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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ESUFC gave Sodium all they could handle for 60 minutes of regulation in the OPL Semi-Final match. Back and forth all game the play went. Each keeper being called upon keep their team in the game. Play was physical as free kicks were awarded to both teams throughout the game.
In the end it was Jill Farley from her midfield position that brought the ball deep down the left side and ripped what we thought was going to be an awesome cross, INTO THE NET! Click to continue reading...

Lucas has vowed to put his Anfield agony behind him to drive England nuts in Doha on Saturday.
The Liverpool man is intent on a Brazil win to help rubber stamp his own World Cup hopes and prove his team can emerge as champions next summer.
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Wow, I never thought at this age level that I would see a game like we had Tuesday night against OSA Inferno. These girls were big and not afraid to throw down! Literally within the first 3 minutes an OSA forward leveled our middle defender. She wasn't going for the ball in any way. It was a knee driven into the thigh and a hip-check as Taylor brought the ball to her right. Click to continue reading...

You haven't felt cold till your nuts have shrivelled back up inside you or till you've been to frikin freezing Russia... or both, which are the conditions Barcelona face on their travels tonight. However, as much as I can see Rubin's Cousin putting up a fight in front of a ... Click to continue reading...

Along with a number of other teams, I currently coach my youngest son's U5 Rec team. Sponsored by Sheetz, their name is the Lil' Sheetz you gotta love it. Anyway we're playing a match that is pretty even this past weekend and both teams are scoring plenty of goals and having fun. I think I had three kids total (it was a cold morning and I had a few sick).

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No honestly, I really do. I mean he's clearly absolutely crackers. What, you think all of this apparent contempt towards Newcastle fans and his bad behaviour is all down to arrogance and spite? No man, he's nuts. How else do you explain his actions and this reckless and continual 'p*ssing on his own chips'? Click to continue reading...

Ducky's Note: This bugger preempted me and wrote a note to my note. So now I'm going to post-preempt him, and not write him a note. Suffice to say, he's been mentioned here before. And he's a Chelsea fan.

Lighter's Note to Ducky's Note: Did Ducky mention very smart, very funny and very single?

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Typical boring CONCACAF. Mexico and US qualify with room to spare, Central American teams fight for the other spots, and some baseball country along to make it a Hex instead of a Pent. We all saw this coming last year. Ho hum.
So, yeah, that happened.
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It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Mourinho. So when Wesley Sneijder scored an injury time winner against Udinese on Saturday, Jose went a little nuts as he celebrated the goal and the release of all that pent-up anger and stress he's been holding in lately.

Unfortunately, not everyone appreciated that namely, Inter president Massimo Moratti.

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You may have read in one of "the trades" this morning that your man SF has messed around and got himself a job. And despite the fact that it is written on the internet it is actually true: I am now under the employ of Major League Soccer. I feel like I was relegated and now promoted all in the span of 3 months. Click to continue reading...

No report as such from the Dripping Pan yesterday as Lewes drew 1 apiece with Staines Town. We'll save the reports for the away days shall we!? I did however take a couple of panoramic shots of the Dripping Pan so I might as well stick them up on these pages. As usual click on the images if you want to enlarge them to the full screen. Click to continue reading...

Just a short post tonight. Man is it weird being back. The reporters are going nuts. Both Sean Michelle and Creepy Jose did retrospectives and interviews with me on the topic of coming back. From Sean Michelle's:

Schmid on the continued success of the Crew:
"I'm really happy for Robert (Warzycha).

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It is widely known around Utah punk & footie circles that Rancid's Branden Steineckert is kindasortamaybe into RSL just a little bit. And maybe on certain days he's a little bit of a D.C. United fan as well but we won't ask too many questions because we all know this whole "who do you support? Click to continue reading...

Every have a day where you just don't want to be anywhere near the internet or technology in general? That's what I had yesterday, and I'm feeling it a bit today as well so this will probably just be a quick one. I think it's called burn-out.

Yesterday's thumping win could have been more thumpier, Song hit the post, but that was only because I had money on him to score at 11-1.

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So often as fans we take a team's name for granted. We grow up up with them, they're a part of the landscape in a fairly unobtrusive way and we only occasionally wonder at what they mean or why a team is called what it's called. It's a shame, really. The name of a team, as well as its nickname or emblem or colors or any other traits, can often tell a great story, can give interesting history lessons or sometimes are just downright bizarre.

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By Andrew Dixon - MIAMI, FL (Sep 11, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- Time to open up the One Grown Mailbag. Our first letter comes from a J. Wicks in DC. He asks: "Have I become the new villain in MLS?" In Seattle, I suppose and maybe in certain parts around the DMV.People might have thought you were a little nuts after your tussle with Mark Burch at the end of the Chicago game. Click to continue reading...

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In honor of tonight's USA-Trinidad & Tobago World Cup qualifier, coverage of Paul Caliguiri's goal 20 years ago this November in Port of Spain that put the US in Italia '90 (their first World Cup berth in 40 years).

Today's Johnny-Come-Lately American soccer fans who believe the US has always qualified for the World Cup and always had a top-flight league yet dammit-hurry-up-and-be-a-great-soccer-nation drive me nuts. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal got a deserved victory against what was quite simply an inferior team. Celtic played the best they possibly could and only mustered one shot in ninety minutes, whereas we played well below the level that we all know we are capable of and scored twice.

Wenger opted for the same team that annihilated Everton on Saturday almost certainly in the hope that they would start with the same swagger as they left off at the weekend.

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Whether we are talking about soccer or society, it is a fact that misconduct must be penalized. If there were no threat of punishment for committing a crime, bad people would likely reign over the moral with ease. That is why in society we have laws, and in soccer we have Laws of the Game.

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Whether we are talking about soccer or society, it is a fact that misconduct must be penalized. If there were no threat of punishment for committing a crime, bad people would likely reign over the moral with ease. That is why in society we have laws, and in soccer we have Laws of the Game.

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So high was the interest in today's international friendly against Spain, you can see Macedonian fans were going nuts for tickets.
So nuts in fact that the country's soccer federation had to re-print and re-issue tickets after a counterfeiting controversy. Click to continue reading...

The 11th Law of the Game deals with the "offside position", which is nowhere nearly as dirty as it sounds when it is put it in quotation marks like that. Offsides is a hotly debated rule of soccer, and one many lovers of the attack typically detest.

Now, being in an "offside position" (which occurs when a player is nearer to his opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second to last opponent) is not technicall illegal per se.

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Still my favorite blog:

I'm Chris, the new guy in town. Kristina and I are going to split the duties around here, with her doing mostly previews and me doing mostly wrap-ups. Two heads are better than one, right?
A little about me: I'm 27, blonde hair, blue eyes, and kinda tall.

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Hello all.

I'm Chris, the new guy in town. Kristina and I are going to split the duties around here, with her doing mostly previews and me doing mostly wrap-ups. Two heads are better than one, right?

A little about me: I'm 27, blonde hair, blue eyes, and kinda tall. I like reading, writing, long walks in the park (with girls), imported beers, and above all The Columbus Crew.

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Seriously, why? Why complain about this? Because you want to win? Because this stupid meaningless cup is important to you? I've got news pal. Nobody cares. Anyway, here's the rant:

"I'd be lying if I didn't say I was frustrated and somewhat skeptical of the process," Hanauer said.

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The Special One's Inter Milan was dire, no question.

But Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea? They were quite impressive during Tuesday's decisive 2-0 win in Pasadena.

Again, Carlo broke out the 4-1-2-1-2 formation and, again, the result was a tidy attacking performance.

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It was a very balanced match with both team creating chances and a lot of last-minute goals. But Spain managed to beat South Africa 3-2 on extra-time, after a 2-2 tie on regular time.

It's not everyday that you see a match with so many last-minute goals. Spain almost got its second consecutive loss if it weren't for Güiza.

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David Beckham is promoting the latest Fall/Winter Armani Underwear at the Selfridges department store in London.The audience went nuts with screaming and whistling especially from the fangirls or gays. It is really hard to tell from the video.Talking about the Underwear Campaign, David says, "I don't mind taking pictures in my underwear. Click to continue reading...

Background: Dwayne De Rosario may not look Canadian with those patented dreadlocks, but he is. Frank Yallop brought him to America to play in MLS, but he has ensured he stayed here with his meticulous passes and historic affinity for the clutch goal. There are few players in league history with more honors that De Ro, so he belongs here.

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Is it the first robin of spring, singing her song announcing the rebirth of the world?
Is it the triumphant, glorious conclusion of the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony?
Is it your baby child saying its first words?
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Nick Jonas, one third of the Jo'bro Fetuses looks like he'll fit right in with the U-17 meninos. Except that his voice will drive them nuts. Fear not! All he needs to do is to autograph glossy posters and fangirls will flock to the stadiums in seconds. Come on, the folks at Disney are already planning something as we speak.

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I'm glad that Philippe Senderos has said he wants to stay at AC Milan. For his sake, and for Arsenal's.
I've always felt that he would flourish in Italian football. The slower pace suits his game.
His best performances for Arsenal were in European football where the game isn't as quick as the Premiership, where at times, he looked out of his depth. Click to continue reading...