Friday, April 13, 2012

Paul Cannell Memoir Forthcoming

Paul Cannell is back in the States gathering information and rekindling memories for a retrospective of his soccer career, F'n Hell, It's Paul Cannell.
Steven Goff caught up with the former Dip in a DC bar...who would have thunk it.


Cannell being cheeky, 1978

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/fandpercent-hell-its-paul-cannell-former-washington-diplomats-star-recalls-the-wild-days-of-the-nasl/2012/04/12/gIQAJID0BT_blog.html
Courtesy Inside Soccer, by Steven Goff

Friday, April 6, 2012

Bobby Stokes


For four years, Bobby Stokes provided consistent and steady play for the Dips. Often overshadowed by teammates like Paul Cannell, Alan Green and Johan Cruyff, he nonetheless found himself in the spotlight in the summer of 1979 &
1980. Ever humble, "The Rat" took it all in stride.