Ah yes, one of my favorites in the media world is Stephen Colbert. In case you missed it last night he talked some footie.

We also can’t leave out the interview he did with Alexi Lalas:

Sometimes you just have to copy and quote an entire article to get the full effect of what’s in the report. Today is one of those days I suppose but I just read this bit of news off of Soccernet about some New England Revolution players who helped subdue a man on a flight.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The FBI says an American Airlines flight on its way from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City after a passenger stripped nude, got dressed and then tried to open an emergency exit door.

FBI spokesman Gary Johnson says members of the New England Revolution soccer team who were aboard the Friday afternoon flight helped subdue the man.

The man was removed from the airplane by police in Oklahoma City and the Boeing 757 resumed its trip to Los Angeles.

Johnson did not identify the man. He said the man was undergoing a mental evaluation.

Pretty interesting huh?

Oh what it would have been like to be in Chinatown yesterday in New York City. We all know of the event by now and I won’t go into the details of it too much since I wasn’t there to see it firsthand. I will share a couple items I got from reading about it and a few clips that I saw online about it.

Claudio Reyna and Steve Nash had a little event. Okay little doesn’t even start to describe it.

First off, the event was packed as packed can get. Hell even Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber and U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati were sitting on the turf to watch the game because every other inch of space inside the park was taken. Outside of the park, fans climbed trees and fences, others stood on a roof of an adjacent apartment building to catch a glimpse.

The scene was crazy, the game was crazy but in all it looked like one hell of a time. The collection of soccer and basketball stars was impressive.

Nash, the two-time NBA MVP, and Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa, were former Liverpool greats Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and Rob Jones.

Playing with Reyna, Jozy Altidore and Gregg Berhalter were Jason Kidd and Baron Davis and Chelsea’s Salomon Kalou.

Oh yeah, some guy named Thierry Henry was there as well.

Uh yeah, that’s just a nasty combination of stars folks. Continue Reading…

Hat tip to SF over at TOR for posting this video today. Seriously though, Toronto FC again shows the clubs in the league just exactly how to do things. I know they have pretty much a whole country behind them and all but seeing ads like this make me wonder why exactly other clubs in MLS aren’t getting the same, especially the ones that have actually won a title or two.

I’m sure things like this make the front offices of MLS smile but you know they’d probably have something bigger than a smile if clubs like New York, New England or LA were able to get these kinds of ads.

See for yourself.