A leader in Philadelphia’s effort to host World Cup games sits in for this week’s podcast to talk about Thursday’s awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Greg and Dan also share conspiracy theories — errr, analysis — about the bids and then move on to talk about Philadelphia Union’s offseason personnel moves.
A roundup of reaction to Qatar’s winning 2022 World Cup bid, more Qatar fun facts, Okugo and McInerney in Generation Adidas win over Real Madrid reserves and your weekend soccer listings
Despite an excellent rookie campaign in which he scored seven goals, Danny Mwanga still has nowhere to go but up.
PSP was at Tir na nOg to see a vast outpouring of soccer support turn into dejection, disbelief and then … the realization that we don’t need the damn World Cup anyway.
Russia to host the 2018 World Cup, Qatar the 2022 World Cup.
Juan Diego Gonzalez quickly showed he was a solid starting center back, but do his high salary and Michael Orozco Fiscal’s emergence make him surplus? PSP has a look in our season review on Gonzalez.
The US and the World awaits this morning’s announcement of who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments. The US bid delegation made its final presentation to mixed reviews. With the “legacy” question looming over the US bid, the Qatar bid has become the bookmakers’ favorite. That and a sprinkling of more news for this Thursday morn.
It’s the final countdown ahead of tomorrow’s announcement of who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and we roundup the news related to the US bid to host in 2022. Plus: McInerney, Mwanga and Okugo train in Spain; More big-name transfer to MLS rumors; The USWNT drawn in Group of Death for 2011 Women’s World Cup; Some American’s Abroad news and much, much more.
Many thought Kyle Nakazawa would be on the wrong side of the expansion draft protected list, but the Union made it clear how much they value their young attacking midfielder when the big moment came. Nakazawa talks to PSP about his first season and the type of player he wants to be next year.
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