13th March 2000
Hristo Stoichkov,who had a Concord ticket for last Saturday's flight for New York has slowed down his journey,because of his green card,which has been sent later on from Japan to the USA.See what Stoichkov says.
11th March 2000
10th March 2000
About 50 000 tickets are already sold for the debute of Stoichkov for his new club.This is a record for the professional football league of the USA.Hristo's first match is on the 18th of March,3:30 PM in Dallas in 'Cotton Bowl',which has places for about 60 000 people.Hristo flied with a Concord for Paris and then he travels for New York,where he will sign a contract with the professional league.
Stoichkov is travelling to New York on Saturday,where he will sign his contract with the American professional football league.Right after that the megastar leaves for Chicago,where he will sign Chicago Fire.There Hristo is going to negotiate with 3-4 sponsors.
3rd March 2000
The Spanish nespaper 'El Mundo Deportivo' publishes an article titled "Fygo y Criville por Stoichkov y Michel" in today's issue.
3rd March 2000
Stoichkov is travelling to the USA till the end of the week.All details about the contratc are set and Hristo will sign with the American team.
2nd March 2000
Today Hristo participated in a match of the Dreamteam of Barca in Leida.Pictures from today's Dreamteam Match
1st March 2000
Stoichkov joined a coalition with his ex-coach from Barcelona Johan Cruyff.They will apply for the next presidential elections in Barcelona in 2002.The ex-player officially announced his joining to the 'Blue Elephant' group,which aims to put down the president of the team Hosep Louis Nunez.See Hristo interview for the Spanish TV
29th February 2000
The executive director of the Bulgarian Football Union Ivan Vutzov confimed,that Stoichkov will sign with Chicago Fire in a few days.See what he says
Meanwhile Stoichkov has agreed to be a director of a pupils' national team(until 12 years),which will be formed after the end of the tournament 'Danoniada 2000'.Stoichkov has agreed to lead this team to the international tournament 'Danon' in Paris from the 26th to the 29th of May.
27th February 2000
It was 20-year-old
Manuel "Junior" Agogo instead of two-time FIFA world player of the year Hristo
Stoichkov of Bulgaria. Agogo, a British citizen who was born in Ghana and performed
well at spring training after developing in the youth program of English club Sheffield
Wednesday, was cheap.
To get Stoichkov, MLS--which signs players for all teams--would have to pay a hefty
acquisition fee, and deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis claims the Fire isn't entitled to
an allocation player under the new rules. To get one, the Fire must trade with a team
willing to give up an allocation spot.
27th February 2000
26th February 2000
See the 21st of January MLS article.
Stoichkov Signed with Chicago Fire
The megastar Hristo Stoichkov signed yesterday a two-year contract with Chicago Fire.The news has been announced by 'Channel 3'.Two representers of the team from Chicago arrived yesterday in Barcelona and began straight negotiations with his manager Mingea.Later on during the day Stoichkov said,that he will return to his sport fitness and will rejoin the national team.Hristo also said,that in this situation he will probably leave the post director of all the national teams due to an impossibility to follow their work.
It was also made clear that the team from Chicago will pay 200 000 UDS to the Japanese Kashiwa Reysol,where Stoichkov played last.
By the way it was made clear that Hristo Stoichkov and Thomas N'Cono,who are managers of 'Constelasi Esportiva'-a company,which owns the 3rd division Spanish team Hirona,have fired the coach of the team Pedro Bengoechea.Itzo and the ex-goal keeper have put at his place the Catalunian Manolo Markes.The goal,which they have given to the coach is to take the team to second division next year.
25th February 2000
An old friend of Hristo Stoichkov-the referee Juan Ansuategui Roca will rule the match Real Madrid-Barca.This is the referee,who showed a red card to Stoichkov even before his coming in Barcelona.In 1989 in a friendly tournament with the participation of Barcelona and CSKA Sofia in Palma de Majorka the referee showed a red card to Stoichkov.At that time the Dagger was playing for the club of the Army,but he showed the referee and the whole referee comission of Spain,that they will have to enter a cage for wild dogs,when they have something to do with the Bulgarian.
It is an irony of the destiny,that Hristo played his last big derby versus Real Madrid on the 1st of November 1997,when the referee is Ansuategui Roca.The match was in Madrid,Barca won with goals of Rivaldo,Louis Enrique and Giovanni,and Stoichkov was quite surprisingly included in the squad for the match from Van Gaal after he had seen the previous Barca matches from the tribunes.The Bulgarian played about 60 minutes,after which he was changed by Giovanni,who later scored the last goal.When leaving Stoichkov shakes the hand of Roca,feeling that this is his last participance in the big derby versus Real.
