The @BestSoccerShow’s Jared Dubois says American soccer went pop when it should have went hip-hop. If you are lucky to live long enough, you get the scary gift of watching the decades go by before your eyes. Your tastes move from the frenetic sounds of electric guitars being punished by dudes with purple mohawks on [...]
Archive for January, 2012
31 Jan
Transfer Day Ticking: Who’s Your Muppet?
Which muppet is your team bringing in: Done: Sebu LeToux to Vancouver Whitecaps. Return package: Allocation money! Rumored: Bobby Zamora to QPR The skinny: Martin Jol and the would-be England Euros’ striker Zamora have had some flame-ups and a former Fulham man is no in charge of QPR Done: Luis Saha to Spurs….yes you read that [...]
30 Jan
The Prem Goes On The Attack….Against Thug Life
Joshua Wells makes, of course, a triumphant return to TSG There has always been a conflict between keeping athletes safe in college and professional sports and preserving the excitement of the game. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt felt it was necessary to step in and reform the way college football was played. A year earlier, [...]
30 Jan
Developing: Sebastien LeToux Vancouver-Bound?
Our friends over at The Brotherly Game have been all over this one. The Philadelphia Union looking to deal–yes deal–perennial MVP candidate Sebastien Le Toux in the wake of Bolton taking a pass on bringing him across the pond. Rumored destination? None other than the Vancouver Whitecaps. Further, reports afoot suggest that the Union are [...]
30 Jan
Monday Bullets: Boyd, More Scotland, Etc.
Some quick news notes: • Oh Boy, Oh Boyd! Kris Boyd–he of the recent excursion to Dynamo country–is not earmarked for Stumptown USA, the Portland Timbers. Boyd will join as a designated player. The flip from Boyd to Cooper will be contrasting for P-Town fans as Boyd’s game more closely dovetails with Diego Chara’s–a little bit [...]
30 Jan
Breaking: WPS Elects To Suspend Season
After working USSF to be sanctioned for 2012 despite not meeting the requisite requirements, the Women’s Professional Soccer League (WPS) suspended operations today for the 2012 season. The main culprit per league messaging: the mounting legal bills of attempting to finally close the Dan Borislow ownership situation. (If you remember, coming out of Women’s World [...]
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