It's not often you get to see enterprise work in the blogosphere. But the best out there I think is Adam S. over at TiAS.

He has a great, in-depth profile on Clint Dempsey that I think all American soccer fans should check out in their spare time.

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As loyal STO readers may recall, a Houston Dynamo fan blog, Nutmegged, challenged STO and just about everyone else in the MLS blogosphere to a friendly game of fantasy football (er, soccer) on the web's premiere MLS fantasy site, MFLS.com. Well, twenty-four weeks are now complete, and I am happy to report STO has been dominating [. Click to continue reading...

Let's just say things out west aren't as good as they've been in years past. There's been plenty of talk today all over the soccer blogosphere about how bad the western conference is in Major League Soccer. Most of you already know my feelings on the western side of the ball compared to the eastern [. Click to continue reading...

This post is still necessary. Call me the cranky feminist of the soccer blogosphere, but things like the comments on this post are fucking vile, and disrespectful of all women, let alone soccer fans. If y'all wanna have a frat party, is the internets really the best place for it? Much harder to tap a good keg online, I have to say. Click to continue reading...

Peter Nowak's decision to adjust his tactics (ironically enough in line with what most American Soccer Spot readers suggested the other day) shows a tactical savvy and willingness to take chances that many American coaches have quite frankly lacked in big competitions. Since the debacle of Steve Sampson 3-6-1 in the 1998 World Cup, American managers have implemented a very basic tactical structure one which is based on counter attacking and generally does not consider the strengths or weaknesses of the upcoming opposition.

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This has nothing to do with football, but anyway. Buzz. Buzz Bissinger. Those who frequent the intellectual red light district known as the Blogosphere will know Buzz, the Certified Author who went bananas on Bob Costa's HBO chat show, getting all up in the grill of Deadspin's Will Leitch, accusing Leitch and his fellow bloggers of dragging the English language into the dirt, destroying the elevated tone of American sporting discourse (? Click to continue reading...

First off, let me explain why I've been lacking on the actual content side of things lately.

I hate the off-season in all sports, but especially so in soccer. There is no other sport with a "silly season" as public and pronounced as soccer. Papers and media outlets with little else to talk about speculate on rumors about where players are headed, who managers want to sign, where managers may take another job, and other similar topics. Click to continue reading...

Yes, according to The Writer's Almanac, it's Arianna Huffington's birthday. Best wishes - and I'm glad your journey landed you in the blogosphere! From the Huffington Post, here's a good piece my Tom Matzzie about the ongoing lobbying  from big oil and the Bush administration to allow off-shore drilling. Click to continue reading...

The USWNT defeated Canada 1-0 just a few hours ago, to become Peace Queen Cup champs for the second time on a goal Angela Hucles! Hucles also won the golden ball as the tournament MVP! Here's the write-up from USSoccer. The "Aunt Pia" part comes from a recent entry in the WNT Blog, in which [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...