Dallas latest news

[Frank Cunha]

what's wrong with this team?

[Frank Cunha]

Dallas vs San Jose tonight at 9 PM

[Frank Cunha]

a goal and assist by Vava
Dallas-3-Kansas City-2

[Dallas Burn]

What's wrong with this team?? Three simple words.. Coach,Coach and,Coach.He and Hunt Group have totally killed this team and their fan base with it.What a friggin' shame....

[Frank Cunha]

agree, they can get the old coach back, his out of a job

[Dallas Burn]

I doubt he would take it..

[Frank Cunha]

money talks :danc:

[Frank Cunha]

Cerritos just scored for DC united vs Wilmington

[Dallas Burn]

And??

[Frank Cunha]

DC won

[Ricochet]

http://www.mlsnet.com/content/03/dal0915jeffries.html

Dallas Replaces Mike Jeffries



Mike Jeffries had been at the helm of the Dallas Burn since the start of the 2001 season.

DALLAS - The Dallas Burn, in the midst of their poorest season in team history (4-16-4), announced today that they have asked Mike Jeffries to step aside effective immediately as Head Coach. Jeffries, who was in his third season at the helm, finished his Burn coaching career with a 23-36-16 record. Current Burn Assistant Coach Colin Clarke will fill the vacant head coaching spot on an interim basis.

John Wagner, President of Hunt Sports, made the announcement in the wake of a disappointing season in which the team is currently in last place in the Western Conference standings, 13 points behind the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Kansas City Wizards.

"Mike and his staff have worked very hard and we had all hoped for a turnaround, but it doesn't seem to be happening," said Wagner. "We have an obligation to the fan base of the Dallas Burn and Major League Soccer to put a competitive team on the field. We still have six games remaining in the 2003 schedule, including three home games at Southlake Dragon Stadium, and our goal will be to see the organization put its very best effort into resurrecting the remainder of the season. We are appreciative of the efforts that Mike has put into his position, but it is one of the realities of sports that a team must be expected to be competitive."

"We obviously cannot expect miracles, but Assistant Coach Colin Clarke has agreed to take immediate control of the team. Clarke is a native of Northern Ireland and brings strong playing and coaching credentials to the Burn. He has been with the Burn for the last three years as an Assistant Coach. His position will be as Interim Head Coach, and he will be considered among other candidates for the future head coaching position."

Prior to joining the Burn, Clarke spent the 2000 season as the Head Coach for the A-League's San Diego Flash, guiding the team to a 16-9-3 record and a second place finish in the Pacific Division, and two years as Head Coach for the Richmond Kickers of the same league. From 1998-99, he guided the Kickers to a 38-18 regular season record and two playoff appearances.

As a player, Clarke had 38 appearances with the Northern Ireland National Team, where he scored 13 goals, including one in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. From 1981-93, he played professionally in the English Leagues with six different teams, including Portsmouth, Southhampton and Queens Park Rangers. During his 12-year career, he played in 361 English League matches and tallied 146 goals.

"Despite what has proven to be a very difficult season, the future is very bright for the Dallas Burn," concluded Wagner. "We are just over a year away from what will undoubtedly be one of the crowning moments in team history with the opening of the finest soccer complex in the country."

In April of 2005, the team will open in their new home in Frisco, TX. At the centerpiece of The Frisco Soccer Complex will be a 20,000-seat stadium, the third of Major League Soccer's Soccer Specific Stadiums. Adjacent to the north end of the stadium will be a 17-field soccer complex. Upon its completion, the complex will be the most unique endeavor linking professional soccer and amateur soccer that this country has yet to see. The Complex is a joint project between Collin County, the City of Frisco, the Frisco Independent School District and the Dallas Burn.

[Ricochet]

it needed to be done they are just horrible.

[Frank Cunha]

a lit bit too late, know they got a Irishmen at the helm.

[Frank Cunha]

Dallas finally won a game

Dallas-2-Chicago-0

[Frank Cunha]

Metros: They miss plenty in draw with Burn



Sunday, October 12, 2003


BY COLIN STEPHENSON
Star-Ledger Staff

It wasn't pretty, but at least it was historic.

The MetroStars and Dallas Burn played to an ugly 0-0 tie last night, but the 13,567 at Giants Stadium can at least say they saw something that was a first for Major League Soccer: The teams combined to miss three penalty kicks.


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"I don't know what to say about that," MetroStars coach Bob Bradley said. "I'm so mad."

Bradley wasn't mad at the penalty misses. What he couldn't believe was that the MetroStars couldn't beat the worst team in the league.

"I mean, come on," Bradley said. "I can't believe we let points get away on a night like that."

The MetroStars missed two penalties -- one by Amado Guevara in the second minute and one by Clint Mathis in the 86th -- and Dallas missed one, by Edward Johnson in the 88th.

"This is the first time I've ever been in a match where three penalties have been saved," MetroStars goalkeeper Jonny Walker said. "You really can't say much. We came out, gave it our best effort tonight. Both goalkeepers just kept them out of the net."

The MetroStars did dominate possession and outshot the Burn 17-5. In shots on goal, the Metros had an 11-2 advantage, with Walker making just one save, on the penalty. Sixteen-year-old rookie Eddie Gaven made the other save, blocking a header by Mandi Urbas at the goal line off a corner in the 90th minute.

With the tie, the MetroStars (11-8-9, 42 points) remain in second place in the East Division of MLS, three points ahead of the New England Revolution, which beat D.C. United, 1-0, earlier in the day. The Metros face New England in their final two regular-season games, in a home-and-home situation on the next two Saturdays.

With the playoff format pitting the No. 2 and No. 3 teams against each other in the first round, there is a chance the Metros and Revolution could play the next four games against each other, if the current seedings hold up.

Part of the problem with last night's game may have been a lack of any real incentive for the MetroStars. Aside from the goal of simply winning and playing well going into Wednesday's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final against Chicago, there is not that much for the MetroStars to gain by finishing second, instead of third, in MLS's new playoff format.

Instead of a best-of-three series, as the playoffs had been, this year teams will play a home-and-home, total-goals series in the first round. In the second round, the higher-remaining seed in each division will host the lower seed. Since Chicago has already sewn up the No. 1 seed in the East, the MetroStars, whether they are No. 2 or No. 3, would have to play the second-round game in Chicago -- assuming they and Chicago both win. If Chicago loses to the No. 4 seed, then whichever team wins the battle between No. 2 and No. 3 would be home for that second-round game.

The only advantage in the first round comes with the fact that the higher seed would be home for the second game in the home-and-home. That means it would enter the game knowing if it needs to win -- and if so, by how many goals -- to advance. If the teams are tied in total goals after the second game, they would play a 30-minute, sudden-death overtime and then go to penalty kicks if no goals are scored.

"We'd rather be at home for the overtime," MetroStars general manager Nick Sakiewicz said when asked about home-field advantage for the first round.

But that's a minor advantage, and clearly not worth expending every effort. Last night Bradley rested rookie Ricardo Clark, who played for the U.S. Under-20 team Wednesday against Japan, and defender Eddie Pope came off at halftime with a strain of the cartilage in his rib cage. Pope said he was in pain, but if the game were in the playoffs, he might have at least started the second half.

Mathis, asked how much the loss to Dallas (5-18-5) hurt, replied: "It doesn't hurt at all. It might hurt from the standpoint that we didn't play well, but as long as we turn it around and do what we need to do Wednesday (in the Open Cup final, against Chicago), this game doesn't matter."



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