Everyone saw them and if you didn't you are blind. I found myself looking at them more as the game progressed, every moment that passed. Anything to take my mind off of the horrendous game I was watching.
USA got beat up like the little fat kid that no one likes in the neighborhood. In the end not even Landon Donovan's penalty kick could hide the damage that was done.

It has finally come to this, US Soccer and their insane officiating have driven a coach to quit in the middle of a season and probably leave the continent. John Carver has up and quit after abdicating the bench Wednesday evening, after being fined for having a go at the refs, after what he thought was a poorly officiated game.

US goalkeeper Tim Howard stood the test against Spain and Brazil in this summer's FIFA Confederations Cup. Now, he is preparing to accept one of the toughest assignments in all of world football: Mexico at their Estadio Azteca. FIFA.com interviewed the US #1, who was recently voted top keeper at the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Boy did I WASTE A GREAT HEADLINE the other day.
"The Miracle of Bloemfontein" would have been such pure joy just to stand back and admire.
What's more, that would have been plenty. The whole post. Done and done. Maybe dig up a photo of Jozy yanking off his shirt (Um, son? Yeah, um, look; don't do that again, OK?

Left at home this weekend with no where to go? Your friends are all at the cabin? Feeling sorry for yourself?

The Minnesota Thunder are stuck at home this weekend as well because they've got a game to play tonight. But they're not feeling sorry for themselves. Nope! Instead they will be playing their butts off for you at the National Sports Center at 7:00 p.

You may have read in one of "the trades" this morning that your man SF has messed around and got himself a job. And despite the fact that it is written on the internet it is actually true: I am now under the employ of Major League Soccer. I feel like I was relegated and now promoted all in the span of 3 months.

I was watching MNF last night and they were interviewing a coach from one of the games Sunday.
The coach said a couple things I thought were important and thus will share them.
He said that each of his players expects excellence from themselves. The individual players work their butts off so they can better themselves as players and contribute to the best of their abilities to the team.

David who?

The Galaxy is offering a sweet deal on tickets for several upcoming games. Thank Mr. Goldenballs, or Mr. Bush/Obama (whoops! a political reference!), but at these prices it might be worth the traffic crunch and air quality to head down HDC way.

Will these prices get you to the game?

David who?

The Galaxy is offering a sweet deal on tickets for several upcoming games. Thank Mr. Goldenballs, or Mr. Bush/Obama (whoops! a political reference!), but at these prices it might be worth the traffic crunch and air quality to head down HDC way.

Will these prices get you to the game?

Word is the next MLS expansion franchise could be awarded to Montreal, which would be the third Canadian club in the league.
I'm sure they'd put butts in the seats, and that's the big thing for me.
After watching the Sounders FC play in Dallas (aka the Ghost town), I just want cities that are passionate about their teams.

Well, crap. Two points dropped, and frankly, it very easily could have been 3. Aside from one stretch in the first-half, we really looked bad all night. Which is not to take anything away from Burnley. The fact is that the difference in motivation and desire between the two sides was so clearly apparent, and Burnley went out played their butts off for their point.

Is the MLS the most balanced football league in the world? Why does the Galaxy insist on building teams around a single player? Will Seattle recover their grove? All this and more in our MLS weekly review.

1.) Parity like no other league

I cannot think of one league in the world that has the level of parity of MLS.

Young Lions fans at the stands
Sometimes, you really need a kick at your butts to get things going.
After their coach Terry Pathmanathan's outburst on Monday, the Young Lions restored some pride after they came from a goal behind to draw level with Woodlands Wellington at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

I havent had much to write about lately. And my fellow bloggers in Houston did make it known that the Houstank was going to kick our butts. Gee that makes me ask the question. How come if you guys are so good how come you could only manage one goal? How come your power player Mr. Chang couldnt hit the broad side of a barn?

The new season of Mad About Futbol is on the air!!!
It's still preseason and much like the European sides, the guys still show signs of rust, but are still kicking the asses of many. The elite teams are in the US sharpening their tools and getting read for battle in the Old Continent. Argentina is in in shambles and we're trying to find a way as to how to get butts in seats at Miami FC.

Left at home this weekend with no where to go? Your friends are all at the cabin? Feeling sorry for yourself?

The Minnesota Thunder are stuck at home this weekend as well because they've got a game to play tonight. But they're not feeling sorry for themselves. Nope! Instead they will be playing their butts off for you at the National Sports Center at 7:00 p.

To paraphrase Preki during his first TFC press conference - "he didn't blow smoke up anyone's... butt". Forgive Toronto supporters for smiling at that idea as we've been having our butts smoke blown (oh grow up) for three years plus. Most of that smoke has been blown by the other man at the press conference table today but in one of his main off-season duties, Mo Johnston succeeded.

2009 Recap: The Goats had a decent 2009, all things considered. They qualified for the playoffs after finishing fourth in the West, but they led their conference for most of the year, so their final 13-11-6 record was a bit of a downer. Plus, they got schooled in the playoffs by their crosstown rival, the LA Gals.