Gruffgoat

Farewell to Football for Now


Apologies to all my Major League Soccer fans out there, there is no disrespect intended in the headline. But for all intents and purposes, the final whistle of Euro 2008 ushered in the period of time that I like to call “the Great Silence.”

Sure, we will be tracking transfer news, a handful of World Cup qualifying matches, MLS, and football odds and ends, but the next month and a half is intermission for world football.
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Great Night of Upsets in the US Open Cup!

For those of you who were able to tune in or even better, show up, at the US Open Cup third round match ups, you were treated to some great football.

Two USL First Division sides, Seattle Sounders and Charleston Battery upset their MLS opponents and, in what is perhaps the upset of the tournament so far, USL Second Division side, Crystal Palace Baltimore knocked the NY Red Bulls out of cup contention.

After last night's action, the quarterfinal pairings are set:

New England Revolution vs. Crystal Palace...

US Lamar Hunt Open Cup – Third Round Preview

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Only three USL Second Division teams remain in the US Lamar Hunt Open Cup race as we head in to the third round. Joining the fray are the eight MLS teams who qualified through MLS’ play in tournament.

Matches across the United States will take place Tuesday night, July 1st to determine...

If you were able to catch the second half of the Houston Dynamo v. FC Dallas Thursday night (27 June); besides tuning in to a very physical match with both teams playing for keeps, you also may have noticed something else quite interesting.

The Dynamo’s favorite Canadian, Dwayne De Rosario, was running across field and was being hounded…no mauled…by Dallas’ Marcelo Saragosa. De Rosario, to his credit, kept his feet the entire run despite being kicked and having his shirt pulled. Now...

I am often amused by "soccer haters" in the United States who claim, for no real reason whatsoever that I can think of, that footballers are a dainty species. ...