Archive for 'mls' Category
No Figo, and now no Reyna?
28 November 2006Okay, so Ives is reporting that Bruce Arena is no longer interested in Figo as one of his two “Designated Players,” and now Fox Soccer is saying that Claudio Reyna isn’t planning to come to MLS in January. So, for all the hype, New York may end up with an injury-prone Ronaldo and that’s [...]
Playoff Watch Continued
26 October 2006Last week I mentioned how soccer journalists tend to pillory the MLS playoff structure, then pick all the higher seeds to win anyway. After finding as many articles as I could, I ended up with a sample universe is 16 writers (I’m combining the ESPN.com guys since they only previewed one conference each) as follows:
Ives [...]
Fish With Hands
22 October 2006Okay, I struggled for a while with appropriately witty titles. From the looks of it, I couldn’t come up with anything good.
Anyway, I’ve met Fox Soccer Channel announcer Max Bretos. He’s a nice guy. And I’ve said in the past that I never cared for the Ty Keogh model of making every single play into [...]
MLS Playoff Prediction Watch
20 October 2006I started a thread over on BigSoccer about this, but it hasn’t really drawn the attention I would like. At least not yet.
Anyway, the premise is this. MLS writers like to talk about parity. They also like to bitch about the playoff system. Except that it seems nearly every single one of them then goes [...]
Priorities
19 September 2006This is weird. I get the Washington Post’s daily headlines via e-mail. It’s actually kind of interesting, because DC United tends to be one of the sports headlines through most of the summer, until both college and pro football start up in the fall, at which point soccer stories don’t make the top five or [...]
Death Is Not An Option
27 August 2006Okay, your two choices for tonight’s New England-Columbus match are Brad Feldman and Greg Lalas on the Direct Kick feed or Sean Wheelock and Christopher Sullivan on Fox Soccer Channel. In a related story, emergency rooms across the country have reported an uptick of soccer fans coming in with pens jammed into both their ears.
Randomness
25 August 2006Another weekend of MLS action is upon us and another weekend of who the hell knows what will happen. One thing is certain, I will wake up early on Saturday to watch Liverpool meet West Ham before going to work, only to race home in time to watch the Chicago Fire host the Colorado Rapids [...]
Mo’ Mo
22 August 2006Ives Galatasseraycep is reporting that Mo Johnston is going to be the first head coach for Toronto FC. This means first, that Tommy Soehn may be available if Dave Sarachan stumbles down the stretch, and second, that I have another opportunity to use a silly title for my post, since I missed my chance to [...]
Week 17 Predictions
19 July 2006I’m tempted to give New York some new coach bounce, but I don’t think even Bruce Arena can save them. Ultimately, I think Arena will be to the Red Bulls what Larry Brown was to the Knicks. Which is to say, not nearly the miracle worker he’s made out to be.
1-5 last week. Ouch.
New York [...]
Week 16 Predictions
14 July 2006Wow, I actually went 5-1 last week, bringing me up to 45-54 on the season. No idea if Connolly and Bradley fell off the wagon in Germany.
This week, the Metrostars Red Bulls play their annual “let’s screw up everyone who does their picks late Friday afternoon” match. Hopefully noone passes out this time.
Colorado 0 :: [...]