January 30, 2012 CUTTONE'S CONCEPTS
A bad day for American soccer
Monday was a bad day for American soccer. And it shouldn't have been.
January 17, 2012 CUTTONE'S CONCEPTS
Indoor soccer is alive in Kansas City
Indoor soccer is alive and relatively well in Kansas City. Even if it is in a bit of a time warp. But hey, that's always been part of the beauty of indoor soccer. Turn out the lights, pump smoke on the field, blare 80s disco music and watch guys run around on the turf like they were in a pinball machine
January 7, 2012 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Whoops, WPS misses big opportunity
Thursday afternoon in the main ballroom at the Kansas City Convention Center, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber will step up to the podium to announce the first pick of the MLS Super Draft. Twenty-four hours later, Women’s Professional Soccer CEO Jennifer O’Sullivan will step up to a similar podium in a much smaller room at the same convention center and announce the women’s league’s first pick.
January 3, 2012 CUTTONE'S CONCEPTS
Broaden the bookshelf
Being both a devoted reader and a soccer junkie, I am usually excited when a new soccer book arrives.
November 26, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Memo to US Soccer: time to step up
It’s time for U.S. Soccer to step up for women’s soccer.
September 27, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
KC got it right
KANSAS CITY, Kan.---With all due respect to PPL Park and Red Bull Arena, both wonderful MLS stadiums, Kansas City has raised the bar.
August 18, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Great sports town? Prove it.
If this is such a great sports town, Saturday afternoon is the time to prove it. The Philadelphia Independence are playing their first game at PPL Park, a WPS semifinal game against Women’s World Cup heroine Abby Wambach and magicJack. The stadium is way too big for the crowds the team normally gets, but this is a chance for this great sports town to really step up and prove how great it is.
July 10, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Indomitable Abby
It’s not always the best teams, with the best players, with the most skill, that win. Sometimes it requires guts, persistence, a little luck and a player that can pick up the team and almost singlehandedly will them to victory.
June 26, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
A tale of two Phillys
CHESTER, Pa---There is no doubt Philadelphia is a passionate soccer town. Heck, it’s passionate about all its sports teams—well, almost all of them.
June 10, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Shouldn’t all-star event be a showcase?
Of all the major sports leagues, and I will include Major League Soccer here, MLS is the only one that has a habit of devaluing its own all-star game.
May 10, 2011 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Tough times for the women’s game
Seeing Brandi Chastain doing a promo for the upcoming Women’s World Cup reminded me just how much has changed in women’s soccer since that glorious summer in 1999, when the U.S. team was the darling of the entire country and Chastain wound up on the cover of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated after ripping her jersey off to celebrate her championship-winning penalty kick.
March 16, 2009 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Nostalgia is part of the passion for sport
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber is under the impression that selling soccer and selling nostalgia do not necessarily go hand in hand.
December 3, 2010 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
Not shocked at FIFA’s decision
If FIFA had awarded the 2022 World Cup to Phoenix, Arizona, that would have been a shock. That they awarded it to Qatar, an Emirate with roughly the same population and summer climate, is not.
November 16, 2010 CUTTONE’S CONCEPTS
MLS embracing some NASL history, mis-remembering other
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber is certainly more accepting of the North American Soccer League, its history and what the league meant to U.S. soccer and to developing soccer fans around the country than the league’s previous administration. But he still needs to get some of his facts about the league correct.
