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Written by: Gabe
Last week, my proposal for rebranding the US Virgin Islands national soccer team won the “Best of Category (Identity)” award at CSCA’s 2011 Creative Best. The competition was judged by three respected creative directors from across the United States, so naturally I was both surprised and honored. The win gave the initiative some momentum. I’ve [...]
Written by: Gabe
This year, the United States Virgin Islands men’s national soccer team achieved a momentous goal: advancement to the group stage of FIFA World Cup qualifying. Now is the perfect time (according to me) to invest in a new branding strategy for the team. See the complete proposal (PDF). Nevermind that The Dashing Eagle (as the [...]
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The big soccer news in Columbus this week has many Crew supporters beside themselves in anger with team administration. The franchise has opted out of six player contracts: Frankie Hejduk, Gino Padula, Duncan Oughton, Jason Garey, Leandre Griffit and the inimitable Guillermo Barros Schelotto. These players may or may not continue in MLS, but the [...]
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In August, Tyler weighed in on an extensive analysis of the Ajax youth program by Michael Sokolove. Since then, we have inexplicably received a number of… communications from young players detailing their hopes of joining our “FOOTBALL CLUB/YOUTH FOOTBALL ACADEMY TEAM” (caps faithfully reproduced). It was amusing at first, but it’s time to get serious; [...]
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Last night, DC United was gracious and savvy enough to provide a live online video feed of the US Open Cup match against Columbus. As the feed was a service provided by DC, the franchise provided the game commentator as well. This created a somewhat fiery situation between DC and Crew supporters, manifested publicly on [...]
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Yesterday, Manchester United and Manchester City both fell to MLS teams on their pre-season tours. Given the circumstances, it’s time to stop making excuses for big-name competition and grant MLS the respect it deserves. In the early game, New York Red Bulls (5th place in MLS) found victory over Manchester City, 2-1. This was a [...]
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We used TweetStats to graph the last year of our Twitter commentary. Can you guess when the World Cup was?
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In addition to being a soccer fan, I’m also a designer with occasionally overwhelming tendencies to embark on projects with little or no reward. Edson Buddle’s t-shirt contest was practically custom-built to take advantage of my shortcomings! To coincide with the upcoming launch of his online merch store, Edson is holding a t-shirt design contest. [...]
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We all like to dream. Sometimes my dreams feature customized $250 soccer boots. Behold! A dream come true: the F50 adiZero through the eyes of ASTROHEADER. You can create your own at miadidas.com.
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Months ago, around the time the World Cup lottery was drawn, US Soccer publicly set one clear goal: Get out of the group stage. Surviving the group stage was a fair measure for the players, the program and the coach, and after all, the USA was improving incrementally over 2006 and their group seemed winnable. [...]
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