From the Brits, this time out. http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9753,1503396,00.html :rolleyes:
:rolleyes: So I'm reading the new features up on MLSnet - the English site has one on New Years Resolutions of MLS players and staff....
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/magazine/28ATHLETE.html?oref=login This is a rather creepy article in the NY Times about the sports programs...
See it's already happened. Confusion over which Chivas team people support. If you cheer "Chivas! Chivas! Chivas!" are you cheering for Club...
Anyone planning to take an extended lunch to see the game? I've actually got the day off - so I don't want to stay at home if fellow fans are...
Not soccer, but the "American pastime" http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1733726 Interesting look at the passion Latin fans bring...
Remember when the Korean player who scored against the U.S. at the World Cup celebrated the goal with a "reenactment" of the Ohno incident?...
Unfortunately, that means pointyball. http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/02/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/index.htm?cnn=yes But I hear a...
In the LA Weekly, a writer (and soccer fan) attempts to see what his NFL fan friends will think of women's soccer....
What a game! I just realized on some BS postings that a few aren't getting it, even though it's on ABC in most places. The score is 2 -1 in...
Not saying I agree, but it's a perspective. http://www.msnbc.com/news/968539.asp And an interesting contrast from the worship-fest the...
http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/story/0,1273,-3163280,00.html Any odds on how long Tim will last?
I heard/read about Convey's commitment to fitness and improvement being such that he's on a special diet of some kind. So, what are our elite...
OK, the same day that Frank Deford (no big fan of soccer, usually) runs a glowing article about Beckham's moral virtue and qualities as a father,...
Hey, perhaps we can stop taking pot shots at each other and just survey things objectively. Those who think the format is terrible, the sky is...
http://www.mlsnet.com/content/03/confedcup0618_3.html That's pretty generous of Landon, to admit Freddy might be better than he is - right now.
From SI - Arena doesn't think much of FIFA's new requirement that players on opposing teams shake hands after games. "Sometimes it's best that...
Donovan seems to think so. He even ascribes some of our WC success to this. I'm not sure I like that - seems to give opponents too much of an...
Just realized that the newest trailers in the U.S. for the film "Bend it Like Beckham" have dubbed over the word, "football" and put in "soccer"....
Potential Freddy or other U-17 Injury? Aritificial turf for the U-17 World Cup. Couldn't this be dangerous for our potential superstars? It's WC,...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/john_donovan/news/2003/03/31/payoff_opening_day/ Apparently the thrill is gone from baseball. Yet...
Mirror, mirror (or Moderator, moderator) on the wall, who has the highest post count of all? Just randomly curious . . .
http://football.guardian.co.uk/womensfootball/story/0,12783,884529,00.html I'm not sure if there's a nother thread on this Guardian article...
I'm wondering - did we exchange jerseys with the teams we played recently - Argentina and Jamaica? Have we ever refused to exchange jerseys...
I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome another emerging soccer country to the club - the U.S., South Korea, and Turkey are recent inductees -...