Apologies for the late showing of the Daily Sweeper today, but 16 hours on a bus to and from Kansas City to watch a 0-0 draw grinds on you a little, especially when it’s 90+ degrees and the air conditioning is broken. Anyway. . .
Whilst MLS tries to expand further within North America, the Premier League is again focused on colonising overseas.
A plane crash once wiped out many of their best players, and Surinam have always struggled internationally, despite the fact many of the world’s greats have been of Surinamese descent. Yet they still stand closer to qualifying for the World Cup than ever before.
The Columbus “hooliganism” story continues to percolate in the British press; meanwhile, we look at the problems the Chicago Fire’s Sector Latino have had with security at Toyota Park, and consider the outlandish possibility of Israel and Palestine co-hosting the World Cup in 2018.
Hooliganism has arrived in the U.S.! Paging my friend Dougie Brimson. . .
What’s better — having your club bought by a bunch of internet nerds or the mafia?
The police had a busy week in American soccer this weekend, whilst British clubs continued to argue about who does the most “tapping up”. All in all, a pretty depressing news round-up.
The transfer news to report today is obviously Eto’o’s on going flirtation with playing in Uzbekistan. Cue the Borat jokes. Or was that Kazakhstan? Otherwise, a Friday in mid-summer is a slow day, so we bring a little classic video for you to enjoy.
How did a provincial team from England’s Black Country prompt the formation of the European Cup? We look at how Stan Cullis and Wolves transformed football in England and Europe.
