Month: March 2019

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?”

​ When Humberto “Chupete” Suazo joined Monterrey after the 2007 Copa America, my initial thought was that he was going to a black hole. Many “Suazo Earns Exalted Status”

Okay, Galaxy, I apologize. You're not the biggest frauds in the league. You just played a two-game series against the actual biggest frauds in the “Seattle Will Have Its Revenge on Frances Farmer”

It is as inevitable as the sun rising in the east, death, taxes, and the occasional manila envelope thick with cash finding its way into “Fat Fingers and Copa America”

Christian Gimenez' goal was the difference in Cruz Azul's win over Club America​ I hear it all the time. We were the better side, we “Cruz Azul Overcomes Their Yellow Peril”