIFA. Because obviously they did. But also, wouldn't resurrecting FIFA's reputation be the biggest PR coup in history?
