Holy Zombie Jesus, did a lot go down since the last time the Premier League kicked off a fortnight ago. First and foremost, my assumed title chase between Chelsea and Arsenal got thrown a wicked Barry Zito circa-2002 curveball. (Ok, for Brits, a wicked Googly.) Chelsea is going to have to play at least a couple matches -- and almost certainly the Nov. Click to continue reading...

Just some random odds and ends for you to read as you bide your time waiting for Lyon's Champions League clash with Liverpool.

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If you're wondering why the captain's armband showed up on Cris last Saturday, despite Sidney Govou also being on the pitch, it's because our dear (former?

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Before delving into a couple odds-and-ends, let me first issue a major apology. If anyone out there in Inter-nets Land actually takes my Premier League picks to heart and bets them, well, last weekend I'm massively sorry. Going 2-and-8 is frankly, unacceptable. If this were a reality television program, I'd have been asked to take my laptop and go. Click to continue reading...

Life without a home computer isn't as bad as you might think. Life, does in fact, move on without minute-by-minute status updates, viral videos and Yahoo! top news. Thankfully, while Dell computers and customer support are lacking, at least they sent a technician to my home to replace my faulty motherboard and processor within a couple days of its failure. Click to continue reading...

Here are the odds and ends that have kept me entertained this Tuesday morning:
1). Freddy Adu will join Carlos Bocanegra in France as he is heading to Monaco on a season-long loan.
2). Ridge Mahoney and Luis Bueno discuss MLS, Mexico and the SuperLiga.
3). David Beckham praises MLS. Click to continue reading...

A few odds and ends: Did anyone think that the entire $1 million Superliga prize would go to the players?  The MLS players union thinks that's how it should work.  Sorry guys, you don't own the teams.  You play two less games than last year.  Sure, MLS should start working in international competition bonuses into their [. Click to continue reading...

Apologies to all my Major League Soccer fans out there, there is no disrespect intended in the headline. But for all intents and purposes, the final whistle of Euro 2008 ushered in the period of time that I like to call "the Great Silence."
Sure, we will be tracking transfer news, a handful of World Cup qualifying matches, MLS, and football odds and ends, but the next month and a half is intermission for world football. Click to continue reading...

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But first, a couple of other odds and ends.

Columbus Crew Coach Sigi Schmid, one of the South Bay's favorite soccer sons, talks about the long-distance relationship he has with his wife while he labors in Ohio.

The influence of Cal State Long Beach women's soccer Coach Mauricio Ingrassia, a native of Argentina, on the program is recounted here.

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Funny how things work. In the winter MLS news is as hard to come by as a pro-Republican stand up comic. Yesterday a couple relatively significant items moved across news wires. Admittedly, in the post-12 hours since they moved these items have probably been eaten, digested and processed by the vocarious soccer-sphere. Click to continue reading...