The growing human tragedy that is the literal buying and selling of young African boys is reaching a level that can no longer be ignored. THIS...

Well, if there's anything I've learned it's that in the future I'm going to leave satire to the professionals. Apparently I have no talent for it. Fair enough. I can't tap dance either but somehow I've managed to get by. So I'll just stick...

Being a soccer fan is a little like being a soccer referee: sometimes it's useful to be a little hard of hearing. That way we can tune out the seemingly endless parade of slow-witted jerks who regularly feel the need to denigrate soccer. Now...

In trying to discern the nature of the realtionship between FIFA ("We are like the United Nations, only more powerful" - Sepp Blatter) and the USSF you really have to go back into the mists of time. Which in this case means the early...

1871 Riot Blues Stinking Onions Massacre Union Progress Towers Red Stars Wind Those are the choices for the Chicago WPS team name. This is the stupid place to vote. If you intend to be a fan of the team, the intelligent place to vote...

In order of coolness of team slogan. 1. Chicago - 10 Years of Tradition, Honor, + Passion. 1998-2008 Style points removed because of the laziness in replacing the word "and" with not even an ampersand, but a plus sign. That only saves one...

There's so much going on with those lovable rascals at FIFA these days that I honestly don't know where to begin. So in fairness, I thought I'd lead with a situation where it is arguable that Sepp Blatter is absolutely correct. Now when you...

Today at 5 PM all MLS teams are more or less required to be more or less in compliance with the roster and salary "budget" (to use the term the league prefers) rules. Of course, if you're not in compliance with the "cap" (to use the word...

There were some empty seats in Seoul. It looks like the Galaxy may have to play some league games in order to pay the bills this year. The nice thing about preseason games is how easy it is to dismiss the negative and accentuate the positive....

Aside from the novelty of having a physician playing in MLS, and forgetting for a moment all the usual "I never heard of this guy before but what a great player I've always known he was" posts, the...