Our favorite forward/midfielder, Landon Donovan, is this year's MLS MVP! It's actually the first
time he has won the award, but after the smokin' season he has had it should come as no
surprise.
With all the awards he has been receiving this year, I'm continually reminded of that scene in
Forrest Gump.
Click to continue reading...
I'm sure no one else cares but it has just hit me that Allen Hopkins looks exactly like my college
roommate, Stereolab Dave. I am speechless.
Click to continue reading...
It has recently come to my attention that a few people are having trouble viewing ESPN videos here.
A quick show of hands in the comments would be appreciated in the comments if you can't see Allen
Hopkins stumping on the Coach of the Year, Omar "Jamrock" Cummings and the oh-so-tight fight for
the post-season.
Click to continue reading...
If there was ever a sheen on David Beckham for the American soccer fan with a Y chromosome, if
he was initially given a pass, if anybody believed anything he said, well, that patina is gone.
Beckham can still build urban soccer fields and set up summer camps and buy a MLS franchise, but
you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Click to continue reading...
DCUMD 17 June @ 11:58 PM EST
"What an advertisement this has been for Major League Soccer here tonight". I heard Glenn Davis
speak that line twice during the broadcast, once in the 68th minute on ESPN2, and once before the
game was being shown on television (thanks atdhe.net). At first I was thinking that that was a
terribly hypocritical thing to say.
Click to continue reading...
You know, we hadn't kicked it with Allen Hopkins in a minute. Looks like dude has been hanging with
Quavas Kirk or at least borrowing his suits. And what else has happened in that long minute? DC
United is back on top, Chris Klein joins the 300 Club, and the Philadelphia starts organizing the
Union.
Click to continue reading...
I saw the other day on Bigsoccer that someone started an "Is Bruce Arena the worst coach in MLS?"
thread. Could Allen Hopkins be behind it? Doubtful, but it's almost what he's suggesting here.
Click to continue reading...
Allen Hopkins points out two things in this clip that really do make you think "WTF?".
The first is how is LA not scoring of Becks corners? Is it that he's serving up weak-sauce, his
teammates not knowing what to do with ass this good or have the league's other teams actually found
a way to stop Goldenballs?
Click to continue reading...
I think I would really love the chance to "kick it" with Allen Hopkins. He seems like an
amiable & educated fellow like myself. I'd like to imagine that he and I could sit around a table
over high-ball drinks and discuss the intricacies of MLS transfer guidelines, how Robin "Sweet
Dick Willy" Harris died before his time, why Jeff Cunningham should have never left Ohio and
our favorite social movements of the 60's & 70's.
Click to continue reading...
WVHooligan 20 August @ 04:50 PM EST
Nothing like moving from the field to the booth. Now this looks like a guest-gig for Claudio Reyna
but hopefully it works out for him and we won't have to listen to people like Allen Hopkins or
people like that. Also, we get Adrian Healey and Shep Messing tomorrow night on ESPN2...yippie.
Claudio Reyna, former U.
Click to continue reading...
Allen Hopkins on Big Kenny, the chances of having several forwards pas the 20 goal mark this season
and...something else. I forget now. Got distracted by the news that Milkshake Films --where Allen
is involved in business development-- is finally going to get around to releasing Goal 2 in the US
for real this time.
Click to continue reading...
EPL Talk 24 July @ 11:24 PM EST
ESPN's broadcast of Euro 2008 was the best production ever of a soccer tournament for TV viewers in
the United States. While it wasn't perfect, it was clearly evident that ESPN had listened to the
past criticism and corrected the annoying habits that had previously distanced diehard soccer fans
from its network.
Click to continue reading...
