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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…

Soccer fans love to laugh at the incredibly dumb things that escape Sepp Blatters' mouth on a regular basis. Frequently cited is his imbecilic "women soccer players should wear tighter shorts" statement, which is used as a prime example of what a tone-deaf dunce the man truly is. Particularly as fans of the Beautiful Game,…

In case you missed it, and/or were wondering about the "Hi Bianca" (complete with blown kiss) that Landon Donovan launched cameraward yesterday, it's at the end of this brief clip. Of more interest for those of you who don't necessarily arrange their lives around the TMZ broadcast schedule is LDo totaly overcome with emotion at…

Salt Lake Royals Chief Apologist Dave Checketts says that LA WILL ANNOUNCE THE SIGNING OF A FAMOUS BRAZILIAN very soon. "I expect, by the way, Major League Soccer to make another announcement in the next couple of days about another very big world superstar coming to our league," Checketts told radio station KALL 10 Sports….

I never thought we'd see something more tedious than NBA free agent coverage. I was really on board with this Germany team, so much that I had prepared a lecture about the inappropriateness of hating a multi-ethnic team representing a multi-ethnic democracy simply based on prejudices that nowadays have as much to do with "Fawlty…