So, the boys are now at altitude. JSpector says the early arrival helps alleviate the burning in your lungs, which crops up immediately and lasts about three days. Helloo, Azteca.

Bobbo called the 17-hour flight from DC to Joburg 'easy.' Right. The USMNT is staying at this place, the Irene Country Lodge, behind three-foot thick walls and amongst roosters and cows.

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As we get closer and closer to the 2010 World Cup in the S.A. a lot of things have to start coming together. I have to call the airline and make sure I'm not sitting in a middle seat for 18 hours. I've got to pay a lot of money to get a ton of shots so I don't get some god-awful disease over in Africa.

Good grief, I'm tired...Let's begin with Bono voicing a World Cup commercial most unlike others.You may well have seen it, but I hadn't until now. So here's the Bobbo discussing his USMNT roster picks for World Cup prep camp.The MLS Daily crew then bat the selection around. By the way, gotta love Simon Borg's freeze frame expression - don't you mess with that guy!

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope your week's been a little bit less problematic than my existence over the last seven days. No matter what happened this week, or how we may feel about the hate crime committed by Bobbo on Brian Ching, there is still a new week to come. Today is Friday, which means tomorrow is Saturday, so unless you have a real shitty job that makes you work tomorrow, it's time to party.

The hearsay and conjecture is finally over, and well, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Bob Bradley, Bobbo, Skeletor, or Junior's Dad if you like, will hold tight to the reigns of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team. Here at Yanks we're not above delving into fits of über-reactionary blogitude from time to time, but if there ever was a character whose case deserved a measured, reasoned, and tempered response, it's none other than Bobbo.