At times this season, it's seemed like the Wizards don't realize the game if 90 minutes long. They played about 55 minutes against Colorado earlier this season before playing the last 10 to get the win in that game. They played 70 minutes against Chivas USA before sitting back and letting Chivas almost get a point. Click to continue reading...

Oh, that. (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=1946) No, I wasn't really a scheduled speaker... Click to continue reading...

According to BigSoccer (thanks Dandal and the Swedish press) Pia will be with the USWNT through the 2012 Olympics. That is wonderful news!  Here's a thread about Pia's performance ... note how the comments "evolve" as the USWNT moves deeper and deeper into the tourney! Also on BigSoccer, an interesting thread about Carli Lloyd. Click to continue reading...

First (from The Writer's Almanac), a wonderful poem by Marge Piercy to start your day with something introspective - before diving into the usual sports-centric deluge! This poem runs along the thought-path I was pursuing last night just before sleep. Guess it may be time to get reacquainted with myself . Click to continue reading...

Yes, Brett Favre is going to compete for his old job ... and in this excellent commentary by Tom Curran, I find a good summary of the whole danged episode. I was too tired of Brett's familiar ambivalence to pay a lot attention to the furor. Now I am caught up ... [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Back with the Pack . Click to continue reading...

A post by Quinn 33 on Bigsoccer reveals the deep trouble Colorado's supporters' section is in, apparently due to heavyhanded security and a front office who could care less. So here is what happened in Sunday...we were trying out best to do our thing (drums, streamers, etc). A smoke bomb was lit in our section (and was shown on both the jumbo screen and the TV broadcast), this naturally alerted Click to continue reading...

Once in a blue moon I get bored and head over to BigSoccer. Well, today was one of those days (I thank my new puppy for waking me up extra early and giving me this extra time this morning). I saw this thread at BigSoccer and thought it was pretty interesting and pretty amusing. Plus I [...] Click to continue reading...

As we get deeper and deeper into the 2008 season, there are a few players and teams on the verge of making history. Let's take a look and see what interesting records and accomplishments could happen if things fell into place.

1) Currently, several teams are pace for their best ever years. Click to continue reading...

I was reading a few threads on Bigsoccer about possibly expanding the World Cup, which is something that was considered by FIFA a few years ago. It actually almost seems kind of inevitable given the almost certain expansion of Euro 2016 to 24 teams. It's sad because 32 teams is the perfect number to set up a 16 team second round. Click to continue reading...

Here's a link to The Don's State of the League address that was alluded to earlier today in a post about expansion. Click here to find out what's what on expansion, the standard of play on the field, fixture congestion and all kinds of other stuff that will be 13 page threads on Bigsoccer before the sun goes down. Click to continue reading...

Here's Cindy McCain speaking about "the only way to get around in Arizona." (This is way too easy ... I think I'm starting to feel a tad mean-spirited and guilty.) I'll get over it, though. Mark Zeigler writes from San Diego about tonight's USWNT vs. Brazil match-up ... the second this week. On [. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to WildcatWizard on bigsoccer for bringing this to my attention. On the Wizards schedule on their website, they now have a symbol next to the game at home against the Galaxy. At the bottom of the schedule it says that the symbol means that the game will be played at Arrowhead. The game has also been moved to 4 pm on Saturday, up from the 7 pm start time that is listed on the schedule, this has likely been done to give Arrowhead staff more time to get the field ready for the Chiefs game the next day. Click to continue reading...

Here's the info. from the Feds, along with the post-game quote sheet. And here's a nice summation by Pia on the style of play ... gotta love it! I think they have done great because it is such a short amount of time. I've been here for eight months or something like that and it usually [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

According to an article on Randers FC's website, former Wizard, Will John has been demoted to Randers FC's youth team over in Denmark. A poster on bigsoccer has said that the article basically says that since John can't expect any more playing time with the first team, he can train with the youth team. Click to continue reading...

Bill (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?u=20531) is on this, because he gets up before me,... Click to continue reading...

Some highlights from the Red Bull fans on Bigsoccer after their 4-0 embarrassment at Colorado. Portraits of Loyalty: I was in that regrettable place that a sports fan finds him or herself in sometimes. I was actually rooting for the Rapids to score on a couple more of their breakaways in the second half to make the [. Click to continue reading...

Bill pointed me to this post on BigSoccer from a Red Bulls fan.

Ben Olsen is to DCU what Babe Ruth is the the Yankees.

While it's great to see Olsen getting respect from a Red Bulls fan, the analogy betrays a lack of understanding of the history of both DC United and the New York Yankees.

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Bill pointed me to this post on BigSoccer from a Red Bulls fan.

Ben Olsen is to DCU what Babe Ruth is the the Yankees.

While it's great to see Olsen getting respect from a Red Bulls fan, the analogy betrays a lack of understanding of the history of both DC United and the New York Yankees.

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Yes, it's true. According to this US News and World Report article, the Prez apparently feels he is having a good final year. In fact, in a very positive development for the Bush camp, aides say that he is feeling 'less antipathy' from his constituents, as he travels around the country. (Note-to-Self: [. Click to continue reading...

No offense to the San Jose Earthquakes but when you are outplayed at home by San Jose, your team is in serious trouble.

The Fire squandered another match at Toyota Park, another chance at precious points in the stacked Eastern Conference, but instead of take the three points from the expansion strugglers, Chicago finished a terrible June with another poor effort.

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The Phillies and Chase Utley pulled out of their slump last night with a 4-0 win over the Oakland A's. Kyle Kendrick pitched 8 strong innings and Utley went 4 for 5 after a long drought. Let's hope the Phillies continue their winning ways now. In the soccer world, US Soccer has posted an [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

Okay - it's up! Here's the 18-woman USWNT Roster for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. No big surprises, as far as I can tell. Aly Wagner played herself back into the mix after a long, injury-ridden hiatus - and it would be awesome to see her fulfill her potential on the Olympic [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Roster", url: "http://www. Click to continue reading...

I see my colleague, Breton, posted a running blog (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=1432)... Click to continue reading...

Qualifying has started (with a bang), and it's time to look at the results. A link to the survey was posted here, as well as on the US Men forum at Bigsoccer. I tallied up the results about half an hour into the Barbados game (I believe one person voted after the game actually started, so that's not a huge deal). Click to continue reading...

We have another update on the Wizards stadium, thanks to Greg Cotton. Cotton was on The Program with Soren Petro today. I was unable to listen to the show, but a friend of mine was able to listen to it and sent me a write up on it. He also posted that write up on bigsoccer. Besides the basics that we already knew, including the total cost of the project, there will be youth fields used for more then just soccer, and the fact that we're still waiting on final approval, there are a few new things we learned today. Click to continue reading...