Daily Sweeper*, 08.21: Dynamo Revival, Soccer Pics (or links to ‘em)

* With the low, low premium I put on being timely, I’m in the process of readjusting how I work the daily dump I used to call MLS Newswire. I figure it’s what you know, not when you know it, right? (This isn’t the freakin’ stock market, after all.) So, look for [...]

Why LA Has to Start Winning

Short as this post will be, the subject matter demands the attention only a stand-alone post can provide.
As the title says, LA needs to start winning – and not to spare Major League Soccer’s (MLS) reputation against assaults by mysteriously smug English pundits; I mean, I’ve seen the Premier League and, yeah, it’s better, but [...]

MLS Week 20 Power Rankings

To start with a question, is my once-employed “Perspecto-Scope” basically power rankings SANS bullet points? As the originator of that fine, Frank-Castle-esque concept, I’m naturally resistant to the idea. But, by forgoing hard-and-fast numbers, the Perspecto-Scope introduces some welcome flexibility and subtlety in analyzing what’s going on with the each of the 13 [...]

VIDEO: Blanco’s incredible goal

Apparently there’s another designated player that has skills.

Thanks to The Dennis Green… for the find.

Blackburn next to be taken over by an “American”?

Dan Williams – head of the venture capital business DJW which is based in New Jersey (but he’s originally from the UK) – is the head of a consortium poised to takeover the upstart Blackburn Rovers in a  reported $90-$120 million deal (don’t know why the range is so big).
The plan is to take over the team quickly [...]