Category: News

Mexico’s road to Brasil 2014 and beyond started this morning at the FMF training center in Mexico City. All the parties were there, sharply dressed “It Begins Again”

It does seem strange to apply the label "the original" to something that happened only 20 years ago, but it's appropriate here. When U.S. fans “The original 'dos a cero'”

Guangzhou Evergrande lost the Club World Cup semifinal against Barcelona, but gained something far more important: credibility for Chinese and Asian football in general. Before “Evergrande Does Asia Proud”

So with the voting scheduled to begin around 8 AM Eastern, maybe a quick review of the process is in order. ​ A brief note: “Here We Go”

I was seriously geeked for that Red Bulls-Royals game. And now…I mean, is it me? Am I just not able to appreciate a tense game “MLS holding back US national team”

Someone posted this on one of the Mexico fora this week in regard to the Tri head coaching job. I'd like someone with more stability. “Tenured coaches are the rarest of breeds in Mexico”

From Buzz Carrick, a brief explanation of why the owners are so nuts about free agency: Similarly, via DuNord, this Soccerlaw blog post: I think “Free agency (with purchase of agency of equal or greater value – other restrictions apply)”

Well, heck. If we judge blog posts by the fiery discussion in the comments, you guys are geeked up for this World Cup thing. Now “No, build Jerusalem here”

Oops. ​ Yesterday, at the Womens' U20 World Cup in Germany, comely French 19 year old forward Lea Rubio did about as good a reproduction “Lampard Redux”

Earlier this season, I read a newspaper opinion piece where the journalist had attended a match at Chesterfield’s new stadium and was bemoaning the fact “What's in a name?”