| Referees Threaten Match Boycotts
THE Zimbabwe Soccer Referees' Association has threatened to boycott Premier Soccer League matches in protest over match fees. The association is demanding that premiership clubs pay US$70 per match in officiating fees. However, the Premier Soccer League torched a storm, when they announced at their extraordinary meeting that they had turned down the referees' demands as the standards of officiating had nosedived. Joseph Mususa, the Zimbabwe Soccer Referees' Association chairman said the PSL was treating the match officials as unequal partners and they would “withdraw their labour in protest". “We are getting a pittance (US$25) and we are demanding that the league should pay US$70. If our demands are not met we are going to withdraw our labour. At the moment we are officiating for the love of the game and our members are getting nothing out it," Mususa said.
Forester Men's Soccer
He spent the 2008 season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Northwestern University women's soccer team. He was the head coach of the men's team at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, the previous two seasons and was named Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2007. Bergmann also served as the head men's soccer coach and assistant athletic director at Hope International University in Fullerton, California, for two year and was the 2005 National Christian College Athletic Association West Region Coach of the Year. In addition to his experience at the college level, Bergmann has also coached various club teams, including the Lincolnshire Lightning and Pegasus Soccer Clubs in Deerfield, the Chicago Eagles in Wheaton, and SURF Soccer Club in California.
Former Terp Soccer Standout Robbie Rogers in Gold Cup
Like soccer? Like Maryland? Then you should be watching Fox Soccer Channel right now, as not only is the US-Honduras Gold Cup match actually very entertaining for a soccer match (I don't like soccer that much, but it's held my attention so far), but former Terp star midfielder Robbie Rogers is on the starting XI for the US side. He's had a good game so far, playing surprisingly well and making a few nice runs. Rogers, of course, isn't the only star product from the Maryland soccer program - Maurice Edu and Chris Seitz also have national team appearances at some level. If you want to watch, FSC is channel 84 on Verizon FiOS, and is also available on Comcast and the like. If you don't get it, try channelsurfing.net, as they may be hosting a stream. Was this completely worthy of a post? Not really.
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