Month: March 2019

With the start of the Mundial a little more than a month away, coaches all over the world have started to fill out their preliminary rosters. As always, there are some notable player omissions. A few of note are Ruud van Nilstelrooy and Kevin Kuranyi. Mexico had its notable omission, which we discussed over the…

90th minute. At home. Leading by 2 goals. Hotter than Hell on a Saturday night. Watch the run by the short 37 year old guy in the middle of the pitch: There's been a lot of pointless talk in these parts about whether MLS is now "a retirement league". (Then again, that's sort of the…

Chuck Blazer is an easy guy to lampoon. (Some people might say "harpoon" in his case, but I'm not going for the cheap laugh here. No siree Bob.) ​ Aside from making Sigi Schmid look like Kate Moss' twin brother, and the beard which caused one well-beloved internet wag (modesty forbids) to call him "Santas'…

It would be unfair to hold Ben Olsen to the standard that Gary Smith set, taking two years and ten days to bring Colorado its first title. Or even to Jason Kreis, who took two years, six months and fifteen days to bring Salt Lake its first championship. After all, Peter Nowak took one season…

After the scoreless final of the 1994 World Cup, another event in the United States just two years later, the 1996 Olympic Games men's soccer tournament, stands in stark contrast and deserves to be remembered a lot better than it is. The Nigeria-Brazil semifinal and the Nigeria-Argentina final produced a total of 12 goals and…

A few weeks ago, when I wrote about the North Korean team at the World Cup, fears were already being quietly expressed among various Far East experts on how the degenerate lunatic who owns every North Koreans' life would respond to his team being humiliated on the field. It was noted at the time that…

According to Wikipedia, Landon Timothy Donovan was born on March 4, 1982. So he's a Pisces. Now you don't need to ask that question. However, if you want to ask him another question, now is sort of your chance. Our Landon is on the cover of the next FIFA Soccer 11 game. I don't know…

Re-update: It just keeps getting better today. According to Power102 FM in Port of Spain T&T – "Radio you can watch" – Warner did appear before Magistrate Marcia Ayers this afternoon and did in fact post a whopping $2.5million bail but the Court was unable to process the paperwork before the close of business. As…

Full slate of games this weekend, starting tomorrow night! Big Western Conference showdown between the Quakes and the Lakes – San Jose thinks they have a contender this year, and Rio Tinto is the place to prove it. On Saturday, the Galaxy go to Toronto in what some people say might be an MLS Cup…

I swear to God, the last couple of days on BigSoccer have reminded me of nothing quite so much as The Denise Show ​ "OK, now this is the part of the show where we call up Qatar and hang up on him" riiing….riiing……Hello? …Hello?…….Hello?……. "I'm going to kill you" click "Well that was fun….