Robbie Keane warmed up for Ireland’s upcoming crucial qualifiers, including a tilt at the world champions Germany, with a brace for LA Galaxy against New York Red Bulls. His first was an exquisite chip from Landon Donovan’s pass. Robbie also batted away questions on whether he’d be voted the league’s MVP.
As part of Adidas’ Predator Instinct campaign, Zinedine Zidane headlined the first ever football tournament held at the Arles Amphitheatre in the South of France, the culmination of the Underground Football Tournament, a competition dedicated to teams coming from creative backgrounds.
Niall Quinn is an Irish legend, a one-time top goalscorer, and a man who understands football both on and off the pitch having stepped from the changing room to the board room. So when he speaks about the development of Irish players, it’s worth paying attention. Except, we’ve heard it from Quinn before. Maybe for a man of his resources, it’s time to see action, especially if no one running Irish football is bothered to listen.
UEFA has named Dublin as a host city for the multi-nation Euro 2020 tournament. The Irish capital will be the venue for three group games and a last 16 tie. Check out the video that formed part of the FAI’s winning bid.
UEFA will announce the 13 countries to host Euro 2020 on September 19 in Geneva. The Football Association of Ireland will only need to see off six rivals in its bid to host games at the multi-nation finals with 13 to be chosen from just 19 formal applications. With Scotland, Wales, and England also in the running, there’s plenty of regional competition for the capital but the Irish are confident of success this time around despite various hurdles, including football’s usual seedy politics apparently scuppering us in the past.
Major League Soccer is undergoing a rebrand with the release of a new logo customisable to each club.
Famed RTE pundits Eamon Dunphy and John Giles poke fun at themselves in a new advert for Cadburys.
His name should be among the most revered in Irish football history. A former captain of both Ireland and Manchester United, he went on to manage Real Betis and FC Barcelona where he is credited with saving the Catalan giants from extinction. Instead the remains of Patrick O’Connell are buried in an unmarked grave in Kilburn, North London, an area synonymous with Irish emigrants and their broken dreams. Now a new group has come together with the aim of restoring both his final resting place and O’Connell’s reputation in the annals of the game he loved.
An insightful look into the application of statistics in the modern game in the latest edition of the ongoing web series MLS Insider.
