All Entries Tagged With: "MLS"
Robbie Rogers’ Announcement Was Honest, Brave, and in the Larger Context, It was Necessary
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon Real Madrid and Manchester United played an incredible soccer match this past week, and certainly plenty of pubs were crowded to view that masterpiece and plenty of articles were written breaking it down, but the reality is that stateside, last week was a slow news week for soccer. The United [...]
As Landon Ponders Goodbye, We Hope For Understanding
Tweet Neil W. Blackmon ““I’m going to take as much time as I need and decide if and when I’m ready to come back… I can’t put a time frame on that. If it takes two weeks and I’m ready to go again or two months or a year or two years. Or never. I [...]
USA-Mexico Preview, Part One: Breaking Down the US Roster
Tweet Connor Walsh In the wake of Mexico’s gold medal winning performance in the Olympics, fans of the US Men’s National Team understandably began to worry. After all- the Mexican trophy collection this World Cup cycle is remarkable: U-17 World Champions, U-20 Third Place, Toulon Cup Champions, Pan Am Games Champions, Gold Cup Champions, Olympic [...]
After Mexico Gold, Forgiveness And Questions for US Underachievers
Tweet Jon Levy and Neil W. Blackmon So Mexico are Olympic Soccer Gold Medalists– U-23 World Champions. They won the Gold Medal match this afternoon 2-1 on two goals by Oribe Peralta. Sure, they received a “that’ll never happen again” reprieve by Oscar, who missed a free header from six yards late in the match [...]
MLS Candy Dish: L’Impact de Montréal Mock Draft
Tweet By Andrew Villegas The problem with the MLS expansion draft candy dish is that you have to wade through a hundred stale Tootsie Rolls (some of which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, go figure) to get to that proverbial Snickers bar. This is the worst kept secret in American soccer. Teams stack the [...]
MLS CUP Betting Insider Preview
Tweet MLS Cup Betting Insider There are just two teams left alive in the 2011 MLS season, and only one will be left standing after Houston and Los Angeles faceoff in the MLS Cup Final on Sunday night. Let’s preview the unlikely matchup for the league’s most important match. This game will be shown on [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: MLS Cup, and If USMNT Players Were Cocktails Edition
Tweet By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into the Happy Hour. With my qualifying exams finished, I can finally enjoy a weekend full of Florida Football, PBR, and the MLS Cup Final. While the great majority of USMNT fans seem ready to proclaim Klinsy the greatest US National Team coach since Herb Brooks, I [...]
MLS Intriguing Subplot Number Two: Is It Now or Never For the LA Galaxy, and When Did Bruce Arena become a Celtics Fan?
Tweet This is the sixth piece of a seven-part series highlighting the most intriguing subplots of the 2011 MLS campaign. Our other MLS preview pieces are linked below: Number 7: Omar Bravo: Next Designated Player to Fail, or is Sporting KC the place for a revival? MLS Eastern Conference Preview: Five Most Intriguing Sides Number [...]
Davies Lawsuit A Sad, Irresponsible and Tragic Setback In A Storybook Comeback
Tweet By Puck With the MLS playoffs underway, our domestic league will be getting a lot of attention over the next few weeks. Will a squad with a designated player finally lift the MLS Cup? Can a disappointing season from the New York Red Bulls, made only palatable by a late, solid run of form, [...]
Assessing The Charlie Davies Loan: Europe Or Bust?
Tweet By Andrew Villegas Yeoman Dwayne De Rosario has one goal every 173 minutes this year. Sebastien Le Toux has one every 270. Rising Star Brek Shea? One every 241 minutes. And Charlie Davies, that death-defying, on-loan, one-time USMNT’er? He’s scored one goal every 137 minutes, better than them all. Yet, there Davies is every [...]
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