Guerrilla Football

Wolves Fall Short of Regional Title Match

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:01:00 +0000

The Seattle Wolves lost 1-0 to Lazio of Utah to finish second in their pool and miss out on the Region IV title match and a trip to the United States Adult Soccer Association's National Finals.

The Wolves finished their first ever Region IV tournament with two wins and one loss, second in the group behind Lazio.

Seattle Wolves FC National Cup Update

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:01:00 +0000

The Seattle Wolves FC began their first ever effort to qualify for the United States Adult Soccer Association's National Championship Tournament with a pair of wins in the Region IV qualifying tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 15 & 16.

The Wolves will advance from pool play with a win or draw in their third match of the pool against Lazio from Utah or a draw or loss by Flickas FC against Diamonds FC.

Get the Pools and results here

The USASA National Cup Finals will be held at the Starfire Sports and Entertainment Complex on August 7-10.

5-15 Sounders Women Season Opener vs The Ventura County Fusion

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:38:00 +0000

The Ventura County Fusion rolled into Seattle to play the Sounders Women at the Starfire Sports and Entertainment Complex. The Fusion had suffered a 5-0 defeat at the hands of the Pali Blues in their first ever USL W-League match on May 10th. Would they right the ship on the road against Seattle or would the Sounders Women get start the season with a result?

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5-8 Sounders Women vs Washington Huskies (Preseason)

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:07:00 +0000

The Seattle Sounders Women squared off against the University of Washington Huskies in their last and most difficult challenge of the pre-season.

Click Here to Listen To The Match

Guerrilla Football and Fair Trade Sports Join Forces to Fight Child Labor

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Semi-pro and amateur soccer online broadcast site GuerrillaFootball.com is pleased to announce that it has become an affiliate of Fair Trade Sports, the countries only supplier of Fair Trade Certified and environmentally conscious sports balls.

“Part of the mission of Guerrilla Football is to make a difference in the World through the game of soccer,” said Guerrilla Football Founder Mati Bishop.

“Fair Trade Sports is dedicated to making sport a very visible proponent of fair treatment for the people who make the products we use in our day to day life. Soccer is the game of the people and people, especially children, shouldn’t suffer so that we can enjoy it,” he continued.

Learn more about the issues involved with Child and Unfair labor practices in Naomi Klein’s 2004 book No Logo.

The Fair Trade Sport soccer balls are produced by adult workers at a fair trade certified production company in Pakistan using rubber harvested in responsibly managed forests.

“The quality of the soccer balls is quite good,” said Bishop. “The cost is comparable to the same style made by Nike or Adidas,” he finished.

The use of child labor in sports manufacturing was brought to the American public in a 1996 issue of Life Magazine that featured a photo of a young Pakistani child working in a factory producing Nike soccer balls.

Read an American University Case Study of Nike’s Involvement with Child Labor

Since that photo Nike has become the whipping boy of the anti-child labor movement, but in an industry that subcontracts nearly all of its production to the cheapest bidder almost always in areas with little or no regulation of child labor practices, many feel that Nike is taking the brunt of the anger for what is an industry wide practice.

“Players and fans of the World’s game are some of the most socially conscious people that I run across,” Bishop said. “If there is a group who is going to stand up and say no to the exploitation that has become common practice in the production of the sporting equipment we use, I’m confident it will be soccer players and fans.”

Bishop and Fair Trade Sports founder Scott James first met in 2007 and put together a very small promotional campaign for the Sounders Legion.

“Scott found a gap in the Fair Trade line of products and filled it. He’s a visionary in that regard,” said Bishop. “Prior to Fair Trade Sports, there was no real alternative to buying a soccer ball that might have been produced in a sweat shop by a small child.”

Through the affiliate program, Fair Trade Sports contributes a percentage of all profits generated by shoppers clicking through GuerrillaFootball.com to the Fair Trade Sports online store back to supporting the semi-pro and amateur broadcasts on GuerrillaFootball.com.

“Guerrilla Football’s affiliation with Fair Trade Sports is the beginning of what I see as the future of sports sponsorship,” said Bishop. “The situation is not only a win-win for Fair Trade Sports and GuerrillaFootball.com, but also for the workers manufacturing the balls in Pakistan, the high level semi-pro and amateur players gaining exposure in the Northwest, the environment in the areas where the rubber for the balls is harvested responsibly and players with a social conscious who want their choices to make a difference when they purchase equipment,” he concludes.

Visit the Fair Trade Sports Store Now

Guerrilla Football Broadcast Archive

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:48:00 +0000

Seattle Sounders Women Broadcasts for 2008

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:09:00 +0000

The Seattle Sounders Women will have broadcasts of four 2008 home matches available on-demand through GuerrillaFootball.com.

The matches include the June 30^th match against the Sounders arch-rivals, the Vancouver Whitecaps as well as the first ever meetings between two USL W-League newcomers from California, the Ventura County Fusion and the Western Conference favorites the Pali Blues from Santa Monica. The schedule finishes with the Sounders Women’s home finale against the Real Colorado Cougars on July 18^th and includes provisions for broadcasts of home playoff matches.

This will be the third year of Sounders Women Broadcasts on GuerrillaFootball.com. This season’s matches will be covered by the Seattle Sounders Men’s color commentator Mati Bishop.

GuerrillaFootball.com broadcasts are MP3 files that can be downloaded from GuerrillaFootball.com to your computer and listened to on-demand. They are available within 48 hours after the match.

2008 Seattle Sounders Women Broadcasts on GuerrillaFootball.com
Thursday May 15^th Sounders Women vs Ventura County Fusion
Tuesday June 24^th Sounders Women vs Pali Blues
Monday June 30^th Sounders Women vs Vancouver Whitecaps
Friday July 18^th Sounders Women vs Real Colorado Cougars

Special Feature- Fields of ByProduct

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:20:00 +0000

Standing in the South end zone of Qwest Field and looking across the freshly painted soccer lines on the FieldTurf, it’s difficult to tell that this is not a natural grass surface. The most telltale sign is the puff of black rubber pellets that pop up behind the ball every time it bounces on the surface. It’s these pellets that have some environmental and health organizations crying foul on the future of artificial playing surfaces.

The Seattle Sounders Women play on a synthetic field made by FieldTurf at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington. Photo courtesy of George Holland

Human Health Concerns
It’s the rubber infill pellets that have caused the most controversy about synthetic playing surfaces in relation to human health. Often times these pellets are made from discarded tires, which are illegal to dispose of in landfills in all but eight states. Although most of the restriction on the disposal of used tires in landfills are designed to prevent tire fires and control rodent populations, environmental organizations have argued that the arsenic, cadmium, lead and nickel released into the atmosphere when tires are burned can be released into the atmosphere over longer durations of time when the tires are used for synthetic field surfaces.

The most potentially dangerous elements to humans have been identified as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). A study entitled Artificial Turf Pitches: An Assessment of the Health Risks for Football Players by researches at the Norwegian Health Institute in 2006 showed that VOCs can be aerosolized during sports play and inhaled by athletes. Despite the fact, the report concluded that there was no added health risk, even to children, in playing on a synthetic surface.

In 2007 the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a report entitled Evaluation of Health Effects of Recycled Waste Tires in Playground and Track Products that indicated that children playing on synthetic surfaces during the first twelve years of life could have a “slightly higher” risk of developing cancer. The report noted that it was contact with the suspected human carcinogen chrysene, found in tire rubber, produced a cancer risk of 2.9 in 1 million through hand to mouth contact with rubber infill. The di minimus risk threshold is 1 in 1 million.

The studies conducted to date have yet to find the “smoking gun” concerning field turf fields and human health that many opponents have been searching for. Based on current information, there is potential for health related issues, but evidence has not been presented, to me as a consumer anyway, that shows increased health risk greater than those I face everyday in the air and water that I consume from playing on synthetic field surfaces.

The Environmental Debate
Anyone who has ever tried to run barefoot across a synthetic field on a hot summer days learned painfully that the surface reaches much higher temperatures than natural grass. These are essentially black rubber surfaces that attract and hold heat from sunlight, but the added heat of the fields is a small price to pay for the lack of fertilizers and pesticides that are often used on grass fields, not to mention the gasoline exhaust from the lawnmowers used in regular maintenance of grass fields.

On Bainbridge Island in Washington State a website called plasticfieldsfornever.org has popped up opposing the use of synthetic fields in Bainbridge Island. The site brings forth the argument of preservation of green space and natural grass fields for future generations. The site also asks visitors to sign a petition opposing the use of synthetic surfaces by the Bainbridge Island School Board.

Runoff from the toxic chemicals found in synthetic turf’s rubber fill has the potential to cause damage to waterways and can introduce toxins into environments from the bottom up, destroying and poisoning the bottom levels of the food chain and creating unbalanced and ineffective ecosystems according to studies on used tires at Bucknell University.

My Two Cents
Nobody wants poison in their own backyard and nobody wants to see ecosystems damaged, but the truth is that these used tires are out there destroying ecosystems anyway and what many folks are complaining about is having the rubber from the used tires for their SUV causing damage in their own backyard, rather than where they are currently causing damage and that’s where folks not as privileged as themselves are forced to live. These toxins are entering into our environment at alarming rates and arguing and regulating the point of entry is not going to solve the problem in the long term. Until we see a top down shift of consumer habits in this country that results in the end of the use of toxins in our day to day lives, synthetic turf fields may be the least of our worries.

Synthetic turf fields certainly appear to produce a health hazard to frequent users. They are made of products that contain toxic chemicals and most likely lead to an increased risk of the development of cancer in their users. I want to have children who will grow up knowing what it is like to play on grass fields, but when it comes to concerns about health or the environment, synthetic fields are pretty low on my list of problems that need to be addressed.

The air we breathe is toxic. The plastic that our way of life is built on is made from petroleum. The corporations who produce the modern luxuries that we all enjoy have been dumping poison into our air and water for over 100 years. Corporate farming and cattle production is putting genetic mutations with unknown consequences directly into our food supply. Humanity as a whole faces many problems that we must develop solutions to, but until we change society to the point where we begin to run low on the used tires that the fields are made of, it’s highly unlikely that synthetic turf fields will be among the greatest dangers to our health and environment that we face.

In fact, synthetic fields will help with one of the most pressing issues humanity will face over the course of the next 75 years and that is the availability of adequate amounts of fresh drinking water. For communities with water shortages, the idea of saving 1.5 million gallons of water per field per year is probably a pretty good one.

Rather than deciding it’s harmful to play on synthetic surfaces, I encourage you to get the exercise and enjoyment you get from playing soccer and take one day out of the week to head to the mountains and enjoy some fresh air and natural environment.

We’ve got a lot of changes to make as a society and as a species. Take a moment right now and find a way that you can use less energy and generate less pollution in your daily life. Now commit to it.

One great way to save energy and be part of the solution is to ride the bus our to join me on May 10^th to see the new turf at Qwest Field when the Seattle Sounders host the Portland Timbers in their 2008 USL First Division season home opener.

Guerrilla Football For a Better Game and a Better World

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:45:00 +0000

Guerrilla Football is a concept dedicated to the World’s game from the grass roots up and the incredible passion of football players and fans. In addition to a celebration of football/futbol/soccer, Guerrilla Football is dedicated to bringing attention to areas where players and fans can have a positive impact in the World they live in and help develop a better World by playing the game they love.

In the United States and Canada, football is just now developing the appeal that the game enjoys in most of the rest of the World. Guerrilla Football is about bringing publicity and coverage to the grass roots soccer programs in the U.S. and Canada that are the key to developing the players and fans of the future. By shining light on leagues, teams and clubs that don’t make the newspaper headlines or receive mention on ESPN, Guerrilla Football works to expose more of the World to the great things happening on the fields in your neighborhood and give some of the recognition and honor deserved by the thousands of hours of hard work undertaken by players who may never see their names on a television screen.

Much like GuerrillaFootball.com is a small piece in the big picture of football coverage, the actual game is a small part of the camaraderie, passion, dedication and commitment that makes football so special around the World. Football is a common language, with the ability to bring people together for a common cause. Guerrilla Football is about the enjoyment of sharing that common language and the ability to use it to create an understanding of culture and a unity of people that would not otherwise be possible.

Guerrilla Football is about bringing forth positive change, for the common good of the players. Starting in our own backyard and reaching around the World.

The Best Football Sites Online

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:53:00 +0000

GuerrillaFootball.com brings you a small piece of the soccer World that you won't find anywhere else online. When you need more, check out these sites.

BBC Sport Football
An established news and features site covering all aspects of the British game in depth.

BCSoccerweb.com
A large collection of daily stories dealing with soccer issues the World over including news about soccer in Canada and the Pacific Northwest that is not easily found elsewhere.

BigSoccer.com
The largest soccer forum around with topics ranging from the farthest corners of the World to your own back yard. Every level of the game is covered in detail. No matter what your favorite part of the World's game is, you'll likely find someone to discuss it with here.

ESPNSoccernet.com
Probably the best all around football/futbol/soccer site online. Combines in depth up to date coverage with built in video features and a soccer specific version of Sports Center.

Football365.com
One of the best sites on the net. Funny, informative and in-depth. Football365.com does a great job of reminding us that this is, after all, a game and should be treated as such.

Goal.com
A news site with a slight slant towards the Latin American game and quality coverage of MLS. Worth Checking out.

GoalSeattle.com
Everything Soccer in Seattle lives in this blog and forum. This is also the home of the Puget Sound Soccer Museum and an impressive collection of photos relating to soccer in the Northwest.

IslandSoccer.com
All things soccer in Hawaii come through IslandSoccer.com. A good site to visit when you're in need of some palm trees and the sound of crunching tackles and lapping waves.

Objectivo.com
Self billed as the "Craigslist for the World's Game" this site has incredible potential, but is in need of users. So jump in and help to build this into something special.

Soccer365.com
A reliable news site with information covering everything from the EPL to MLS. Also runs special interviews and features that you won't find anywhere else.

Major League Soccer

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:12:00 +0000

Major League Soccer came into existence in 1996, while American’s were riding high on soccer after hosting the 1994 World Cup, featuring 10 teams ranging from Washington DC to Los Angeles.

The league has brought Soccer to the mainstream in the United States with high profile television contracts with ESPN and Fox Soccer Channel as well as the development of soccer specific stadiums around the country.

After surviving their first ten years, the league committed itself to raising the profile of the game in the Untied States and as a consequence brought David Beckham to the LA Galaxy from Real Madrid and caused a buzz about the league that swept not only the United States, but the globe.

The league has also been instrumental in increasing the caliber of international competition available for its clubs with the creation of the Superliga Tournament featuring teams from MLS and the Mexican First Division and the development of the CONCACAF Champions League.

More information is available about MLS at Mlsnet.com

The Seattle Sounders

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:43:00 +0000

Since 1974 the name Seattle Sounders have been synonymous with the highest level of soccer played in the city of Seattle. The history includes 10 years in the North American Soccer League, and 14 seasons in the United Soccer Leagues First Division. The Sounders legacy is now set to continue on into Major League Soccer beginning in 2009.

During their time in the NASL, the Sounders appeared in Soccer Bowl (the NASL Championship Match) twice and enjoyed fan support that rivaled the best in the league. From 1983 to 1994 there wasn't a top level team carrying the name Sounders.

In 1994 the Seattle Sounders joined the A-League, which later became the USL First Division and began a 15 season run that has included titles in 1995, 1996, 2005 and 2007.

In April of 2008, it was announced that the Major League Soccer expansion franchise beginning play in Seattle in 2009 would be called the Seattle Sounders. The decision was the result of a grass roots effort by the Emerald City Supporters and many of the readers of GoalSeattle.com to save the Sounders name and tradition.

More information about the USL First Division Seattle Sounders at SeattleSounders.net

More information and the Major League Soccer Seattle Sounders FC at SoundersFC.com

Related Topics
USL First Division
USL First Division News and Features
Major League Soccer

The USL First Division

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:37:00 +0000

The USL First Division has brings professional soccer to cities ranging from Vancouver British Columbia to Bayamon Puerto Rico.

The range is easily the largest in North America, giving a variety of players from all over the continent and beyond an opportunity to play professional soccer. The season runs from April to late September and features a single table regular season with a home and away playoff series for the top eight teams that culminates in a single championship match.

The league is regularly televised nationally through Fox Soccer Channel and broadcasts all of its matches online through USLLive.com.

More information about the USL First Division is available through USLSoccer.com

Related Links
USL First Division News and Features
Seattle Sounders

The Seattle Sounders Women

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:47:00 +0000

The Seattle Sounders Women have traveled through a collection of name variations and investors since their inception in 2000, but have always produced quality women’s soccer.

The club finished third in the USL W-League Final Four tournament in both 2006 and 2007 under the guidance of head coach Teddy Mitalas and leadership of co-captains Malia Arrant and Michelle French.

Based out of the Starfire Sports and Entertainment Complex in Tukwila, WA. the club has become a perennial David, facing goliaths like the Vancouver Whitecaps Women in the USL W-League Western Conference.

More info about the Sounders Women can be found at starfiresports.com/main_addedpages/sounderswomen.asp

The USL W-League

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:12:00 +0000

The United Soccer Leagues W-League not only attracts top female players from around the globe, but provides a field where they can play alongside the top collegiate players in the United States with no concern for loss of NCAA eligibility.

The over 40 W-League squads play 12-14 matches within their division during the regular season earning the right to advance to regional playoffs and the nationally televised final four championship tournament.

The league has weathered the storms that have fallen upon professional women’s soccer in the United States with reasonable team budgets and a commitment to providing affordable family entertainment.

For more on the USL W-League visit wleague.uslsoccer.com/index.html

Related Topics
USL W-League News and Features
Seattle Sounders Women

Guerrilla Football's Featured Clubs

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:40:00 +0000

GuerrillaFootball.com is a source of information, news and features about some of the best soccer clubs in North America competing at the amateur, semi-pro and professional levels.

Seattle Sounders & Seattle Sounders FC
Professional, Men
Seattle, Washington
Compete in: USL First Division through 1994-2008, 2009- Major League Soccer

Seattle Sounders Women
Semi-Pro, Women
Seattle, Washington
Compete in: USL W-League

Seattle Wolves FC
Amateur & Semi-Pro, Men
Seattle, Washington
Compete in: Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL), Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), Starfire Premier Soccer League (SPSL)

Snohomish Skyhawks
Semi-Pro, Men & Women
Snohomish, Washinton
Compete in: Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL)

Featured North American Soccer Leagues

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:28:00 +0000

GuerrillaFootball.com is proud to be a resource for news and results from some of the best soccer leagues in North America. Check out the leagues listed below and get up to speed with the game from the grass roots up.

Major League Soccer
Professional
Canada and United States
Men
Major League Soccer News and Features

Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL)
Semi-Pro
British Columbia and Washington State
Men, Women, U21 Men, U21 Women
PCSL News and Features

Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL)
Semi-Pro
United States and Mexico
Indoor Men, Indoor Women
PASL News and Features

United Soccer Leagues First Division
Professional
Canada, Caribbean, United States
Outdoor, Men
USL First Division News and Features

United Soccer Leagues W-League
Semi-Pro
United States and Canada
Outdoor Women
USL W-League News and Features

The Snohomish Skyhawks

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0000

The Snohomish Skyhawks have built a tradition of championship indoor soccer in the Snohomish Soccer Dome about 35 minutes North of Seattle.

Established in 2005 as part of the Developmental Indoor Soccer League (DISL), the Skyhawks celebrated their inaugural season with a shutout victory over the Seattle Seawolves in the Final to claim the first and only DISL title.

In 2006, a collection of players, coaches and supporters came together to take over management of the team from the defunct DISL and enter the squad in the Northwest Division of the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL). The team celebrated their first season in the PASL with a last second goal by forward Jay Kendall that defeated the Tacoma Stars on their home turf and sent the Skyhawks to the PASL International Finals in Tijuana, Mexico.

The summer of 2007 saw the birth of the Lady Skyhawks, who won the first ever PASL International Women’s Title in their first season.

The club features a collection of experienced former professional indoor and outdoor players and a healthy dose of up and coming players from the Snohomish area.

Related Topics
The Premier Arena Soccer League
PASL News and Results

Seattle Wolves FC

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Established in 2002, the Seattle Wolves made their move from Seattle’s amateur ranks to the semi-professional realm at the tender age of five years old when they joined the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL) Northwest Division in 2007. The team experienced early success, attracting a collection of Seattle Sounders players with their offer of high level off season competition and professional management.

The Wolves finished the regular season at the top of the Northwest Division, but fell short of their lofty goal of a national title in the PASL when their where bumped out of the semifinals by an upset minded Tacoma Stars squad. The season laid the foundation for the club to gain entry into the ranks of the Northwest’s longest running semi-pro league, the Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), in 2008 and also to represent Washington State in the United States Amateur Soccer Association’s national championship series of tournament’s.

The Wolves use a European style tiered development system bringing players through the amateur ranks to the semi-pro level where they can gain a higher degree of competition and exposure to the professional ranks.

Visit SeattleWolvesFC.com

Related Topics
Seattle Wolves FC News and Features
Premier Arena Soccer League
PASL News and Features
Pacific Coast Soccer League
PCSL News and Features

The Premier Arena Soccer League

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:56:00 +0000

Ranging from Monterrey, Mexico to Albany, New York, the growing Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL) features 72 teams representing their indoor facility in regional competition to earn the right to compete in the annual national finals tournament.

The league became the official developmental league of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2007 and regularly features up and coming talent alongside former MISL, MLS and USL players.

Teams are operated independently, providing a low overhead way to increase exposure and investment in the sport of indoor soccer, while allowing fans old and new to see the fast paced action of the indoor game.

The league plans to launch a professional version of itself in 2008 and has attempted to field teams in a women’s competition during the summer months when indoor field time is abundant.

Learn more about the PASL at ArenaLeague.com

Related Topics
PASL News and Results
Seattle Wolves FC
Snohomish Skyhawks

The Pacific Coast Soccer League

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:22:00 +0000

What do English Premier League, the English Football Association and the British Columbia, Canada based Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) have in common? They’re all former employers of famous football manager Sir Bobby Robson.

Best known for his stints in charge of the English National Team, Newcastle United and Fulham, Robson served as the head coach of the Vancouver Royal Canadians of the PCSL on his way to achieving legendary status as a manager.

Dating back to August 30^th, 1930, the PCSL is the longest running football competition in the Pacific Northwest. All star teams from the league have played against some of the most storied clubs in the World including Liverpool, Nottingham Forrest, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Glasgow Rangers Atlas of Mexico, Santos of Brazil, Dynamo Moscow and a long list of others.

The current league features premier men’s and women’s leagues as well as reserve divisions that feature players under the age of 21. The season runs from May through July and does not interfere with the NCAA eligibility schedule.

For more information about the PCSL visit their website at PCSL.org

Related Topics
PCSL News and Features
Seattle Wolves FC

Taking the Competition Overseas

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:31:00 +0000

To honor the decision of the Premier League to play matches overseas during the regular season, I Mati Bishop, the commissioner of the one man Newcastle Drinking competition league, have committed to taking my act overseas at least once a year by 2011.

"I'm keen to show the rest of the world the appeal of playing a game of asshole with myself and the uncanny ability to almost always know when I'm fibbing in a one player game of bullshit," said me.

The result of the tour is expected to be an increased demand for Newcastle beer in targeted countries according to the league.

"I'm confident that when I choose a country for competitions that the sales of Newcastle Nut Brown will increase by at least three cases before the event."

Officials of the yet unnamed countries have expressed concern over the potential rise of drunken disorderly conduct during the events in their nations.

"The safety of the general public has always been a concern to the One Man Newcastle Drinking League," I commented. "Rarely is there ever more then one drunken disorderly arrest per event."

More info can be found at the new and improved matibishop.com

Spin Street Soccer Brazil

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:22:00 +0000

One of the most entertaining soccer movies that i've watched in a long time. Available through www.spinstreetsoccer.com.

Here are a couple samples.

Tacoma Tide Promotional Video

matibishop@gmail.com (Mati Bishop) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:02:00 +0000

The Tacoma Tide will enter their third year of existence in the USL Premier Development League in 2008. After their first playoff birth in 2007, star midfielder Ciaran O'Brien was selected 5th overall in the MLS Superdraft by the Colorado Rapids.

Their 2008 campaign doesn't start until May, but the Tide front office is all ready starting to build the excitement.