(* This project really needs a name – suggestions are 105% welcome. A five-minute brainstorm yielded “Project Crewpid,” but I think something better is possible.) I scanned this great sketch of Alejandro Moreno (well…I liked it) and was prepared to post that over a report on the Columbus Crew’s opening day win over Toronto FC. [...]
Filed under: Alejandro Moreno, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Eddie Gaven, Major League Soccer, Sigi Schmid | Tagged: Adam Moffat, Will Hesmer | 7 Comments »
1. New England Revolution Introduce two U-20 Gambian players and succeed? Sure. Steve Nicol certainly knows what he’s doing and his opener – without the services of Twellman - truly pays homage to his ability to man manage and bring along young talent. Let’s not forget Adam Cristman who worked well with Nyassi and Mansally. All three – along [...]
Filed under: "10 Bright Spots", Colorado Rapids, Kosuke Kimura, New England Revolution, Nick LaBrocca, Toronto FC | Tagged: Adam Cristman, Adam Moffat, Claudio Lopez, Dema Kovalenko, John DiRaimondo, Jon Busch, Kenny Mansally, Maykel Galindo, Sainey Nyassi, Terry Cooke | Leave a Comment »
My first attempt at capturing the spirit of this game was a sketch of me covering my eyes, an appropriate choice because that’s how I watched the the final fifteen minutes of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s season opener. But the image at left, which captures my reaction to the Colorado Rapids’ third goal and the [...]
Filed under: Alexi Lalas, David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer | Tagged: Abel Xavier, Michael Gavin | 9 Comments »
OK, peoples: here’s the deal. While I can watch only so many games, I review the highlights for all of them. Naturally, this provides only three to four mintues worth of information and perspective on a 90-minute event. So, for the games I don’t watch, I’m just going to post a series of impressions and [...]
Filed under: Chicago Fire, DC United, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake | 2 Comments »
Busy weekend in world soccer and before we get to all that, I figured why not focus on the team that didn’t play a competitive match this weekend. – Haven’t seen much in the way of written press on this, but there isn’t anything to refute. During FSC’s broadcast of the MLS openers yesterday, [...]
Filed under: Dave van den Bergh, Gretna, Red Bull New York, Rumors | Tagged: Carolina Railhawks, Chris Innes, Danny Cepero, Matt Kassel | Leave a Comment »
Beyond mentioning I’m thrilled the parties involved went with the “outer-space-esque” Trillium Cup for the rivalry/cup between the Columbus Crew and Toronto FC, I have nothing immediately relevant to add. That said, I’d recommend checking out the previews for both Columbus’ (LINK – Julius James is out for TFC, eh?) and the Colorado Rapids’ (LINK [...]
Filed under: Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer | 3 Comments »
March is closing out and so does a crazy month of soccer, but all that’s really grabbed the headlines is drama. But before we get to the drama, take a look at former FC Dallas keeper Shaka Hislop’s new blog with the Guardian. Hislop calls the Houston Dynamo the favorites for the upcoming 2008 MLS [...]
Filed under: EPL Daily, FC Dallas, Fulham, Liverpool | Tagged: David Healy, Didier Drogba, George Gillett, Jari Litmanen, Javier Mascherano, Kim Kallstrom, Montreal Impact, Roy Hodgson, Saputo Family, Shaka Hislop, Tim Cahill, Tom Hicks | 1 Comment »
Here comes another first for Center Holds It: Major League Soccer (MLS) Pre-Season Collective Power Rankings. All I do here is take every single posted power ranking of which I’m aware, add up all the numbers for each given team, and then post the average – plus some other data and commentary. The idea is [...]
Filed under: Chicago Fire, Houston Dynamo, Major League Soccer, power rankings, preseason, Toronto FC | 6 Comments »
I’ll begin by apologizing for the constant need to explain my posts and myself. Sorry. Welcome to the first, and first-ever, Major League Soccer (MLS) pre-season power rankings I have ever compiled. In the past, too few teams playing meaningful games equaled too many unknowns, so I didn’t see the point. I don’t really now….good [...]
Filed under: DC United, FC Dallas, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, MLS, power rankings, Red Bull New York, San Jose Earthquakes | 4 Comments »
Along with Jeff’s extensive coverage of Columbus and Colorado and the MLS in general, I decided to pick my “local” team (until Philly gets arrives in 2010) to cover. Center Holds It was just issued their first press credential (solely based on the merit of this blog)…yep, for a blog, which means I will be [...]
Filed under: New York Red Bulls, Season Previews | Tagged: Eric Brunner, Jozy Altidore, Metrofanatic, Oscar Echeverry | 1 Comment »
