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February 5, 2008

Save the drama for Obama

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Happy Super Tuesday. I think the Patriots are gonna win, although the Giants have been playing really - huh? But I thought Super Tuesday meant.... There are only, like, a million lefty-liberal political blogs out there, which is one of the reasons I haven't made too many political posts here. One thing I have noticed though - California [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 06:22 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

February 4, 2008

The Super Bowl game

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Every year, I see how long I can go without knowing who won the Super Bowl. My record is Monday afternoon. I didn't come close this year, because we went to see "No Country For Old Men*," and the guy introducing the film** told us the score. Like, if we were interested in the game, [...] Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 02:00 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

February 1, 2008

Third verse, different from the first

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Huss: We want to put your blog on the BigSoccer HP Me: ....Hewlett-Packard? Huss: Homepage. Man, Kenn Tomasch was right, you are a dumbass So, remember how tedious I was about making sure everyone knew to move their bookmarks (ha) and their blogroll links and such over to here? Remember how I used to do this over at BigSoccer? Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Bad Idea Jeans, I have to stop listening to sports talk radio, Milk chocolate is a ripoff, My own personal axes to grind, Stupid pointless trivia, United States

January 31, 2008

Penny wise

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Interesting analysis from Frank Dell'Appa. Dell'Appa is probably right that while Twellman by himself isn't going to draw 28,000 fans a game for the Revolution, replacing him could be more expensive and troublesome than it's worth.  Getting a DP defeats the whole purpose of selling Twellman for cash. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 01:56 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Houston Dynamo, My own personal axes to grind, New England Revolution, United States, World Soccer

January 28, 2008

Money and Geography

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In these enlightened times, strolling onto BigSoccer and starting a thread about promotion and relegation earns you scorn and mockery. This hasn't stopped playtherapy over at Nutmegged, who quotes "The Beautiful Game and the American Exception." I was also reading and massively enjoying David Goldblatt's "The Ball Is Round: A History of Soccer", and noted [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 08:30 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

January 15, 2008

Carnac the Magnificent presents

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Ladies and gentlemen, here is the full text of every single e-mail that Steve Davis is getting today: "No Jonathan Bornstein?" I choose to believe that, like me, Davis refuses to acknowledge the existence of Bizarro Chivas. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 03:42 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Future Relocated Franchise, Jump To Conclusions Mat, My own personal axes to grind, United States

January 14, 2008

Oneonta Red Jackets tryouts

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Got my Hall of Fame ballot. Yes, I know, but I have one. What can you do. No super-obvious slam dunks on this ballot, but a number of good cases. I think the time when I could throw in a vote for Mark Semioli has passed. This year's ballot: Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

Interliga Update - The Game

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SCENE: The Home Depot Center, January 12, 2008. Two GALAXY FANS are enjoying the game. GALAXY FAN #1: I can't remember seeing this kind of pinpoint passing and precision runs. GALAXY FAN #2: We saw it all the time last year. But it was always the visiting team. Curtain. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 01:38 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

January 8, 2008

Our Lips Are Sealed

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Hey, you know who else is reporting that Figo is considering MLS? Freaking MLSnet. So, I suppose I owe the outlets who also bought into it an apology, because even though the MLS report is simply a copied article of some sort, it's still on MLSnet. Hey, I'd have believed it if I had seen it. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: HOT RUMORS!, My own personal axes to grind, United States

January 4, 2008

Figo to MLS; Roberto Baggio to Derby County

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Ah, the silly season. From the green half of the Sideline: ....the Galaxy is an easy name to drop these days whenever a player wants to get more money out of wherever they actually want to go. But of course. I long for the day that soccer journalism reacts to agenda-driven rumors with "That's nice," and patiently waits [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 09:15 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: HOT RUMORS!, My own personal axes to grind, United States

December 20, 2007

Really, it’s an honor just to be nominated

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The USSF has decided what was best in soccer, and this year's best blog is Steven Goff. Congratulations! Ives Galarcep with the silver. No problem. I've got a huge problem with the third place pick, though. Here - go back and read for yourself. If that was the third best blog in the [...] Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 02:47 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States, Where are my pills

Really, it’s an honor just to be nominated

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The USSF has decided what was best in soccer, and this year's best blog is Steven Goff. Congratulations! Ives Galarcep with the silver. No problem. I've got a huge problem with the third place pick, though. Here - go back and read for yourself. If that was the third best blog in the [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States, Where are my pills

December 18, 2007

Two weeks notice

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I don't want to make an official announcement until I get my head out of my ace and actually have something set up, but this blog address dies with the year 2007. Will Rudolph rescue Happy, the Baby New Blog, in time to ring in the year nineteen-wonderful? I'll be posting until it becomes technologically [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

Two weeks notice

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I don't want to make an official announcement until I get my head out of my ace and actually have something set up, but this blog address dies with the year 2007. Will Rudolph rescue Happy, the Baby New Blog, in time to ring in the year nineteen-wonderful? I'll be posting until it becomes technologically infeasible to [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 08:00 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

December 13, 2007

Digging it

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This seems intriguing. I suppose being in a supporters club makes me overrate their importance, but it's something that I don't see any other second-tier American leagues having. I mean, who are the hardcore, week-in, week-out, live and die with every possession Arena Football League fans?* It's something unique enough that it [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 02:42 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

Digging it

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This seems intriguing. I suppose being in a supporters club makes me overrate their importance, but it's something that I don't see any other second-tier American leagues having. I mean, who are the hardcore, week-in, week-out, live and die with every possession Arena Football League fans?* It's something unique enough that it [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 02:42 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

December 11, 2007

Atlante Thrashers

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So I'm watching highlights of the FMF final, and made the obligatory "They'll be dancing in the streets of Atlante tonight!" joke. Then I realized, I didn't actually know where Atlante played. Luis informs us (okay, me) - it's Cancun, which would have been, like, my five hundredth guess. Then I made the obligatory "Wow, all [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 01:39 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Colorado Rapids, My own personal axes to grind, United States, World Soccer

Atlante Thrashers

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So I'm watching highlights of the FMF final, and made the obligatory "They'll be dancing in the streets of Atlante tonight!" joke. Then I realized, I didn't actually know where Atlante played. Luis informs us (okay, me) - it's Cancun, which would have been, like, my five hundredth guess. Then I made the obligatory "Wow, all these smaller [. Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 01:39 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Colorado Rapids, My own personal axes to grind, United States, World Soccer

December 4, 2007

In December, there are no second drafts

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I should be above this sort of thing. Sadly, it's December, and MLS news is at a standstill. I know, but I just can't bring myself to care about the early rounds of the Champions League. The only thing more pointless than letting rich non-champions into the Champions League is round-robin group [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

December 3, 2007

The Twelfth Estate

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Interested in the USSoccerPlayers.com site pulling back its coverage of MLS, and me spinning that into a long, self-absorbed post about My Opinions? No? Wow, you're in the wrong place then. What am I supposed to do, tell the Red Bulls to hurry up and hire a coach so we have something to write [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

November 15, 2007

Dear US Soccer

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Well, same to you, buddy. At least my site gets the freaking year right. Kisses, Dan Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 01:23 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

October 30, 2007

Even the Apostle Thomas doubted, after all

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From Steven Goff - Jaime hates the haters: Commenting on observers who have been saying United is not going to win this series, the usually mild-mannered Bolivian said: "Those people are losers. That's just like any sport. When you are on top of your game, everything is good. When you step down, they keep talking all [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, United States

October 22, 2007

Regular Season Awards

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Okay, here's how I voted. One long boring post instead of fifteen short boring posts, shall we? Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Major League Soccer, My own personal axes to grind, Player of the Week, Stupid pointless trivia, United States

October 18, 2007

Democracy is sand driven by the wind

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Hey, everybody! Want to make YOUR opinion heard on who should win these MLS awards: 2007 Major League Soccer Awards Best XI Coach of the Year Comeback Player Defender of the Year MLS W.O.R.K.S. Fair Play Award Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year Honda Most Valuable Player Newcomer of the Year Public Relations Award OSI Referee of the Year (Okulaja, Hall, Marrufo, or Prus [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Major League Soccer, My own personal axes to grind, United States

October 10, 2007

Calendar reform

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Tired of reading tedious snipes at writers more popular than I am? Sure, but what are you gonna do. Ian Plenderleith lays out the case for calendar reform: Is it any wonder that many of the best young US players move abroad when you have a better chance of being called up for the National Team [...] Click to continue reading...
Dan Loney Says It All @ 07:32 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Major League Soccer, My own personal axes to grind, US Men's National Team, United States

It’s time to hate the Swiss

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"Kids in the Hall" reference. Easier to fit into the subject title bar than Orson Welles' quote about 500 years of peace producing the cuckoo clock. The roster for next week's game is up at US Soccer. The only MLS guys - Findley, Edu, Seitz - are ones whose teams will play as many [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, US Men's National Team, United States

October 3, 2007

Earthquakes name ticking time bomb as GM

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The San Jose Earthquakes will announce today the worst possible choice as their general manager, John Doyle. Yes, I'm including Alexi Lalas, Lynne Meteparel, the late Peter Bridgwater, Steve Sampson, Greg Ryan, Eric "I won't go into the Hall of Fame with a San Jose jersey" Wynalda, Tim Leiweke, Landon Donovan, Paul Gardner, and [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: My own personal axes to grind, Nutcases, United States