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…
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The Mundial so Far
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…
Heading for the Last Roundup
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…
Welcome to "It's a Business" Monday
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…
England's arrogance resurfaces!
I was born, raised and still live in England, but I have never been able to bring myself to support the England team (I’m a Wales fan). One of my friends was talking the other day remembering how devastated he was when England lost to West Germany in 1990, but I remember watching that match…
Who is the Azteca a Problem for Again?
After a long week spent on TV trucks all over Texas, I finally had a chance to watch Mexico's scoreless draw at the Azteca vs Jamaica. After watching, I only had one question: How did Jamaica let that one get away? Lost in the storylines that Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre had his worst…
Credit where credit is don't
I know it's super-weird to see Bruce Arena say he's doing a good job as coach, but somehow J.R. Salazar quotes Arena as doing just that. Whoo! Set DEFCON level to TOLD! And here I thought all this time Bruce Arena was his own biggest critic. Arena's confidence in the face of the ungenerous has…
Chicharito Song is Good, but it Could Have Been Great
There was a song that made to the youtubes this week that caused a bit of sensation this week. The Red World army released the song “Chico is the man.” A nice little salsa-style dittie about our man Javier. One little problem. When I think of salsa and Mexico together, I get hungry and…
Major League Soccer Soccer: "Yeah, about that….."
Click:art craft setSo you see the problem isn't that Major League Soccer-Soccer is a badly conceived, badly designed and badly executed colossal pile of dog excrement. No indeed. The only real problem is "the integration of live data across the site" and they want you to know that they're gonna get right on on that….
My (sure to be wrong)predictions for 2011!
As 2010 is almost over, here are some predictions for the football world in 2011. As I’m from the UK, most of these will be EPL and European based. I did this last year and I’ve just had a look at some of my predictions. Weirdly, I got about half of them right. So, I…