Since John (see below) is on the Thierry Henry story, I'm taking a pass on it, for two reasons: First, because we really don't need two posts on the same topic and second because, frankly, there's just nothing to say. The referee is directly behind Henry and so has no chance to see what occurs….
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How David Beckham Ruined the US Soccer Hall of Fame
If I'm Jonathan Ullman, present of the Soccer Hall of Fame, I'm so pissed off at Cobi Jones right now I can barely see straight. It was the Year of Our Lord 2006. Cobi had missed the MLS playoffs for the first time ever, having followed up a triumphant 2005 double year with a truly…
Sampson Cut Harkes for Diddling Mrs. Wynalda
The nominations for Strangest Soccer Story of the Year 2010 may not be closed quite yet but we've got one today that's going to be tough to beat. One of the most commented-on stories in US Soccer history, after possibly Belo Horizonte and The Shot Heard Round the World has been Steve Sampson sending…
MLS Cup? Is That Today?
Although it hardly qualified as a secret that Toronto was hot on the trail of Predrag (as opposed, I guess, to POSTdrag) Whats-his-face (AKA Sensei Preki), nonetheless, credit where credit is due it was the esteemed Ives Galarcep who first posted that it was a done deal. (Apparently Mo Johnston is taking the approach…
We Don't Need no Stinking Scoring
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…
Giorgio, il Bruce and Where We Spend the Money
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…
G money
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…
Klaatu Barada Nikto
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…
Hope and Change
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,…
There's always money in Philadelphia
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….