There was one Battle of the Yanks, but the second one never materialized as Folarin Balogun continues to be stranded in the Monaco wasteland. Rennes 1 – 0 Marseille This Battle of the Yanks pitted Tim Weah and his Marseille gang on the road against Bryan Reynolds and the Stade Rennes gang. Captain Weah played […]
It was a good day for Giovanni Reyna and Strasbourg with a victory, but a bad day for Folarin Balogun because he has still been left off the Monaco team sheet. Troyes 2 – 6 Strasbourg Giovanni Reyna opened his Ligue 1 account over the weekend when he helped Strasbourg thrash Troyes by contributing a […]
Giovanni Reyna started for his new team as they won. A Folarin Balogun-less Monaco also recorded a ‘W’ against Tim Weah as well in weekend Ligue 1 action. Strasbourg 2 – 1 Lens After playing the last 20 minutes in Strasbourg’s spanking by Marseille last weekend, Gio Reyna made it into the starting line-up for […]
In modern international soccer, nationality is no longer a simple matter of birthplace; it has become a choice, a strategy, and increasingly, a battleground. This subject resurfaced recently when Landon Donovan argued that FIFA should simplify eligibility rules: “The easiest way for FIFA to cut this all out is just say where you were born […]
