There's something special about a player as electrifying as David Beckham. He's one of those individuals who brings excitement wherever he goes. There was a completely different vibe in the air this week. Fans all over the world were looking forward to his return. A player like that who combines professionalism and style comes along […]

Might as well get this out of the way now: For the next item, I've invited a guest blogger, Tommy Flanagan, to give us his take on the MLS CBA situation. ​ "So as I was telling my wife Jessica Alba…I mean Keira Knightly, yeaaahhh…..um, so as I was telling her, I was on the […]

While we have a day off (literally, in the United States), how about I run an idea by you guys. Let's tweak Law 11. Right now it says this: Let's change that to the player's entire body. I'm sick of seeing offside calls where the forward was just leaning ahead of a defender standing still, […]

A couple of weeks ago, when FIFA announced that they would be conducting an "investigation" into charges that the Worlds' Largest Concentration Camp (AKA North Korea) had abused and/or punished the players and coach of their national soccer team for disappointing the countries' Lunatic-in-Chief, I think most of us were a bit surprised. ​ Of […]

This may not be the absolute perfect metaphor, but an American team winning in Mexico is like a particularly difficult Grand Theft Auto mission. It's going to feel really good when you finally make it, but it's only a small part of the overall mission – even assuming you needed to complete it in order […]

Via guilty pleasure Deadspin – yeah, I should know better – Landon Donovan won't be getting a Father's Day card all that soon. In case you were wondering. Assuming any of this was our business in the first place, and that's not a safe assumption at all. Although it was Landon himself who shared this […]

If you were lucky enough to be able to convince your computer to show some, most or even all of the MLS Combine Show yesterday, then you are now privy to the great secret of these affairs. No, not the fact that most of the coaching staffs spend the weekend so drunk that they can […]

In Brazil they call it the paradinha (little stop) At the World Cup, they're going to call it illegal. The IFAB Board, chaired by FIFA Godfather Sepp Blatter – who, if he had his way, would replace the four members from the Home Countries with much more pliable guys – has voted to call the […]

Remembrance Sunday is a solemn occasion in the United Kingdom. Roughly analogous to Memorial Day in the US, it's observed on the Sunday closest to November 11, the day we over here observe as Veterans Day, which was originally Armistice Day, marking the end of the insane carnage that was WWI. Most British teams wear […]

Maybe the best idea would be to have a bunch of DVDs of last nights' FC Dallas- New York RedBulls match made up, and then keep them handy. That way, every time some dumbass Eurosnob colon opening wants to tell you how crappy MLS games are you can hand him a copy and tell him […]