Month: March 2019

In view of all the confusion in the booth last night, apparently nobody from USSF could stop glomming on to free stuff from the vendors and loading up plates at the buffet tables long enough to offer some actual technical assistance to the poor schmoes in the booth. (Ian Darke seemed to have the right…

And the goalscoring race goes to the final game after all. Didn't see a Wondolowski hat trick coming. Now…were the San Jose Earthquakes stupid to win tonight? It depends on how you believe the playoffs are going to shake out. Jason Kreis thinks the Quakes should have taken a dive. Boy, it's still weird to…

We're all still reeling from Steve Zakuani picking one of the Congos over the Nats – this is exactly the kind of Afrosnobbery that I find infuriating. But the USMNT marches on. Via DuNord and others, I'm sure we all enjoyed South Africa fans whining about the low quality of our roster, and the Bafana(2)…

It's difficult to try to rank 19th-century American soccer teams. There was occasional contact between teams from the Middle Atlantic states and the New England states, but none between teams from the east and midwest. Teams everywhere played most of their games against local opponents. As a result, the list below of pre-1890 teams is…

Oh Landon Donovan, score a goal for me Do it in South Africa In the Group of C ​

Chepo de la Torre and Victor Vucetich are good friends​ It’s only been 4 months since Mexico’s World Cup ended in Soccer City. And so much has happened since as Mexico prepares for the next World Cup cycle. Except for one thing. Naming a coach. Fortunately, that drama appears to be drawing to a close….

Let's say it were someone else. If it were Landon Donovan, or Edson Buddle, or Donovan Ricketts. If one of those players were out for months, and their projected return date is November, then the Galaxy would be silly to keep them off the field simply because their replacement helped get the Galaxy to the…

Before we go any further, let me state clearly that Duane Rollins has done a very good job on this story. He's not the comedic figure here, it's The Football Club. And yeah, I've written things that turned out not to be remotely true, and it's pretty infuriating. This could have happened to anyone. But…

OK, we're going to try this video thing one more time: Via this goal by Real Salt Lakes' Javier Morales, runaway MLS 2010 Apertura Champion Los Angeles lost for the first time this season. Now, it's beyond dispute that Morales is in an offside position. It's also unarguable that the ball does make contact with…

The reason I've been pump-faking about a 2018 review is, well, so many assumptions about the state of American soccer went up in flames last year. In a good way. It's even affected my ability to spin a metaphor. Can something go up in flames in a good way? The Zeppelin Baggage-Handlers Union begs to…