ESPN started using Hopkins about a year ago to do those MLS Updates and I had an uneasy feeling that they were really grooming him for a big soccer role. The Stoner himself started his soccer broadcast career doing that sideline bit for soccer...
(Warning: I usually fail at images. If these are just big red x's on your monitor, then go look at the Wikipedia pages for Sevilla FC and the city of...
Riot Squad board: "Sucksy football" I've still got the Houston-Sydney game on DVR, so I haven't seen exactly how Houston restored the honor of MLS. But if the Pan Pacific Cup was a conspiracy to dampen enthusiasm in Honolulu for an expansion...
If you spend much time rutting around in the pig stye that is FIFA politics, you usually end up with an urgent desire for a shower or, at the least, three fingers of a nice single malt. But the long and sordid history of Sepp Blatter's...
Man, these Sideline Views writers! They always quote people who piss me off! Every once in a while, I'll just totally go off on someone on a blog...
Frank Giase makes two points in comparing the US Open Cup to its imitator in England, the FA Cup. One is unfair: Actually, MLS probably...
Because it's been a while since we touched base with World Class Greedbag Jack Warner and the rest of the rascally scamps at FIFA, I figured this was a good time to try and catch up with the comings and goings and bank account stuffings and...
God, I'm ashamed of that title. Sideline Views put me in a lousy mood today, maybe I ought to stop reading them. But, I can't shoot the messenger. Well, I sort of can, but I'll get to that....
David Beckham arrived in Hawaii yesterday, greeted by SCREAMING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, hysterical fans, US magazine, 9,000 Japanese reporters and Miss...