DS, 10.16: US v. Swiss, Rosters and Previews; Onstad: Am I Crazy?; Ives Eyes Some Scalps

- Tomorrow’s friendly against Switzerland sucks up ever more copy and ether as we get closer to it. Among the highlights: Jeff Carlisle’s preview for ESPN, because it contains good stuff on the Swiss…of whom I’m more or less ignorant; USSoccerplayers.com answers the inevitable “Who’s that now?” about four new faces on the U.S. [...]

MLS: Prematurely Final Power Rankings

Having ridden my high horse a little too long down below (curse you, Pat Onstad!), I’ll try to keep this brief.  Then again, the relevance of these rankings ain’t what it once was – and even that assumes basic accuracy.  The reality is, how these teams stack up generally doesn’t matter with only one game [...]

RSL 0-1 Houston: Fine Pat Onstad

To the Powers that Be:
Fine that cheating geezer, Pat Onstad.  Do it for the integrity of the game and for the dignity of regional theater – and introduce your referees to those giant digital video boards most stadiums seem to have these days before they find themselves both embarrassed and obsolete.
What had been a half-decent [...]

Kanouté ‘injured’ in Mali soccer riot

Ahh my good ol’ days as a Buckeye
Today while wasting a bit of time before class I was wandering through the ebays and quickly read a story that said that Freddy Kanouté was injured during a riot after Mali lost in an African World Cup qualifier 2-1 to Togo. It says in the article that [...]