I've thought for months about how I would write a post lauding Landon Donovan.  And I've come up with very little because, frankly, the guy leaves me speechless.  I know there are other, better, players in the world today.  There's just something about Donovan though.

Back in the day when I played club in LA I played with a gal who left me speechless as well.

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If I were to list in order the topics that get the most referrals, generate the most traffic and ignite the most debate in the comments of this 'lil blog it would look like this:

5. That Benny Feilhaber video.
4. Free stuff.
3. All things Beckham.
2. Anything with the 'Flesh' tag. Click to continue reading...

I went to Footytube.com, which according to Soccerlinks.com is the #1 Soccer related website on the internet. I think its based upon the volume of traffic that your website receives. To give you a frame of reference Pro Soccer Weekly is somewhere in the 160s. We had made it up to the 120s at one point, but I we slipped back a bit when I wasn't posting every single day. Click to continue reading...

Already started, I'm late to the party because of traffic.

18 - Good non-call there, the U.S. was defending but there was no foul.
23 - Ball into the box - the U.S. players go up for it, but not only does it get punched out, someone gets whistled for a foul.
24 - Dempsey pushes someone on the attack and gets called for the foul. Click to continue reading...

Seem to be getting a lot of traffic hitting this site looking for info about La Machine which hits Liverpool this coming weekend. Here are the top 25 La Machine related keywords so far :

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la machine liverpool what is it? Click to continue reading...

Another season of American college soccer is upon us. I know we've been quiet here but sometimes work and a huge convention messing up traffic messes up my schedule. As the young kids are going back to campus and starting to kick a ball around a lot of information is compiled into my 'list'. I'll add adidas ESP players, I'll add pre-season All-Americans, I'll add other pre-season awards winners. Click to continue reading...

That's Lance on the left along with veteran midfielder Jesse Marsch and Jamaican defender Shavar Thomas on the set of KTLA in LA, as part of the "Shirt Off Their Back" promotion Chivas ran earlier this season. Way to represent Lance!

There are also plenty of action shots to be found on Google but I thought this one might get me more traffic If you click on the photo, you'll get a larger version.

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I called Traffic Sports today myself. They're in charge of running the Guatemala/El Salvador game here in LA this weekend, and I needed a credential.
They also own Miami FC, but as this article indicates, their soccer empire is far more wide-reaching.
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The first 45 minutes of Group B SuperLiga action in Foxborough showcased choppy football at best and cheap shots at worst. In what may have come to characterize the Mexico – US rivalry, a 41st minute elbow to the face of Nyesi courtesy of Juan Pablo Rodriguez earned the Primera División and occasional Mexican National team star a red card for his trouble. Click to continue reading...

Dutch team Ajax are ready to fork out 8 million euros for Palmeiras centreback Henrique ... Click to continue reading...

Pele, the soccer legend himself, was robbed by an armed gang earlier this month. Pele was the passenger in a car that was stuck in traffic when a gang of 10 armed men surrounded his vehicle. The men took his gold necklace, a mobile phone and a watch.

His driver was also robbed, however when the gang recognized Pele, they returned items to the driver but not to the super star. Click to continue reading...

RedRants.com is moving from a crap web server to a kick-ass web server. This will hopefully mean no more outages - no db errors, no 'site down' because of too much traffic, etc etc. The whole process is akin to flipping a switch, but there's a 24 to 48 hour period during which some people [...] Click to continue reading...

I don't know if I'm supposed to be directing traffic elsewhere, but here is a very interesting piece from Guardian Unlimited about Palestine's women's football team. Click to continue reading...

I don't know if I'm supposed to be directing traffic elsewhere, but here is a very interesting piece from Guardian Unlimited about Palestine's women's football team. Click to continue reading...

I don't know if I'm supposed to be directing traffic elsewhere, but here is a very interesting piece from Guardian Unlimited about Palestine's women's football team. Click to continue reading...

I don't know if I'm supposed to be directing traffic elsewhere, but here is a very interesting piece from Guardian Unlimited about Palestine's women's football team. Click to continue reading...

I don't know if I'm supposed to be directing traffic elsewhere, but here is a very interesting piece from Guardian Unlimited about Palestine's women's football team. Click to continue reading...