Archive for July, 2010

Friday Selections: USA vs. Brazil, August 10th

Bob Bradley will be in command. Coach Sweats himself will announce the U.S. roster for the August 10th friendly against Brazil at the Meadowlands on either Monday or Tuesday of next week. Here’s our guess (after our “let’s look to the future guess“) of players representing the United States. All rumors and reports are suggesting [...]

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Our New Copyeditor (One Word?) Has Street Cred

Yes, yes….yes! We’re getting the part-time help of a good-as-gold copy editor over here. Her name is Allison Pasciuto and she’s already kind of a big deal having hopped down to the MLS All-Star game, taken the pictures below and jet-setted at the after party with Bob Bradley’s “favorite” Big Red. Welcome!

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Poor Performance By MLS All-Stars No Reflection On Players

141-139. That was the final score of the 2010 NBA All-Star game this year. Did the result, the play or the final score of that game mirror a playoff–or even regular season–game in the NBA? Of course not. The same can be said for the MLS All-Star game Wednesday night when a motivated Manchester United [...]

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Manchester United vs. MLS All-Stars Commentary

Drop your commentary here if you like. We’ve got a soccer game, but Shaun or I will try and contribute as well. The oddsmakers have the over-under on goals at 2.5 (take the over) for what they’re calling easily the “best feature soccer match on the planet” today. And Ladbrokes has the action at a [...]

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Sean Franklin, Quietly On Patrol

It’s MLS All-Star week and Los Angeles Galaxy fullback Sean Franklin isn’t in the line-up in Houston. …and that’s a shame. On a team chalk full of almost too much talent, Franklin’s contribution to the stoutest defense in the league is unrecognized this week as fellow backliner Omar Gonzalez and goalie Donovan Ricketts represent the [...]

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Lichaj: Floating Up The Villa Pecking Order

Don’t look now, but the American who has an outside shot–possibly–at starting for a top five Premiershp team ….may be an American who wasn’t given a sniff during qualifying. Eric Lichaj, discussing role models and impressing bosses.

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