Month: May 2016

ORLANDO CITY AND STOKE CITY ENTER PARTNERSHIP

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Major League Soccer outfits Orlando City and Stoke City have announced a major strategic partnership, according to reports by Sky Sports.

The developmental partnership will see the two sides share knowledge, players, coaches and facilities when required. Both clubs will also promote the other’s brands at their home grounds, and work closely with one another’s commercial partners, as well as trying to get new ones together – there are already rumours that gambling firm betfaircasino.com could be amongst a number of new companies looking to tap into hte fans of both clubs.

A joint marketing campaign will also be released at a later date. The Potters’ chief executive Tony Scholes told the club’s official website of the thinking behind the deal.

“It’s an opportunity for us to share best practice with Orlando in a variety of areas, primarily in player recruitment, marketing and development, but also to give both clubs chance to grow in each other’s markets.”

The clubs have considerable links; with Orlando City founder Phil Rawlins previously spending 15 years as owner and director of Stoke City.

Additionally, Orlando head coach Adrian Heath, left-back Brek Shea, ‘B’ team head coach Anthony Pulis and Captain Lewis Neal have all previously played for the Staffordshire-based team.

“It was always clear that we could have a great relationship,” said Rawlins, who also serves as Orlando City president.

“It came down to us wanting to reignite that synergy and bring our clubs closer together. This will be our partnership in England, and we hope to ignite passions for both our clubs in each other’s markets.”

Orlando City SC have a similar deal in place with Portuguese team SL Benfica, which sees both players and scouting networks shared. Stoke City have enjoyed a decent season in the Premier League as they currently sit in 10th position. The club still hopes to achieve more next season and they hope the new venture will assist in their efforts next season. The slumped to a defeat to crystal palace but still hope to finish on a high.

Major League Soccer outfits Orlando City and Stoke City have announced a major strategic partnership, according to reports by Sky Sports.

The developmental partnership will see the two sides share knowledge, players, coaches and facilities when required. Both clubs will also promote the other’s brands at their home grounds, and work closely with one another’s commercial partners, as well as trying to get new ones together – there are already rumours that gambling firm betfaircasino.com could be amongst a number of new companies looking to tap into hte fans of both clubs.

A joint marketing campaign will also be released at a later date. The Potters’ chief executive Tony Scholes told the club’s official website of the thinking behind the deal.

“It’s an opportunity for us to share best practice with Orlando in a variety of areas, primarily in player recruitment, marketing and development, but also to give both clubs chance to grow in each other’s markets.”

The clubs have considerable links; with Orlando City founder Phil Rawlins previously spending 15 years as owner and director of Stoke City.

Additionally, Orlando head coach Adrian Heath, left-back Brek Shea, ‘B’ team head coach Anthony Pulis and Captain Lewis Neal have all previously played for the Staffordshire-based team.

“It was always clear that we could have a great relationship,” said Rawlins, who also serves as Orlando City president.

“It came down to us wanting to reignite that synergy and bring our clubs closer together. This will be our partnership in England, and we hope to ignite passions for both our clubs in each other’s markets.”

Orlando City SC have a similar deal in place with Portuguese team SL Benfica, which sees both players and scouting networks shared. Stoke City have enjoyed a decent season in the Premier League as they currently sit in 10th position. The club still hopes to achieve more next season and they hope the new venture will assist in their efforts next season. The slumped to a defeat to crystal palace but still hope to finish on a high.

Los Angeles Galaxy Playing well this Season

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Los Angeles Galaxy has not been that bullish at opposition’s ground this season and Steven Gerrard blames the defence for that.

As per Gerrard, in the home games, Galaxy nets so many times that the flaws in their defence remain hidden, but, when they travel and do not strike quite as heavily as they do at the StubHub Center, the defence is exposed and they lose points.

Losing points doesn’t mean that Galaxy has been defeated a lot. It’s actually only one game which has seen them end as the second best.

All the other games, it’s been either a draw or a win, but, it’s that no. of draws that Gerrard has a problem with as he reckons those draws could well have been the wins if not for those soft goals that they have let the opposition add to their names.

Speaking in Chester after Galaxy played their 4th draw in the season; Gerrard was quoted as Saying, “The aim was not to draw the game. It was to win the game which we could not.”

“It’s not to stress that this is a bad result. Of course, this is not because the opposition was of some quality, but, the point is that we have a quality team as well. So, from that perspective, we would have wanted full points.”

“The lesser a team concedes, the more it gives itself the chance of toppling the other team. This is not good enough for silverware to be honest with you. There must be more steel down the backline and there has got to be more no. of clean slates.”

The next visit for Galaxy is of Saputo Stadium where they will be playing Montreal Impact, the Eastern Conference’s top team.

Los Angeles Galaxy has not been that bullish at opposition’s ground this season and Steven Gerrard blames the defence for that.

As per Gerrard, in the home games, Galaxy nets so many times that the flaws in their defence remain hidden, but, when they travel and do not strike quite as heavily as they do at the StubHub Center, the defence is exposed and they lose points.

Losing points doesn’t mean that Galaxy has been defeated a lot. It’s actually only one game which has seen them end as the second best.

All the other games, it’s been either a draw or a win, but, it’s that no. of draws that Gerrard has a problem with as he reckons those draws could well have been the wins if not for those soft goals that they have let the opposition add to their names.

Speaking in Chester after Galaxy played their 4th draw in the season; Gerrard was quoted as Saying, “The aim was not to draw the game. It was to win the game which we could not.”

“It’s not to stress that this is a bad result. Of course, this is not because the opposition was of some quality, but, the point is that we have a quality team as well. So, from that perspective, we would have wanted full points.”

“The lesser a team concedes, the more it gives itself the chance of toppling the other team. This is not good enough for silverware to be honest with you. There must be more steel down the backline and there has got to be more no. of clean slates.”

The next visit for Galaxy is of Saputo Stadium where they will be playing Montreal Impact, the Eastern Conference’s top team.