PUMA evoSPEED 1.2 FG Debut
PUMA® today introduces the new evoSPEED 1.2 FG, the latest performance boot that helps players maximise their speed on the pitch. For the first time ever, the boot features the PUMA brand name on the inner side of the boot instead of the formstripe – the brand’s iconic trademark. This weekend, the new black and [...]
adidas Signs Top Brazilian Soccer Club Flamengo
adidas have announced a significant milestone on the road to the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil by announcing a partnership with Brazilian giants Flamengo. It has been 20 years since adidas and the club partnered together and the new 10-year deal, beginning in May 2013, represents a long term commitment to Brazilian football. The partnership [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson retires from Manchester United
he most successful manager in English football history will bow out after the West Bromwich Albion game on 19 May and join the football club board. Announcing his decision to retire, Sir Alex Ferguson said: “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not [...]
Sunderland Have the Spirit to Stay Up
Although Sunderland’s draw with Stoke City wasn’t enough to banish their relegation fears, it has given their manager Paolo Di Canio the confidence that his team have enough spirit and quality within their ranks to maintain their Premier League status for next season. “I saw the fighting spirit I wanted to see and the quality,” [...]
Who makes the most money as MLS Players?
May 6, 2013 by 90Soccer
Filed under Soccer Business
MLS’s top 20 highest-paid players The New York Red Bulls’ Thierry Henry is again the highest-paid player in MLS and one of only eight players making more than $1 million a year in guaranteed compensation, which includes a player’s base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player’s contract, including option [...]
Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour in talks to launch NYC F.C.
April 29, 2013 by 90Soccer
Filed under Soccer Business
The target date for an announcement on MLS’s 20th team is on or around May 25 — the date of the Manchester City-Chelsea friendly at Yankee Stadium. That is significant because the New York Times reported Sunday that Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family whose private investment group Abu Dhabi United [...]
CONCACAF Development Boss says support is there for T&T
April 28, 2013 by Shaun Fuentes
Filed under Releases
[by Shaun Fuentes] Concacaf Director of Development Hugo Salcedo believes that the run of recent developments and the timing could be right for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation to enter a new pathway where it can embrace change and work towards good governance for the benefit of the local game. Salcedo was speaking at [...]
CAHILL DOUBLE LIFTS RED BULLS TO 2-1 WIN OVER TORONTO FC
Midfielder Tim Cahill’s two-goal performance, including an 89th minute match-winner, helped give the New York Red Bulls their second-straight win – a 2-1 road victory over Toronto FC this afternoon. New York has won three of its last four matches, moving to 14 points off a 4-4-2 record and a tie for first place in the [...]
Nicolas Leoz has resigned from FIFA’s executive committee and Conmebol presidency
Nicolas Leoz has resigned from FIFA’s executive committee and from his post as president of South American football organization CONMEBOL due to health concerns. The 84-year-old Leoz, who had heart surgery for the fourth time in December, has headed CONMEBOL since 1986, and been on FIFA’s executive committee since 1998. “I have invited you to [...]
adidas & Opta Uncover New Breed of Soccer Player
For the last two years adidas have been working behind the scenes to identify a new specific type of football player called ‘The Engine’ and today they are proud to reveal a partnership with leading sports data provider, Opta, who can confirm the existence of this player type through an algorithm summarised by the mathematical [...]
