Subject: Miami FC

• Kicking Back

  April 13, 2006

• Desperate soccer team threatens suicide unless Miamians buy tickets

  Wikimedia CommonsAn artist's rendering of Miami FC management.There's something definitely extortive about the latest press release from Miami FC, the under-attended and gravely endangered second-tier pro soccer team that allegedly plays at Tropical Park Stadium. The club is under the gun from the Brazilian company that owns it- which, like the sad sap who owns the Panthers, is beginning to understand that South Floridians are far too busy researching early-bird dinner specials, buying glowstic

  March 11, 2009

• Professional Soccer in Miami Gets One More Chance

  via a Soccer Cartoon Book you can buy hereIt's still kind of unclear to me how many soccer fans in Miami want a local team, but for those that do it's been a bad few weeks. First Miami's MLS bid was withdrawn, and then came rumors that our ULS-1 team may leave town. Well, finally there's some good news. Miami FC will stay in South Florida. "Considering South Florida's status as one of the most international cities in the world and the gateway to Latin America, South Florida must have a strong pr

  March 18, 2009

• French Handball Mania to Throttle Miami This Weekend

  Our sources tell us this is a handball.The Marlins settled for 600 fans per home game last year. The Panthers are literally giving away tickets. Minor-league soccer squad Miami FC is hemorrhaging cash. So you might think it'd be foolhardy to bet big bucks on Miamians attending the championship of a sport most Americans have never heard of. But don't tell that to Cristian Zaharia, Romanian handball Olympian and one of the organizers bringing the French Handball League Cup Finals -- the Super Bo

  April 7, 2009

• Sacre-Who?

  A French handball championship comes to Miami.

  April 9, 2009

• Trap or Die

  Miami FC kicks through the Silverbacks.

  September 18, 2008

• Futbol Hooligans, Stand Up!

  Miami FC takes names and kicks ass, not in that order.

  August 28, 2008

• Floundering Blues

  The Miami FC needs to get offensive.

  August 21, 2008

• The Best Defense Is a Good Offense, or Not

  July 24, 2008

• Soccer, American Style

  July 3, 2008

• The No-Offense Blues

  June 12, 2008

• The Soccer Blues

  May 15, 2008

• Miami Blues

  May 1, 2008

• The Not-So-Beautiful Game

  Miami has a pro soccer team. No, really.

  April 17, 2008

• Get on the Good Foot

  August 30, 2007

• Bend It Like Zinho

  August 9, 2007

• Everybody Loves Soccer

  May 4, 2006

• Catch Real Football Fever

  May 11, 2006

• Join the Club

  May 18, 2006

• The World's Favorite Sport

  June 15, 2006

• Time to Kick Some Grass

  July 27, 2006

• Kick It up a Notch

  August 3, 2006

• Kick ´Em in the Hotdish

  August 31, 2006

• Viva Futbol!

  March 29, 2007

• Kicking and Screaming

  April 26, 2007

• Represent the 305

  May 31, 2007

• We Want Blood

  July 19, 2007

• He Ain’t Pelé

  May 18, 2006

• News Roundup

  LocalYet another publication takes a crack at understanding the reaction to President Obama's changes in Cuba policy amongst Cuban Americans in Miami. This time it's the Washington Post, and they find, quite poetically, that the hard lines have softened. I think honestly though, the pieces on the matter that have come out of non-local sources have been mostly better than what the local media has produced. [WaPo]Former New Times writer Rebecca Wakefield has landed herself a job as an adviser to M

  April 27, 2009

• An Open Letter to the President of the USL

  May 14, 2009

• The Cuban Connection

  May 14, 2009

• Bend 'Em Like Benjamin Franklin

  July 2, 2009

• Foot Parade

  July 9, 2009

• Blues Versus Sacre Bleu

  July 30, 2009

• You Haven't Lived Until You've Heard the Miami FC "We'll Shave Our Heads" Desperation Remix

  Miami FC, the local minor-league soccer team that plays at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, makes no secret of being starved for attention. Since 2006, the squad's front-office denizens have labored like mad scientists to get butts in the bleachers. In its first season, Miami FC signed aging Brazilian demigod Romário de Souza Faria -- better known as simply Romário -- which was sort of the equivalent of the Marlins signing Barry Bonds... now. And this season, after literally beg

  August 7, 2009

• Don’t Sweat the Thunder

  August 13, 2009

• This Weekend Around Town

  The weatherfolk predict isolated thunderstorms (versus social ones, with tons of homies), a Kardashian is knocked up, and some woman took the term fire sale way too literally -- so get into some shit this weekend. If watching grown men kick balls with skill and precision sounds like a dope time, the Miami FC will take on the Minnesota Thunder for four quarters (or is that baseball?). If you'd rather be the one kicking balls, try Louis or Nikki Beach -- you'll have a blast, but doucheba

  August 14, 2009

• Owners of Miami FC Might Make Play for Entire USL

  ​Delightfully British kicks maker Umbro started the USL in 1988, and the brand that never gained much traction in the States seemed quite happy owning a league that never gained much traction here either. That is, until Nike bought Umbro. USL is apparently the red-headed stepchild of the Nike portfolio, and the be-swooshed company's execs want to unload the entire affair. They hoped to dump it on MLS, but it isn't interested. So now the owners of Miami FC might be interested in leading a

  August 25, 2009

• News Roundup

  USL found a new owner yesterday, and it's not Traffic Sports, owner of Miami FC. In fact, the ownership switch could result in FC's demise. [Herald]Your Miami Dolphins beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10-6, continuing their dominance of the preseason. [UPI]But don't get too happy, because a troubling pattern is emerging: Armando Salguero is concerned by how crappy the special teams have been. [Herald]The economy sucks so bad that fewer Cubans are making the journey to America. [AP]A SWAT team stand

  August 28, 2009

• Clean-Shaven Balls

  September 17, 2009

• Balls Out: Miami FC Joins Renegade Soccer League

  C. StilesCan't stop. Won't stop.​Depending on how much of a die-hard soccer fan you are, watching South Florida's pro soccer team Miami FC's front-office machinations can be more interesting than any of its on-field action. In its effort to survive, the club has tried everything. It's signed the Barry Bonds of baseball -- and then two freshly-minted Cuban defectors. The team has switched stadiums, and everybody has shaved their heads. If you're a fan of the underdog, you are obligated by law t

  November 10, 2009