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Beckham Drama and MLS Reboots
While I’m still recovering from that Mexican kick to the groin at the Gold Cup final, here are a few brief thoughts. How to reboot an MLS club? The Seattle crowds make me jealous. There I said it. I...
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Selling Soccer and Stalled Italian Journeys
Not so fast Ricardo . . . It seems I may have jumped the gun on Ricardo Clark’s impending transfer to Livorno. No Short Corners is reporting that he has the offer but it isn’t a done deal. If you...
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Loving Barcelona, Missing Brazilian Beauty
True soccer fans know and love the teams that play with joy, skill and imagination. To non-soccer fans I’m sure that just sounds goofy . . . and it probably somewhat unbelievable that the best play...
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Major League (Soccer) Mistress
You need to go read “American Football”, out of what appears to be a very offbeat Seattle newspaper called “The Stranger.” Go there now and read it, or finish this first, but you get the idea....
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Summertime and The Blogging Ain’t Easy
Vacation is upon me and the urge to write (and think) any more than is required has fallen by the wayside. However, I have stumbled upon a few must-read articles that are worth sharing. Whether you...
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Seattle Thumps the Revolution: Rub It In, Why Don’t You?
Well, for any New England Revolution fan last night’s 0-3 disaster versus the Seattle Sounders was the salt in an already wounded season. But enough is enough already… It might have been enough that...
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MLS Not Friends with Summer Friendlies?
There’s an interesting article over at Match Fit USA called “#trophiesnotfriendlies” that builds on an idea that was seemingly started by Dave Clark over at Sounder at Heart. The idea is pretty...
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Sorry Revolution, I Cheated…
It’s no secret that I’ve been an admirer of the success that the Seattle Sounders have had since joining MLS, heck… who hasn’t admired its success. I’ve asked it to stop rubbing its success in our...
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