It was truly a great game last night, leaving a good feeling in the air that will get me through the offseason.  All the disappointments of the past few weeks vanished, because the Quakes of our unbeaten streak were back, and next season looks to be promising.  The players all looked loose and like they were [. Click to continue reading...

Let me apologize for the other fans that choose to support the same team as I do, the San Jose Earthquakes. They seem to think that you are at fault for our team's loss yesterday. You, sir, were not 1-9-2 on the road. You, sir, did not let Yuri Movsisyan look like [...] Click to continue reading...

Let's get one thing out of the way first: L.A. will always be our most hated enemies and number one rivals.  That all being said, we have a new rivalry on our hands, ladies and gentleman, and Saturday night confirmed it.  The Houston Dynamo have found a place of revulsion and loathing in the hearts 0f Quakes fans [. Click to continue reading...

Twitter has changed my life. For reals. Basically, anything that I can accomplish via text message is a win win situation for me. And I twitter all the time (if you'd like to read my gibberish, it really shouldn't be too hard to find me on their site) so this review will [...] Click to continue reading...

I'm pretty sure the Earthquakes PR department does not read this blog but it is a weird coincidence that I wrote this little bit of ridic in my last post... We win, I have a fun & relaxing time at the game, then my friends and I go somewhere else and get wasted. and today I receive [...] Click to continue reading...

Warning: Do not force yourself to listen to CSRN on the web. Ever. So between that radio broadcast, and highlights on MLSNet, there's not a lot to say about the match. Chances seemed about equal, with Chivas looking the more dangerous. Man of the Match goes to Jimmy Conrad for tying Dallas [...] Click to continue reading...

Well, that was not quite a goal fest, but I don't think we thought it would be. Crayton had a strong first game, and commanded his box. He was as advertised. Clean sheet in his first game...Zach has to be nervous with those kind of results. Think he'll play in reserve [...] Click to continue reading...

Apologies to SF over at The Offside Rules for the photo-caption-style-jack, but it was too easy to pass up. I consider myself pretty level-headed for a blogger and message board poster, and I try to keep things in perspective, for better or for worse. Allow me now to throw that all out the window, as [. Click to continue reading...

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Well, that's fine. Got to see Huckleberry and Lima for 65, both should do well. Commentators didn't make a big deal out of it, but I thought Sealy should have done much better with his chance late in the game. But now, the moment you have all come to see... Sean disagrees with [...] Click to continue reading...

Through the first 60 minutes of this match, all I could think about was a blog post by my uncle when talking about the Euro 2008 final, saying that "it takes a certain kind of dedication to subject one's self to one crap match after another, just so when you see an actual good match [...] Click to continue reading...

These are the kind of Monday mornings I can deal with. I have been scouring the internet for media about yesterday's game, for the sole reason that I want to keep reliving it. We beat a team that has a bigger band wagon than any other team in MLS, and we did it [...] Click to continue reading...

Well, that was an uncomfortable temperature for a truly entertaining game. But, that's what you get when ABC wants the game at 12. I just hope the ratings were worth having the game played on the surface of the sun. Where to begin? Oh, I know. Greater than the win, or the [...] Click to continue reading...

Sorry to be so delinquent on my duty of providing you with news you can get elsewhere with less journalistic integrity, no access and sass. I will repeat the phrase used everywhere else, and numerous times throughout Sports Cliche history. Sometimes you win ugly, but you still win. That's really the most apt [. Click to continue reading...

I watched the video highlights, and from that, here's what I got: * Like suzanne said in the previous post's comments, the Quakes controlled the first half, and had the majority of the chances. * My prediction skills were top notch * Red Card Riley strikes again! (See below) * Ronnie O played well, was in the majority of [. Click to continue reading...

As a player, I am all about creativity, vision, and other attacking attributes that Christopher Sullivan likes to repeat ad nauseum. I have never understood why someone would want to to make it their job to stop all of that. I angered hundreds of teammates throughout my "career" refusing to defend. Click to continue reading...

A three-nil drubbing at the hands of your most despised enemy is enough to put any fan in a mood so sour that puppies and songbirds seem like good targets for a well-placed kick.  So bear with me if my vision is clouded by Saturday's events.  It seems that Quakes fans everywhere, myself included, are consumed [. Click to continue reading...

Dave from Red Bulls blog, I'm sorry you had to see that game. When Woly is your scoring threat, you're screwed from the get go. DC came out a little flat, but within 10 minutes, they realized the team they were playing against would struggle in the USL. They were playing triangles, maintaining possession [. Click to continue reading...

If you are looking to find a place to vent over a 3-0 loss to our rivals, you came to the wrong place. I thought the boys looked good, apart from finishing (more on that in a minute). To be fair, this was a much tougher game to analyze as I was in [...] Click to continue reading...

I'm not really sure where to start here, so let's just see where this goes... The Good: * Johnson. Although, in my eyes, this is two games in a row where he has disappeared after the 60th or 70th minute. Food for thought. * Cunliffe. Could he be the point man to hold up the [...] Click to continue reading...

First things first: Had Dema not scored on that penalty, my prediction would have been dead-on. Just had to get that out of the way. There really isn't too much to say about the game, and as The Frank said, there really isn't too much that can (or should) be taken from this game. [...] Click to continue reading...

Just got back from the game a little while ago. After 4 straight losses, DC looked strong and won all three points. Although they didn't come out of the gate firing, after the first TFC goal, the team woke up, and began "playing for our colors" as the Barra Brava sign implored them [...] Click to continue reading...

Wow. Woooow. I can't throw this game away like I did for Colorado, as there are no excuses this time. I took down some notes during the game, because I knew this post would be a doozy. So here we go. Click to continue reading...

Wow. Woooow. I can't throw this game away like I did for Colorado, as there are no excuses this time. I took down some notes during the game, because I knew this post would be a doozy. So here we go. - Emilio's 1st touch. As in, he doesn't have one. I [...] Click to continue reading...

Wow. That was one would call a "dismantling". As I said on the last JPEG thread, this game was mostly unwatchable from a DCU fan perspective. Some observations that : - The personnel was not on the field to play a 3-4-3. Nope. If Domenic Mediate is on the field, you've already lost. [...] Click to continue reading...

Wow. That was one would call a "dismantling". As I said on the last JPEG thread, this game was mostly unwatchable from a DCU fan perspective.
Some observations that :
- The personnel was not on the field to play a 3-4-3. Nope. If Domenic Mediate ...

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Well, that was a barn burner! It didn't start out that way with weak wing play in the first half, bad touches by key players, and indecision in the final third. But the second half was a different story. I will leave the recaps to the professionals, but I will give you my observations [...] Click to continue reading...

Well, that was a barn burner! It didn't start out that way with weak wing play in the first half, bad touches by key players, and indecision in the final third. But the second half was a different story.

I will leave the recaps to the professionals, but I ...

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Well folks, 1-1. We got an away goal (WOO MCTAVISH) on a HORRIBLE pitch (from what I could see) and we did so sans the ALL TIME LEADING GOAL SCORER IN MLS as Christian Miles stated continuously. I didn't watch the game live as I was in some siiiiiiick seats at the Verizon [...] Click to continue reading...

Well folks, 1-1. We got an away goal (WOO MCTAVISH) on a HORRIBLE pitch (from what I could see) and we did so sans the ALL TIME LEADING GOAL SCORER IN MLS as Christian Miles stated continuously. I didn't watch the game live as I was in some ...

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Hopefully the sensational title will draw in viewers? Let's hope!

The Revs beat the Bermudan National Team on 2/20/08 by a score of 2-0. Kenny Mansally netted his fourth goal in two games, while Ace Cristman banged in his second of the trip and picked up a handy assist. Trialists Javi ...

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From Kevin Payne's mouth to God's ears....

Payne said he, General Manager Dave Kasper and Coach Tom Soehn began discussing the club's future moves late Thursday night and that the club may very well finally utilize MLS's designated player rule, a year-old innovation that allows teams to sign a high-priced marquee player along the lines of Beckham (Los Angeles), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago) or Juan Pablo Angel (New York).

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From Kevin Payne's mouth to God's ears....

Payne said he, General Manager Dave Kasper and Coach Tom Soehn began discussing the club's future moves late Thursday night and that the club may very well finally utilize MLS's designated player rule, a year-old innovation that allows teams to sign a high-priced marquee player along the lines of Beckham (Los Angeles), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago) or Juan Pablo Angel (New York).

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This is being written as a pissed off fan, not too long after the event, so excuse me if I have any half formed thoughts, or expletive laced rantings. The first half was an absolute mess, and Bobby Boswell was to blame for those two goals. Aside from those two minutes of terror, United was playing it close, but they were also not playing like a team that needed to score.

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No, this has not been my soapbox for a few schedule-horrific months now. But, like Jon, there is a rage inside right now that defies time constraints, so here we go.

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