Right now I'm not sure if I should feel honored or ripped off. Or is this such a common theme that anyone could be inspired to write about it? You see, today I went to ESPN.com and found this story by Justin Rodriguez. Immediately I thought about the blog post I wrote regarding this team. I even spread it out over multiple parts. Click to continue reading...

To those who live in Colorado and are soccer fans take a look at this! The Rapids are co-hosting a Holiday party with their supporters groups. The money raised will go to benefit the supporters groups. Sounds like fun.

WHAT: 2008 Colorado Rapids Supporters Holiday Ball

WHEN: Saturday, December 13, 6:30-9:30pm

WHERE: The Press Level (3rd floor) inside Dick's Sporting Goods Park

ATTIRE: Cocktail/Holiday attire is suggested

PRICES: Couples $25, Indviduals $15, Children $10, with a maxium ticket spend of $50 per family!

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November Nuttery has run into December Dodgery, and that is a poor name. There are eight teams left standing in the 2008 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship.

#1 Wake Forest
#8 South Florida
unseeded Northwestern
#13 North Carolina
#3 St. John's
#6 Indiana
#7 Creighton
#2 Maryland

How many of those did I pick you ask? Click to continue reading...

Back in October I posted an update to a theme I had blogged about in the past. Player development is of great interest to me so you can understand why it hits the blog on a somewhat regular basis. Now comes more news on this front. MLS is doing what it does every year while crowing a champion, changes the rules. Click to continue reading...

And they're off! November Nuttery is upon us once again. That's right, the 2008 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship kicked off today. Remember to follow along through the weekend on-line.

I didn't have anyone interested in printing and sending in a bracket so I'm not doing anything for a pool. Click to continue reading...

Anyone interested in a little November Nuttery pool? Print and fill in the bracket before the first match, just like you do in March. Scan it and email it to me. I'll score them and post results...that is unless someone can find an on-line site doing this.

You've got two days to fill a bracket and email it in. Click to continue reading...

Here it is folks, the magic bracket. By now you've probably seen the other soccer blogs talking about the seeds. I'm going to talk about the most interesting first round match ups.

First off, a lot of the first round games pit geographic rivals. I'm sure the NCAA does this for travel reasons, plus it is cool to try and get some local stuff going on. Click to continue reading...

Today we'll see who will face off for the ACC Men's Soccer Championship. Interestingly the seeding is coming true as the #1 - #4 teams are in the semi's. #2 Maryland vs. #3 Boston College kicks off at 5:30pm est and the second match, #1 Wake Forest vs. #4 Virginia, 8pm est.

As a reminder you can watch the games for free on the ACC Select website. Click to continue reading...

It is official, Sean Franklin wins 2008 Rookie Of The Year award.

As I sad ten days ago, this class of rookies doesn't really seem to hold up to previous years. I also don't think Sean Franklin will end up being the best player to come out of the class, I just think it could take others longer to mature. Click to continue reading...

You've by now probably noticed the Twitter widget on the right margin and now there is a new one. If you're a Facebook user there is a new way to follow FCTP. Read through the players I'm keeping my eyes on and you'll be rewarded. Amongst the players you'll find another new widget that lets you follow FCTP through my blog network. Click to continue reading...

Remember this name: Tony Tchani

I stumbled across him as I was looking at ACC conference awards for this year. He won a few honors in his first year; 2008 All-ACC 2nd Team, 2008 All-ACC Freshman Team, 2008 ACC Freshman of the Year.

I asked myself how he won these without making my list previously, usually I have at least seen the standout kids through the ESP camps, someone else posting somewhere. Click to continue reading...

Let's face it, every year the Atlantic Coast Conference provides some of the biggest names in the MLS Draft and more importantly many of the players who actually make a professional career in MLS. No, I haven't done an exact study but lets look at some of the recent big names to come through the MLS draft. Click to continue reading...

My apologies for being so far behind this year but the update is posted. All four classes are new and improved. If you see an error or a player who's school has a question mark next to it, please let me know if you know where this player is as I have lost track of him and haven't been able to find him. Click to continue reading...

Anyone reading this blog knows what I get excited for every year. As the college season wraps up, as snow starts falling, as it gets cold out, my mind turns to the MLS Draft. The show is starting to pop and Buzz has updated his Generation Adidas tracking list. He did it a month ago, I'm a little behind. Click to continue reading...

I was just going through my list, doing some updates. Ok, many updates due to the fact I haven't looked at it in months. As I was looking at Maryland I was excited to see how Maryland Freshman Forward, Casey Townsend's season is going.

Townsend first made my list when he was named an All-Star at the Adidas ESP camp during the summer of 2006. Click to continue reading...