Daily Sweeper, 09.05: Ivan Gazidis’ Shame; More USOC; Bradley; WUSA

- I’m a little shocked at how few people picked up on the wholesome whack-job on Major League Soccer’s Developmental Contracts that Kristian Dyer wrote for ESPN. Then again this is kinda old news, so maybe that’s it. At any rate…
A good place to begin is looking at some details I didn’t know [...]

Post Your Power Rankings – here

I need them.  To make my Major League Soccer (MLS) collective rankings.  The more power rankings I get from all y’all the merrier.
If you post ranking on your own site, just drop in a link and I’ll roll ‘em in with the rest.  If you don’t – or if you don’t have your own site [...]

MLS Week 22 Power Rankings: The End Is Near…and that matters

Something – perhaps rumors that the 2007 regular season will one day end – has me thinking of the rankings differently this week; I blame the article I read yesterday telling me the Houston Dynamo has only six games remaining. Fresh concerns about fundamentals and personnel – e.g. the quality of the defense or [...]

US Open Cup: MLS Recovers…Sort of

Looks like we have an all-Major League Soccer (MLS) final for the Lamar Hunt Kelloggs’ Rice Krispies U.S. Open Cup (LHKRKUSOC) on our hands – though it didn’t look that way till very late with both MLS teams relying on overtime to get through the semifinals.  Moreover, judging by FC Dallas’ win, one could argue [...]

Under-17 World Cup Finals: 1 in, 1 to go

Spain 2, Ghana 1
The Ghanaians will be hard-pressed to walk away from this one not feeling a bit odd. The game was truly equal, but it all came down to which team had the difference-maker. For Spain – Bojan has been that guy, all tournament. Yesterday’s semifinal was no different as it was his strike [...]

10 Bright Spots of Week 23: Benny O thinks he played RBNY, the Argies barge in, and Angel keeps pace

from Because I Think Way Too Much About Soccer…