I'm back (kind of)! For those who used to visit The Offside but haven't in a while, welcome back. For those who have never visited before, welcome. As Cesar mentioned in the previous post, it's sad that I closed down Loco4LosChe, but I'm very excited to be a part of The Offside team now, as I think it better suits me at this time in my life to write one to two articles a week instead of daily news updates.

Featured image: Paul Rudderow

Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of season reviews of every Philadelphia Union player. Over the next several weeks PSP continues with a review of the 2011 season.

I saved Migs for my last player review of the season because really, what else is there to say?

• Michael Carrick and @rioferdy5 are still class :

Yesterday, a certain Michael Carrick showed us why Fergie still has him in the team. Inside that calm exterior, Carrick showed so much character and with his silken one touch and switch of play kept the tight Newcastle defence on their toes.

Video highlights and reaction match report -

Good morning and apologies for the lateness of this particular blog but then *boilk* and nobody should criticise a man who was drinking whiskey at 6.30am. It's just not the done thing.

So, we beat Norwich yesterday to continue our good run of form and winningness, again we have to give thanks and praise to the Lord our Robin for his two goals which sealed the deal.

Hi all.
Welcome to ze blog. In most parts of the world it would just be an ordinary, boring, if not tedious, Monday morning.
But with the boys in blue and yellow getting deconstructed (you could happily substitute that with either smashed, mauled, clawed or demolished) on Saturday, there's this concept of Mad Monday to contend with.

After a debacle like our 3-0 fallout against Kansas City, it's just kind of hard to know what to say or do as a mixture of emotions surface. There's anger, sadness, despair, rage, angst, and we'll just stop there as my gut is now on fire.

These are common manifestations of grief. To borrow from the landmark book, On Death and Dying, grieving guru Elisabeth Kübler-Ross describes grief as a cycle in 5 stages.

So can things get any worse? I spend a week in a hospital that doesn't have internet (not that I could have used my fingers with all those tubes sticking out of me) and as soon as i get home I find that Samir Nasri has earned Arsenal another £24m, while his supposed replacement, Juan [...]

I don't know about y'all but I better tighten up my French game before next season if I'm going have any clue WTF is going on in Montreal. The Impact just released their new, MLS-ready logo and I feel like I just watched an exchange student's final project for a design class. No idea what half of that was about.

Abby WambachThe United States women's national soccer team gagged away the World Cup final yesterday. They choked. They didn't have enough fitness or form to finish off Japan.
Japan was a worthy winner--and not because of an earthquake, tsunami or radiation disasters. They wanted it more at the end.

He's back babydolls! (Getty Images)

The crowd at Relient Stadium in Houston as well as the crowd watching around the world at home all let out a collective gasp when Bob Bradley decided to make a change midway through a scoreless semifinal. Screams of "WTF", "OMG" and of course the "#FireBradley" came down as Freddy Adu entered the match.

What an abominable game to watch. Though the US held the advantage for long stretches, Panama probably looked a touch more dangerous when they did come forward. Both sides, however, largely negated each other to make for some terribly dull viewing. The referee, not content to let 30 seconds pass without tooting on his whistle, only made things worse by killing any semblance of flow.

Gael Clichy is obviously on his way out. His contract negotiations have broken down and with a year left Arsenal are keen to avoid a Bosman. He's been mentioned before as a sweetener to a rumoured Karim Benzema transfer. But this is the first concrete offer and it comes from a rival Premiership side.

Yaya Toure scored the only goal of the final
Manchester City won their first major trophy in 35 years this weekend when they defeated Stoke City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. It was Yaya Toure who scored the only goal of the match, punishing a poor Stoke side which only created one notable chance. Manchester City on the other hand were more adventurous, creating chances while defending well.

"Would you believe it? Would you believe it? WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?"

- Andy Gray or Navjot Sidhu, whoever does it for you.

No this isn't because the scouse get to be represented again. Nor does it have anything to with Joey Barton thrashing Gareth Barry with his verbal Basebats.

"Would you believe it? Would you believe it? WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?"

- Andy Gray or Navjot Sidhu, whoever does it for you.

No this isn't because the scouse get to be represented again. Nor does it have anything to with Joey Barton thrashing Gareth Barry with his verbal Basebats.

Apologies for the lateness of the match reaction. I was beholden to Match Day Live for this one, and the ridiculous "local blackout" applied (sigh). In any case, I do have a few thoughts, but I won't belabor any points. Quick and dirty time. Ready?
* Stars of the Show - Sure, Davies gets all the plaudits in the world for a brace on his return, but for my money it was Pontius and Wolff (WTF?

Apologies for the lateness of the match reaction. I was beholden to Match Day Live for this one, and the ridiculous "local blackout" applied (sigh). In any case, I do have a few thoughts, but I won't belabor any points. Quick and dirty time. Ready?
* Stars of the Show - Sure, Davies gets all the plaudits in the world for a brace on his return, but for my money it was Pontius and Wolff (WTF?

then you still have a lot to learn.

Yes, once again I'm referring to possession.

Everyone has their preferences; which are usually formed from experiences, education, and culture. And that's fine.

For instance, some pieces of art may be great, but I might think: "wtf is this .

Si, the title is a little dramatic, Burrito admit that. Pero, the way the United States Soccer Federation has handled this Division 2 matter kind of makes Burrito wonder if they really want NASL to succeed? Burrito listen to teleconference while playing with chew toy and Burrito was the first to cry bloody murder (Well, bark bloody murder) when USSF President, Sunil Gulati said the 5 U.

For 78 minutes on a bright Saturday afternoon in Manchester, the Manchester Derby had been a decent football game. Even with both teams lining up in a 4-5-1, the first hour of the game was still far better than the snore fest at Eastlands (though that isn't really saying much).

Before I proceed to spout out unmatchable levels of nonsense, a minor rambling.

I had often let my brain waves ponder over the subject of football instigated masochism. Almost the majority of the fanbase consists of some kind of brainwashed zombies, often screaming "Penalty" or going all orgasmic like spanish commentator types.

It was only 24 hours ago when I logged onto my Twitter to be greeted with the message ‘How do you feel about Bent going to Villa Claire?'

WTF? Darren Bent going to Villa? OUR Darren Bent? It may as well have read ‘how do you feel about molesting small children Claire?!'

I didn't see it coming and it sure as hell looked like I was the only one who didn't.

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Six years without a trophy will be quite hard to digest. Beautiful football is appreciated by one and all but last night, I felt a change of heart.

A few points I'd like to note:

1) Arsene should realize that Denilson is not a CDM.