Dec
03

Thoughts On The Henry Handball Debacle

Thoughts On The Henry Handball Debacle

While it’s been a few weeks where the biggest incident in world football certainly in the last decade has taken place with everybody who’s involved in the game and others who don’t have a clue about our beautiful sport throwing their two cents in, I thought it be appropriate to talk about what happened at…[continue reading]

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Dec
03

2010 SuperDraft Watch (Round 5)


It’s been a couple weeks since my last update for the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. I hope later this week to possibly post the order of the draft. I was waiting until the season ended to do so because of RSL being in the final, they now own the final pick in the draft rather than…[continue reading]

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Dec
03

Donovan Outside The Lines Interview


So he’s 50/50 on a transfer out of MLS this winter. He sounds like he is trying once again to leave MLS but I may be one that just doesn’t buy it.

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Dec
02

Califf Set To Join Philly


One way to be sure a new club is good is to get some solid defense and Peter Nowak is trying to do just that. According to Soccer365.com Philadelphia Union is set to make a deal for the MLS player rights to US National Team defender Danny Califf. Califf was recently given a buyout by…[continue reading]

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Dec
02

World Cup Pots Announced


FIFA announced today that, for Friday’s World Cup draw. Previous pot predictions had France in the top pot over the Netherlands. Had FIFA gone with rankings after October France would have been in the top pot over England. The US has been seeded in Pot 2 along with the rest of the CONCACAF teams and…[continue reading]

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Dec
01

A Couple Things


Just noticed while going through a few things that some spambots were gobbling up things around here this evening. I’d like to apologize if this site is slowed down in any shape or form tonight. I was given an email by my host that let me know they are addressing the issue. Apparently a recent…[continue reading]

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Dec
01

Vasquez Set To Be Named Chivas Coach

Vasquez Set To Be Named Chivas Coach

Chivas USA is set to name a new head coach tomorrow afternoon at the Home Depot Center and according to both SBI and Steve Goff that man will be Martin Vasquez. Vasquez apparently beat out former LA Galaxy and USMNT head coach Steve Sampson for the gig. Obviously his roots were a big factor for…[continue reading]

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Dec
01

Edmonton In NASL?

Edmonton In NASL?

So is the new NASL going to expand similar to the old NASL? It is almost starting to sound that way as clubs continue to line up to join the new league. While the approval by the USSF is still under review we learned today that Edmonton could be set to join the new league.…[continue reading]

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Dec
01

World Cup Draw Preview

World Cup Draw Preview

While we don’t know the exact pots in Friday’s World Cup draw in South Africa we do have a pretty good guess of where FIFA could go with them. Based on the ESPN video I posted here yesterday below are the four pots. POT 1-Brazil, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Italy, Germany, South Africa POT 2-…[continue reading]

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Dec
01

2009 Bold Season Prediction Recaps

2009 Bold Season Prediction Recaps

The 2009 season has come and gone and now that we are finally in the off-season I figured it was a good time to take a gander back at the “bold” season predictions I made back before things got started this year to see how I did. Just as in years past I was dead…[continue reading]

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