World wide world cup match days are the next best thing to the actual world cup, particularly when we are in the last throes of the schedule. It's like a 1st round March madness day, but twice as long. A few more tickets were punched, and a few other have the porter in the next cabin. Others are starting to feel a little too uncomfortable. Click to continue reading...

With the sound of thunder and rain on the athletes' lounge, it seemed like the soccer Gods were telling us to call it a day. There were 32 games today, and as you'd expect with that many matches, upsets were bound to happen. These pictures come from the Cal Odyssey-Arsenal FC matchup in the U-15/16 age group, where Cal (seeded 31st) defeated Arsenal FC (a #2 seed) 3-0 thanks to two goals from Jose Segura and one by Gregory Antognoli. Click to continue reading...

Ok, so here on the Dynamo page we've been running a March Madness-style knockout tournament trying to decide which team has the "best" cheerleading squad. So to even the balance, we decided to run this post for da ladies....

I have yet to figure out exactly what Jeremy was doing on CosmoGirl.

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Regarding March Madness, our Men's bracket winner ... Mo ... has started off the trash talking for next year with this prediction ..."Next year I will either go perfect in one of the brackets or win both of them."

Alice, you will need to convey this to Mike when you see him. Meanwhile, I will begin plotting my own comeback!

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By Graig Carbino - ALBANY, NY (Apr 13, 2009) USSoccerPlayers – This seems like the perfect time to finally wrap up the American Abroad March Madness tournament here at USSoccerPlayers. After what Clint Dempsey did with Fulham on Easter Sunday, is there any doubt as to who the winner is? Dempsey has eight goals and three assists in all competitions, already surpassing his offensive output from last season with six games to play. Click to continue reading...

First off - kudos to Michigan State on moving on to the final with a hard won win over UConn. They will now face UNC for it all.

Yes. UNC. Not only did they shoot the lights out, but they also prevented Villanova from getting anything going, pretty much. A couple of flurries - one of which brought the Wildcats within 5, but from the get go UNC looked in charge.

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A good deal of our attention has been happily distracted from March Mayhem to March Madness. Thank goodness for basketball. It temporarily shifts our focus away from the mayhem on local roads and bridges once the spring thaw is in full swing.

Winter's fury and the relentless beating our infrastructure has taken from ice, snow, sand, salt and heavy equipment are obvious to anyone who ventures out before the patching crews have been out in full force.

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Thanks, AMR, for the link to this very special bracket!  (I must say I'm a bit disappointed to see that he didn't also complete a bracket on the women's side.  There's still time, Mr. President!) I am also trying to figure out if there is any way to get his picks into our pool here ... [...] Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you wonder if Elmo really needs pajamas#8230; Karel Bruckner re-retires (UEFA) Keeping an eye on the Azzurini (Italy WCB) Can celebrities have anonymous sex (Studs Up) The re-Anglicization of the digital Gooners continues (FM Offside Arsenal) Ramos vamos? (Reuters Soccer Blog) The World Cup, done March Madness style (Soccer Insider) Sepp Blatter attacks MLS (MLS Talk)div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds2. Click to continue reading...

If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on how they think the tourney will play out. A lot of websites do... pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/LgummGsw2xbGVWoeow7e6HVwaKQ/a"img src="http://feedads. Click to continue reading...

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As you gear up for March Madness, check out this great women's basketball time-line - from Helen Wheelock of Women'sBasketballOnline.com. Looking at the time-line that runs through the '70's makes me feel a whole lot better about losing to the West Chester State freshman team year after year after year. Click to continue reading...

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It's March in the U.S. and that means it's time for a return of one of most popular series of posts from last year. I call it 'The Other Football Madness' and it's based on March Madness. If you don't... pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/aX7kKz5hR1VXXVT7M4Mtg0dLlJA/a"img src="http://feedads. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to the Twin Valley Flyers Peewee Hockey Team on winning the NH State Championship yesterday afternoon, defeating Back Bay in OT to take the trophy.  (And it was our own Mo, of March Madness fame, who tipped in the winning goal!)  Well done, Flyers - and thanks for an exciting weekend of great hockey [. Click to continue reading...

That's how Michael Steele has described the Republican Party. I agree that muck is a great way to describe a medium comprised of the detritus of right wing preachers, radio hacks, and turdblossoms.  But it doesn't seem wise for a party that is struggling mightily to find its identity, should choose as its cheerleader-in-chief, someone [. Click to continue reading...

Phew - I feel like it's been a long time since I sat down with some good strong coffee and just caught up here. There's lots of news in the soccer world as the WPS season kick-off is just weeks away!  March 29th, to be exact.  (I should probably think about taking a day or two [...] Click to continue reading...

First off, is Andrew Card crazy?  He's tweaked about Obama disrespecting the office of the Presidency.  Why?  Because Obama changed the dress code at the White House.  Good grief.  Is that what Andrew Card really thinks?  Is he a grown-up?  (And I loved the comments on this piece ... especially the one about how the [. Click to continue reading...

Chase Hilgenbrinck's decision to leave MLS for the seminary and eventual priesthood was surprising but not sudden. The former Revolution defender tells the story ...

Why?
Because I feel called. I've actually had my calling. I've been discerning this decision for several years now.

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When I started this fun little vote thing back in the beginning of March, I never expected to have so many votes and I certainly didn't expect it to take as much as my free time as it did. I... Click to continue reading...

After monstrously high totals earlier in the competition, I expected a few more votes for each side but it was still an impressive showing by both clubs as you voted Everton's kit better than Liverpool's by a 40-25 margin. With... Click to continue reading...

Tonight the NCAA will crown its men's basketball champion - and today, we'll crown our Other Football Madness Favorite Kit champion. After weeks of competition (and a lot more work than I ever imagined it would take), we have our... Click to continue reading...

Back in the old days of the NCAA Tournament, there was a third-place game played before the national title game. It went away due to a lack of interest (I guess) in having the semifinal losers play each other before... Click to continue reading...

Where did all the votes go? Liverpool's decided advantage over Manchester City disappeared against Blackburn as the Rovers knocked out the Reds with by a vote of 31-15. Blackburn will face Wigan Athletic today in our championship match which will... Click to continue reading...

One day after we had 257 votes in the Liverpool - Manchester City vote, we got 327 in the battle between Wigan Athletic and Everton. This contest has gotten important. Wigan won the vote 197-130 and will compete today for... Click to continue reading...

It's March (April) in the U.S. If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on how they think the tourney will play... Click to continue reading...

It's March (April) in the U.S. If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on how they think the tourney will play... Click to continue reading...

After meeting with the committee (which was a short meeting after dealing with the fact that my car was nearly stolen and left non-drivable and with two radios missing), it was decided that since no rules had been set up,... Click to continue reading...

It's March (April) in the U.S. If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on how they think the tourney will play... Click to continue reading...

Blackburn have reached our Final Four with a 21-10 win over Reading in our completely unscientific vote of our reader's favorite kit. Blackburn will face the winner of today's contest between Manchester City and Liverpool. If you want to read... Click to continue reading...

It's March (April) in the U.S. If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on how they think the tourney will play... Click to continue reading...

Wigan have knocked out Newcastle United 20-12 in our completely unscientific vote of our reader's favorite kit. Wigan move on to face Everton in our Final Four on Friday. If you want to read more about the fun little game,... Click to continue reading...

It's March (April) in the U.S. If you don't know about March Madness, it's a knockout college basketball tournament that sweeps the country every year as folks print out brackets and wager on how they think the tourney will play... Click to continue reading...

Now that wasn't even close. Everton defeated Portsmouth by a count of 52-5 in our completely unscientific vote of our reader's favorite kit. Everton advances to our Final Four and will face the winner of today's contest between Newcastle United... Click to continue reading...