Sunday, April 26, 2015

PODCAST: Red Cards in Helltown: Season 2, Episode 4



Rick Gethin and Larry Johnson sit down and talk soccer for an hour. No foolin'. This week RCiH walks through the dense forest that is the latest FIFA organizational headlines a bit before somehow winding up in the wild garden that is MLS, Crew SC and CONCACAF Champions League final. Hope you enjoy, thanks for listening.

01:20 - HEADLINES
• FIFA reject recommendation to re-run 2022 World Cup vote (link)
• Investments in sport currently huge from Middle East
• Fifa under pressure over Hammam Qatar bidding role (link)
• more future thinking, Russia 2018, equal vote, dangerous

16:20 - COLUMBUS CREW SC, MLS
• Crew dominate a bad Philly, 11 pts from 7 games
• MLS needs good teams punishing bad ones
• Great offensive games from Ethan Finlay, Kamara, Meram
• Audio from Berhalter (at 23:40 and 29:20)
• Finlay finding form
• Crew schedule normalizing finally
• A look at MLS standings

37:00 - NEWS AND NOTES
• Transfer rumors, "sources say"
• Simon Kuper: MLS is an "elephants’ graveyard " (link)
• Montreal CCL run, well traveled players key
• Club América in mist of tough schedule, Impact with month off
• MLS schedule shifted around, MTL to Club World Cup
• Difficulties for aging foreign players coming to MLS (link)
• 'Athleticism' wins a lot of games in MLS, needs to change

53:00 - FINAL SEGMENT
• 65th FIFA congress, votes
• % chance Blatter voted out
• Amazing how little biz size of sports talked about in US
• Will change with new face?

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