Blues take on the Railhawks, contest winner and much more...

Miami FC will play the Carolina Railhawks this Saturday May the 8th at 7:30 pm. It's the 4th game in a row for the Blues at home before they head on the road. This home stretch of the season has been somewhat successful if we point out that the team is one of only two team in the USSF Div 2 that remains unbeaten, however, all games have ended in ties. The last versus in state rival Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1.
Possible line up:
Patterson, Defenders Lancaster, Rodrgiues, Veris and Gbandi, Midfielders Goldberg, Cameron, Paulo Araujo Jr, Shriver, Forwards Santeliz and Thompson,

Carolina comes off of a tie themselves while visiting the Rochester Rhinos (1-1)
Possible line up:
Platter, Defenders Gilkerson, Schulte, Bobo and Shields. Midfield Rusin, Davidson, Franks and Paladini. Forwards Bundu and Barbara.

Tailgate at Lockhart Stadium starts at 5 pm with many give aways such as Dunkin Donuts giving away 25 FREE Dozens and much more. Musical guest will be local South Florida band A Beautiful Cage. Hear some of their tunes HERE

Burrito's "The Starting 10?" Contest winner is Kyle Kaly! The contest consisted in naming the missing player in the starting 11 team picture at last weeks game (see picture to the right) and the player missing was none other then team Captain Jarryd Goldberg. The reason for Jarryd's absence is not known but you can be sure Burrito will be sniffing for answers!

Our friends over at Simply Futbol brought to our attention the fact that the Footvolley World Cup is being held this weekend at Hollywood Beach. It's a 3 day event and if you are not familiar with it many notable professional soccer players have been know to participate. One we may remember is former Miami FC player Romario. For more information go HERE

As some of you may have read this week; MLS will make an announcement that many believe will mean the inclusion of Montreal as the 19th team in that league. In a recent interview, MLS Commissioner Don Garber mentioned South Florida as the possible location for the final expansion team. Miami Soccer Fan has an interesting piece called Why not Miami? If you haven't read it be sure to check it out as it has numerous quotes from soccer players and celebrities.

Uncle Ed's Mother's day preview: Mom meets Ecuador national team

Yesterday I picked my mom up from MIA and boy did she have a great story to tell me. She had flown on the same plane as the Ecuadorian National team which was headed to New York where they will play at a sold out new Meadowlands Stadium on Friday versus Mexico.

My mom is so cool she had a few of the players sign autographs for me and she took pictures with them too.

Here she is with defender and captain of the team Ivan "Bam Bam" Hurtado. A World Cup veteran, Hurtado has played in Mexico, Qatar, Colombia, Spain and currently plays for Ecuadorian champions Deportivo Quito. Hurtado has played for Ecuador more then any player in that country's history (163 times so far).

Ulises de la Cruz is another world cup veteran and is poised to complete his 100th appearance for the Ecuadorian national side. De La Cruz has played for Cruzeiro of Brazil, Hibernian in Scotland, Aston Villa, Reading and Birmingham City in England and currently plays with South American champion LDU Quito. Ulises is also known in Ecuador for his charity work and has been named a UNICEF ambassador.
Jaime Ivan Kaviedes is perhaps the most traveled player in Ecuadorian history. Having played for almost every major league in the world and scoring in a world cup. In 1998 Ivan was the highest scorer in the world with 43 goals in one season for Emelec in the Ecuadorian league. In 1999 he moved on to Italy with Perugia, then Spain with Celta de Vigo, Mexico with Puebla then back to Spain with Real Valladolid. Portugal with Porto, Crystal Palace in England, Argentinos Juniors of Argentina and more. Currently with Macara in Ecuador he is rumored to be headed to MLS in July.My mom rocks!

The Starting 10? Name the missing player and get free tickets! by Burrito

Hola Amigos y mamacitas! Burrito was looking through his compadre Robert Scorca's pictures on facebook and says Holy Chihuahua! Miami FC picture of starting 11 players has only 10 players? Que paso? What happen?

So Burrito do some investigatings and finds out who player is pero Burrito not going to tell you.
So if you a smart persons and you want 2 free tickets to the next Miami FC game vs The Carolina Railhawks to take place this Saturday May 8 time 7:30 pm at Lockharts Stadium. Then you write email to Burrito at footballsoccerm@gmail.com and Burrito give you prize and maybe even a quesadilla if you good.
Ok, pero not so easy carnales, you need to tell Burrito who missing player is and why you deserve tickets. The wiener (click on wiener ) will be announced Friday and you will get your tickets from El Presidente of the Miami Ultras his excelencia el Señor Pieter Brown at the Tailgate. (Usually starts at 5 pm) About Burrito:
Burrito is the only soccer blogging dawg in the known universe! Since 1998!
Join Burrito's facebook group Burrito Loves Futbol or he hit you on head with quesadilla!
You can also join Burrito's twitter http://twitter.com/Burritofutbol
Vamos Miami FC!

Miami FC vs FC Tampa fan videos and much more...

Before we jump into the game videos you need to head over to Miami Soccer Fan and read the Ultras game day review along with an after game interview with Miami FC's captain Jarryd "The Hammer" Goldberg. Check it out HERE

Kenn.com/the_blog has put up a Pro Soccer Attendance Figures chart. It's still a little early in the Soccer season to put this up and see how teams are really doing at the gates, but it's pretty cool anyway! Now I know I'm going to get criticism for this one but the old Miami Fusion's attendance was higher then at-least 4 other teams in MLS today! It just tells me that MLS made a mistake pulling the plug on this market. Now on the other hand... You want to see how the Blues are doing in attendance? See it HERE

The 2014 World Cup might just be played in the good old U.S. of A after all! Seems Brazil is behind in preparation and the world governing body FIFA is not too happy about it. Some of you might remember that back in 1986 the World Cup was to be held in Colombia. But, they couldn't do it for one reason or another so it was held in Mexico instead.

Following are game day videos of the Miami FC Blues versus Tampa Bay Rowdies that took place at Lockhart Stadium this past Saturday.

Miami Ultra Matt Berkshire filmed this video of the Ultras singing "We Love you"
Here the Ultras calling Ralph's Mob "Fannies" (The old Rowdies fan club name)
Ultras greeting Tampa to Lockhart
Tampa Fan Videos can be seen at Ralphs Mob

Blues undefeated but winless... Game day pictures

Miami FC remains undefeated, but remain winless in three games so far this season. It didn't help that star midfielder Christian Gomez was ejected early in the second half leaving the team with only 10 players. Tampa took advantage of the situation and leveled the score. For more on the game go HERE

The crowd that gathered for the game enjoyed the pre-game tailgate freebies and supported their teams. Tampa fans came down in large numbers. It added to a great ambiance that for the most part were friendly.
Following are game day pictures taken by Robert Scorca:




For more pictures visit Miamifc2

Want to read more about the game? Read these:
Miami Herald
Tampa Tribune
NASL site
Miami FC
FC Tampa
Simply Futbol
Soccer by Ives
Miami for Soccer

Miami FC Blues vs Tampa Bay Rowdies Preview and Tailgate

It's here folks, one more day until the first of 4 games versus the Tampa Bay Rowdies this season.

The Blues have played 2 games so far this season both ending in ties. fans are hoping this time things will be different against the Rowdies.

Miami FC is announcing a special ticket deal for all groups for the match. When groups of 8 or more buy tickets to the game this weekend, they will receive free tickets good for any remaining regular season home match of their choice. Tickets are currently being sold for $12 at the gate.

As noted in a previous blog post below (click HERE for details), Miami FC has gone all out bringing us a great Tailgate set to begin at 5 pm.

The sponsors are:

Weston Town Center
Regalia Vodka
Good Spirits
Play n’ Trade
Powerade
Speed Shop
Holy Mackerel Beer
America’s Backyard
Dunkin Donuts
Into Energy Drink

With special presentations by:
Miami FC Blue Angels Cheerleaders/Ambassadors
American Top Team
Foot Volley Exhibition
and
Live Band – A Beautiful Cage (tentatively scheduled)

Players to watch:
For Tampa be on the look out for Aaron King. Blues Fans remember him for his short yet productive time with Miami FC. Aaron is the first player in the new Tampa Bay Rowdies team to score.
Though lacking a potent attack so far, the Rowdies do have a midfield that knows how to hold on to the ball.
Possible line up:
GK Sattler, D Valentino, D Valentin, D Kljestan, M Ustruck, M Christie, M Millien, M Nyazamba, M Yamada, F Tan, F King

Miami, much like Tampa, has shown little as far as scoring power in official games. This is the game where midfielder Christian Gomez will need to shine in order to give the Blues their first win.
Possible Line up:
GK Patterson, D Lancaster, D Kirby, D Rodrigues, D Gbandi, M Cameron, M Goldberg, M Gomez, M Paulo Jr, F Thompson,F Santeliz

Look for a midfield battle for ball possession.

Miami FC announced this week that former USA U-17 and U-20 Bryan Arguez has returned from his loan to sister-club Estoril-Praia. Arguez is a midfielder who has been a member of the USA Men's National Team youth system since 2005. Arguez will be available for the Blues game against FC Tampa Bay. Read more HERE

For those that didn't know, the Blues have launched Miami FC TV and this week they have a video of practice leading up to the Tampa game and an interview with J.P. Rodriguez who South Florida soccer guru Robert Scorca also interviewed on this blog (You can read it HERE)
The time has come to support our Miami FC Blues!
Vamos Miami! Beat the Rowdies!

Interview with Hotshot! Miami FC's Mascot by Burrito

Today Burrito bring you an interview with his compadre, Miami FC Mascot Hotshot! Burrito meet Hotshot at Lockharts parking lot last year and Hot Shot was kind enough to warm a hot dog on his head for Burrito, and that how we became carnales... the rest is history!

Hotshot doesn't speak and neither does Burrito so we "communicates" via sign language and barks. Somehow we understands each other... go figures.
Burrito's questions:
Burrito: Where do you come from Hotshot?
Hotshot: From a small house on the south side of the Sun

Burrito: Burrito is 12 years old (in dawg years). How old are you?
Hotshot: Older than Earth time.

Burrito: Where do you live?
Hotshot: A mystery house in the heart of South Florida.

Burrito:Do they play futbol (soccer) where you are from?
Hotshot: Yes, but we use comets for soccer balls.

Burrito: Who is hottererer Jessie (Ay Chihuahua!) or you?
Hotshot: Me on game day. Jessie the rest of the time.

Burrito: What is Hotshots favorite Soccer position?
Hotshot: Goal Keeper, but we have no gravity in space, so I am still getting used to goal keeping at MFC halftime shootouts.

Burrito: Who is your favorite Superhero? Johnny Storm (The Human Torch - Marvel Comics), Firestorm (The Nuclear man DC Comics), or Radioactive man (Simpsons character)?
Hotshot: Johnny Storm. We played soccer together on the Sun.

Burrito: Burrito is master at dancing la macarena! Burrito see Hot Shot has some good moves too, where you practice your dance moves carnal?
Hotshot: Miami FC home games with the cheerleaders.

Burrito: In a fight between Burnie (Miami Heat Mascot) and Hot Shot who wins?
Hotshot: Burnie and I are good friends. We would not fight.

Burrito: Recent reports (Read HERE ) say Hotshot was going to sign on with Miami FC not only as a Mascot but as a player/mascot, is there some truths to dat?
Hotshot: I have not been asked by MFC front office, but I would do anything for my favorite soccer team Miami FC.

Burrito: Who is Hot Shots Favorite player on Miami FC and why?
Hotshot: Zach "Beowulf" Kirby. He has no fear and never gives up

Burrito: What type of food do you eat? Pick one: Chimichanga, Quesadilla or Taco? Mild, Hot or Caliente Sauce?
Hotshot: Super Spicy Burrito. (no, I don't eat dogs)

Burrito: If Hotshot could speak what would he say to fans?
Hotshot: Thank you for supporting my favorite soccer team on Earth, Miami FC. I'm looking forward to seeing you at all our home games in 2010. Vamos Miami!