Even got put on the banner!Hey look we're relevant enough to openly mock!
The Onion (born in FBM HQ North aka Wisconsin!) has a new sport-centric show on Comedy Central called "SportsDome". Last week, in their premier episode, the took a shot at Major League Soccer in a highlight segment that covered the last four years of the league or "since we last checked in on the league".

Last month the website commented on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Nicolas Anelka, Guillermo Franco and Adrian Mutu showing some interest in moving to America to play soccer, and how a move in the foreseeable future would be a good thing for MLS. And I agree.

In 2007, David Beckham came to the Los Angeles Galaxy in a transfer that made an immediate impact on the club's revenue and social status among other clubs throughout the world.

Alexi Lalas is a former U.S. National Team defender (96 caps), appearing in two World Cups and was U.S. Soccer's Male Player of the Year in 1995. Lalas was the first American to play in Italy in the modern-era and then returned to the United States to be a part of the group of high profile American soccer players to launch Major League Soccer.

Alexi Lalas is a former U.S. National Team defender (96 caps), appearing in two World Cups and was U.S. Soccer's Male Player of the Year in 1995. Lalas was the first American to play in Italy in the modern-era and then returned to the United States to be a part of the group of high profile American soccer players to launch Major League Soccer.

Well, five years wasn't enough to properly evaluate Chris Wondolowski. But looking back on SuperDrafts are like looking back on memorable road accidents.
So let's get the conclusion out of the way. You don't build a winner through the MLS SuperDraft. You build a winning MLS team through trades and discovery players.

Cause the Anti-Power Rankings are a firework Come on we're gonna show 'em what we're worth Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!" As the rankings shoot across the sky-y-y

This week is a special edition of the Anti-Power Rankings as I take a look back at yesterday's excitement from the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.

Editor's note: Our next piece is by Eric Beard of a A Football Report...one of my favorite cerebral soccer reads. I choose not to run it late last week because I thought it would get lost in the draft "horserace" media coverage.

Eric, a member of the Emory University team is currently on location in Barcelona.

Go:

British Airways, not American Airlines?

• Red Rover, Red Rover....send Ronaldinho right over.

Will it be Manchester City II over at Ewood Park? Sure is starting off that way. First up for the new ownership group there? Securing the services of a certain buck-toothed, juking forward out of the San Siro: Ronaldinho.

Editor's note: You have to love a supporter group that dominates Twitter, stages rallies, issues press releases...and where the officers do it for free all in their spare time.

Press release....

I mean, these guys just say "Outlaws"

LARGEST & FIRST EVER RALLY FOR US SOCCER SUPPORTERS, BY US SOCCER SUPPORTERS TO GATHER IN LAS VEGAS
Alexi Lalas 2004 World Cup superstar, Headlines the Rally which seeks to build momentum and educate more than 40 chapters and thousands of members/US Soccer fans from every state in the nation.

VANCOUVER, BC The Vancouver Whitecaps surprised many by selecting 17-year-old forward Omar Salgado of El Paso, Texas, with the first overall pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft on Thursday morning. Salgado is a 6-foot-3 member of the U.S. under-20 national team with great touch, but he's considered more of a project than the other [.

Former MLS star and general manager Alexi Lalas knows why Akron keeps producing pros.

''It's the coach, No. 1,'' Lalas said on ESPN during the MLS draft. ''It's a factory. What he's done there is say, 'I'm going to make it a professional environment.

I'm just going to put this out there. There is a good chance that if you live in an MLS market the weather outside is frightful. Here in New York it's as if God spilled his clear, lemon-lime Slushie all over the city. It's disgusting and it makes you question why anyone lives anywhere in this country other than Southern California and South Beach.

On March 4th and 5th, 2011 the first ever U.S. Soccer supporters rally will take place in Las Vegas. The American Outlaws, the loudest most passionate National Team fans, will host a nation-wide gathering for its members.
The rally will focusing on the current and future state of soccer in the United States and how soccer supporters like the American Outlaws can continue to make their mark on the scene.

OMAHA, NE. For three quarters the 1994 United States World Cup team more than held their own in an indoor soccer exhibition against Major Indoor Soccer League's Omaha Vipers on Friday night.

Alexi Lalas and other members of the '94 U.S. World Cup team took part in an indoor exhibition in Omaha on Friday.

The USMNT blog just announced their 18-man roster for tonight's game versus Chile.

Goalkeepers
1-Sean Johnson
18-Nick Rimando

We hope our own Sean Johnson gets the start. SB Nation's Ryan Rosenblatt has a good preview to get you caught up.

Merging the worlds of USMNT and Major Indoor Soccer League, the Omaha Civic Auditorium hosted an unique matchup that saw a collection of players from the 1994 USMNT World Cup team (and others) take on this year's Omaha Vipers.

Our 2nd entry in what is sure be a long-running journal. Here was our first entry in October.

After most camps and friendlies, TSG puts together a piece with the following components for discussion amongst the community.

Could this triumvirate be celebrating goals together in the summer?

Here's another week of former SKC Wizards updates. First, there were plenty of former SKC Wizards in Omaha late last week when the US 94 World Cup team played an exhibition against the Omaha Vipers. Alexi Lalas, Preki, Roy Lassiter, and Diego Gutierrez all played for the US team, Tony Meola was supposed to play but couldn't make it due to travel.

Here's another week of former SKC Wizards updates. First, there were plenty of former SKC Wizards in Omaha late last week when the US 94 World Cup team played an exhibition against the Omaha Vipers. Alexi Lalas, Preki, Roy Lassiter, and Diego Gutierrez all played for the US team, Tony Meola was supposed to play but couldn't make it due to travel.