“You should invite Iceland more. You can see all the Iceland supporters.” — Iceland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson after his team’s friendly match against Mexico drew a crowd of30,617 (overwhelmingly Mexican) fans at Sam Boyd Stadium, the largest attendance for a soccer match in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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More than a Hexagonal berth is on the line for USA in Caribbean tests
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Caribbean opposition has occasionally been troublesome for the USA in its World Cup qualifyingcampaigns, and since head coach Jurgen Klinsmann doesn’t take advancement for granted until it happens, he’s summoned a few veterans who aren’t likely to be on the team in2018. If the inclusions of Kyle Beckerman and Chris […]
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What They're Saying: Errea export manager Fabrizio Taddei
“We are working 24/7 with a night shift and so we are every day sending out all the shirts we have. We are a manufacturer as well, and so are not depending on a container from China arriving. Soour strength is that we can almost reply on demand. But it’s havoc here at the moment.” […]
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What They're Saying: Icelandic whale watching company North Sailing
“It must be hard to lose against the smallest nation that has ever taken part in a championship, but to look on the bright side, they just won 23 tickets to go whale watching in beautifulHusavik.” — Icelandic whale watching company North Sailing, offering the English national team free tickets to watch whales after its 2-1 […]
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And 66 years later …
We all know what happened when the USA and England played at the 1950 World Cup in Belo Horizonte. The USA beat England, 1-0, in what is considered the greatest upset in the history of soccer. There was no television then, so the first word of the game came via the fingers of the telegrapher. […]
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England's Hodgson quits after loss to Iceland
England coach Roy Hodgson quit after his team’s 2-1 loss to tiny Iceland at Euro 2016 on Monday night at the Allianz Riviera in Nice. “We haven’t progressed as far as I thought wewere capable of, and that’s obviously not acceptable,” Hodgson said. “I am actually proud of the work that my coaching staff and […]