Category Archives: I suppose I have to have a separate Beckham category
You’re probably asking yourself – how can it be a Hollywood ending if the bad guys win? This is why it’s always important to know who the protagonist is, and what kind of story you’re in. Yes, Luke was the good guy in Star Wars…but so was Uncle Owen. Since …
You want to judge Beckham’s legacy? Great – watch a week from Saturday. Then we’ll find out. Not because we are single-mindedly obsessed with championships. Not because we confuse moral goodness with success. Although we are and we do. It’s actually because we do that his legacy now becomes so …
The Great Zaganza strikes again
What did Garber mean? What do you mean, what did he mean? He didn’t mean anything! Okay, this is probably because Major League Soccer Soccer’s archives are kept alongside the Ark of the Covenant, but still, it’s not totally impossible to find out what Garber actually said. And what he …
Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote
Wow, I’m getting called out by name a lot these days. Okay, fine – David Beckham came back in time to play against Dallas. I thought he wouldn’t, and he did. Thanks. Now, if you take that in a vacuum, Beckham did a Good Thing. However, the only reason he …
Grahame Jones takes his share of stick from We the People, but he killed it over the weekend. Nice article on Charlie Davies and his comeback, and a nice shot at David Beckham. They’re both up at the LA Times soccer front page, and they’re both worth reading. Let’s get …
Will Beckham give LA the royal shaft?
You’re an MLS coach. There’s this player that’s been in and out of the lineup for a few years now, and he’s in the last year of your contract. Even though every rational observer has called him a big disappointment, he’s been making a lot of noise about how he’s …
Why does everyone hate the Galaxy? Okay, wrong question. Right now they’re the Kings, and they want to be the Lakers. This not being basketball territory, I won’t bore you with the many ways the Lakers represent Nearly Everything Wrong With Sports (the Clippers representing the remainder), but the Lakers …
One of the cliches you hear a lot is that great players don’t make great coaches. The names “Diego Maradona” and “Ruud Gullit” probably come storming to mind, along with several others. There’s a lot of truth to the stereotype. Doing and teaching, as the joke goes, are very different …
MLS ready for learner’s permit, not driver’s license
…y’know, I’m starting to lean towards Chicharito ahead of Landon for CONCACAF Player of the Year. Does that make me a bad person? Or does the fact that I’m giving out fake awards make me a bad person? Oh, wait, I know what makes me a bad person. See that …
