Hey Advantage Played fans, Bruce from Du Nord has invited me to be a regular contributor to Du
Nord.
You can find something new and fresh from me regularly over at http://dunord.blogspot.com.
See you soon!
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Over our wonderful labor day weekend that was filled with getting drunk, playing paintball,
watching soccer, playing disc golf, and hanging out with friends in a church that's been converted
to a bar, I headed over to the Legends area of Kansas City to buy a new pair of Copa Mondial
shoes.
Of course, I soon found out that no one carries size 14 soccer shoes, but the trip wasn't a total
waste.
MLS' answer to Match of the Day, except 5 minutes long instead of 60:
As seen on the The Offside and on YouTube and Finally, from the Air Above.
Next time, how would you react if your team went down three goals in 6 minutes?
The second week of Major League Soccer is arriving, and it's just in time. The first week, for me,
basically consisted of an incredible tailgate in the dirt parking lot by the Wizard's stadium.
The wind blew, it poured down rain, but about 15 people chugged summer brew out of a cooler and
roasted random food on my awesome little gas grill.
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Hey everyone, you're going to get a great big update this weekend but for now I wanted to alert you
to an ESPN article that is all the rage.
Fevered Pitch follows the US National team as they fight their summer battles. At each game for
each game they have a unique write up, very good pictures, as well as video of the team doing all
the things we don't usually see them doing.
One day a Real Madrid fan, was walking along a country road when he overtook a poor Wizard's fan
going in the same direction. Now the Real Madrid fan was very grasping, like most of his class, and
was lamenting that he had had no chance of making any money that day; but at the sight of the man
in the Jimmy Conrad shirt he brightened up wonderfully.
The MLS transfer window has brought two interesting developments, new players not from South
America, but from Western Europe. Hungarian striker Zoltan Hercegfalvi was introduced today as
Kansas City's newest, and much needed, footballer.
Earlier this month, New England added a footballer with a very interesting past and storied
carrier.
Not a full update, but I had to share this insider video of Beckman shaking hands with the KC
supporters. It captures exactly what was said that made Beckman so angry.
I love it.
My Twitter evolution is gradual and slow. While most people manage to grab hundreds of followers by
following random morons and being awesome people I've probably been way too cautions. I first
followed the blogs I liked, and then when I felt like blogs were just a big dick contest I tried to
just follow the people who didn't have blogs and just followed me because they probably liked my
blog.
In case you missed it, David Beckham got two great assists during the Galaxy's friendly vs AC Milan
but because of his stupid action, the focus ended up on his confrontation with the fans. Here's the
video:
I will be back tomorrow with a brand new post featuring the top MLS players you can follow on
Twitter.
Anyone who reads Advantage Played regularly knows one thing about me, I really don't like David
Beckham. The "ultimate professional" has never been a true professional and his actions on and off
the field have proven that to every Major League Soccer fan.
A Professional Unprofessional
When exactly did I realize Beckham was nothing more than a passive aggressive punk?
If you didn't see the US goal vs Honduras live you are missing out on the full flow of the attack.
Here is the best highlights of the two US goals.
Yesterday Mexico and Panama fought (literaly) to a 1-1 tie, but not before Mexico's coach tried to
kick a Panamanian footballer in the groin.
