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Sunil Gulati More Popular Than Saddam Hussein

Posted Yesterday at 01:56 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated Yesterday at 02:22 PM by Dan Loney

You know what's even more cool than winning a Super Bowl?

Levees.

Tell you what, instead of giving Haiti money, let's give them an NFL team. Since apparently that makes everything all better.
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Hey, speaking of sports being incredibly important. I see that the United States Soccer Federation, otherwise known as NORTH KOREA, "unanimously" re-elected Sunil Gulati to as Grand Poobah. How could this possibly have happened, after reading months and months of messages about how Gulati has a conflict of interest with Kraft Soccer, how...

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By any other name would smell

Posted 05 Feb 2010 at 02:17 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 05 Feb 2010 at 05:26 PM by Dan Loney (Fixed the name of one of America's finest actors)

Remember when I ranted about a fake Fred joining DC United? Well, for several weeks now, the Galaxy have done them one better. Alex, Juninho and Leonardo are going to bring a little samba flavor to look, I'm sorry, can we or they seriously take a minute or two to come up with new names?

Okay, no one's going to think that the AC Milan coach is back in the United States to hunt down and finish off Tab Ramos. But there's also a Leonardo at NAC Breda, one at Shakhtar, one at AEK, and God knows how many more.

It's actually almost plausible that the Galaxy got the Juninho...

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Other Temporary Assignments

Posted 03 Feb 2010 at 08:16 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 04 Feb 2010 at 01:11 PM by Dan Loney (vocabulary not-goodism)

Dumpster diving in Google trying to corroborate my memories of the 1998 World Cup, I came across this post from this very site:

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In fact, I kinda have the suspicion that w/in 5 years time, "Amy Wynalda" will be cited as the most important factor in the US' failure that WC as opposed to the true problem: 3-6-1.

uclacarlos, visionary. Although he was a couple of years off - it only took a little over two years.

Mark Ziegler with a great article here. Makes up for saying a lockout by MLS owners was likely.

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“Not playing the position (outside right defender)

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FC

Posted 02 Feb 2010 at 02:39 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)

Please, enough with the FC's. This goes for you too, ACSTL. It's already tired and played. We have official nicknames in this country. If you want to be traditional, call yourselves the Tigers or the Crimson or whatever. Leave the FC for the UK.
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The Galaxy should wear white shirts with blue shorts at home. Not just because it looks good, but because it makes all the road teams look ridiculous. Maybe Manchester United can rock the dark shirt and white shorts look, but precious few others can.
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Wow. MLS without Steve...

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LA is S.O.L.

Posted 28 Jan 2010 at 06:47 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)

I don't care how many times you've read that headline the past 24 hours. It's the last time I'll get to use it, and I'm going to get milk out of the Comedy Turnip if it kills me.

Everyone now knows what has been obvious for weeks - the Sol have set. For a bad time, call 1-877-4-SOL-TIX.

Well, everyone knows, except the clueless numbnuts who wrote this last week:

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However, I've been told not to worry.The Sol sure are acting like they're in turmoil, but it's still only registering as a 0.2 on the Gullit scale.

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Bruce the Builder; Saturday Night Feeble

Posted 25 Jan 2010 at 05:18 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 26 Jan 2010 at 11:29 AM by Dan Loney (I can't believe I forgot Captain America)

Great news - we're even closer to being able to field a Hall of Fame team made up entirely of people who were disappointing for the Metrostars/Red Bulls. We already have Balboa, Agoos, Lalas and Dooley, with Ramos as his captain. It's just a matter of time before Meola, Reyna and Pope arrive. If the veterans take care of Vermes and Sorber, we're more than halfway there!

Shame Sergio Galvan Rey isn't eligible. Yet. Unless we put him in as a Builder, like Bruce Arena.

Arena probably gets in as Builder on the strength of his Virginia career, let alone DC United....

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US Nats begin Best Year Ever

Posted 22 Jan 2010 at 08:22 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 23 Jan 2010 at 03:46 PM by Dan Loney

[EDIT - Fake Sigi checks my math, and I have been found wanting. He or she basically kills me for this post, by the way. If you want to see me get left dead in the ditch, click the link.]

So this is how the Best Year Ever begins. With the B-team in the rain.

The NFL games aren't until Sunday, so there's not a full slate of sports competition. But this game still should have been in February. The only sports competition in February is the freaking swimsuit issue.

It's not only (possibly) our Best Year Ever, either. Catrachostan also believes,...

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You won't have me to kick around any more, because this is my first press conference

Posted 21 Jan 2010 at 02:41 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 21 Jan 2010 at 04:13 PM by Dan Loney (Proofreading is for mere fans)

I'm sure you've all heard the good news by now. I'm very proud and happy to announce that I have been named the Minister of Information for the National Association Football Federation.

I very much believe in the future of this new, dynamic league, and hope to do my part to put AssBallFed on everybody's lips. Even though the AssBallFed has not yet been sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, we look forward to working with the USSF and its stupid, blinkered president who should be fired.

I see this new position as the natural progression from my reporting...

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WPS skorting the issues?

Posted 20 Jan 2010 at 03:23 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 20 Jan 2010 at 06:50 PM by Dan Loney

Like you...provided you're a diehard LA Sol fan...okay, so probably nothing like you...I read Nick Green's article the other week, about AEG bailing out of WPS, and "chimped out," as I believe the kids are saying these days.

However, I've been told not to worry.The Sol sure are acting like they're in turmoil, but it's still only registering as a 0.2 on the Gullit scale.

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“We appreciate AEG’s commitment to help launch the league in 2009 and build a footprint for WPS in the Los Angeles area,” said WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci. “Together we accomplished that goal.

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I think we're in Kansas, Toto

Posted 19 Jan 2010 at 08:54 PM by Dan Loney (Dan Loney Blog)
Updated 21 Jan 2010 at 01:09 PM by Dan Loney

[EDIT - and by golly, they did break ground a day later. Congratulations to the Wizards and their fans!]

[Wait, a DAY later, to start a stadium? I gotta make an appointment for a freaking oil change on the weekends.]

I shouldn't bite on this. No ground has been broken, the economy is still driving a bright green Yugo in the slums of Scheissburg, and the stadium was apparently designed by Claude Monet.

And if I had a nickel for every time a premature stadium or franchise announcement was trumpeted on MLSnet, I'd have...a dollar or so, at least....

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