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I tried, oh how I tried, but I just cannot resist.

No Short Corners 03 June @ 01:24 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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No, shockingly, I just cannot hold my lip. Here's something you should know about me: I have no trouble saying the things that people do not want to hear. I understand the value in that and I do not find it an act of disrespect to burst my bubble correctly, so I'm very comfortable with it. Ever since Klinsi spoke of the USMNT needing to be be 'nastier' a few nights back, the hothouse flower

Urgh, Part Deuce

No Short Corners 01 June @ 03:42 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Did you wonder why I recently put Spain among the nations with Champions League-qualified clubs interested in Clint Dempsey when no one else has? Well, now you know thanks to a dastardly Marca scribe doing a bit of MLS Espanol work. And there went that vest card...Okay, so let's discuss it. Yes, it's true that Málaga are considering an offer for our man Deuce, I've been watching them watching him

Goodies for breakfast! (updated)

No Short Corners 01 June @ 09:18 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I may be getting phone ear, but it allowed me to hear many interesting things along my travels through the back corridors the last few days - much more than I let drop in this week's summer transfer window preview Postcard. Let's spill a few more items... Not exactly a great secret at this point, but it does from all appearance seem that Terrence Boyd is heading to Rapid Vienna very shortly.

My USMNT Clipboard - Big Finish.0

No Short Corners 30 May @ 03:24 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It's the end of May, so as promised, here is my own final depth chart for World Cup qualifier #1. The five with asterisks are not in the squad for Klinsi's wonderfully mad five-game tourney experiment.#1 - GKTim HowardBrad GuzanNick RimandoSha-bam.#2 - RBSteve CherundoloJonathan Spector*Yes, Spector takes Timothy Chandler's spot - hopefully, it's only kept warm for the time being.

Let's get this party started right (if not also quickly)

No Short Corners 30 May @ 12:40 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I know the transfer window doesn't open until tomorrow, but I've had some time to dig into this Geoff Cameron interest story originally broken at Soccer By Ives (like so many of you have pleaded) and here's the skinny: Houston should expect a couple few offers in the coming days. For reals. This is not a drill.

All in a day's charity

No Short Corners 29 May @ 12:55 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Will Ferrell. Old Trafford. You know it's going to be a good day (unless you're Gordon Ramsay). We can get Russell Brand to play Sergio Pizzorno in the Soccer Aid movie. I'll have my people fax your people. - Greg Seltzer

Terrence Boyd, A Goodie Saga

No Short Corners 28 May @ 10:03 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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This mini-serial has a new episode today. The exposition points: Thanks to sources, I can now definitively confirm that there will be no loan spell for hot USMNT topic Terrence Boyd. Borussia Dortmund have decided they are amply stocked with strong prospects at that position. They are only accepting buy offers and he will definitely be leaving the Bundesliga champs this summer.

Line-up Card+

No Short Corners 26 May @ 07:20 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Kickoff is looming, so we have the starters and a starter, the snazzy new Behind The Crest clip. As for the line-up... well well, Torres on left wing - and I thought that was only the notion of a madman. Ha! Howard; Cherundolo, Cameron, Bocanegra, Johnson, Edu, Bradley, Jones, Donovan, Torres, Boyd Bench: Guzan, Onyewu, Beckerman, Castillo, Corona, Gomez, Wondolowski - Greg

The Champions List

No Short Corners 26 May @ 04:18 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It's time again for my annual summer update of Americans to have raised top level silver in Europe. Maybe another day I'll put together a Mexico list or a second division and lesser cups list, but for now we stick solely to top flights, European cups and domestic cups that come with a UEFA berth. The newly crowned are in boldface.

27 - 4 = Your pretend tourney squad

No Short Corners 25 May @ 11:04 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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No great surprises, really. Those who must now leave the USMNT MasterCoach kitchen are Juan Agudelo, Alfredo Morales Graham Zusi and the still-injured Daniel Williams (I warned ya he wouldn't be ready for this). With that unpleasantness out of the way, let's make sure we're stocked up on bug juice as the USMNT shifts to Jacksonville for tomorrow's friendly with Scotland and catch the first

♪ Let's all meet in the lobby... ♫

No Short Corners 25 May @ 08:46 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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That wonderful time has rolled (or shall I say reeled) around again: The New York Kicking & Screening Film Festival is just over a month away and the starting line-up has been announced. Here are just a few of the trailers... - Greg Seltzer

A few things...

No Short Corners 24 May @ 08:24 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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No links this time, just a coupla semi-goodies, a bit of good news and a Danish-American horn toot. It's just about that time again, so let's unpack those ol' thumbs up and down for summer... #1 - Let's start with a couple of transfer report reviews: I can confirm that the Austrian report of Rapid Vienna being a loan option for young Borussia Dortmund goal shark Terrence "Ostinato Cello" Boyd

Debut goal alert!!

No Short Corners 23 May @ 02:43 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Djurgården rookie Brian Span made his first Allsvenskan start at right wing today and it wasn't for nothing. The youngster has just hit the 1-1 equalizer at defending champs Helsingborg with a quarter hour remaining to open his pro account. Clip to come... - Greg Seltzer

Bug juice for all!

No Short Corners 22 May @ 10:18 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Both the USMNT and USWNT are in camp ahead of big summers, so let's check in on the proceedings. Ladies first... And now we turn to mad professor Klinsi and a fan visit to training that is set for a repeat engagement on Friday. - Greg Seltzer

Klinsi's (Other) Eleven

No Short Corners 20 May @ 04:39 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Including today's 11 additions, the USMNT has 27 going for 23 spots in the "tourney simulation squad" starting with Saturday's Scotland friendly. I may have additional thoughts later, but for now I'm just trying to figure out why Eric Lichaj is not along (while Alfredo Morales is). And Zusi over Kljestan?

Strapped with Gatt

No Short Corners 20 May @ 02:26 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Molde FK winger Josh Gatt bagged his third of the young season on 26 minutes and it stood up as winner in a 2-0 defeat of Sandnes. We'll get that clip up ASAP...- Greg Seltzer

Well, that was fun*.

No Short Corners 20 May @ 08:35 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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*Provided you're not a Bayern fan. Or Angela Merkel. Let's sift through Chelsea's rude guest European championship triumph that knocked Brad Friedel to the Europa League (rabidly unfairly, I say) and shoved Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht out of the 2012/13 Champions League group phase. szólj hozzá: Bayern - Chelsea Full HD - Greg Seltzer

I love the smell of bug juice in the morning.

No Short Corners 17 May @ 11:35 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The USMNT have (partially) opened camp and Klinsi is getting all scientific with it. It's just whacky enough an idea, I love it. Even his detractors must admit the coach is keeping the players' brains alert and active. The notion of business as usual is over. - Greg Seltzer

Video Wednesday

No Short Corners 16 May @ 08:26 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Seriously, who doesn't start Wednesday at the office with some soccer tube? You may have already heard Real Salt Lake's badass new anthem. In this clip, Rancid drummer Branden Steineckert talks about his love for the club and how the new club song came together. How awesome is that? In case you weren't at the White House yesterday, here is video of the L.

A few quick things...

No Short Corners 15 May @ 06:35 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Regarding Americans in Europe: - Playing without Alfredo Morales, Hertha Berlin were relegated to the 2.Bundesliga tonight by Fortuna Düsseldorf. - Hapoel Tel Aviv took the State Cup final in the 90th minute, meaning Leo Krupnik and Maccabi Netanya are in the Europa League. - Ahead of their Europa League playoff tie, Gent loan midfielder Mikkel Diskerud has publicly stated his desire to have

The first 16

No Short Corners 15 May @ 04:23 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I don't really see the reason behind this turn-up day, staggered squad announcement, and now that it's begun there seems no real rhyme to it (unless we're meant to believe that none of Chandler, Lichaj or Ream will be in the group). A few things:- Please note the USMNT has Fabian Johnson listed among the midfielders.

UEFA Honor Roll Fall Preview

No Short Corners 13 May @ 08:30 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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This list is not final, one American still must wait on a result to see if he makes the dance and the numbers here could rise or fall over the summer transfer window. Effectively, this is an as-things-stand pre-list just to give you an idea of who will be kickin' it in Europe this coming fall.Champions LeagueGroup phaseTerrence Boyd - Borussia DortmundJermaine Jones - SchalkeQualified, group

Kaz Sweepers, Inc.

No Short Corners 13 May @ 11:10 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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[Photo: Kees Martens/Eindhovens Dagblad] Helmond Sport handyman Charles Kazlauskas nodded the 2-0 capper at derby foes FC Eindhoven to help the club reach one of two Eredivisie promotion/relegation finals (where they will face the VVV/Cambuur winner). You can have a gander at his career-best seventh goal of the term here.

Deuce es machina

No Short Corners 12 May @ 07:11 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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When Fulham needed a goal this season, they generally reached for the button on Clint Dempsey's destroy program. The U.S. star will miss out on a closing day duel with cross-town rivals Tottenham on Sunday, so let's rewind to enjoy his record-setting campaign one more time. Since you've probably seen the free kick for his 50th club goal about 50 times in the last week, let's run back through

When Kaz Attacks!

No Short Corners 10 May @ 04:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Helmond Sport got their Eredivisie promotion drive underway with a 1-0 win over nearby rivals FC Eindhoven, thanks to a restart header by Charles Kazlauskas. See the playoff winner here.- Greg Seltzer

If you'd been serious about winning the Europa League, you'd have gotten Falcao.

No Short Corners 10 May @ 11:12 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I'd say that about covers the story of both his and Atlético Madrid's second crown in three years. - Greg Seltzer

Yeah, you can have the PFFFT Team of the Year... we've got a Neville brother on our side.

No Short Corners 09 May @ 06:09 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Now a rising star pundit on Sky, former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has tabbed his Team of the Season with a familiar name in the side. Below, he explains why the Texas Tornado is his choice over some big names on the left. - Greg Seltzer

And so the war deepened...

No Short Corners 08 May @ 09:52 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I've come to let all you USMNT fanatics know that... (exasperated sigh)... Klinsi will be answering questions at the U.S. Soccer Twitter today at 1 p.m. ET. All you need to do is add the "#AskJK" tag to be considered. Yeah, it seems like a battle W for my arch nemesis, but I've asked that man questions - just wait until the coach feels the restraint of 140 characters.

Sacha, King of Belgium

No Short Corners 06 May @ 03:17 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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It took a last gasp Anderlecht spot kick, but Sacha Kljestan is a league champion for the first time. Hail the king! - Greg Seltzer

Checkin' on the party at the 50, Deuce

No Short Corners 06 May @ 09:27 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Clint Dempsey has hit his Fulham half-century, banging home a free kick on 12 minutes for his 50th Cottagers goal. It was not only his 17th EPL goal of the season (fourth-best), but also his 10th first goal (tied for second in the league). The clip - or should I say, at least one - to come... - Greg Seltzer

Extra Time: AS RomAmerica

No Short Corners 03 May @ 04:56 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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If only Vespucci had been born in the Eternal City instead of Firenze, the post title would be perfect. That drat-ness aside, we're going to do things a little different this time. Usually, I come here to drop quotes that didn't make it into the final cut of the corresponding linked Postcard From Europe feature.

Who likes good news?

No Short Corners 03 May @ 11:45 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Jozy Altidore does not have a concussion (or any head injury, for that matter). He has a back bruise that will likely keep him out on Sunday. Full report coming shortly at MLSS, and those who haven't can see the rather scary incident about 1:10 into the highlight reel.- Greg Seltzer

A Fine Messi

No Short Corners 02 May @ 07:27 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Among several noteworthy events in the soccer world today (including Ajax clinching the title repeat), Lionel Messi bagged a hat trick to beat both Málaga and Gerd Müller's 39-year-old record for goals in a single European club campaign.In case you're not keeping score at home, Messi's new standard of 68 goals was achieved with a La Liga-record of 46, 14 in the Champions League, three from the

Ale Oop!

No Short Corners 02 May @ 04:41 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Six minutes from time, Alejandro Bedoya buried a Maurice Edu assist for the 5-0 capper in Rangers' win over Dundee United and his first SPL goal. As you probably know, Rangers clips are unpredictable. I'll get the clip up ASAP... - Greg Seltzer

A coupla things...

No Short Corners 01 May @ 03:00 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I am being mercilessly hammered by illness brought on by food poisoning right now, but I heard a couple things today you all would probably be quite interested by. So I've belly-crawled to the desk like a little trooper just to share: Charlie Davies is in the provisional squad for tomorrow's key match at fellow relegation fighters Ajaccio.

My USMNT Clipboard 3.0

No Short Corners 28 April @ 08:26 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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We are just over five weeks away from the start of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying and several things have changed since we last pulled up my depth chart. These have all been for a 4-3-3 set, but since Klinsi looks like settling on a 4-2-3-1, we'll just call that close enough and proceed as normal. Those in blue moved up from last time, those in black held position, the reds slipped and the green

Pep's goodbye

No Short Corners 27 April @ 06:10 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Dubbed for your understanding pleasure. - Greg Seltzer

The moment U.S. fans have been waiting for...

No Short Corners 26 April @ 07:57 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I'll have a USMNT depth chart update this weekend, but for now enjoy the real prize: Stuart Holden discussing his hair. - Greg Seltzer