Arena out as Red Bulls coach

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Red Bull fires Arena
Published 11/5/2007 by Brian at An American's view on Futbol/Football/Soccer
Just when I thought our season was bad, the Bruce gets fired by Red Bull.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!This is just too good. Who are they going to bring in to try and "fix" that cluster fuck of a club?

Coaching Changes
Published 11/5/2007 by admin at Booked For Dissent
Well, the participants in MLS Cup haven’t even been decided and already we’ve got two.  To nobody’s surprise, Frank Yallop and the Galaxy have parted ways, with Yallop returning to San Jose (LA didn’t even try to get any compensation out of it, very rare for that type of move).  This makes it even more apparent that Landon Donovan will join him. But now comes the shocking news (reported first by Goff, then by Ives) that Bruce Arena has been fired (although the official word is a resignation) after only one ...

Lather. Fail. Repeat.
Published 11/5/2007 by Mr. Fish at The Kin of Fish
... illustrates a slightly different deficiency on New York's part.This year's theme was lack of depth, as a concussion suffered by New York's star forward Juan Pablo Angel in the 57th minute led to a goal against the run of play for New England. Without Angel, or the injured Claudio Reyna (who left the game in the first half), a win just couldn't be conjured up at Gillette Stadium, where New York hasn't won in five years of trying.Predictably, in true New York fashion, the club fired "sporting director" Bruce Arena today for his failure to move the club ...

Apocalypse MLS
Published 11/5/2007 by Kali at marking the referee
To say that today is an interesting day for MLS news is, like, a massive understatement. It's more like watching this show I once saw on History Channel or National Geographic Channel or something where they tried to figure out how the Aztecs made thousands of human sacrifices in one week or something like that, actually. And, hey, I'm an RSL fan, which means I'm all about the carnage of other teams. You know, since we never make the playoffs and all. So Arena's gone . And ...

Jump Up & Down News
Published 11/5/2007 by brucio at du Nord
... Dell'apa of the Boston Globe on New England's early preparations for facing Chicago on Thursday night.~ ~ ~ ~ ~Lacy Banks of the Chicago Sun Times looks ahead to New England v Chicago.~ ~ ~ ~ ~Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune on his Red Card blog says that Fire midfielder Justin Mapp may be healthy enough to play on Thursday night.~ ~ ~ ~ ~Ives Galarcep reporting on the firing of New York coach Bruce Arena says team captain Claudio Reyna had a falling out with ...