A Series of Questions…Answers, Please

I am, officially, going nucking futs in the other space, finally coming good on a concept I’ve wanted to try for a while.   Don’t count on it sticking around, though…I have a lousy record with such things.
What am I doing?  Posing a series of questions that came to me as I watched DC United fail [...]

DCU 1-2 Crew: Adam Moffat’s One-Minute to Redemption

(NOTE: To help people to find our new space, we’ll be cross-posting for a few days.  Below, you’ll see an excerpt to the post I wrote about the Columbus Crew’s shocking – shock…ing – win over DC United.  And I say “shocking” mainly from DC’s perspective.)
“If you’ve ever scored an own-goal – even a play [...]

CHI HAS MOVED–UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS! CENTERHOLDSIT.BIGSOCCER.COM

Everyone:
CHI has officially moved shop and our new digs are ready for your viewing pleasure.
Please update your bookmarks to the following!!!

centerholdsit.bigsoccer.com
Now, a little note from your fearless leader.
Last August, I decided to send out a few emails to see who I could get to collaborate on a multi-pundit soccer website. I literally sent out [...]

MLS Week 3 Collective Power Rankings: Seriously, Who the F%#$ Is on Third?

Seeing as we’re in the process of training all readers familiar with this space to follow Center Holds It over to its new digs on BigSoccer, I’m going try to pique your interest by publishing only a teaser from the full Week 3 collective rankings. Well, that and the image I had hoped to [...]

Hello Big Soccer (Resistance Is Futile*)

You may have noticed me griping about lack of time lately; my colleagues, Breton and Ryan, managed to hold their silence…and, it should be noted, their dignity.
A big part of that can be attributed to our decision to change Center Holds It’s (CHI) base of operations. Early last week, we received an invitation to [...]

MLS Week 3 Power Rankings: The Last Shall Be First

(This same post appears on my corner of BigSoccer’s Center Holds It page.)
“Lo, and the first among you shall be second, and the second first. The third only gets show…there’s only so much I can do.”
- God (OK, maybe not). Time, irrelevant.
That was one hell of a no-way weekend. I saw a [...]

CHI Player Interviews: Rochester’s Chad Severs

Chad Severs is a NJ-born striker currently playing for the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. A lethal finishing touch and high work rate highlights his arsenal of attributes that have taken to him from Ocean City HS – where he came one goal shy (with 159) of tying Tab Ramos’ NJ state record [...]

MLS Week 3: Black Eyes and Big Ideas

(NOTE: Because the week got off the a god-awful start – and because I further handicapped this young week by drowning it in beer – I have to forgo posting the feature I advertised this morning, “MLS Week #___: Let the Record Show.”  I’ll get this stuff down shortly…promise.  I lieu of that one, I’ll [...]

MLS Week 3 Ink-Blot

The idea behind this is pretty simple: whether you’ve seen the game in question or not, results provoke a gut-level reaction. It can be a “wow,” a “meh,” or even an “I told you, you twit,” but there’s always something. That’s what comes below: a kind of “say the first thing that pops [...]

10 Bright Spots of Week 3: A Different Becks and A Good Weekend to Have a Keeper

BIGSOCCER: 10 Bright Spots of Week 3
1. Kyle Beckerman
Someone pinch this guy. Two goals, one a possible goal of the week, against a revamped D.C. United squad that looked helpless at the machinations of a fluid RSL attack. Beckerman was overwhelmingly the reason for that. He won balls in the midfield, showed near-perfect passing abilities, [...]