Month: March 2019

Right about now is probably a good time to start yet another serious discussion of finding a better way to determine a winner in a soccer match of enormous magnitude besides the dreaded PK shootout. Someplace else. Not that I'm a fan of the thing – far from it. It's just that the gut punch…

The most astute soccer writer in the US of A, JACK BELL of The Old Grey Lady, thinks the talk of Henry, Ze Roberto and every other overage, out of form, out of favor, out of contract, looking-for-a-golden-parachute world footballer pulling on the jersey of the Smooching Bovines and trotting out onto the Harrison New…

Another sweet Beckham-Buddle highlight, but that was three seconds. Another couple of fantastic Ricketts saves, but that took up, what, maybe ten seconds between them? That left eighty-nine minutes and forty-seven seconds, plus added time, of bleah. Maybe they should stop putting the Galaxy on television. I'd like to thank the Union fans, who, like…

You know all those movies where a gigantic alien mothership hovers over a city blocking out the sun from the terrified citizenry? Well Qatar has figured out a way to make it happen. They say. ​ See, if you build a really big iPod out of "100% light carbonic materials" (your guess, mine, pretty much…

There's an old saying that describes trial juries as consisting of 12 people who weren't smart enough to figure out how to avoid jury duty. With that in mind, welcome to today's column from Mr. Stupid. In todays' highly charged and politicized American society most people would prefer to be called a seal-clubbing, wife beating,…

So, following up on the whole Pepsi Refresh thing, the days leading up to the final vote had me fearing the worst, with Jimmy Conrad playing up the competition aspect something fierce all over the Facebook and the Twitter, with Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle and God knows who all else getting into the act….

​ With all the history and tradition that a club like Guadalajara has, one thing they have never done before is start a season with 5 victories in a row. That changed last night as Chivas scored twice in the first few minutes to defeat Atlante 2-0. Javier Hernandez scored another goal, giving him a…

Andy mead/YCJ​ The first four World Cup groups have all played their first game. There haven't been any real shockers but some results have made us go hmmm. And whether they are young, old, good or bad, the Germans prove yet again that they are serious contenders to lift the trophy. What else did we…

As you've surely heard by now, the RedBulls have swapped erratic striker Mac Kandji to the Rapids in return for erratic midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy. Colorado evidently felt they needed a third striker, (in truth the best they had was a rookie out of Harvard who has, I believe, no goals at all. But hey, it's…

One of the really crappy things MLS does every single year now is happening this morning, possibly even as we speak. ​ As Don "Cold? I'm Not Cold" Garber keeps reminding us, MLS is a "slow, controlled growth" league which, in this case, means "We hold an expansion draft every freaking year" and, for some…