“It is a lesson, a massive life lesson. But he has the capacity to move on and to learn and be focused on football.” — Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, on French World Cupcaptain Hugo Lloris, who will keep his Spurs captaincy after being “lucky there was no consequence” to his drunk-driving. The goalkeeper was fined […]
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What They're Saying: Pamela Chen
“These crimes were not because of need, but because of greed. There is really no explanation.” — U.S. district court judge Pamela Chen, unswayed at sentencing by thearguments of Silvia Pinera-Vasquez, Juan Angel Napout‘s defense attorney, comparing her client, the former Conmebol president, to the late U.S. Senator John McCain andnoting how he had been […]
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What They'e Saying: Pamela K. Chen
“Mr. Marin says he loves the sport, yet he and his co-conspirators were the very cancer on the sport he claims to love. His crime was one of pure and unmitigated and unchecked greed.” –U.S. District Court Judge Pamela K. Chen, saying she wanted to “send a message of deterrence” with her sentence of four […]
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Report: Lawsuit against youth soccer associations settled for $8.2 million
The San Jose Mercury News reported that a lawsuit involvingU.S. Youth Soccer and Cal North was settled for $8.2 million. The case involved a former youth player in the West Valley Youth Soccer League who sued the organizations after she wassexually abused when she was 13 by a coach who had a domestic violence conviction […]
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Ken Bensinger on the secret informants who made the USA's case in soccer's biggest scandal, the soccer guys who worked it, and the Christopher Steele twist
It’s hard to imagine how someone who was not a soccer fan could have written the story of how the FBI and IRS busted the biggest criminal enterprise in the history of international sports. Nor is it easy to see how the case could have been broken if an agent had not followed the sport […]
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The Commisso proposal: A look at the issues the parties are dancing around
New York Cosmos owner Rocco Commisso has been backing or connected to multiple lawsuits regarding the NASL’s relationship with U.S. Soccer and the latter’s ties to MLS and SUM, but he remainswilling to deal with U.S. Soccer. Those lawsuits — which include suits in Federal court and New York state court and before the USOC […]
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What They're Saying: Cory Roth
“My clients have been waiting for this precedent and this money for a very long time. They want to do good things with it for their community. You can only wait around for so long before doingsomething.” — Cory Roth, an attorney representing Oregon’s Westside Timbers, who produced U.S. international Rubio Rubin and are seeking […]
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What They're Saying: Charles Stillman
“If you’ve ever watched kids playing soccer, there are always one or two, they’re standing there but they’re not really playing. He is like the youngster on the side picking updaisies.” — Charles Stillman, attorney for former Brazilian soccer federation president Jose Maria Marin, with the opening defense of his 85-year-old clientin the FIFA corruption […]
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FIFA corruption trial: Jury impanelled in 'really important case'
Almost two and a half years after the first indictments, the FIFA corruption trial will begin on Monday in the same Brooklyn federal court where the recent NASL v. NASL case was heard. Itfollows the impaneling of 12 jurors and six alternates from an initial pool of 200 prospective jurors. Only three men, all South […]
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Podcast: UCLA law professor Steven Bank on NASL v. USSF
Howler’s Dummy podcast had UCLA law professor Steven Bank on to discuss the NASL v. USSF case, in particular what he reads into Federal judge Margo K.Brodie‘s questioning of attorneys on Tuesday and how she might be leaning in the case. Breaking news analysis: NASL vs. USSFHearing The NASL seeks an injunction against U.S. Soccer […]