Recently there have been a lot of stories on how the MLS is an improving league. Great shows of enthusiasm from fans in Seattle and Toronto have given American soccer a much needed boost. The MLS clubs are slowly but surely developing youth programs to help young players morph into the stars of tomorrow. As [...]

1. I skipped work to watch the Ghana game. I sat in bed and pretended to be ill. ESPN on mute. It’s strange now. This was the first time I invested something into the US nats. I was younger in 2002. Vaguely aware of what was going on. I wince now when I see Frings [...]

I just spotted this video clip over at the Special1 TV blog. It’s from some sort of show on Fox News (sorry, don’t watch that channel) where the panelists debated Sunil Gulati’s recent comments that Obama’s election will help with America’s World Cup bid(s). Dave over at Special1 is not impressed and writes: [...]

If you still had any questions about who the full time captain of this United States Men’s National Team would be, they should all be answered by now.
Carlos Bocanegra has been a pillar of consistency at the back for the United States, exemplifying everything a good captain should be. I did have my doubts [...]

I often find myself looking deep into the future to the year of 2010. It is so far yet so close. With qualifying already starting in various regions of the world, the focus of the football world and soccer country will be on the year 2010 in South Africa.
One of the most intriguing [...]

The recent rumblings in the USA soccer community have been caused by a few interesting quotes from Bob Bradley’s press conference at the Home Depot Center for the player of the year award, won by Landon Donovan if you give a crap about those kind of things.
Anyways, Bob said that he had been in contact [...]

They were released from the handcuffs, let free in the wild, and told to make it happen. The fruits of their labor are just now beginning to show.
Clint Dempsey was always a great MLS player, and a good national team player. In the summer of 2006, he took the next step, regardless of [...]

I always think, especially for friendlies, that it takes a few day to process all of the “what mattered” and “what didn’t”, because it is truly just one game, that counts for basically nothing.
A few days have now passed since the Brazil friendly and there are a few things I noticed.
For one, Team [...]

Here she is:
——————- Howard——————
Cherundolo— Gooch— Bocanegra (capt.)— Pearce
————– Bradley———- Feilhaber—————–
Donovan ———————————- Beasley
————————Wolf——————————-
————————Dempsey————————-
I’m liking Heathe out there at LB. This is a strong squad, let’s see how they hold up.

Gameday on the way, let’s catch up…
- Mastro dropped for injury, hello Kerry Zavagnin.
- Finalists for the Honda Award were announced – Landy, Howard, Boca. No one cares anyways…
- The game this weekend is sort of a lose-lose situation for Daddy Bradley. Doubts are starting to creep in (rightfully or wrongfully so), and [...]