Garber sees growth in MLS. (Getty Images)

I've spent a good portion of the day collecting my thoughts on a couple subjects and then it happen to be the same day that MLS commish Don Garber had his State of the League address. Yeah, let's just say some of his comments just made my head go nuts (and your's too judging by some emails).

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"With and without the ball at the moment we're very on the ball."
Frank Lampard has a ball after Chelsea's thumping of Bolton.

"Jermaine is really generous - he bought me some Christian Louboutin shoes for Christmas which I love. But the best present he ever got is priceless - a tattoo of my face on his forearm. Click to continue reading...

Stew "The Brew" Holden was all up on Fox Football Fone-In this week and Nicky Webster pointed out that Stuart is striking the ball in a manner that he describes as Beckham-esque. Also Waldo said that he thinks this is Stuart's year and he told him so on Facebook.
(Pause for internal analysis of that last sentence and what it says about where we are as a society and how the nature of person-to-person communication has changed. Click to continue reading...

Episode 140 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with Michael Sheen, the star of The Damned United, the new motion picture about the life of Brian Clough.

The podcast episode also features a discussion with EPL Talk correspondent Eric Altshule who gives a mini-review of the film.

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One of America's more perceptive futbol journalists. Beau Dure, has a lengthy profile of Landon Donovan in yesterday's USA Today. (No comments on our speed of motion please.)

Aside from the a vintage shot of Donovan with blond hair, I actually learned a couple of things about the front-runner for the Honda Player of the Year award.

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How do you like the new Wynalda-packed Fox Football Fone-In? Nice to see King Vulgar back on the airwaves, escpecially with Temryss Lane in tow. And is it jus me or are there a shocking amount of children calling in to this show?
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I've had multiple column ideas bouncing in my head the last couple days but haven't been able to focus on one thing. So, to solve this, I'm just going to write about everything.

Here we go...

Jozy Altidore — If he did have swine flu, he got over it.

Untied States soccer commentators (who are almost all U.

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It's a funny thing about the best laid plans. Sometimes, rather than getting laid, they just end up screwing you.
Take, for example, the venues for the home-and-home World Cup qualifiers between Mexico and the US.
Late last year, Sunil Gulati offered the FMF a deal: he'd move our home leg to someplace that made some sense (and where, coincidentally, he could sell 70,000 tickets) if Mexico would agree to move their home leg to someplace other than Mexico City. Click to continue reading...

Jeff Cunningham went off for 4 goals last night against KC in a historic night for him. And yet, his night provided a great example of bad goal calls by MLS television announcers. Cunningham's third goal:

. . . about the benefits, for more info, visit the Hooper's Kids Club sign up table located at the Hooper's Hang Out, or checkout FC Dallas dot com .

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A premature Premiership four as decided by you. Peruvian NT now looking for applications. Zlatan as a boy; Zlatan is a broken toy. Eric Wynalda returns to make your ears bleed. While Mexico positively thumps their northern rivals. The Special One is the only one for ManU. China lives up to its violent reputation. Click to continue reading...

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Longtime, loyal readers of MLSR saw the dismissal of FSC's Fox Football Fone-In host Steve Cohen a mile away. Back in May we published the following:
REPORT: World Soccer Daily's Steve Cohen in Hot Water as Sponsors Abandon Ship
Today we learn from that Eric Wynalda, will replace him
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According to the USA Today's soccer blog, Steven Cohen - whose comments about the Hillsbrough disaster caused all sorts of trouble recently - is being replaced as host of the Fox Football Fone-In television show by... Eric Wynalda. The same Eric Wynalda who was suspended, and eventually canned, by ESPN for saying "Jim Rome can suck [. Click to continue reading...

"We have distanced ourselves and will continue to distance ourselves from any comments that disrespect the memory of Hillsborough.
"We can see no benefit of giving him legitimacy by the club singling him out. Giving Mr. Cohen oxygen is the worst thing we could do.
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Eric Wynalda is back in broadcasting.
The Hall of Famer and former ESPN commentator will join Fox Football Fone-In, Fox Soccer Channel's Monday night call-in show, when the show's sixth season starts Aug. 10 at a new time of 7 p.m. ET.
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Then I know someone who wants to hear from you.

And on a day after the Galaxy announced they had sold more than 70,000 tickets for Saturday's game against Barcelona there (remaining tickets start at $35) it's an apt post:

I'm Miguel Melendez and I'm a sportswriter at the Pasadena Star-News.

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SPORT SOCCER WORLD
Originally uploaded by parrywv1 El previo de la Gran Final Copa Oro Estados Unidos contra la selección México
en la foto:
A US fan dances prior to the World Cup quarter-final match between USA and Germany in Ulsan, June 21, 2002. REUTERS/Shaun Best
Todos los aficionados mexicanos esperamos que la seleccion mexicana se enfrente en competiciones oficiales contra Estados Unidos antes por que se les podia ganar y de manera contuendente, ahora por masoquismo o por la nostalgia de tiempos mejores. Click to continue reading...

The old-look ESPN2.
Oh yeah, and the wild and crazy John Harkes and Eric Wynalda -- remember that guy? Click to continue reading...

I found this gem posted on The Offside Rules, where the always-entertaining Shawn Francis unearthed a highlight video from 1997 MLS. What makes this great are three things: the first, that John Harkes and Eric Wynalda are introducing it, the second, that they seem like they're on something, and the third is that Steve Ralston is involved in one of the highlights.

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John O'Brien's goal started the 2002 World Cup run

Sunday will make the first tournament final ever in a non CONCACAF event for the United States. However, the US has made deep runs in major tournaments before. Let's take a quick look at these tournaments.

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I know we played this game the other day after the Egypt match, but let's revisit it again. Where does the Spain game compare to the matches described below in the Post 1990 history of the US Men's National Team? The 1950 World Cup win versus England obviously was the best pre 1989 result for the US, but actually was the last US World Cup win for 54 years, so it didn't actually usher in any sort of era of good play from the USMNT.

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The start to the USA's Confederations Cup campaign inspired a torrent of vitriol among American supporters, as well as a fair amount of swearing, including -- the alleged drunken Facebook rants of former US player Eric Wynalda. (Wynalda claims his Facebook account was hacked.)
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Well first off, wtf happened yesterday... jesus. Well I can tell you one thing.. Eric Wynalda's facebook was surely the reason why we played so well haha. But first, hats off to the boys.. they showed that we really do know how to play footy, and that we could finally score during the run of play. Click to continue reading...

OK, admit it.
After New Zealand Referee Michael Hester blatantly, inexplicably, inexcusably missed an obvious handball that prevented the US from scoring the last, desperately needed goal against the Pharaohs, you had flashbacks to the Germany game when a less obvious - but nonetheless clear - non call kept the US out of the World Cup semifinals. Click to continue reading...

In terms of US National Team history very few days have matched yesterday in terms of pure drama. Just three days after Team USA equaled its worst ever loss to Brazil and six days after the national teams worst loss to Italy since 1934, the US found itself in a position to clinch passage to the semifinals of the Confederations Cup.

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Waldo
Originally uploaded by designatedplayers Eric Wynalda no quiere ser mas Norteamericano , odia a su equipo de futbol.
El ex-jugador estado unidense Eric Wynalda fue uno de los mejores jugadores en la historia y el mejor anotador de este equipo norteamericano que tantos odian. Click to continue reading...

We all know the dangers of drunken text messaging but I think as we move deeper into the age of connectivity we need to pause for a moment to acknowledge the dangers of drunken Facebook status updates.
My man KK noticed via Deadspin that Eric Wynalda had something of a late-night, 3 martini meltdown after watching the Yanks lose to Italy and felt it was best that he share it with America. Click to continue reading...

I know most people are generally annoyed when someone takes something off another blog/site and repost it, but hey you've gotta get your stuff from somewhere and you can't always be the lucky blogger who found it first. I try to give credit where credit is do though and this is too good not to post!
I found this little gem on Never Captain Nicky Butt and proves once and for all you should never log on to a social networking site when buzzed and or drunk. Click to continue reading...

Eric Wynalda was a member of a pretty nice generation of US Soccer. He helped get the country on the map from a footie sense. Along with Claudio Reyna, Brian McBride, Earnie Stewart, Tab Ramos, and some others - Wynalda was pretty legit in the 90s. Clearly, he's not too happy with the US team after their 3-0 display against Brazil, but was this really necessary? Click to continue reading...

The Red Carpet will be out for the Fighting Talker Podcast's Season Premier.
With the FT Podcast resuming later this month, I wanted to give you a little taste of some of the folks that I am working to bring on the show once we begin our new season.

• The MLS Worst XI - Ed, Dave Lifton and I did a comprehensive breakdown of the MLS Worst XI.

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I Twitter (I Tweet?). I'm not going to explain Twitter, you know what it is; if you don't, Google it.

Watching a World Cup qualifier on a Saturday night with your Twitter followers is a unique experience. I marvel at those who Tweet "US Scores" Duh. We're watching. You're watching. I assume you saw the same goal I saw.

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Since I will be covering the RSL at LA match on the June 13th, I will attempt to catch some video of the match. Also, if you have any questions for any of the alumni, please let me know before June 13th.
Think this will get you out to the game? Want more pre-game events like this or just the game? Click to continue reading...

Look. This season hasn't been easy on anyone. But tonight, you can relive some of the past while cheering for your nations future.

ESPN will be broadcasting a huge showdown between the US and a surging Costa Rica at Estadio Saprissa. You want to know how hardcore this game is? Look no further than United States Legend, Eric Wynalda, who gave his take of the game on Facebook:

USA vs Costa Rica tonight at 7pm (west coast).

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United midfielder - and all-around good guy - Ben Olsen was on FSC's Fox Football Fone-in last week. He spoke with hosts Nick Webster and Eric Wynalda (a guest host) about all things United.

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I just finished the new DVD from Major League Soccer and A&E Home Video titled, Game Breakers: The Stars of Major League Soccer and I've got to tell ya, I was quite impressed.
The DVD was just released on August 26th and so – like Kramer in Seinfeld – that practically makes me the premier! Click to continue reading...

I had a chance to watch Game Breakers: The Stars of Major League Soccer this evening. The A&E DVD about several of the stars of Major League Soccer was just released today.

The description of the DVD lists 12 players that they profile but you will see so much more than just 12 player profiles.

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