Is Televising the SuperDraft Smart?

Here’s a question: how many articles/posts/message board items have you read since last Friday that questioned the value Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs get through the SuperDraft.  Jamie Trecker posted a mildly frustrated kick-around on the subject just this morning over on Fox Sports and it covers familiar ground – e.g. not-ready-for-primetime players; the soft [...]

Heerenveen’s Michael Bradley with Number 13 and a ticket to Hamburg?

Most recent goal vs. VVV Venlo - match recap
It’s Bradley’s 13th in all competitions (to go with 3 assists), 9th in the Eredivisie which puts the young 20-year old at 10th on the Eredivise scoring charts and only two goals less than Afonso Alves who is awaiting a transfer to the EPL. Between Bradley, Miralem Sulejmani, and Daniel Pranjic [...]

Coming to NYC (or Thereabouts): Osorio-Ball!

And what’s that, exactly?  Consider this (from a nice, informative Q & A with the man; interesting stuff on tactics in there by the way):
“USSoccerPlayers: How were you able to turn things around so quickly in Chicago last season?”
“Osorio: We defended very well.  It’s not a coincidence that in the last ten games of the [...]

Rapids on (Hilgen)Brinck of Better Defense

Sorry.  This will be the only visibly strained pun of the day.
Enjoy this press release announcing the Colorado Rapids latest signing: Chase Hilgenbrinck, a defender who has, to this point, played in Chile.  But he’s from Illinois…and you can’t get more American than that, dammit.  And I wouldn’t be doing my bit unless I flagged [...]

Chicago Wants Fabric Pancakes

Believe it or not, I used the above as a memory device for the Chicago Fire’s latest apparent transfer target: Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) Fabrice Pancrate.  Red Card’s write-up describes him as offensive help, able to play wide in midfield or up top.
Now…what’s the obsession with PSG this off-season?  Do I care?  Just give us some [...]

African Nations Cup: Egypt and Zidan play ‘hot potato’ with Cameroon

2nd batch of round robin games start today in Group A with Ghana facing Namibia and Guinea vs. Morocco.
GROUP A – Standings
Morocco 5, Namibia 1
Soufiane Alloudi scored a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes to deal with an easily over-powered Namibian squad. Unfortunately, the Moroccan-based player’s effort cost him as he left the field early and [...]

La Liga Para Todos: 6 Months In Jail, Real Madrid Wants You, Tamudo Out

—After a brew-ha-ha in the Deportivo camp, Uruguayan keeper Gustavo Adolfo Munúa was sentenced to 6 months in jail for what the the judge found to be an act of ‘agression’ and not the cause of a fight.
The fight was between Munúa and Dudu Aouate, the other keeper for Deportivo. According to what I [...]