Shep seems to think that Bruce Arena's performance this season is proof that the coach RBNY should
hire one that they already fired. He also believes that set pieces win the game and that fly-away
cuffs are the look for fall/winter 2009.
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Who won the Extra Time guest reporter contest? All will be revealed in this week's show. Spoiler
alert: it's not this guy.
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You know what would be bad ass? If Becks would shave the beard but keep the mustache. I really feel
like what we need right now is a return to wide-brooms and "real ales" beards. It's kind of sad
that Shep Messing --who has been retired for more than 20 years-- is the dude who's really holding
it down for consistent and prominent facial hair in the American soccer diaspora.
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Gregan'em (pronounced like the Southernism "Momma'nem"*) take the show on the road to Harrison for
the laying of the final piece of sodding sod. They're also joined by special guests Tab Ramos &
Ritchie Williams to talk stadia, New Jersey stuff and playoffs. They also prove that --standing
next to Ramos & Williams they are the tallest team of pundits in the American soccersphere.
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Extra Time live from the House of Taurine
™. Get an eyeful of those seats and that grass in
the background; with apologies to Seattle fans, blue & green never looked so good together. And
most importantly get an earful of hot playoff talk from Greg, Jason, Shep & Shep's mustache.
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Miracles happen right? The Yanks lost the 1st two games of the Confederations Cup and still
miracled thier ass to the final. In 2008 RBNY were only a margianlly better team than they were
this season and they made it all the way out west to MLS Cup. And despite all attempts to kill
themselves at Massachusetts Big-E Fair, over 1,000K a day ate a Craz-E burger and lived.
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The Awesome 3 on Jeff Cunningham and the Dallas debate. They also touch on the playoff chase in
Toronto; of course hindsight is 20/20 but do you think Mo Johnston wishes he would have hung on to
Cunningham and Casey now that they are leading the league in goals? I've heard of "buyers remorse"
but does "traders remorse" exist?
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Shep returns in time for MVP and playoff talk. Where the hell was he anyway? Trying on luxurious
fur coats? Waiting for the milkman? Was he just staring provocatively into the distance? Maybe it
was all of the above.
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I know I skipped acts 1 & 2 this week, but here's episode 3 for your own, perverse viewing
pleasure; better late than never.
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Shep, Jason and Greg on American soccer exceptionalism, a subject that is the topic of an
exhausting yet insightful book from a few years ago.
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Shep & co. somehow spend 8+ minutes discussing streaks without mentioning Tiffany May. Shocking.
Where is she now anyway?
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Can you believe it's time to talk playoffs already? Seems like only yesterday we were talking
Superliga, friendlies and other mid-season distractions. Now we're nearing the finish line and it's
kinda awesome, kinda weird and kinda sad...sort of like some of those things you see at a Tijuana
bachelor party.
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Is it just me or does anyone else suspect that Jason The Producer is secretly that one smooth guy
from Color Me Bad who wore the blue suits? I mean we hadn't seen him in quite a while so who knows
what he's doing now. It's not out of the realm of possibility.
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Jason the Producer is not feeling D.C.'s Greg Janicki at all. It's as if he thinks he Taylor Graham
or something (sorry Seattle but he's my go-to bad defenderer, nothing personal).
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The E.T. 3 dissect the burning wreckage of the 2009 RBNY season and then get into a bit of playoff
talk...of which there will be precious little of in the RBNY locker room.
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Jason The Producer may know his MLS but he does not know his funky soul classics. That's alright
though, we can help him --and anyone else who doesn't know The Meters-- with that. The jumpoff for
getting familiar with them has to be the classic "Cissy Strut". If you can't get loose with this
you can't get loose with anything.
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Shep and NKOTB Jason talking about Bruce Arena and the rise of the LA Galaxy. Crazy how they kinda
look like a contender right now. Yesterday, I was speaking with a friend of mine who supports LA
and is old enough to remeber the NASL and pointed out that if Beckham & LA were to somehow win the
league this season it would mirror Pele not winning anything with the Cosmos until his third season
in NY.
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They titled this one "East Bound and Not Down". Nice. Too bad they didn't spend the extra $200 to
get a personal appearance by Kenny Powers for this one.
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Hey now
You're an All Star
Get your game on
Go, play
The name is on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember...who did that damn song?
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Talking about the return of Brand Beckham is like playing peewee soccer: everybody gets a chance to
play. Looks like it's the Extra Time crew's turn.
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First off I apologize for the lack of & brevity of posts lately; trying to grind on the jobhunt and
take advantage of some time with the family so I haven't been chained to the computer as per usual.
Please forgive me (and the multiple spelling errors due to the rushed nature of my recent output).
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Greg is back and I guess at this point Jason The Producer has been around enough that it's somewhat
safe to presume that this is now three man affair. Any and all suggestions for a nickname for this
threesome are welcome.
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Bone up on this week's match ups with MLS and Gold Cup previews y'all. I totally forgot the Gold
Cup started this weekend and not next weekend. I love it but I swear this Summer of Soccer is
almost too much.
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