*sigh* Guess I’ll walk home [Dirty Tackle]
Referees aren’t allowed to joke on Facebook either [Off the Post]
Costa Rica has a new stadium, paid for by China. Huh? [MFUSA]
Should Everton be considered a big club? [LBitCR]
While they have existed is various forms over the last few decades, this is sort of a return for the Vancouver Whitecaps [IBWM]
US pulls funding for soccer program in Egypt [Foreign Policy]
Finally:
Alright. Which one of you got caught in class? [The Offside Rules]
I forget what context I learned it in (money well spent eh?), but I remember in one of my classes talking about how China actually builds stadiums for other countries relatively often.
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Good riddance to Saprissa though.
That running track has to be a bummer doesn’t it though? Now fans have to get an extra 20 yards or so on their bags of piss if they want to hit anything.
Ya, China does that to raise their stock while taking natural resources and such… I’m actually kinda sad the Saprissa is going, it’s one of the few CONCACAF stadiums with a real history and mythos about it.