23
May

Joe Hart takes a shot at (American) Football

If this whole world-class goalkeeper thing doesn’t work out for Manchester City keeper Joe Hart, he may have a future at wide receiver.

City is in the United States for their two friendly matches against Chelsea, as well as representing the club new MLS venture New York City FC.

Between their training and public appearances, the club stops by the New York Giants training facilities to visit and got a chance to catch some passes from Super Bowl winning quarterback Eli Manning. Hart, England’s number one keeper in front of goals, shows off some pretty shaky route running, but reaffirms that he has very capable hands. James Milner also makes an appearance by catching a post route pass from Manning and then quickly sees his life flash before his eyes as a Giants player puts himself in position for a tackle.

Here’s a full length video of the visit. Heck, you can even hear some Giants players tell our football heroes, “I play with you all the time in FIFA.”

21
May

Manchester City, NY Yankees team up to own New York City FC

It was announced on Tuesday that Manchester City and the New York Yankees will be owners of the 20th team in MLS: New York City FC.

Baseball and soccer coming together? With their powers combined, NYC FC could become a wildly popular and successful club in the heart of the Big Apple.

We let our imaginations run wild at the thought of these two sports giants teaming up, and conjured up this alternate universe where Yankees captain Derek Jeter and City captain Vincent Kompany swapped lives…

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No, that just looks wrong. We like the universe just the way it is.

21
Oct

New York City shows Manchester United colors

By: Leander Schaerlaeckens

NEW YORK

The way Dion Dublin looks at it, this is all kind of his doing. The red hue of Terminal 5’s music hall in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood on a misty Saturday morning, a heaving mass of two thousand Manchester United fans, bounds and sings and chants. They are, argues Dublin, the upshot of his interference in the course of United’s history.

“I am the catalyst of Man United’s success,” Dublin says with an endearingly self-deprecating smirk, “I break my leg on my Old Trafford debut and Sir Alex Ferguson goes and buys Eric Cantona. The rest is history. Man United become a great club.”

“If it wasn’t for me,” – another smile denoting sarcasm crinkles his face – “they’d be nowhere.” It’s English to find humor in the absurd.

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