NYCFC stadium approved, EPL to get semi-automated offside, and more: Friday Freedom Kicks
Happy Friday! Thanks to Annie for taking the Kicks yesterday. Happy to return the favor today, so here we go!
NYCFC stadium next to Citi Field approved by NY City Council (ESPN)
The NYCFC stadium is a done deal. Now, they can get shovels in the ground and start building it.
Semi-automated offside technology approved by clubs for 2024-25 season (BBC)
The EPL will get semi-automated offside technology starting next season. Probably won’t help some of the more controversial calls they’ve had this season.
Press on comeback: The only promise I’ll make is that I’ll try (Pro Soccer Wire)
Christen Press is trying very hard to get back on the field. The key word, she says, is try. We’re hoping it can happen.
Peter Vermes & Sporting Kansas City: A relationship built on “valuable lessons” (MLS)
An inside look at Peter Vermes and his time at Sporting Kansas City.
Gotham FC’s 13-year-old trainee Mak Whitham is scoring goals and readying to go pro (The Athletic)
Gotham has a 13-year-old that may be making her debut soon. That’s wild, especially considering she couldn’t play any games that go after 6pm due to New Jersey’s child labor laws.
World in disbelief after Atalanta demolishes Liverpool at Anfield (Pro Soccer Wire)
Atalanta dropped the hammer on Liverpool, winning 3-0 at Anfield. It will be a tall task for Liverpool to come back in the 2nd leg.
Sheffield United: Blades will be deducted two points next time they play in Championship (BBC)
Whenever Sheffield United returns to the Championship, a 2 points deduction will be waiting for them. This comes after they defaulted on payments to other clubs.
Pat McAfee and the incredibly named The Concafa SC are in for TST 2024 (Pro Soccer Wire)
It’s really official now: TST has already jumped the shark.
Sergio Canales has a wild career of ups and downs, but he has carved out a stellar role for Monterrey.
USMNT dual nationals: Which players top U.S. Soccer’s to-do list? (Pro Soccer Wire)
It’s a look at some of the dual nationals that could be in contention to eventually join the USMNT.
Enjoy the weekend!
The English pro football system will collapse. Rather than punishing teams who hit financial problems, they need to learn the lessons of the old NASL and figure out how to not let one owner who has infinite resources destabilize their league.
They won’t do it. If they were going to do it, they would have already done so. So collapse it is.
It is remarkable how teams are being docked points (yes, we need rules, Rangers were exhibit A, gotta pay taxes lads…) and brazen oil money reigns supreme.
“Gritty autobody shops….”
Well, gotta put those scum bags down so we can have a soccer field. I love New York.
Wow. This seems…clueless? Nats Park and Audi Field were built over a neighborhood of salt silos, concrete mixing plant, liquor stores, and a whole bunch of gritty auto body shops.
I’m sure the auto body shops won’t go away completely, but the city wouldn’t miss all its chop shops, if they went away completely. that would mean a lot fewer cars being broken into and stolen.
Hardly clueless, the word “gritty” is a bit high-handed. I am aware of the land at Buzzard point prior to the stadium, it was a bit stressed and under utilized. Please see Tales from Buzzard Point if you doubt me.
See you at the game :^)
Haven’t seen it pop up anywhere else yet, but Goff reported on Bluesky that Ted is questionable this weekend with an adductor strain. I’m assuming that is from the contact and quick sub that followed in the last game
Yeah, I just heard him mention that, watching the press conference with Troy Lesesne. Also, is Goff just only on Bluesky these days? It strikes me that I haven’t seen him much on Twitter recently. (Can’t blame him if that’s the case.)
I think I have seen him on twitter too
Update: He hasn’t posted there since mid-March. I guess I was just seeing Ella Brockway share his articles!
Agreed, it seems he’s focusing mostly on Bluesky (and I think he’s mentioned posting on Threads before, but I don’t have that yet so I can’t confirm). There hasn’t been a ton of migration over to Bluesky yet, at least as far as the things I follow go, so I only check it maybe a couple times a week just because there isnt much there. Like DC and MLS dont even have accounts on it yet as far as I can tell