photo credit: Uwe Hermann

The Team: Germans are nice folks, but students of history will tell you to be wary of the "Krauts", as Walter from The Big Lebowski would call them. After all, those gregarious Germans did stir up a lot of trouble last century, what with their constant desire for world domination and all.

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Since John (see below) is on the Thierry Henry story, I'm taking a pass on it, for two reasons:
First, because we really don't need two posts on the same topic and second because, frankly, there's just nothing to say. The referee is directly behind Henry and so has no chance to see what occurs. Click to continue reading...

I started this whole blogging idea because I was ticked off that the newspapers, radio, and television media largely can't be bothered to give soccer the time of day, never mind decent coverage. In fact, in the not so distant past, I ranted about the St Petersburg Times giving the US National Team the shaft. Click to continue reading...

Union Ultra vs Angel City Brigade Super Classico

Union Ultra's and ACB at the L.A. Supporters Super Classico

Well it had been months in the planning and almost never happened thanks to the Evil Empire=A.E.G. who seams to do everything they can to give ALL supporters groups the shaft!

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Sutton after allowing goal last year in KC.
Goalkeeper Greg Sutton explains that Canada keeps getting the shaft. Click to continue reading...

Three down, seven to go in the qualies, and the Gold Cup groups are out, so that must mean it's time to get talkin' 'bout CONCACAF. Can you dig it? The Hex is Tight You wouldn't really have expected anybody to leap out to a commanding lead in...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/fullbackfiles? Click to continue reading...