Human rights groups are expressing dismay over FIFA allowing Zimbabwes' despicable thug of a dictator, Robert Mugabe, to pose for cheerful, smiling photos with the World Cup trophy. The trophy is being lugged around for display in every African country on a promotional tour sponsored by Coca-Cola, and Mugabe hotfooted it down to the airport along with "First Lady Grace" and their two "footie mad" kids to have a look. While there, Mugabe made…
While I have no intention of belaboring the DeRosario kerfuffle and the ever-shifting statements from all and sundry, there are a couple points that may deserve to be tossed into the pot here, to wit: First, TFC agrees that they "discussed" DeRo going over to Celtic with the player and his agent, who works out of a respected London agency ad, presumably, knows the rules. Further, TFC acknowledges that they said they were fine with…
And, as everyone predicted before the season, the Rapids win the Eastern Conference. Ho hum. At least they're further east than last year's Eastern Conference champions. I hope for comedy purposes that MLS keeps this playoff format. Maybe next year Seattle can win the East. Had I managed to blog last week, topic one would have been how excited I was for the Colorado-San Jose game. Apart from the absurdity of that being the Eastern…
TO DALLAS: You poor bastards. Figures you couldn't just lose in the final – you had to lose in the worst way ever. I seriously went through every MLS Cup in my head just now, and I really think even Revolution fans should feel sympathy for you. Three MLS Cups Dallas has been involved in hosting or playing, and, from the Dallas point of view, Satan has won each time. I can tell you when…
Some guys need to spend a little time on BigSoccer before signing on the dotted line. Take former Hartlepool striker DAVID FOLEY who is joining USSF 2 Puerto Rico: "Pre-season starts on March 15 and the season starts in April. They play in the US League, which is one below the MLS. They are one of the favourites for promotion this year." Welcome to the US league, Dave. Hope that promotion thing works out for…
Firstly, I’d like to congratulate Chelsea on winning the league title. They’re not a club I particularly like or respect, but I will say they deserved the title. /www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]>/www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]> Congratulations are also in order to Liverpool for finishing a spectacularly bad season on a truly crappy note. /www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]>/www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]> Liverpool today travelled to Hull. That’s the same Hull team that has been already relegated. The same Hull team with the appalling defence, not much better midfield…
Sepp Blatter thinks you're really stupid and have a very short memory. In fact, he's betting on it. In the summer of 2006, in the wake of a tremendous amount of negative publicity related to the outrageous ticket kiting scheme that made Jack Warner an estimated (cue Dr. Evil) One MILLION Dollars, and other scandals and malfeasance, Blatter announced to great fanfare,that he was establishing an independent Ethics Committee to make sure that corruption, greed…
American soccer was at a nadir in 1985 and '86. There was an advertisement a few years ago for Soccer America magazine in which one of its writers was quoted as saying: "Anybody who decries the state of American soccer today doesn't remember 1985." 1985 was a particularly bad year. The NASL folded in March of that year, the New York Cosmos did in June, and in between the United States was eliminated from World…
After the year Seattle had in 2009 a lot of people forgot that under normal circumstances the average MLS expansion team is usually one teeny-tiny little car short of a clown act. Last night in Toronto, Peter Nowak's shiny new Philadelphia Union side rolled off the bus with all the big floppy shoes, large red noses and seltzer bottles anyone could ask for and proceeded to give away three points they could have easily pocketed.…
Yesterday, Wolves ended their farcical search for a new manager by appointing Terry Connor to be their manager until the end of the season, following the sacking of Mick McCarthy. On the whole McCarthy did a good job at Wolves, he brought them back into the Premier League and kept them there for two seasons, but Wolves have been in a tailspin for months now, picking up just 14 points out of the last 66…