March 12th, 2010 . 5:17 pm .
By: Buzz Carrick
The players are thinking about striking. They’ve voted themselves either the power to hold a strike or they’ve voted to go ahead and strike, depending on who you believe. In my opinion it would be a bad idea for them to hold the strike cause it won’t work. Let me be clear, I think what they are asking for isn’t unreasonable. They are not getting some basic rights players world wide enjoy. I think they deserve most, if not all, of what they want. But that doesn’t mean a strike will work.
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There's a difference between voting to strike and what happened on Thursday.
March 12th, 2010 . 2:26 am .
By: Buzz Carrick
You may have read stories reporting the players voted 350-2 to strike. I’ll tell you why that’s not really true. Let me state right out by that I am not a labor expert nor am I 100% in the know about the current MLS labor situation. But I can still shed some light on this vote.
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March 8th, 2010 . 1:34 pm .
By: Buzz Carrick
According to 3rd Degree sources, FC Dallas has agreed to terms with former Kansas City Wizards and LA Galaxy keeper Kevin Hartman. Terms of the deal are unknown at this time. Kansas City had failed to come to terms with Hartman on a new deal and had made it clear he wasn’t in their plans for this season. FCD’s young Generation adidas keep Josh Lmbo will now be going out on loan for the season, most likely to some USL team. Edit: 2nd round pick.
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Friday, March 5th, 2010, 10:00 AM, Field #1
March 6th, 2010 . 12:54 pm .
By: Buzz Carrick
What a gorgeous day, temps hit 70 and just a light breeze. Absolutely fabulous condition for some soccer training. Quite a few observers, coaches, and players remark on the wonderful conditions. This is my second favorite time of year, fall being my favorite. If it only it would last longer. I’m sure it will be 98 next week. Friday was media day at FCD training. I set the over under at 10 media members and I’m glad to say FCD broke it. I don’t think they hit 20, but it might have been close.
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Bobby Rhine and Steve Jolley to man FCD TV booth in 2010.
March 1st, 2010 . 3:34 am .
By: Buzz Carrick
3rd Degree has learned that FC Dallas will not be bringing back legendary broadcaster Brad Sham as their play by play man for the 2010 season. Instead the FCD broadcast team will consist of two former players with Bobby Rhine working play by play and Steve Jolly as the color commentator. Brad Sham has been working FC Dallas games since 1998 and has done TV work on soccer dating back to the NASL days in 1972. Bobby Rhine has been the FCD color commentator for one season and Steve Jolley has done some color commentary on Houston Dynamo games. It is unclear at this time why FCD is making the change.
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February 24th, 2010 . 12:58 pm .
By: Buzz Carrick
With roughly a week to go until FCD cuts down rosters numerous questions still exist about the 2010 FCD roster. A couple of them are beginning to be answered but there are still quite a few large ones that leave this roster in limbo. As always you can find my current squad and the team make up thoughts on the Roster Dance. Ok, on to the questions.
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February 18th, 2010 . 12:25 pm .
By: Buzz Carrick
On Tuesday FCD played the final of three early pre-season scrimmages against college teams at Pizza Hut Park. These three scrimmages were mainly used to build stamina for the starters and evaluate the numerous trialist and draft picks in camp. So rather than give you a break down of every player, I’ll concentrate on the trialists that played in the second half of this game. By the way, FCD won the game 4-0 over SMU.
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February 13th, 2010 . 12:50 pm .
By: Buzz Carrick
In the wake of some sub-par performances this spring, FC Dallas has parted ways with the recent signing Aziz Ansah. Brought to Dallas in theory to replace Heath Pearce at right back, Ansah has failed to live up to expectations. It seems clear at this point that Ansah must not have had a guaranteed contract. Rumors had begun to circulate mid-week that this move was coming, but 3rd Degree had been unable to verify the move until this morning.
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