OK, after taking this week off to mostly just troll other blogs and not comment too much on MLS or soccer in general after letting last week's loss sink in, I do have some thoughts on a rash of topics:
(But before I begin, I have to tell you my favorite lines from anyone about events so far this week. Click to continue reading...

Very broad and interesting response to my post yesterday. I just want to speak to some of the comments I received over the course of the day as I recovered from a nasty sore throat.
First, the post was not a protracted whinge about soccer writing not paying my bills. I know there is a route whereby money can be made from bloggin' about soccer, and I know several of us have commandeered that route with great success. Click to continue reading...

The everlasting debate of us signing a keeper to replace Gomes, raged through the office once again.
I do thank my lucky stars that most of my prestigious colleagues claimed that Gomes is a better keeper than Ben Foster.
I didn't want to name and shame the under writer of yet another pointless office rant, but Pat, who also happens to be my boss, started the "Gomes Out" campaign at the beginning of last season. Click to continue reading...

Afternoon all, welcome to the blog.
Apologies for the lateness of this post, usually FP tries to have something by 8.30ish every morning, but delayed today's post in case any Perth Glory news came about.
Sadly, nothing has arrived as yet.
Just a quick point: FP will be away from Perth for about three weeks, working on another project. Click to continue reading...

Iniciamos este jueves 12 de Noviembre desde muy temprano, algunos detalles con la ubicación de nuestro stand hicieron que tuviéramos que llegar muy temprano a la sede de la UVM donde iniciaría el Congreso Mundial del Deporte.

No haré este cuento muy largo ya que fue algo sin trascendencia.

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This is a photo of Las Senadoras --of Republica Deportivo fame-- getting their mitts all over the Philip F. Anschutz trophy. For this it is The Luckiest Trophy in the World, Todayâ„¢. Also it should be noted that there was an obvious caption for this photo but it was just too obvious, even for a blogger as hackey yours truly. Click to continue reading...

"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet sin in one point, he is guilty of all."

- James 2:10

For centuries, mankind has been obsessed with the idea of "sin." Different cultures and religions have sought to define "sin" for their members, and several theories have been advanced regarding what constitutes a "sin.

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Alex Brosque's return to form this season has been a delight to watch, but this sudden move up the ranks comes as a surprise nonetheless. The timing is unfortunate, since Brosque was surprisingly ineffective against Gold Coast United this weekend, especially after the game-changing departure of Steve Corica. Click to continue reading...

Dear Arsene,

Praise is good but it should be meaningful. Robin Van Persie is having a fantastic season but to say he is the best striker in the Premiership is jumping the gun. Didier Drogba will have some words on that. Comparing Van Persie to Dennis Bergkamp is definitely jumping the shark.

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Are you concerned about the possible future takeover of Arsenal from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke? Do you have questions that you want to be answered? Gooner Talk have planned an exclusive Q & A session with Colorado Rapids blogger Nick Thomas, who not only has the latest info on the American side, but possesses a wealth of [. Click to continue reading...

Sido Jombati extended his hand, and with a warm smile on his face said, 'My name is Sido.'
I couldn't help but laugh. I had just contacted him a few days ago to tell him what a big fan I was, and to request an interview with him for this blog. I certainly knew who his name. I was to learn, though, that Sido is as unassuming as he is friendly. Click to continue reading...

Normally, we try not to give rank stupidity a link, for obvious reasons.
In this case though, if I did not, people would claim I was making it up.
So here you go:
MY LINK OF THE YEAR.
I am forever indebted to BS loyalist "evangel" for passing along this article which, I admit, I read several times because I couldn't believe that it was not a parody. Click to continue reading...

Over the next few days bloggers far and near are going to be offering up their opinions on the MLS Year End Awards nominations.
The main reason for this isn't that they honestly care that much. Almost no one really does.
But for a blogger - and I know whereof I speak - this provides one of the "automatic topics", like the traditional six part "Preseason Preview" or more recent "Playoff Preview", whose main value is to relieve the author of the nerve wracking chore of coming up with something to write about. Click to continue reading...

It's that time again soon! The 00's are coming to an end. We need to talk "Best Players of the Decade". That means, any player who played somewhere from 2000 till now. Dennis Bergkamp, for instance, qualifies for this list. There's a massive questionaire being put up by the OffSide Weekend Blogger and I Click to continue reading...

We're proud to announce that Daniel Feuerstein has left CSRN and will now be writing exclusively for Major League Soccer Talk.

The passionate blogger and soccer pundit from the north east has been a guest writer for MLS Talk during the past year as well as a refreshingly honest critic of Red Bull New York as well as Major League Soccer.

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Did you know Freddie Ljungberg has a blog? I didn't. I just noticed it in the byline of his recent column for Soccernet. Yeah that's right, he also has a column at ESPN. So to recap he's a footballer, a model, a blogger, a columnist and a handball enthusiast. Hell if he started med school and got his pilots license dude would be the new Barbie. Click to continue reading...

Let me present a very simplistic formulation. Let's assume that in order for MLS to receive higher television revenues, it must draw in more supporters. Let it also be resolved that, for those fans to show up at MLS games and commit wholesale to the league, the quality of the on-pitch product must get better. Click to continue reading...

So yes I realise I've been a horrible horrible blogger recently. And I apologise profusely for letting you down. I play for a rugby club in my spare time, which does not leave much time for the lengthy research and writing that this blog requires, but don't dismay! My rugby season will probably be over after this weekend (I can almost hear your sighs of relief, it's touching), so I'll be posting much more regularly.

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En primer lugar, pido disculpas por la tardanza. El mercado laboral es un sucio candado a mis aspiraciones como blogger, y los horarios ciernen sobre mi persona un cruel catenaccio del que es muy difícil librarse.
Entrando en materia, hay pocas cosas que decir. Mala, muy mala de hecho, jornada de Champions para los equipos españoles. Click to continue reading...

Those with some programming experience will recognize the weak joke in the title. I've been invited by Dave to join him as a blogger on Sounder at Heart. In this first post, I'd like to introduce myself and give an idea of where I'm coming from. First a little bit of my history (as far as [...] Click to continue reading...

Me ha motivado el escrito de este post, la buena noticia de que un compañero blogger ha aumentado el capital humano en su familia. Desconozco que número de descendiente le corresponde al neonato, pero en lo que a mi toca quiero escribir tanto para el padre de la criatura como a todos los heroicos papás rayados, para que aprendan en buey ajeno lo que les puede pasar cuando las *MADRES abandonan el hogar en un fin de semana futbolero.

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Tonight, October 19th, at 5pm PST / 8pm EST, a lecture: "Facing Off Over Facebook: The Impact of Social Media on Women Sports" is going to be broadcast LIVE online from the Tucker Center at the University of Minnesota. http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/lecture/default.

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We don`t mind what the topic is, as long as it is loosely related to Stockport County and isn`t libellous or offensive.

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- Milli Takım hocası mümkünse medyamızın istediği gibi "Türkiye'yi ve şartlarını bilen" bir hoca olmasın. Yabancı gelse tanışlardan fazla zarar vermez bundan sonra.
- Yazın başında Cruyff istemiştim Rijkaard gelmişti. Şimdi de totem misali Cruyff isteyelim belki Hiddink gelir. Click to continue reading...

Switzerland have qualified for South Africa, but the team's WorldCupBlog is currently bloggerless. If you think you've got what it takes to write about the Schweizer Nati, have a read of our blogger's guidelines here and then send an email to daryl[at]worldcupblog[dot]org. Click to continue reading...

There might be room for a third blogger here on Lyon Offside. Emphasis on the might.

Inara and John aren't going anywhere, but they have asked me to find a third writer to help them out, keep the posts coming, and generally be part of a deadly OL blogging trident.

However, Because Inara and John have set such excellent standards here, I'm setting the bar very very high.

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They say Benny Feilhaber is having a breakout year for both club & country. Who's they you say? SBI. As I have no idea what the hell he's doing in Denmark --and let's be honest here, without actually seeing his games on TV who does-- I'll just take their word for it. As for his performance with the nats I'd say he has been quite good but not standout to me; I think if I were "Blue Eyes" Bradley I would start Stu Holden ahead of him in Dempsey absence and maybe bring him in off the bench late tomorrow night. Click to continue reading...

25% of blog posts in Britain are fake.
These bloggers are paid by the inevitable middle people to include content that is linked to a particular website.
We are inundated with such proposals, as they are seeking blogs that are trusted by their readership.
Some of these operations are less shady than others but, with the worst examples, the blogger is paid markedly extra for including positive content about the website with an embedded link in the post. Click to continue reading...

Rigtho, so FP is back from his two-day vacation (which wasn't really a vacation) from the blog-o-sphere.
So this blogger will spare you the cliched 'unrelated introduction with the segue into the real news' trick, and just get straight into it.
There's probably been one major theme which has been constantly percolating with the fans about Perth Glory this season. Click to continue reading...

It's about time, the millions who have had to plug through the unwieldy navigation (let's see how many hundreds of links we can pile into one homepage!) and mediocre writing of Major League Soccer's website will say, but the news is still good for American soccer fans: MLS is bringing its website production in-house, planning to revamp it entirely for a slated re-launch in March 2010.

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Last week, I discussed the decline in beat reporting on American sports, which is hitting the less popular sports leagues such as Major League Soccer particularly hard. My particular example came from the city I know best, Chicago, where we've seen the major daily here cut its beat reporter for the Fire this year and replace him with an enthusiastic but inexperienced blogger, whose work rarely makes the print edition.

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Stockportinsider is 100% interactive! So get involved! As well as having your say on the articles and the forums, you can also get your view published by suggesting an article or a poll!

We don`t mind what the topic is, as long as it is loosely related to Stockport County and isn`t libellous or offensive.

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This week's Ultimate 11's is new blogger Ashley Straws' Derby County. Now all you tennage glory hunters probably won't remember but Derby County were a top team back in the day, in fact they won the old Division 1 championship in 1972 and 1975.

Do you really know your clubs proud history or are you just a teenage glory hunter?

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Ah yes, it's the day we've all been waiting for - the return of the Benny Awards!
If you're new to this blog, then you will learn that the Bennies consist of a series of categories, each with four United players nominated. You the fans get to vote on the winner for each category, and the winners are revealed at the end of the season.

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The couple links I bring tonight are all solid. In fact they each could have easily gotten their own posts had I not been working on other things today, including the ground work of a possible new design for this site (yeah that's a long ways off though). Still each are very interesting and deserve a full read if you haven't done so already.

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