Sep
09

Thoughts On A CONCACAF/CONMEBOL Tournament


I already have a feeling today will be fairly slow from me as I am a bit under the weather here. Plus its another rainy day here in Dallas which makes me want to do next to nothing but lay on the couch and watch re-runs of The Office or Community. But before I go…[continue reading]

2 Comments

Sep
08

Wednesday Preview: Fire Host TFC


To say tonight’s contest is a must-win for both parties involved is indeed and understatement. Both Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire sit outside of the playoff zone and are either five (TFC) or six (Chicago) points back of eighth place today. Both teams are struggling too as of late. Chicago had chances last weekend…[continue reading]

2 Comments

Sep
08

USL To Merge First and Second Divisions in 2011


File this in the “it didn’t shock me” category. The United Soccer League announced today that they would be merging their first and second divisions next year to become the new USL PRO division, a second division under Major League Soccer in the American soccer pyramid. It sounds like this new USL could be possibly more…[continue reading]

10 Comments

Sep
08

FIFA Tour Rolls On Today


Yesterday it was all New York (or New Jersey where the games will actually be played). Today it’s Washington D.C. and Miami followed up by a trip to Texas tomorrow in Dallas and Houston. The FIFA folks that our touring the States to check out our little World Cup bid should have little problems getting…[continue reading]

Comments Off

Sep
07

Quakes Pick Stadium Designers


Progress right? Even if its minimal is still better than nothing San Jose Earthquakes fans. Today your club’s owner Lew Wolff formally selected the architect for the teams’ proposed new stadium. Wolff announced that sports venue design innovator 360 Architecture would head up the project of both the Quakes new stadium and his MLB team…[continue reading]

1 Comments

Sep
07

Chivas USA Looking For New Stadium


I meant to comment on this a couple weeks ago when it was announced that Chivas USA would face their parent club from Mexico in San Diego this month at PETCO Park. The club came out and immediately said something along the lines of “hey we’re not looking at this market to move here” and…[continue reading]

6 Comments

Sep
07

Dallas May Hold Key In Supporter’s Shield Race


We’re getting down to the wire here. Seven games left for most teams in the league and the Supporter’s Shield race is turning into one of the more exciting ones that we’ve seen in recent memories in Major League Soccer. Five clubs are in contention for the regular season crown and two of the clubs…[continue reading]

Comments Off

Sep
07

WVH Power Rankings: Week 23

WVH Power Rankings: Week 23

Let’s go ahead and consider this the weekend recap too while we’re at it. I took yesterday off to enjoy the holiday with family and it was also my one year anniversary with my wife. Needless to say I couldn’t spend time on line posting things. Sometimes things are just a bit more important, and honestly I’m…[continue reading]

Comments Off

Sep
06

MLS Week 23 Highlights


It’s Labor Day and I’ll be honest I don’t feel like doing much here today except for some highlights to recap the week in Major League Soccer. (H/T as always to GuilhermeSilveira06 for posting these!) Philadelphia Union 1 – 1 Kansas City Wizards Chicago Fire 1 – 1 LA Galaxy Columbus Crew 1 – 0…[continue reading]

Comments Off

Sep
04

A Preview of Football Manager 11


By Chris Thomas On August 11th Sports Interactive announced the details for the newest in its series of Football Manager games. For the uninitiated, Football Manager (as the title would suggest,) is an ultra-realistic management simulation computer game where the player takes over a football club and manages everything from tactics and training to transfers…[continue reading]

2 Comments