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Category Archives: Major League Soccer

Cody Reinberg And Harrisburg City Islanders Surprise NE Revolution

01-Jul-09

Congratulations to Drury grad Cody Reinberg who was part of the upset win over the MLS New England Revolution in the US Open Cup last night.
Geoff Bloes’ sitter with time winding down in the first overtime — off a David Schofield corner that fluttered off goalkeeper Brad Knighton’s fingers — lifted the Harrisburg City Islanders [...]

KC Wizards Open SuperLiga Play In St Louis Against Atlas FC

21-Jun-09

SuperLiga, a premier tournament that pits the best of the United States against the best of Mexico, returns with its third edition to award the heftiest winner’s purse in North American soccer history. The KC Wizards are one of four MLS teams that are competing against four Mexican teams in the SuperLiga tournament, or [...]

KC Wizards vs Atlas FC in St Louis on Sunday

17-Jun-09

The Kansas City Wizards will bring Major League Soccer action to St. Louis, MO….at least for one day when they host FC Atlas, from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Primera Division, in the 3rd edition of SuperLiga™. The game will be held at Robert R. Hermann Stadium on the campus at St. Louis University [...]

Represent Springfield Soccer

05-May-09

ESPN/Soccernet has a nice article on former Missouri State Bear’s goalkeeper, Matt Pickens. It covers his professional experience, and there’s a great quote by Diego Gutierrez (a long time favorite of mine at Chicago, and a KC native) that every player should consider:
“Often times when young players get the opportunity to step in and [...]

The Countdown? Two Weeks Remain In The Regular Season

04-May-09

The next question has to be will there be any dry days on which to contest the many games remaining. Today’s looking good for certain although Middle School games are apparently canceled at Lake Country Soccer today – field conditions?
High School games that will have a direct impact on District seeding this week:
Monday – [...]

This Week In Southwest Missouri Soccer

27-Apr-09

Whew, home from Ft Worth and happy to be sleeping in my own bed again. The wedding went well, the drives were uneventful and I appreciate Missouri even more after a week in Texas. That place is windy!
Only three weeks left before Districts begin. That combines with lot’s of good High School [...]

KC Wizards Host Red Bull NY Tonight

23-Apr-09

The Wizards are at home tonight, and they are also featured on ESPN2 this evening in the national broadcast debut from CAB, their temporary home. I’ll be parked in an easy chair enjoying the match while in Ft Worth (nephew’s wedding). Let’s see if the boys learned anything from those final 12 minutes [...]

This Week in Springfield Soccer

20-Apr-09

Short week for me as I’ll be in Ft Worth TX celebrating the marriage of Timothy Erick Watson (Glendale Falcons 2003) to Brittany Wang on Saturday. Family obligations mean I’m out-of-town Wed-Sun. I’m setting up the daily game reports in advance so that you can continue to report game results, which I really [...]

Jack Jewsbury And Kansas City Wizards Update

18-Apr-09

Nice little feature ad that is screening on cable in the KC area. I neglected to post anything earlier this week but Jack just had a birthday, Monday April 13th. As he notes in the ad, he’s in his 7th year with the Wizards and one of the benefits is that family and [...]

Weekend Opportunities – World Cup Qualifiers, MLS, Snow?

27-Mar-09

Sorry, knowing the quality of our weather prognosticators around here I probably shouldn’t even bring up the Winter Storm Watch that flashed across Twitter yesterday afternoon. Any bets there won’t be any in Springfield?
While pondering the weather and it’s impact on your schedule, have you added these quality options?
US Men at El Salvador – [...]