I won't be updating this site any more, as if that wasn't clear from several months of silence. Should you wish to read my ramblings on football elsewhere, my main home is at Pitch Invasion and I also write periodically for the Chicago Sports Weekly. Cheers, and thanks for coming by. Click to continue reading...

I won't be updating this site any more, as if that wasn't clear from several months of silence. Should you wish to read my ramblings on football elsewhere, my main home is at Pitch Invasion and I also write periodically for the Chicago Sports Weekly. Cheers, and thanks for coming by. Click to continue reading...

I won't be updating this site any more, as if that wasn't clear from several months of silence. Should you wish to read my ramblings on football elsewhere, my main home is at Pitch Invasion and I also write periodically for the Chicago Sports Weekly. Cheers, and thanks for coming by. Click to continue reading...

Three countries that stretch from the equator to the arctic, Canada, USA and Mexico, plus Guadaloupe (not Guatamala, as some keep insisting on mistaking them for): an odd lineup for the Gold Cup semi-finals, held last night at Soldier Field on Chicago's lakefront in an evening doubleheader. Click to continue reading...

Three countries that stretch from the equator to the arctic, Canada, USA and Mexico, plus Guadaloupe (not Guatamala, as some keep insisting on mistaking them for): an odd lineup for the Gold Cup semi-finals, held last night at Soldier Field on Chicago's lakefront in an evening doubleheader. Click to continue reading...

Three countries that stretch from the equator to the arctic, Canada, USA and Mexico, plus Guadaloupe (not Guatamala, as some keep insisting on mistaking them for): an odd lineup for the Gold Cup semi-finals, held last night at Soldier Field on Chicago's lakefront in an evening doubleheader. Click to continue reading...

I haven't posted here for a while, but now I do, it's to say go somewhere else: I've just launched a new site, pitchinvasion.net, which will cover and expand on many of the themes this blog has been looking at in recent months. As I explain in the introduction to the site, it's about fan [...] Click to continue reading...

I haven't posted here for a while, but now I do, it's to say go somewhere else: I've just launched a new site, pitchinvasion.net, which will cover and expand on many of the themes this blog has been looking at in recent months. As I explain in the introduction to the site, it's about fan [...] Click to continue reading...

I haven't posted here for a while, but now I do, it's to say go somewhere else: I've just launched a new site, pitchinvasion.net, which will cover and expand on many of the themes this blog has been looking at in recent months. As I explain in the introduction to the site, it's about fan [...] Click to continue reading...

From a few guys banging on plastic buckets and singing songs in the stands at the first few Portland Timbers games in 2001 to a figurative army today: hundreds pack the Woodshed end every home game to support a team a level below MLS, ensconced in the obscurity of the United Soccer League with no [.. Click to continue reading...

From a few guys banging on plastic buckets and singing songs in the stands at the first few Portland Timbers games in 2001 to a figurative army today: hundreds pack the Woodshed end every home game to support a team a level below MLS, ensconced in the obscurity of the United Soccer League with no [.. Click to continue reading...

From a few guys banging on plastic buckets and singing songs in the stands at the first few Portland Timbers games in 2001 to a figurative army today: hundreds pack the Woodshed end every home game to support a team a level below MLS, ensconced in the obscurity of the United Soccer League with no [...] Click to continue reading...

What attention the world does pay to American soccer has, in recent times, been devoted to MLS. The signing of David Beckham by the LA Galaxy has certainly perpetuated that. But what of the world of soccer below, or perhaps aside, that of MLS in the United States? After all, soccer really [...] Click to continue reading...

What attention the world does pay to American soccer has, in recent times, been devoted to MLS. The signing of David Beckham by the LA Galaxy has certainly perpetuated that. But what of the world of soccer below, or perhaps aside, that of MLS in the United States? After all, soccer really [...] Click to continue reading...

What attention the world does pay to American soccer has, in recent times, been devoted to MLS. The signing of David Beckham by the LA Galaxy has certainly perpetuated that. But what of the world of soccer below, or perhaps aside, that of MLS in the United States? After all, soccer really [...] Click to continue reading...