Stadium Discussion
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Don't give the Steinbrenners any ideas...
That's really bad. But it got me thinking. Put up some boards around that pitch, remove a few players, and allow checking and you have a new sport!
Was always likely to either be Rangers or Celtic. English and Welsh clubs are banned from introducing safe standing but Scotland isn't bound by that law.
Does the Stadium information you will be able to tell us have anything to do with the Community Initiative press conference with the Mayor?
Not as far as I'm aware. This is definitely news to me.
I got a call about attending the initiative press conference. I was told explicitly that it was not a stadium announcement.
They never call or invite me for anything. Maybe it has something to do with my previous interactions with the players.
You should go and ask why Johansen rides the pine if they care about the youth so much.
50 mini soccer fields in under-served neighborhoods
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/s...das-new-york-fields-us-soccer-foundation.html
this is fantastic! CFG showing what they bring to NYC and clearly there is dialogue between the club and the mayor's office.
this is fantastic! CFG showing what they bring to NYC and clearly there is dialogue between the club and the mayor's office.
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Nick Chavez and Empire of Soccer fighting on twitter over the stadium thread?
Nick Chavez and Empire of Soccer fighting on twitter over the stadium thread?
Cant prove anything, obviously, but this has to be a little quid pro quo for the Mayor to Green Light us a stadium, no?
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No, Dave Martinez and I are friends. Always on good terms. I was arguing with his NYCFC beat writer Christian Araos because I thought his "No progress on NYCFC's search for a stadium" headline was misleading, and certainly not true. I mean, his own piece quoted Reyna as saying, "There are positive inroads being made"... sounds like progress to me. He just didn't want to talk to the press about the details, which makes sense. Also, from my own sources, that "no progress" claim definitely isn't the case.
Anyways, when I mentioned that to him, he got pissed and implied that I had no sources. For that reason, and that reason only, I showed him my tweet that broke the "50 pitches in underserved neighborhoods" story (or details of it) 3 hours before NYT, and before anyone else, just to underscore that clearly I *do* have sources.
Then he got pissed and called me a "so-called journalist" a couple times and tried to lecture me about how a "real" journalist behaves, or whatever, and finally accused me of "stealing" the details about the 50 pitches I tweeted from this very forum. So, I told him off, and he wasn't man enough to retract his false accusation and apologize, as expected.
That's all that happened. The whole stupid conversation can be seen for all on twitter. He had a total melt-down because I questioned his headline. And journalists are always telling me to "have thick skin" and "accept criticism" respectfully. I guess they didn't teach ol' Christian Araos that in J-school.
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NYCFC offers no update on search for soccer-specific stadium site
http://sbisoccer.com/2016/07/nycfc-offers-no-update-on-search-for-soccer-specific-stadium-site
http://sbisoccer.com/2016/07/nycfc-offers-no-update-on-search-for-soccer-specific-stadium-site
