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I’m not sure how many people are actually still following our blog as its been a while since our last post. We have been buried in development work but hope to begin posting more consistently again.
I’m usually somewhat of a passive fan but I am burning on what I witnessed yesterday in the Mexico vs. Panama match.
I love soccer, I always have. I listen to a lot of sports talk radio. It drives me crazy when radio show hosts bash on my sport. They love to make fun of everything soccer like it is the freshman nerd on the first day of school.
They’ll talk about the lack of action in a soccer match, the lack of goals (points) scored, and the general disinterest amongst the American sports fans. I can handle all of these criticisms, and I have a pretty good rebuttal for each of them.

They will usually go on to question the overall toughness of soccer players. I love to hear that knowing how physically demanding the sport can be. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem as though soccer’s professional athletes care to prove their toughness.
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Rain or Shine Soccer is now in Beta

UTAH — May 11, 2009 — Rain or Shine Sports today announced the public beta launch of www.RainOrShineSoccer.com.  Rain or Shine Soccer is a new viral online sports networking website that allows its users to connect and share with their soccer teammates, friends, coaches, and fans through Facebook.  Current features include the ability to organize and manage soccer teams, organize and find “pickup” games, and network with fellow-soccer enthusiasts worldwide.  A host of additional features are currently being developed and will be released later this year.

 

Rain or Shine Sports is actively seeking Facebook users to participate in its public beta testing period between now and May 31, 2009 to help provide feedback and suggestions.  To participate in the beta testing, please join by visiting our homepage and add ‘Zach Mangum’ as a friend.

 

CONTACT:

Zach Mangum, CEO

Rain or Shine Sports

support@rainorshinesports.com

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Manage Your Soccer League with Rain or Shine

Organizers of soccer leagues agree that there are numerous difficulties associated with trying to keep their league, well…organized. So many of the league management software services out there are either too costly, inefficient, or simply put, kind of ugly. Rain or Shine Soccer is stepping in to ease the burdens of league managers everywhere by providing a free online league management tool. Read the rest of this entry »

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