5.5.15
ASN Morning Read: The Kids Are Going To France
If you love yourself some U-23s, you're in luck, as they'll be participating in this month's Toulon Tournament as (even more) warmup for Olympic qualifying later this year.
- The U-23s will play in the Toulon Tournament later this month. In the group stage, they’ll play France, the Netherlands, Costa Rica and Qatar.
- In addition to Andi Herzog getting a good word from Eintracht Frankfurt’s head coach, it turns out that 18-year-old defender Sam Strong ran into Jurgen Klinsmann at the Frankfurt airport ahead of his surprise call-up to U-23 camp. “I talked to him for about 10 minutes. I didn’t want to waste too much of his time,” Strong said. “He was very interested in my feedback in the American youth system and I told him about my experience with it. He was very interested."
- After nearly eight years with Birmingham City, Will Packwood appears to be on the move:
Thank you all for everything you've given me over the years! @BCFC pic.twitter.com/58DNMF3mu8
— William Packwood (@WPackwood) May 5, 2015
- Columbia students really like Sunil Gulati the lecturer. “I used to think that I gave this talk because it would let me sleep better at night,” Gulati told his students. “Then I thought it really was making sure all of you didn’t sleep well at night. Maybe it’s some bit of both.”
- Things are getting testy ahead of the first New York Derby:
@NewYorkRedBulls @NYCFC #NJRB ignoring its own team's history. Definitely a first. pic.twitter.com/KJD6uTk9Nv
— The Third Rail (@ThirdRailSC) May 4, 2015
- A lot of fans really don’t like those split-logo scarves.
- Finally, a major congratulations to Mr. Donovan:
