I HONESTLY thought we were tanking this game. Not just resting, but actively trying to avoid winning. I understood giving Adu and Edu and Altidore and all the other good players a rest (wait, sorry, that is every good player), because the...

The (R) is in case you were taping it. Crap, that's actually gonna be an issue when the games matter, won't it? So I'm going to have to post pictures of kittens or something to act as a heat shield. Maybe this would be a good time to try that...

Raul Gonzalez, Head Coach of the Cuban National U-23's, has had a long, strange week. He arrived in Florida on Monday with a soccer team. The next day, they astonished CONCACAF, the US Soccer community and quite possibly themselves by...

I hesitate to link to THIS PIECE OF EXCREMENT posted to ESPN Soccernet by someone named Andrew Hush. After a reasonably accurate description of the events of...

So unless the US loses to Honduras, AND Cuba beats Panama (with whom, exactly?) they will at least get to play for a trip to Beijing. Well, awesome work, guys. What do you want, a lollipop? You're supposed to get out of the group. It's CONCACAF,...

Hey, seven guys who defected (this number probably changes faster than a pinball score), why don't you defect to PANAMA or HONDURAS or MEXICO? And don't give me any of this "How were we supposed to know the ball was gonna roll right over Ianni's...

AS NOTED BY THE INDEFATIGABLE BUFFLOSOLDIER CONCACAF, in the person of Goodyear Blimp stand-in Chuck Blazer, has announced that CUba says they will continue to answer the whistle. Jack...

From an alert correspondent, whom I'll happily name if he says it's OK, comes this TIDBIT FROM THE GUARDIAN (scroll down to the second story). You may recall...

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I take a back seat to no one in my respect for Maurice Edu. If nothing else, having played for Mo Johnston ought to qualify him for free psychiatric treatment benefits from the MLS Cafeteria Plan. But to a degree, he's wrong about the US Team's...