US Soccer Roster Named For Game Against Mexico On Wednesday

Head Coach Bob Bradley named the roster for the Qualifying game against Mexico on Wednesday. Unfortunately Jack Jewsbury is in Florida now training with the KC Wizards following his six weeks with the Nationals. Eighteen of the 20 players on the roster participated in the first two rounds of World Cup qualifying last year. Bradley [...]

MLS Thursday Night Soccer At Coesters – KC Wizards vs Red Bull NY

As a warm up to the Beijing Olympics, and to continue developing a local facility where the soccer community can come together to enjoy broadcast games, Coester’s and SGFsoccer.com is initiating MSL Thursday’s this week with a double-header! The KC Wizards host Red Bull NY at 7:00 pm, available only on Direct Kick. Coester’s will [...]

KC Wizards Update

Unbeaten in their last three games, the resurgent Kansas City Wizards look to keep rolling on the Fourth of July when they take on FC Dallas at Pizza Hut Park (6:00 p.m. CT; HDNet). A win over Dallas would bring the Wizards back to the .500 mark and into the thick of the playoff race. [...]

Southwest Soccer All-Stars Take The Field This Evening

UPDATE – the games will be played tonight. A little rain won’t stop us. Lightning and flooding would but I suspect we’ll avoid those possibilities and will enjoy the cooling effect a bit of rain will offer. We’ve got a full day today folks. Turn your radio on this morning, Thursday at 9:30am. Catch All-Stars [...]

Azzuri Shut Out!

OK, admit it. How many of you have seen a Euro 2008 game so far? I was in Jeff City on business today, thus the delay in posting. Also the reason I missed this! The Netherlands ended a 30-year wait for a victory over Italy in emphatic fashion as they began their Group C campaign [...]

The Worlds Game Comes To Springfield

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Pretty good week coming up folks. The US Men’s National team has a pair of games this week. The first on Wednesday against Spain, followed by the game against current World #1 Argentina in Giant’s Stadium. I’m aware of a few folks headed East for that game, hopefully we’ll have some soccer adventure stories to [...]

We Rock The House

For those who missed it, I’ve posted a short video on my Facebook page that gives you a sense of the crowd we had at Coester’s today for the Champions League Final. I don’t expect nearly as big a crowd but there’ll be a group of us out on Saturday night at 9:30 pm to [...]

Chelsea vs Manchester United – Today at Coester’s

Champions League Final from St Petersburg

Join us today at Coester’s for the Champions League (EPL) final. Pre-game is at 1:00 pm with kickoff around 1:40 pm. The game is being broadcast live from St Petersburg and features an all English Premier League final. I’m expecting 30 plus folks to be in attendance, it should be an excellent match between a [...]

It’s Heating Up In These Parts

Sorry for the delay in posting, I’m a bit hampered right now with what I assume is Carpal Tunnel. Index finger in tingling and the right wrist is quite tender. So rest is the answer and we know its too important a time in the season to sit so… I’ll be at Cooper this evening [...]

Updates From The World Of Soccer

Jason and Paige

Close to home The Rock Bridge girls soccer team’s game against Smith-Cotton in the semifinals of the Class 2 District 10 Tournament was postponed Tuesday night because of lightning. The game was stopped with 26:09 remaining in the first half and the score tied at 0. It will resume at that point Wednesday at 6 [...]

KC Wizards Visit Columbus Crew

Tonight at 6:30 pm, it will be #2 visiting #1 in the Eastern Conference. I plan on enjoying the game at Coester’s, feel free to come out and join me. UPDATE – Mike from Down The Byline picks Jack Jewsbury as his second choice for Player of the Month. By the way, did you catch [...]

Coester’s – Soccer Fans Come In Daily Now

From the Sunday News-Leader, our sponsor Coester’s was featured in an article Cost of food has eateries trying to cope Finally, he has tried to be proactive and broaden the restaurant’s appeal, reaching out to new clientele. “We try not to blame it on the economy,” he said. “We try to find out other reasons [...]

Three Weeks Left Before Districts?!!

Have to start this week off with a look back – how many of you saw Jack Jewsbury showing off his goal-scoring skills yesterday against the Chicago Fire? Check it out here (Windows Media Player needed) That’s a pair of game-winning assists and a game-winning goal in five games. Sweet. As the title notes, there [...]

KC Wizards Update

It’s hard to tell from this video but rest assured, that is Jackie Jewsbury getting his second straight game-winning assist. The video does a much better job of showing the celebration in The Cauldron. This one came in the 87th minute while the first one came in the 47th minute of the 2-0 win over [...]

KC Wizards Open Tonight – Join Me at Coester’s

It should be a crazy evening tonight, what with NCAA Basketball as well as the start of the baseball season. Regardless, I want to see some soccer so I’ll be heading over to Coester’s to catch the KC Wizard’s opener this evening at 7:00 pm. With a fine appetizer and dinner menu, including a kiddies [...]