Ramblings of a Soccer Junky

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An American who fell in love with soccer while living in Europe.

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December 4, 2008 16:04 EST
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September 16, 2005

November 20, 2008

It’s been a while

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I remember this place.  Seems like the season was just starting when I last posted...oh yeah, it was.  Things have been crazy and will probably continue that way for a while.  However, I will try and post on here when I can. Am I the only one outside of Ohio or the NY/NY Metro area that [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Columbus Crew, Mexico, RBNY, Soccer, US Soccer, mls cup, wcq

June 23, 2008

I needed a good laugh

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April 8, 2008

So much going on

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What a busy time.  In case you are the 2 visitors I get to this blog that aren't my mom, I just moved again.  Ok, it was only cross town but with everything that's taken place the last few weeks, it may as well have been a much longer move.  Anyway, between that, school and [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Amando Guevara, Ipswich Town, LA Galaxy, MLS, MLSPU, TV, UEFA, Wembley, espn2, stadium

March 6, 2008

Fish is back!!!

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Forget all this Beckham-mania. How 'bout Fish? Not only did he score all 3 in the win the other night...look at the run he made to be there to finish the third one. That's not the Fish we've seen the last couple of seasons. OK, it was a preseason friendly against a make-shift [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Carlos Ruiz, David Beckham, LA Galaxy

February 26, 2008

This American walks into a pub….

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Maybe it's just me but I don't see how any of this is needed and I'm not sure what the Liverpool faithful hoped to accomplish by treating Hicks Jr this way. To be honest, I haven't followed all of this that closely but the only things I can figure out the Liverpool fans have [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Liverpool, Manchester United

February 25, 2008

“Shut up! I’m teaching it what to do.”

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I'm still laughing. "It's fantastic for Newcastle...it's the only way they'll get into Europe" Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Humor, YouTube

February 24, 2008

I hope some lessons were learned

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After Wednesday's Pan Pacific matches in Hawaii, every report and commentary, weather traditional media or blogger, wrote off LA and were ready to give Houston the title. I can't wait to see what they are writing today. You can't judge a team my only one match. Comparing the over all results, LA were the second best [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , David Beckham, FieldTurf, Friendly, LA Galaxy, MLS, houston

February 13, 2008

Twitter

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I've never considered myself a writer and as I don't get paid I can't really go on strike. Live is just crazy these days so I'm not able to blog as many thoughts as I'd like....or at least write the long rambles about things I used to post. I'm still around and I'll still blog [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , blog

February 11, 2008

MLS Schedule mess

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MLS finally released their schedule for the 2008 season this week. Only a few weeks before the season starts. We keep hearing talk from the league chiefs about all their scheduling headaches and why they still have to play matches on FIFA International Dates. So, we fans get screwed and offered an [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Fans, MLS, Marketing, US Soccer

February 7, 2008

The sky is falling

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I love the British 'Chicken Little' syndrome. I mean, everything that is a change may as well be the start of Armageddon. I read the news this morning about the EPL looking to play games overseas with a bit of a smirk on my face. I already knew what my friends in the UK were [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , EPL, Friendly

Kissing your latino cousin–or something like that

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I always love a US/Mexico game. Bottom line, nobody wants to lose this one. It's too bad there was a lot more passion in the match than actually ability as a team...for both sides. I sat there for most of the match thinking, who is this US side? Mexico is finally [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Landon Donovan, Mexico, US Soccer, Waldo

January 30, 2008

Yawn

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Just once could US Soccer/Nike come up with an interesting shirt? Seriously, this is pretty dull. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , NIKE, US Soccer

January 29, 2008

Another new league…sorta

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WooHoo!!! The long anticipated CONCACAF Champions League has finally been announced. I won't bore you with the details cuz it's blogged and published everywhere else. Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm excited or not about this. Yeah, it's another opportunity for MLS Clubs to show how competitive they are. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Chivas USA, DC United, LA Galaxy, MLS, champions cup, houston, new england

January 24, 2008

Makes my head spin

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My son and I are both under the weather so we stayed home today to hopefully kick whatever it is which caught us. For some reason, my DVR grabbed the SuperduperDraft last week....so, as there wasn't much else on, I watched it...or at least tried to. Now, maybe it was the cold meds I'm on [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , MLS, Superduper Draft, espn2

January 22, 2008

There’s still a long way to go

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A talented kid decides to turns down a chance at an MLS contract cuz he's more likely to make money in the banking industry. Now, I can understand the whole bit about not everyone can make it. However, this kid, by every indication, had a better chance than most. If MLS really is serious about [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , MLS, Superduper Draft