This is an especially important week in the soccer community here in Florida. Saturday night the Fort Lauderdale Strikers take on Minnesota United FC looking to hold off the Tampa Bay Rowdies and others for the final spot in the NASL Championship. But at the same time, most eyes will be focused on Los Angeles […]
By now we’ve all heard about Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals who bought all the rights to a life-saving drug and jacked up the price more than 5,000 percent. What you probably haven’t heard is that U.S. policy protects price gougers like Shkreli, and with new provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership, we’re going […]
Florida is now the nation’s third largest state. Texas, the nation’s second largest state is reliably Republican now in Presidential elections, though throughout out the period from 1960 to 1988 it performed better for Democrats than Florida in every single election. Since 1992, Florida has outperformed Texas for Democrats in every single election. However, in […]
Orlando City’s potential entry to the NWSL next season club officials hope according to my own sources and Charles Boehm at Soccerwire, the new team would like to have superstar US Women’s National Team Forward Alex Morgan, who graces the cover of this year’s FIFA game in the US (alongside none other than Lionel Messi) […]
Thanks to 35,421 customers on Saturday night, Orlando City SC now will hold the single-season attendance record for a Florida pro soccer team. The Lions defeated Montreal 2-1 to close to within one point of the final playoff spot (currently held by Montreal) in the MLS Eastern Conference with two matches remaining. The previous record for […]
Florida has gone ten years without being impacted by an Atlantic Hurricane. Joaquin which sat not far off the Florida coast and battered the Bahamas as a Category 4 was the 64th straight storm that eluded the Sunshine States. Since recording of tropical weather in the Atlantic basin began the previous record was just 33 […]
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers travel to San Antonio for tonight’s clash with the Scorpions on the back of two successive loses at home. This puts the Strikers in a situation where they now trail Edmonton and Tampa Bay by three points for the final spot in the NASL Championship. Several significant changes to the Strikers […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies sit tied with FC Edmonton for the final spot in the NASL Championship entering this Saturday’s contest in Blaine, Minnesota against high-flying and MLS-bound Minnesota United FC. The in-state rival Fort Lauderdale Strikers sit just three points behind the Rowdies and the Eddies with a game in hand. The Rowdies will be […]
Last month marked the 450th Anniversary of the founding of St Augustine – The oldest continues settlement in what is now the United States of America. Founded by Pedro Menéndez de Aviles in September 1565, the city became a leading center of culture and commerce in the Spanish-held New World. The city was the Capital […]
It was reported today in the Brazilian press that JetBlue and Azul Airlines have signed an interline agreement, The agreement will allow passengers to travel on one ticket from Brazil to destinations in the United States and the Caribbean via Fort Lauderdale or Orlando. Azul is the third largest Brazilian carrier and JetBlue , the […]
The Florida Squeeze 