Can I take a minute to testify? Thank you. I'm now 33 years old with little time for exercise and a penchant for rich cheeses and savory meats. It is for this very reason that I possess a body type that could be described as "rotund" and why many soccer jersey's come off like meat casing on my frame. Click to continue reading...

Nike Manchester United Line Up Jacket - White with Black

I gotta say that Manchester United has a some of the best looking jackets and jerseys in the English Premier League, or any league for that matter. I have a Man. United black sweater that I wear all the time and now I just got the new Nike Manchester United Black/White Jacket. Click to continue reading...

If you are looking for one of the hottest looking jersey's in the MLS check out the Seattle Sounders Jersey. Paired with my two most favorite brands of Adidas and XBOX 360 the shirt is more than a soccer jersey.

Seattle Sounders Jersey

The new Seattle Sounders Jersey is available in Men's Large and Xtra-Large sizes.

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This coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. Of course, every coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. This is one of the many truisms of English Football. Last season we gaped open mouthed as Manchester City clumsily wooed Global Franchise Entities with the promise of dreams and Ferrero Rocher.

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With the season fast approaching and the meaningless friendlies winding down, football fans across the world are all gearing up for not only another great Premier League season, but a chance to beat their friends and fellow fans in fantasy football yet again!

Premiership Talk is again hosting a fantasy football league on Yahoo!

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After another weekend of play, the Los Angeles Sol (7-1-3) remain atop the WPS standings. Camille Abily and PUMA spokeswoman Marta lead the team with six and four goals respectively.

Just prior to the start of the Women's Professional Soccer season, brand PUMA and WPS announced an exclusive partnership making PUMA an official founding partner of the new league and an official sponsor of all WPS franchises.

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Just prior to the start of the Women's Professional Soccer season, global sport lifestyle brand PUMA and WPS announced an exclusive partnership making PUMA an official founding partner of the new league and an official sponsor of all WPS franchises.

The multi-year partnership makes PUMA the official sport and lifestyle apparel, footwear and equipment supplier of WPS, including the official WPS Match Ball.

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Making a soccer jersey is harder then it looks, especially when it's ‘tailor made in England.' The new Umbro England Home Jersey 2009-2010 is the perfect way to celebrate your favourite team (England) when they head for the World Cup this summer in South Africa.

The first thing I noticed when I first put on the jersey was how comfortable it felt.

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As Newcastle United gear up to face Manchester City tomorrow, Shay Given has been informed that he will not be playing against his future club. Yes, you read it right, Shay Given is on the verge of wrapping up a deal that brings him to the City of Manchester Stadium. Although a signing won't be completed before tomorrow's fixture, both sides have agreed that it's better if Given doesn't make an appearance. Click to continue reading...

If you are going to get a soccer ball try the adidas TerraPass Effect Ball. The outer material is made of a highly reflective material that gives the illusion of being apart of the ground. Invisible no, but cool all the same. It's made of 30% Thermoplastic Polyurethane/ 60% Thermoplastic Elastometrics/ 10% Polyester. Click to continue reading...

Official jerseys, shirts, and much more gear! Huge sale! Click to continue reading...

Watch it. It's worth it just to see Drew Carey's walk at the end. But where Freddie Ljungberg? Wierd that the team's actual model didn't do the catwalk; perhaps he was prepping for a role on the Right Said Fred comeback tour?
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Allow me a moment to big up my guys Beans & Dunny at The Original Winger for their new Fall collection from Bumpy Pitch. They've got new BP logo tees, they brought back a few of the classic NASL logo shirts and went waaaaaay back to the days of leather balls for a few ASL teams. They're all 100% dope and 100% designed and manufactured in the USA (they're helping to keep our people working y'all). Click to continue reading...

Thomas, striker on our soccer team, ask me whether he could buy soccer apparel on the internet with a best price offers. He wants to buy his favourite David Beckham La Galaxy T-Shirt. Since I have the experience of shopping online on the internet, I recommend him to go to Shop.com.

On Shop.

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That new Bumpy Pitch ish is out. It's only a 100 piece, limited edition run so you better not sleep or you'll be left out like me when I was the fat kid at the dodgeball game. Do you know that I still want to cry about that to my therapist?
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Game Breakers: The Stars of Major League Soccer was released yesterday for your viewing pleasure. It's available from Amazon.com, A&E.com, and a slew of other places, so go buy it. Or if you fancy your chances, I've got a copy to give away to the first person to email the correct answer to the random, obscure question following question to TheOffsideRules [at] gmail. Click to continue reading...

To help commemorate the spectacular UEFA Final events held in Moscow, Adidas made the Finale Sportivo Soccer Ball. If you want this great soccer ball for your own, order them at SoccerPro.com Image courtesy of Soccer Pro. Technorati Tags: adidas finale sportivo moscow,adidas soccer ball,adidas uefa soccer ball,adidas uefa ball,adidas uefa moscow Share This Click to continue reading...

Have any of you ever heard of Oath Apparel? I haven't but they've given Stuart Holden a side-job so I can't hate on them. I'm told he's one of the models for their upcoming fall line of men's apparel. Watch this space for more info if you are interested in dressing like a Scottish-American Dynamo with Olympic hopes. Click to continue reading...

TOR brothers-in-blog (and fellow DESIGNATED PLAYER) The Original Winger have started this nice series of posts labeled The Essentials that you should all check out. It's all a bunch of gear, gadgets, games, girls and other stuff that does not begin with the letter "G" that you just can't live without. Click to continue reading...

I don't know where you live, but in the part of New Jersey in which I reside there is plenty of beach, and asphalt but not a lot open green space close by. I'm not saying it's Rockaway, Queens by any stretch but finding a grass field for a kick-around isn't always an easy option. Which is fine since you can just buy a bunch of stuff for your street game instead of waiting for Bono, Beckham or some other celebrity to come and save you. Click to continue reading...

If you're in the market for a brand-new, second-hand automobile may I suggest that you consider this Lamborghini Murcielago VT Coupe available at Autotrader.com. It was ordered by and custom made for David Beckham before he left Man U for Real Madrid but he opted out of purchasing it. It's a ride as sweet as his free kicks: powered by a 6. Click to continue reading...

Is it just me or are a lot of musicians secret soccer fans these days? Maybe they aren't but perhaps someone at their merchandise company is. It seems everyone's discovering their inner hooligan and have got a terrace-inspired scarf to prove it. Jersey punker Ted Leo does. Indie-preps Vampire Weekend have one too. Click to continue reading...

Everyone knows that career Jesus Juice enthusiast and OCG Nice supporter Micheal Jackson is dead broke. What everyone doesn't know is that he has resorted to selling his clothes to US U-20's coach and Chivas USA sporting director Thomas Rongen for nose-job money. You heard it here first. Click to continue reading...

When youth fades, it moves to Florida. When glory fades it moves to eBay. And in some rare cases, that once shining youth and glory get a party house in Naples and move in together.
Our man MetroAG pointed out on Metrofanatic this morning that Former NY Cosmos skipper --and current Sunshine State senior citizen-- Eddie Firmani has put his 1978 and 1979 NASL Championship rings up for sale on eBay at the staggering price of $15k & $10k respectively. Click to continue reading...

My buddy Gary hipped me to this shirt this morning. Apparently that Steven Cohen has been known to wear one on air during his Fox Soccer Channel call-in show. With an such meticulous, nerd-knowledge packaging details as a "not available in Europe" disclaimer it's pretty special, even if you're not a Landon-hater like him. Click to continue reading...

C'mon now, admit it. You know you've imagined Abel Xavier in the salon a million times before. Studies have shown that between the LA Galaxy defender, Djibril Cisse and Christina Aguilera there will be no hair bleach left in the world by the year 2012. Fact.
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So I'm fairly certain that this is one of the finest footie commercials currently in circulation. Actually the word commercial doesn't do this 2 minute long, 12-inch mix of an advert justice. It's something of a mini-movie/cautionary tale about how poor choice in footwear -specifically soccer boots- can lead one to some very bad places in their career. Click to continue reading...

Hey are any of y'all fucking with Vampire Weekend? If your daily blogeration is not limited to ones written by guys who're a bunch of wannabe-English soccer snobs and instead includes blogs written by guys who're wannabe-English music snobs, you probably heard of them. If not, the 10 second primer on them is that they are 4 recent Columbia grads who make sweet Afrobeat-infused indie rock while dressed like the Ivy Leaguers that they are. Click to continue reading...

The new Nike Mercurial Vapor should be on your list of to get if you want high quality football gear. It features durable and super lightweight carbon fiber material that brings it down to only 7.4 ounces. The Mercurial Vapor isn't for the stiff pockets, these bad babies will cut you down $299.99. Click to continue reading...

England manager Fabio Capello arrives on the red carpet at the Laureus World Sports Awards in St.Petersburg, Russia. Click to continue reading...

Did you spend your Sunday morning on your knees praying for salvation and an away win? Do you follow AC Milan with an almost religious fervor? Have you ever crossed yourself before a penalty that you weren't taking?
If you answered "yes" to any of the above I have the shirt for you. Click to continue reading...

Have you got a box of unsold scarves just sitting there gathering dust? Does your supporters club have some shirts that need selling? Or perhaps you just have some brilliant self-designed clobber that you want to share with the rest of us? If so MLSU can help. Just email us a nice, large photo of any relevant (meaning supporters group or club-related) shirt, scarves, hats, stickers etc and a Click to continue reading...

It's Christmas time and tomorrow is Saturday. Chances are you will end up in a mall or grossly over-sized big-box store shopping for people you're related to. Now every publication and their designer dog has got a holiday shopping guide out there to help you part with your cash. And so does TOR!
But ours is real special (but not in a short bus kind of way) and comes courtesy of US Women's team midfielder/looker/reformed Catholic school girl Leslie Osborne and has one caveat: you have to really like Puma shit. Click to continue reading...

I haven't mentioned one of my favorite clothing operations in a minute but since Becks was spotted rocking their new line while out on the lash in Vancouver with new wing man Peter Vagenas, I figure the time is now to give you the hook up.
What hook up is that? 15% off any order from Bumpy Pitch's mad decent Classic American Soccer Collection line. Click to continue reading...

You know you have stepped up as a league when accountants can now purchase freakishly large wall stickers of your best players for their offices. Fathead is not offering a small selection of MLS Fatheads featuring team crests and even a few players; JPA (as the image above would imply), The Hunchback of Bridgeview, Landycakes and of course Goldenballs -who is available in multiple poses and hairstyles. Click to continue reading...