Philadelphia MLS franchise….Philadelphia Union

Today, at a ceremony at City Hall, the Philadelphia MLS franchise released its (already leaked) name and logo. The Philadelphia Union pays homage to our working-class city. We at Kotite’s are very excited for this moment being big soccer fans. The logo is cool. It has 13 stars for each one of the original colonies, of which Philadelphia was the capital. Within the circle it has the colors of the Philadelphia Flag. Under Union, it has the rattlesnake from a 1754 Ben Franklin cartoon. A little shot out to the greatest MLS fan club already, the Sons of Ben. The team colors (Navy Blue and Gold) were the colors of the American Continental Army. A secondary Logo has the shield with the saying JUNGITE aut PERITE (Join or Die). The team at the Union did a great job researching and picking an appropriate name and logo.

Barcelona destroys dream of Chelsea and their fans

At Stamford Bridge in the second game of the UEFA Champions League, Chelsea was up 1-0 and on their way to the final versus Premier League rival Manchester United. In the third minute of injury time, Andres Iniesta beat star goalie Petr Cech to tie the game 1-1. With a few questionable calls with fouls on Barcelona in their own 18, the Chelsea players got in the face of the ref as if they were Ron Artest on Kobe Bryant. The aggregate score was 1-1, and instead of an overtime period or shoot-out, the away goal weighs more and Barcelona advances. We at Kotite's although soccer fans, do not understand this rule and know something like this would not fly in American sports. All of that being said, it was a great game and we are pumped that Barcelona advanced to the finals. Right now Barca and Man U are the two hottest teams in soccer and it should make for a great game on May 27th in Rome.

Barcelona goes to Madrid and embarrasses them

Barcelona traveled to Madrid and humiliated the 2nd place team in La Liga. With the 6-2 victory, Barcelona pretty much wrapped up the La Liga title. Playing his best game in the Barca uniform, Thierry Henry scored two goals. The greatest player in the world, Lionel Messi also scored two goals. Also scoring for Barcelona was captain Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique. Sergio Ramos and Gonzalo Higuain scored for Madrid.

Barcelona now has to travel to Chelsea for the 2nd game of their UEFA champions league semi-final. Last week they tied 0-0 in Barcelona.