By FRANCO PANIZO
Indianapolis could one day soon have a professional soccer team of its own.
A group of Indianapolis business executives is working hard to try and launch a soccer team in the area in 2014. The club’s name and colors are not yet known, but the plan is for them to play in second-tier NASL in their inaugural season with an eye towards one day becoming an MLS franchise.
The group of business executives has hired Peter Wilt to help their cause. Wilt is a 25-year soccer executive and the former founding general manager of the Chicago Fire.
Here are more notes from around the world of soccer:
ROMA TO TRAIN IN ORLANDO IN DECEMBER
AS Roma will bring in the new year in the United States. Roma will spend part of its winter break at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, training from December 30 to January 1 on the Disney facilities. The Italian heavyweights struck a six-year deal with Disney to train there back in March.
SNOOP LION INTERESTED IN CELTIC INVESTMENT
Jay-Z is to the Brooklyn Nets what Snoop Lion may soon be to Celtic. Snoop Lion, the hip hop star formerly known as Snoop Dogg, is considering investing into the Scottish powerhouse after watching them defeat Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Snoop Lion, who is a noted soccer fan and an EA Sports’ FIFA13 spokesman, event went as far as to say he would try and lure his friend David Beckham to Celtic if he were able to purchase a small stake in the club.
DOMENECH SPILLS DETAILS ABOUT WORLD CUP 2010 FIASCO IN NEW BOOK
It might be a couple years late, but former France head coach Raymond Domenech is revealing details about what transpired during the French fiasco at the 2010 World Cup. In a new book titled “Tout Seul” (All Alone), Domenech gives his accounts of what happened in South Africa and states that Franck Ribery, Nicolas Anelka and Thierry Henry were to blame for a chunk of the team’s problems. Domenech also attributes the team’s problems to his poor decision-making.
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