Prepare to be Shocked!
Aug 20, 2008 MLS All Stars, West Ham News
Lucas Neill is warning other Premier League clubs that West Ham are out to cause a few shocks this season.
Neill also said
“We want West Ham fans cheering and making noises for the right reasons.
In this day and age, a lot of money is being spent in a lot of clubs and people want success and they want it quickly.
However you’ve just got to step back sometimes and realise that these things do not happen overnight. It’s a work in progress.”
said Neill
“People must understand that we have rich owners who have come in and want to raise the bar and the level of West Ham,”
“Everyone’s bought into it and if you don’t quite measure up you’re
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West Ham suspend 2 Employees after recent Incidents
Aug 12, 2008 Columbus Crew, Featured Article, MLS All Stars, West Ham News
Head of media, Miranda Nagalingam, and press officer Gemma Clarke have been suspended by the West Ham board following incidents that took place on West Ham’s tour of the USA and Canada.
Complaints about the 2 women were made to the club and a disciplinary process is underway.
I dare say kumb.com will not be losing any sleep over Miranda’s suspension, due to the fact she refused Kumb entry to anymore pre-match interviews back in Oct 07 after they spent 4
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Success or Not?
Jul 27, 2008 Columbus Crew, MLS All Stars, Matches
Back in March we found out that we would be playing in this years MLS All-Stars game in Toronto, a game that many MLS fans were not too happy about and considered it to be a waste of time, to which i wrote about in this POST.
The tour is now over and the players are all back home, hopefully training. Did the tour work out for us? will North Americans run out and buy a new shirt each season? has West Ham shown the World what a great team it is? Well there is no doubt that West Ham will be remembered for a year at least, the MLS have never had so much media coverage in its 12 year life and already the MLS bigwigs are setting up next years opponents, Wow does that mean that West Ham are as well loved in North America as Chelsea and Man Utd are? its doubtful but we certainly have raised the profile of the club, not in the way we wanted but mainly due to the Crew Saga.
To me, the Tour was a success and West Ham are probably known by 10 times more North Americans than they was this time last year, the US TV ratings for the All-Stars game was higher than any MLS Game played, So well done West Ham United, Lets conquer Russia next season.
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Game On! (Video)
Jul 22, 2008 MLS All Stars, Matches, West Ham News
Alan Curbishley speaks out after the Columbus Crew game and how he and the team are looking forward to the All-Stars game but also shows his dispair on not making the US tour longer due to Fianacial reason, Curbishley on the Crew Game:
“It was fun, a lot of hard work and a really good test. Columbus is in midseason so we knew it was going to be a tough game,”
Curbishley on what he expects with The MLS All-Stars game:
“Obviously, we know it’s a big game, We know it’s sold out. We’ve got a lot of fans going there who have booked up holidays around the game. We’re going to make sure we’re OK for the game, probably ease up training for the game a little bit. We understand it’s going to be an electric atmosphere, so, game on. We’re looking forward to it.”
Curbishley on how the tour promotes West Ham and soccer in the USA & Canada:
“We wanted to come to America. We wanted to promote ourselves. We want to help America promote soccer and do our part,”
Curbishley said.
“Not only the first team squad came out but a lot of the academy coaches came out to do soccer camps, soccer schools as we go along.
“We’re here for a whole bundle of reasons, and one is to show everybody what we’re about at West Ham.”
“There are one or two things we want to do this week. We want to get fit but we want to give MLS an uplift,”
Curbishley said.
“It’s going back live to England as well (midnight London time). It’s not just being shown here. We’re going to take it seriously.”
“We’ve got to look at the bigger picture and the picture is we’ve got a season to be training for so we’ll work Tuesday and Wednesday a little harder than we would a normal game but certainly come Thursday we’ll be really excited,” Neill said. “Obviously, it’s the best players in America and we’re getting to take it on in what seems to be a really promoted event and we’re privileged to be a part of it.”
and what Curbishley said about the tour and MLS Soccer:
“The whole trip is shorter than we wanted because we wanted to stay longer and probably make base here a bit but the dowry doesn’t allow that, “We’re really excited to be here and the exposure we’re getting is great. We didn’t realize how many American West Ham fans there are. It’s amazing. Major League (Soccer) is trying to take off soccer-wise and you can see by the crowd coming out on a Sunday afternoon it’s really good. They’ve got a lot of work to do but the more publicity and high profile teams from England and all over the world that come to play, the better it will be.”
Video courtesy of MLSNet.com
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MLS All-Stars Team Announced
Jul 13, 2008 MLS All Stars, Matches
On July 24, MLS will try to make it five-for-five when its All-Stars take on West Ham United at BMO Field in Toronto. A live announcement of the First XI was announced as the MLS All-Stars prepare to battle for a sixth consecutive victory.
The MLS Allstars 1st 11 Team is as follows:
Goalkeeper
Matt Reis, New England Revolution
Defenders
Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards
Frankie Hejduk, Columbus Crew
Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution
Midfielders
David Beckham, L.A. Galaxy
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Chicago Fire
Shalrie Joseph, New England Revolution
Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA
Robbie Rogers, Columbus Crew
Forwards
Landon Donovan, L.A. Galaxy
Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas
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