Um, you should probably read this, especially if you have any interest in US Soccer or Major League Soccer. Basically, former USMNT player and Fox Soccer analyst Eric Wynalda gets all out of character and speaks his mind and pulls his punches at the recent NSCAA Convention in a lecture cleverly titled “Why Not US.” Go ahead. Don’t be embarrassed. As you’ll soon see, he isn’t.
If you love perms or Didier Drogba, you’ll love the Les Éléphants shirt …
Spain is trying to conquer the world again. This time, they might succeed.
WELCOME to NUTMEG RADIO MIXTAPE No. 3: THE DARKO FILES!! Today on the mixtape we have an actual real, live MC, one who can actually play soccer. Ahem … Maryland, stand up.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you former University of Maryland Terrapin soccer player, former high school standout, the first player to win three USYSA national championships in three consecutive age groups, now doing his thing in the rap game, Kwame Darko … Continue Reading »
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“Players these days ….”
– Almost everyone
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Fernando Torres, the £50 million mercenary, can’t score goals. Ashley Cole shoots people, Glen Johnson steals toilet seats, and Wayne Rooney probably shuns direct deposit just so he can wrap his grubby, calloused hands around somewhere in the neighborhood of £250,000 every week. In Rooney’s case, his astronomical paycheck is his reward for verbally accosting referees, assaulting fellow professionals, and the occasional exquisite bicycle kick. At least that’s what the interwebs and media outlets tell me when they aren’t telling me how special he is. Continue Reading »
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It’s been a while since I’ve written about Paradoo at Nutmeg Radio. That’s largely because I’ve been occupied with filming a pilot for Oprah’s network about a man who loves Oprah so much, he gives away his wife’s possessions by hiding them under strangers’ chairs (without her knowledge, of course). Somehow, I don’t think the sitcom will get picked up. But then again, I thought the same thing about Footballer’s Wives and Footballer’s Husbands. So far, I’m batting .500, but that’s a story for another time. Continue Reading »
WELCOME to NUTMEG RADIO MIXTAPE No. 2: THE GINGER REWIND!! This time it’s with a very special guest, the gingery, former U.S. men’s national team defender and current ESPN soccer analyst, Alexi Lalas.
Opinionated and opinionated, Alexi Lalas has been a fixture on the U.S. soccer scene for almost two decades. As one of U.S. soccer’s first recognizable personalities, we’ve seen much of his career played out in the public spotlight unlike many of his predecessors and probably most players today. Since the early 90s, we’ve been able to follow Alexi through World Cups, Serie A, MLS (both as a player and executive), and into his man-behind-the-desk role analyzing soccer in front of the camera. And then there is his music career, which is another part of Alexi’s legacy that made him stand out at a time when U.S. soccer needed a few breakout personalities. The hair, the play, the personality, and the guitar – it was the perfect storm. Continue Reading »
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Twitter. All the kids were doing it. And then, all the adults were doing it. All the corporations decided they would do it. Then people decided to use it to overthrow dictators. And at some point during this process, all of our beloved sports teams caught Twitter fever.
Today, if you’re a sports team without Twitter, you might as well be in black and white. That may explain why practically every professional team in a major sports league is “utilizing Twitter as an effective means of connecting with fans,” or something like that.
It’s probably not a stretch to think that in 2011, every team communications plan has a page dedicated to Twitter in the “Social Media” section. But whether these communications teams have any idea what they’re doing is another question. It’s one thing to shout from the rooftops that you’re on Twitter, but maximizing Twitter’s potential is an entirely different matter. Continue Reading »
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