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November 13, 2008

The MLS Conference Finals. Or Cup Semifinals. Or Whatever.

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First off, why don't we just dispense with the absurdity right now and call these games what they are: The MLS Cup Semifinals. That's as oppposed to their official title, the Conference Finals. Which they're really not. MLS altered the rules last year so that the top three (not four) teams from each [. Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 03:30 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Dane Richards, Danny Cepero, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Juan Pablo Angel, MLS Conference finals, MLS Cup Semifinals, Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls, RBNY, Real Salt Lake, Robbie Rogers, World Football, Yura Movsisyan

September 15, 2008

Arsenal Ladies, the US MNT, DC, Arsenal and other things

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The Arsenal Ladies beat Charlton 6-2 over the weekend. Rachel Yankey had a hat trick, while Gilly Flaherty, Kim Little and Kelly Smith scored a goal a piece. DC only managed a draw, and it was a rather depressing end to what could have been a spectacular game. Arsenal won 4-0 and I "watched" while working Saturday morning. Click to continue reading...
goalscoring robot @ 09:59 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Arsenal, Arsenal Ladies, Charlton, Columbus Crew, DC United, Kelly Smith, Robbie Rogers, US Men's National Team, hat trick

July 17, 2008

Around the ‘net

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First: Robbie Rogers is going to Beijing. Go Robbie. Second: It's been surprisingly quiet July for Columbus regarding roster changes. So and Hernandez were waived, but nothing's come to fruition since then. We've heard about the Nigerian forward Ibezito Ogbonna coming to camp from Israel via Romania, and I take it that a deal for Pat Noonan is still dead. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Beijing, Columbus Crew, Israel, Major League Soccer, Olympics, Pat Noonan, Robbie Rogers, Rogers, Romania, Team News, trades, transfer window

July 14, 2008

Crew punked in pics

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What's the deal with these photos on thecrew.com and dispatch.com for the Crew/RSL game? Sure the Crew lost, but the these pictures make it look like Rogers, Evans and Hesmer were in an episode of Oz. Click to continue reading...
The Offside - Columbus @ 03:13 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Brad Evans, Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake, Robbie Rogers, Rogers, Team News, William Hesmer, media, photos

July 10, 2008

MLS Fans, We Have an All-Star Team

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MLS fans, it's time! Time to start thinking about the July 24 MLS All-Star game, where we can once again prove that our best-of-the-best can beat an off-season, mid-table European squad. After which we can say, for another year, "See? We can compete with Europe!" Unless we lose, in which case we'll [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Cuauhtémoc Blanco, David Beckham, Europe, Frankie Hejduk, Jimmy Conrad, Kenny Cooper, Landon Donovan, MLS All Star Game, MLS All-Star Game, MLS fans, Major League Soccer, Matt Reis, Michael Parkhurst, Robbie Rogers, Sacha Kljestan, Shalrie Joseph, Toronto FC, West Ham, World Football

All Star first XI lineup

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The first XI for the 2008 MLS All Star game was announced. This isn't necessairly the starting lineup - coach Nicol will decide who starts. These are just the first 11 guys named to the team. If it were the starting lineup it would look something like this:

Donovan - Cooper

Rogers

Kljestan - Blanco - Joseph - Beckham

Parkhurst - Conrad - Hejduk

Reis

What other players do you think will be added to the team?

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Tags: Blanco, Conrad, David Beckham, Donovan, Frankie Hejduk, Jimmy Conrad, Kenny Cooper, Landon Donovan, MLS All Star Game, MLS All Stars, Major League Soccer, Matt Reis, Michael Parkhurst, Parkhurst, Robbie Rogers, Rogers, Sacha Kljestan, Sharlie Joseph, Starting Lineup, coach, nicol, reis

June 25, 2008

Filling Out My All-Star Ballot

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I figure since I am going on vacation next week and the deadline is rapidly approaching for my All-Star ballot to be turned in I would post about it today. Feel free to take a stab or three at my picks with some of your own. Who knows I may change my mind before I [...] Click to continue reading...
WVHooligan @ 02:09 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: All Star, Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, DC United, David Beckham, David Freakin Beckham, FC Dallas, Gonzalo Segares, Houston Dynamo, Kenny Cooper, Landon Donovan, Landon Freakin Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS All-Star Game, Major League Soccer, Matt Reis, Maurice Edu, Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Robbie Rogers, San Jose Earthquakes, Sean Franklin, Shalrie Joepsh, Toronto FC, United States, kc wizards, stab

June 17, 2008

Who Should Bob Call Next?

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After the dominating 8-0 thrashing of Barbados, US Men's National team coach Bob Bradley has plenty of options to picks some new guys for this Sunday's meeting in Barbados. In fact Bradley made room for 10 new players as he sent guys home from camp. Brian Ching, Clint Dempsey, Steve Cherundolo, Landon Donovan, Brad Guzan, Frankie [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Bob Bradley, Brad Guzan, Brian Ching, CONCACAF, Clint Dempsey, Edson Buddle, Kenny Cooper, Landon Donovan, Major League Soccer, Robbie Rogers, Steve Cherundolo, U.S. National Team, United States, World Cup, World Cup qualifying, barbados, coach bob

June 9, 2008

MLS Weekend Recap: Crew Continues To Stumble; LA On Top; and DC Stuns Fire

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I think week 11 was one of the more memorably weekends in the 2008 season. It was a long and stretched out week with games every night from Wednesday all the way to Sunday. Thought that Wednesday night game was washed out in DC, it showed us something that this was going to be one [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Blanco, Brian Ching, Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, David Beckham, Davy Arnaud, Dwayne De Rosario, Edson Buddle, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Jeff Cunningham, Joe Cannon, Juan Toja, Kevin Hartman, LA Galaxy, Luciano Emilio, MLS Weekend Recaps, Major League Soccer, Matt Reis, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Pat Onstad, Real Salt Lake, Robbie Findley, Robbie Rogers, Ronnie O'Brien, San Jose Earthquakes, Toronto FC, United States, games, kc wizards

June 3, 2008

Current All-Star Voting

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There's really no drama in this news or any surprise for that matter but David Beckham leads the way in the MLS All-Star voting after two short weeks. Landon Donovan was second and Cuauhtemoc Blanco was third. Again, shocker, I know. Here is a look at the top 10 after two weeks of voting: 1. David Beckham, Los [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Amado Guevara, Andra Rocha, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, David Beckham, Dwayne De Rosario, Frankie Hejduk, Gonzalo Segares, Greg Sutton, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Jesse Marsch, Jon Busch, Kenny Cooper, Landon Donovan, MLS, MLS All-Star Game, Major League Soccer, Matt Reis, Maurice Edu, Robbie Rogers, Sasha Kljestan, United States, West Ham United, news and rumors

May 16, 2008

33 Man Player Pool Called

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Bob Bradley will have a player pool of 33 to choose from for the three upcoming friendlies this summer against the world super-powers. All of the usual suspects were included, as well as some not so usual. Here is the list: GOALKEEPERS- Dominic Cervi (Out of Contract), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC), Troy [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Bob Bradley, England, International Soccer, Player Pool, Robbie Rogers, US Soccer News, United States

May 12, 2008

WVH Weekly Awards: Rogers Takes Week 7 Award

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Time to put week seven in the books here. A few guys had solid weeks but this week one guy jumped out at me more so than anyone else. Columbus Crew's youngster Robbie Rogers netted two goals to help guide the Crew from behind against San Jose. Thanks to those two goals, Rogers is my vote [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Blanco, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Kenny Cooper, MLS, Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake, Robbie Rogers, United States, Weekly Awards

April 14, 2008

MLS Week 3: Black Eyes and Big Ideas

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(NOTE: Because the week got off the a god-awful start - and because I further handicapped this young week by drowning it in beer - I have to forgo posting the feature I advertised this morning, "MLS Week #___: Let the Record Show."  I'll get this stuff down shortly...promise.  I lieu of that one, I'll [. Click to continue reading...
Center Holds It @ 06:48 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Brad Guzan, Colorado Rapids, Greg Vanney, Landon Donovan, Major League Soccer, Robbie Rogers, Sacha Kljestan

10 Bright Spots of Week 3: A Different Becks and A Good Weekend to Have a Keeper

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1. Kyle Beckerman Someone pinch this guy. Two goals, one a possible goal of the week, against a revamped D.C. United squad that looked helpless at the machinations of a fluid RSL attack. Beckerman was overwhelmingly the reason for that. He won balls in the midfield, showed near-perfect passing abilities, and never let up. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , "10 Bright Spots", Arturo Alvarez, Bouna Coundoul, Jon Busch, Landon Donovan, MLS, Major League Soccer, Maurice Edu, Nick LaBrocca, Robbie Rogers, Shea Salinas, kyle beckerman, tony caig

April 4, 2008

MLS’s (Just Plain Daffy) Salaries, The Joys of Central Planning

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"The more I stare at the list, the more I think the majority of players can fit in either category. Can't say I understand how Major League Soccer comes up with salary figures, but only that it doesn't tally." With the number of those who have read and commented being roughly equal, I'm confident everyone [. Click to continue reading...
Center Holds It @ 03:04 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Alejandro Moreno, Andy Iro, Columbus Crew, Jason Garey, Major League Soccer, Robbie Rogers, compensation

March 21, 2008

Crew Preview: Columbus’ Hopes and Options

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With the Columbus Crew's defense preview out of the way, it's time to turn to the Crew's offense. Before going any farther, let me just acknowledge one thing: offense and defense don't separate perfectly in soccer; anyone who has seen Frankie Hejduk blaze down the right side to fire in crosses (of whatever quality) [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Alejandro Moreno, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Major League Soccer, Nicolas Hernandez, Robbie Rogers, preview

March 5, 2008

TSII: Crew Roster Talk - When Do You Stop?

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Back from the little hiatus, time to get right back to it: Covering the Crew posted the latest full roster for the 2008-vintage Columbus Crew. You can check the post for names, details, plus more. I'll steal his roster layout to frame the discussion, but I won't borrow the commentary...that'll come after [. Click to continue reading...
Center Holds It @ 11:17 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Andy Iro, Brian Carroll, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Major League Soccer, Nicolas Hernandez, Robbie Rogers

February 28, 2008

Crew TSII: Crew Coming Into Focus; Nifty Friendly (that sounds less nifty when you think about it)

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(Just a quick FYI: I think I've got a good set-up in mind for the Rapids/Crew updates. Those will come early in the morning, the rest will follow. At least that's the plan today. And, oh yes, I will miss breaking stories...that is all.) It takes covering the Colorado Rapids to truly appreciate [.. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Emanuel Ekpo, Guilherme So, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Major League Soccer, Nicolas Hernandez, Robbie Rogers, Toronto FC, Transactions

February 25, 2008

Crew TSII: Break-Even Weekend, Good-Look Rook, Other Junk

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If you smush together the Columbus Crew's 1-2 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes (et tu, Kei?) and their 2-1 win over Chivas USA, they wind up breaking even on the weekend. And that's good stuff: ending at .500 in MLS gets a team into the playoffs about half the time, right? In all seriousness, [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Major League Soccer, Results, Robbie Rogers

February 22, 2008

Giving In: Crew v. Rapids, Early Impressions

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For those unfamiliar with it, I have dedicated myself to follow and, to some degree, conflate the relatively separate fates of the Columbus Crew and the Colorado Rapids for the 2008 Major League Soccer (MLS) season. The idea is to see which of these long-struggling MLS original clubs make progress this season. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Andy Iro, Chase Hilgenbrinck, Christian Gomez, Colin Clark, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Jose Burciaga Jr, Major League Soccer, Mehdi Ballouchy, Robbie Rogers

February 14, 2008

Pre-Season Results: Old Beats New + Polish Trialist Fells Crew (TSII)

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Two preseason games played yesterday....even if MLSnet.com sneaked Chivas' win over Red Bull, which I swear prior to yesterday, into their round-up of February 13 games. But here's what I found on the two games that were legitimately recorded as being played on February 13....and may God have mercy on the soul of the [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Houston Dynamo, Major League Soccer, Pre-season, Results, Robbie Rogers, San Jose Earthquakes

January 16, 2008

SuperDraft Scouting: The Columbus Crew’s Many Moving Parts

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This is the second of today's pre-SuperDraft posts on the two Major League Soccer (MLS) teams I adopted for the 2008 season: I'll cover the Crew's drafty-day prospects in this post; the Colorado Rapid's appears below. Consider this a stab at figuring what each team can or should do ahead of and/or during Friday's [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Columbus Crew, Danny O'Rourke, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, MLS, MLS SuperDraft, Major League Soccer, Robbie Rogers

November 28, 2007

Columbus Crew 2007 Review: Mid-Summer Mirage

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Columbus Crew Record (W-L-T): 9-11-10; 39 GF; 44 GA Source Material: Schedule/match reports; roster Overview Streaks are part of the game. They happen for a lot of reasons - a missing player, bad vibes begetting more bad vibes, etc. And it's worth suggesting upfront that "bad vibes" seem to have a special attachment to the Columbus Crew, [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Alejandro Moreno, Andy Herron, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Jason Garey, Major League Soccer, Robbie Rogers, Sigi Schmid, Stefani Miglioranzi, season reviews

July 4, 2007

U-20 Recap - 3...2...1...Boom!

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A hat-trick for Adu, a brace for Szetela, a tap-in for Altidore, and suddenly things are looking much rosier for the Baby Nats then they were after opening Group D play with a draw against the Koreans. The 6-1 thrashing of previous group leaders Poland puts the US atop the group and makes qualification for the knockout stages seem a much more distinct possibility than it was before the kickoff in Montreal. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Danny Szetela, Europe, Freddy Adu, Group D, Jozy Altidore, MLS, Match Recap, Nathan Sturgis, Polant, Robbie Rogers, Sal Zizzo, South Korea, U-20 World Cup, U.S. National Team, U.S. U-20s