Big Game Deserves LiveBlog: USA U-23s vs. Panama U-23s

Share your thoughts below!!! Who was your man of the match? Keep this Starting XI for Honduras??? Let me know…hope you enjoyed the game. 
It’s all over!! – Nowak and crew get the win, but in truth, it wasn’t all that convincing – hopefully it’s a stepping stone into Saturday’s match-up vs. Honduras who sits on [...]

CCC08 Quarterfinals Wrap: Correctives, Additions from Around the Web

I posted my usual ramblers on the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals involving Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs down the page (Harbour View v. DC and Municipal v. Houston). In my usual rounds around the Web, however, I found plenty more thoughts on all this – the majority of them coming from DC-related sites (hey, [...]

Music to My Ears

This came from Soccer By Ives’ more of your questions answered post:
“PATRICKFROMNC- do you see mls ever taking a serious look at moving away from the single entity structure?”
“IVES- The league can’t stay single entity forever. The training wheels will have to come off at some point and I would argue that the league is [...]

Clint wants a roommate! Give the man a roommate!

Interesting tidbit from BBC Rumors…they say they got it from Daily Star but I couldn’t find it over there.
Deuce is apparently a bit peeved because all of the Fulham players travelling away get their own room, which leaves Dempsey alone. And he doesn’t like that…Could that be his reasoning for the goal drought? Good to [...]

CCC08: Municipal v. Houston – Stay Frosty, Creamsicles

In spite of the fact I’m going to skip a preview for tonight’s CONCACAF Champions Cup (CCC) quarterfinal between CD Saprissa and FC Atlante, credit last night’s quarterfinal between CSD Municipal and the Houston Dynamo for compelling me to watch it…probably in the wee hours of tomorrow.
Getting back to the game, I posted a loosey-goosey [...]

CCC08: DC v. Harbour View Talking Points (Some Pointed)

I laid down the big picture perspective on DC United’s 1-all draw with Jamaica’s Harbour View FC (HVFC) last night. Bottom line, DC did well enough for a two-legged game – especially one this early in the season and all that implies – but clearly faded down the stretch. And, to give [...]

Olympic Qualifying, USA vs. Panama: Beware of the Torres

PANAMA
No. – Name – Pos. – D.O.B. – Club
1 – Jose Calderón – GK – 14.08.1985 – Chepo FC
2 – Jean Carlos Cedeño – DF – 09.07.1985 – Municipal Chorrillo FC
3 – Reinaldo Anderson – DF – 12.04.1986 – Deportivo Árabe Unido
5 – Roman Torres – DF – 20.03.1986 – CD La Equidad/COL
6 – Erick [...]

Olympic Qualifying, Wednesday: Giants follow suit, while Avila puts Guatemala in the driver’s seat

Canada 1, Mexico 1
Luis Angel Landin converted a penalty to give Mexico a somewhat undeserved point against Canada. Their defense was sloppy and it showed glaringly in the first 5 minutes. Andrazes Ornoch intercepted a shoddy Julio Dominguez clearance. He then found Will Johnson almost at the penalty spot. Johnson converted putting Canada up. It [...]

UEFA Cup: Everton, Tottenham have the heroics but forget the fundamentals

Everton 2, Fiorentina 0  (Fiorentina wins 4-2 on penalties)
The curse of the 12-yard kick. Yakubu faked out Fiorentina’s keeper, but hit the post. Jagielka tried to sky it top left corner, but he missed down the middle instead. Despite Everton’s dominance at home in regulation time, you could sort of tell it was still Fiorentina’s [...]

Five [Edit: SEVEN!] Cuban U-23 Players Missing, GK Miranda, DF Diaz

It’s highly likely they are trying to defect. The players are:
Goalie Jose Manuel Miranda who started last night and stopped some nice shots.
Captain Yenier Bermudez who was pretty solid in central defense, helping to neutralize Findley, Altidore, and Davies.
Erlys Baro who started at fullback and Yordany Alvarez who saw some time in the midfield as well.
Midfielder [...]