Thursday, August 24, 2006

New Stadiums and The Law

New Stadiums and The Law

There have been a few stadiums in Major League soccer being built or completed the last few years. Chicago just opened theirs in Bridgeview, IL. Seemingly out of the ashes Real Salt Lake broke ground a couple weeks ago for a new soccer stadium in Sandy, Utah. The one that's most imprtant to me right is currently under construction in Commerce City, Colorado. Just 6 miles from downtown Denver, it will be the most centrally located of the soccer specific stadiums in the league.

More information on it can be found at the Colorado Rapids web site :

http://www.coloradorapids.com/Community/stadium.asp

In other soccer news, the police are investigating an incedent from yesterday. Apparently Manchester City's Ben Thatcher clocked Pedro Mendes with a forearm during the game with Portsmouth yesterday. Apparetly the FA is simly saying that nothing more needs to be done with Thatcher received a yellow. That wouldn't be a good decision for the FA but not the worst except that Pedro Mendes was not only knocked unconcious but also suffered seizures. If it's serious enough for the police, it deserves more than just a yellow card. What do you think? Is a yellow card enough?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That jackoff needs to be banned for at least a couple of months, maybe even for life. There's no excuse for that kind of attack.

Linda said...

I agree with Sara! I believe it was a violent act that was intentional and criminal.