4.22.15
ASN Morning Read: Two Huge Games Tonight
Soccer never stops, does it? Tonight sees two massive matches on the old television set. Get into it, will you? Elsewhere, a forgotten hero returns (sort of) and New York is a wonderland (for futbol).
- The United States U-23 squad prepares to face off against Mexico in Carson, California tonight (11 p.m., Unimas).
- Haha, what: Julian Green would have played for the United States under-23 squad in Wednesday's friendly against Mexico, but new Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia gave permission hours too late, according to U.S. assistant coach Andi Herzog.
- The Montreal Impact take on Club America tonight (9 p.m., Fox Sports 2, Unimas) in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final. Splash the cash: If the Montreal Impact fail secure a result in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final, it won’t be because they cheaped out. According to an Impact spokesman, the club spent $300,000 on travel to and accommodations in Mexico City.
- Jonathan Bornstein!
- Josh Gatt!
- We gave you one New York soccer odyssey yesterday. Here's another: Four games in three very different venues, and three very different visions for what the future of the city’s soccer scene could look like. So notebook in hand, handful of laminates round my neck, #SoccerWarz hashtag on macro and batteries dwindling dangerously, I headed out to see how it all went down.
- Your U-18 training roster is out, and a certain someone leads the way:
Jonathan Klinsmann, Jürgen's son, out training with U.S. U23s today. That's him in foreground, Jürgen in background. pic.twitter.com/BPy4HdHzDN
— Liviu Bird (@liviubird) April 22, 2015
