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A third jersey for a team that doesn't even need two? Perfect. Drew Carey wasn't kidding when he said the Sounders owners liked making money. I suppose I have to put up a picture of it. Crap. Oh. Wait, that's not the Sounders jersey. That's a picture you get when you put "ridiculous garbage" into…

For many many years, minor league soccer in the US of A was quite literally the private personal property of USL (nee USISL) President-for-Life Francisco Marcos. If you had more money than sense you called up Frank in Florida and he'd tell you how big a check to write him. When the check cleared, you…

Click:perfume bottlesI forgot to mention this during Holland-Japan. When Derek Rae said "Nigel de Jong, son of a…", I would have ended the sentence differently than "former Netherlands international." Speaking of shameful sons – I'd like to apologize to everyone for celebrating Giuseppe Rossi being dropped from the World Cup squad. If he had made…

The Mexican National team has returned from their week long retreat in Avándaro (Valle de Bravo), where 4 players at one point were held out of practice due to muscle tweaks or muscle fatigue. Javier Hernández, Miguel Sabah, Efra

I don't know what's more ridiculous: Kei Kamara whiffing a ball that is literally on the goal line or him arguing with the referee over whether he pushed it across with his arm. Either way, bringing Kamara back was a stroke of genius; MLS needs all the comedy it can get. On Thursday night, Seattle…

UPDATE* Jeff Carlisle says the vote, conducted March 1, was 383-2 in favor and gave the union strike authority. I have some questions: particularly about only 2 players in the entire league being unwilling to strike, but read an judge for yourself. I spent Thursday in Greensboro at the ACC Basketball Tournament so, gloriously, I…

[Update below. Kansas City got a second round draft pick. Which, you know, changes how this looks.] Usually I wait for official sources for stuff like this, but as far as I'm concerned, Buzz Carrick is official. I sometimes think Third Degree knows more about FC Dallas than Schellas Hyndman. They certainly know more than…

Choosing an all-star team can involve some very difficult judgements. It's tough enough when you're picking among people who played a week ago or a month ago. When it's people who played a century or more ago, it becomes largely guesswork. All of that can be taken as a sort of disclaimer. The all-star team…

As a national team coach you undoubtedly get awfully tired of the countless little boomlets for the flavor of the Month, who is usually some previously mediocre forward who's on a tear. What makes it even harder is when the player in question is a guy who hasn't earned a cap in seven years, didn't…

There have been stories flying around the British media, and I’m sure have permeated to news outlets worldwide, that Liverpool are about to be placed into administration and docked 9 points. /www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]>/www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]> What none of these stories I’ve read has provided is clear evidence that the Premier League would impose a nine-point penalty should the…