So I'm in the car trying to avoid drive-time sports talk radio, and I hear that the world is going to come to an end in 2011. To be more specific, the Rapture will come in May 2011, and the actual Final Judgment will be that following October. I know you have the same question [...] Click to continue reading...

Look, they're the Sounders. You got their old GM in the ownership group, couldn't he have packed the name along? You've got Paul Allen in the ownership group, couldn't he have bought the name with the spare change in his invisible flying car? (Oh, like Paul Allen doesn't have an invisible flying [. Click to continue reading...

So the only thing going on in the league right now are meaningless friendlies with big names. Last night - this morning - tomorrow - however the International Date Line works - the Galaxy lost YET ANOTHER CUP, 5-3 to Sydney FC in front of a paltry 80,000 fans. First of all, way to rip [...] Click to continue reading...

From YNBA: Anyone want to explain the MLS transfer market to me? In small words? PAIN. Click to continue reading...

Don't you hate it when bloggers take holidays off? What's worse is, I was near a computer the whole time. Problem was, this was literally the only soccer thought I had: "Wow. David Beckham is misused, can't carry a substandard, badly-coached team to the next round. All I need is a punchline. [... Click to continue reading...

Uniwatchblog.com had the MLS Retro Logos page a few days back, I thought we could relive some of the olden days. They don't have the original DC United logo, though. Which is HARD TO FIND. I had to run a BigSoccer search, and all the links seem to have gone. It's like MLS [...] Click to continue reading...

1. Ryan Cochrane 2. Clarence Goodson 3. Ned Grabavoy 4. James Riley 5. Joseph Vide 6. Ivan Guerrero 7. Brian Carroll 8. Jason Hernandez 9. Gavin Glinton 10. Chris Pozniak Big money guys are almost never taken in these things, so I can't be surprised that guys like Mathis, Vanney and Kirovski were left [. Click to continue reading...

Ian Plenderleith read Rugby Dim Sum's book about MLS tooliganism, so we don't have to. Thanks for taking the bullet. We owe you one. (Sure makes up for the New York Times giving the damn thing a serious review.) Click to continue reading...

Diego Gutierrez gives Chris Armas a sendoff. It's so good, I'm foregoing the obligatory "Farewell to Armas" headline. Click to continue reading...

So finally I find out who is exposed for the San Jose vultures. Like Toronto, they won't have to worry about the Other Team getting all the good players. Unlike Toronto, they may end up keeping some of these guys. (Actually, maybe not. Without taking the fourteen seconds to look it [...] Click to continue reading...

Welcome back, Clint. At this point in your career, you have wasted more talent than any man or woman in the history of soccer in the United States, and keep in mind I watched Memo Gonzalez for three years. It's not too late to salvage your career, but it wasn't too late in [...] Click to continue reading...

Just the one game this weekend. Steve Nicol shouldn't be in trouble, I want to get that out of the way. The Revolution were a basket case before he took over - jeez, whatever happened to the guy he replaced, anyway? Don't think he ever found work again. Now, it's hard to hold [...] Click to continue reading...

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Martin Rogers is absolutely right. Damn him. Not much one can say at this point except "All right, all right, you're the champs," and take solace in that Rob Stone and Julie Foudy looked as bummed out about Houston winning as I was. I don't even want to think what an actual Revolution fan [...] Click to continue reading...

Three games above .500 last year, a championship via penalties, and all the lungfish predicted they would repeat because golly, they're champs. And here they freaking are again. Okay, let's look at CLOCKWORK ORANGUTAN - they're not gonna get prettier the longer I wait. Click to continue reading...

Take THAT, Mandela! That's right! Where's your Nobel Prize NOW? Huh? Looking back, I don't know why I was annoyed at the scheduling of this game. I was thinking it took some of the spotlight from MLS Cup. But heck, MLS was competing against Euro qualifiers anyway. And the US game really [...] Click to continue reading...

Okay, so, Designated Players. Let's say Bizarro Chivas traded a DP slot to New York for Amado Guevara. The Red Bulls use the DP slot on Juan Pablo Angel. Angel is a horrible disappointment and is out of the league by June, while Guevara plays for a decade and has a statue [...] Click to continue reading...

The other week we were all reading about how baseball was hurting its future by having its championship games end at 1:00 am Eastern. Glad to see MLS listened to those criticisms, and is having their game at 9:00 am Pacific. In the words of Dave Lister, who's together at that hour? [...] Click to continue reading...

Well, same to you, buddy. At least my site gets the freaking year right. Kisses, Dan Click to continue reading...

Could you guys maybe start killing each other at basketball games or auto races or something? Grazie, Dan Click to continue reading...