I sat next to Grant at every game I covered in group stage
#QatarWorldCup2022
This pic from
#USA
v Wales match w/ the famous rainbow t-shirt that had him detained briefly.
There are no words - just so very, very sorry for his family, close friends, colleagues.
RIP
@GrantWahl
This illuminates James Sands ability to adjust to any environment.
At 16-yrs, he started at Emelec in '17 & was the Man of the Match for
#NYCFC
.
No stream of the game so you'll have to take my word - here's a clip of the festivities. He's unsigned & wearing
#80
⬇️
@NYCFC
#MLS
A future guest who has worked w/ Tab Ramos will tell
#TheCoachingAcademy
that Ramos should have been the interim
#USMNT
coach but wasn't because of fear that Ramos would do well & disrupt Jay Berhalter and US Soccer's plan to hire his brother after
#Crew96
season
@SiriusXMFC
Multiple
#NWSL
coaches have already been told by their
#USWNT
players that they will choose not to attend the event in Utah. I’m also hearing that the 23 NT players are considering a joint decision NOT to go. While It is not unanimous, the emphasis is on solidarity.
#COVID19
Just met 2
#Comunicaciones
supporters in hotel lobby in E. Hartford.
Both worked overnight shifts & then drove 12 hours from Michigan for
#SCCL22
last night.
They couldn't believe the lopsided support for their side.
"Where were all the NY fans?" she asked.
#NYCFC
#MLS
@MLS
Heather O’Reilly in the US Soccer AGM house! Played Liverpool yesterday flew in from London and just arrived, will fly back late Saturday in time for Sunday
@ArsenalWFC
match - safe to say she takes her voting responsibility seriously
#USSFPresident
#AthleteCouncil
James Sands on a media call was asked about his successful performances for the
#USMNT
at the
#GoldCup
.
"It may be a surprise to a lot of people but it's not a surprise for me."
#NYCFC
@NYCFC
#MLS
@MLS
Patrick Vieira told the team before the match that he would take them to Disney if they scored a corner kick goal. After Callens scored, the bench exploded with chants of “Disney”
#NYCvATL
# NYCFC
#MLS
I've heard
#NYCFC
Sporting Director David Lee & Assistant Coach Nick Cushing tell me the moment that sticks w/ them this season is Thiago Andrade's game winner v
#DCU
on 6/27 at RBA.
Let's relive that moment -
@mattyjlawrence
joins me on the commentary
@NYCFC
Network.
#MLS
Just landed in Minnesota & got a ride w/ a guy from Morocco.
He says he's planning to drive 12 hours to Cincy for
#USMNT
v
#Morocco
on 6/1.
He was exasperated by the cost of a ticket - $177.00 - for a friendly!
How many are priced out a that cost?
#USSoccer
#USA
#MINvNYC
As if any more juice was needed for Thursday night
#MLSCupPlayoffs
"I'm pretty sure they are afraid of us. I think so because they never beat us. And it's a good opportunity for us to show who owns L.A." - Galaxy's Romain Allesandrini.
#LAFC
winless in 5 against
#LAGalaxy
I want to emphasize that saying Taty Castellanos has played his final match for
#NYCFC
has not come from anyone in the club.
It is from observations here at the RBA - it reminded me of Vieira managing his last match at YS.
Extended hugs, etc...you just know.
#RBNYvNYC
#MLS
Fortunate to be on the commentary of the dramatic finish last night in Harrison, NJ
#NYCvDC
20-yr old Thiago w/ the stoppage-time winner for
#NYCFC
.
Here's how it sounded on the
@NYCFC
Network w/
@mattyjlawrence
- I'll admit I got a little excited.
#MLS
@MLS
@ThirdRailSC
This from
#quakes74
Matias Almeyda cannot be ignored after
#NYCvSJ
at Yankee Stadium: “It is a great stadium but it is a small-sided field, it's not real. If this league wants to be the best in the world, they cannot allow this to happen.”
#NYCFC
#MLS
@MLS
There's James Sands in background w/ Zach Steffen's team, Dusseldorf - the
#NYCFC
Homegrown is training w/ the
#Bundesliga
side till mid-Dec. & will re-join
@NYCFC
for preseason on Jan. 11 - neither side is calling it a trial but a chance for Sands to stay sharp
#MLS
@MLS
#TipOfTheDay
The car ride home. Never, ever allow your child to place blame on the coach, teammates or referee. Perhaps this will be their first lesson in accountability.
#TheCoachingAcademy
|
#Soccer
| # Tip |
#Coaching
One of the most important players in
#NYCFC
's eight-year history -
@Alexcallens06
There are two moments in particular that will live in the hearts & minds of
@NYCFC
supporters.
From the 2021
#MLS
playoffs, Callens delivers.
As heard on the New York City FC Network⬇️
Santi Rodriguez next to make a
#NYCFC
reunion.
Shared by
@arieljudas
via Sport 890:
"The NY SD came to Montevideo in Dec-we chatted but [no deal]. Now the same thing happened-we were able to talk & we reached a good agreement. I'm fixed for 5 years." - Santi
#MLS
@SiriusXMFC
Great chat w/ former
#NYCFC
asst Albert Puig, who once directed La Masia, on the struggle to develop pros in US: "After 16 a player needs strong competition & US doesn't have this. The Academy is a low, low level compared to Europe and SA." More soon
@SiriusXMFC
@ProSoccerUSAcom
I've scheduled
@CarliLloyd
& her trainer
@coachgalanis
w/ me for
#TheCoachingAcademy
on Dec. 18 from 7-8pm ET. What they have done together to keep the 2-time
#FIFA
World POY at the top of her growing game at 37 yrs old is extraordinary - a lot to learn from these 2
@SiriusXMFC
Ronny Deila said that he is very, very impressed w/ James Sands & says eventually it will be difficult to keep him at
#NYCFC
- Deila expects that teams in Europe will come calling.
@NYCFC
#MLSisBack
On media call, Gregg Berhalter says that in addition to Jozy Altidore & Paul Arriola, others w/in the
#USMNT
team are drawing global interest.
"For the last three weeks you wouldn’t believe how many calls I’ve gotten about our players."
#USA
#MLS
@MLS
@USMNT
@ussoccer
Maxi Moralez on unexpected return to
#NYCFC
#MLS
:
“When I left, I thought I was going to play the rest of my days in Argentina. I thought I was going to be a key player. I didn’t get the type of playing time I was hoping for. And the country wasn’t the same, either.”
#NYCvMIN
Hope Solo just eviscerated Cordeiro & Carter - subsequently received the largest ovation from the National Council members:"The establishment is backing 2 candidates who will deliver failure on pitch, chaos & conflict off of it."
#USSFElection
#USSFPresident
@SiriusXMFC
I can confirm an ESPN report that former
#NYCFC
coach Dome Torrent has been contacted by several
#MLS
teams - and he's listening. I have tweeted & said publicly on
#SoccerInTheCity
,
#OnFrame
podcasts that I would be shocked if he returned to
@MLS
- not any more.
@ProSoccerUSAcom
New Jersey Youth Soccer announced today that 2018 NJYS Hall of Fame inductee
@GlennCrooks
wills serve as emcee of the 31st Annual NJYS Awards Dinner presented by
@RWJBarnabas
next Friday, February 1st.
Read:
The NCAA has rejected a waiver request that threatened non-revenue D-1 sports especially the vulnerable men's soccer programs. The minimum 16-team requirement to maintain D-1 status remains - although programs at schools above the minimum will still have concerns
@UnitedCoaches
Saying this for the 1, 223rd time.
If anyone other than the captain comes near the referee, bang each of them w/ a yellow.
The enveloping of the referee (and in the case of several
#orlandocity
players making contact w/ the referee) would cease.
#ORLvNE
#MLSCupPlayoffs
#MLS
Anton Tinnerholm on his stunning strike to equalize match eventually won by
#NYCFC
: “I was inspired by Zlatan - I think my goal was harder. That’s how we do it in Sweden”
#SJvNYC
#MLS
@MLS
#LAvLAFC
#LAGalaxy
#ThrowInGate
#RBNYvNYC
: Alan Kelly claimed "he indicated verbally that the re-start was a throw-in." Not a single
#NYCFC
player heard him & I've seen a tactical cam view of the field & it's pretty clear that Kelly made no such indication-things happened too quickly.
@PROreferees
Australia leading the way again when it comes to explaining refereeing decisions.
Today an audio feed provided to viewers from the ref to VAR as a yellow card was upgraded to red
Domenec Torrent will add 2 fitness coaches from
#FCBarcelona
to his staff at
#NYCFC
replacing Matt Cooke who joins Patrick Vieira at
#OGCNice
. Pep influence here-all exercises will be carried out with a ball at maximum intensity. Training sessions rarely exceed 70 minutes.
#MLS
Sources: The Seattle Sounders are closing in on a deal to acquire forward Heber in a trade with NYCFC.
Heber, 31, has 24g/6a in 3,564 MLS minutes. He won MLS Cup 2021 with NYCFC. Excelled with HNK Rijeka in Croatia before joining NYCFC in 2019.
Interesting comments from
#MLS
's Don Garber re:
#Messi
playing on artificial turf:
"My expectations" [are that teams will look to install temporary grass surfaces on top of turf]
Sources indicated to
@TheAthleticSCCR
that those clubs were not planning to do so (ATL & CLT)
A source says that
#NYCFC
is very close to the announcement of their next head coach. According to this Dutch report it won't be Gio van Bronckhorst who said no to New York City and is on his way to China to sign with Guangzhou R&F
#MLS
@MLS
"It's a fact of life that you lose more than you win."
Even taken out of context, that's a puzzling post-match comment from Jason Kreis.
#USAvHON
#Tokyo2020
#USYNT
Contrary to reports/tweets that a new soccer specific stadium for
#NYCFC
is a done deal or even close, I can tell you unequivocally, that is not the case.
#MLS
I watch this and wonder why any coach would want to teach a team to play in any other manner. It's a helluva lot more fun for the players and entertaining for the supporters. Coaches need to be brave!
#EPL
Jesus Medina said that Maxi Moralez asked him to take the PK on the game winner
#NYCvNE
- Maxi is 4 out of 7 on spot kicks this season
#NYCFC
@NYCFC
#MLS
@MLS
The ridiculous nature of US Soccer DA not permitting HS soccer best illustrated today at Clifton HS. A Memorial Alumni game to raise scholarship $ for Sr’s in the name of former coach Fernando Rossi whose son & alum
@GiuseppeRossi22
played today. Massive turnout.
@lembryksoccer