Warning - This isn't at all soccer-related.  This exchange in today's online chat by WaPo Redskins beat writer Jason La Canfora got me thinking: OG Barno: I doubt you'll take a tough question like this, but here goes: What do you think of Dan Snyder publicly calling out the Washington Post by name in his interview with Comcast Sportsnet [. Click to continue reading...

Comcast SportsNet came out today to talk with a few players and Coach Soehn. Here's part of their interview with Tommy...

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Thanks be to the soccer gods for finally kicking Comcast in the ass and bringing my internet service back to life!  In the meantime, I've managed to miss covering the best soccer the Quakes have played all year.  It has been positively awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping... i'm running out of adjectives here. Click to continue reading...

While United supporters recovered Thursday from a night of celebrating their club's U.S. Open Cup victory, the team packed their bags and flew cross-country to begin preperations for tonight's League match against San Jose. It's tough sledding for the Black-and-Red this weekend. United faithful in the Nation's Capital are dealing with Hurricane Hanna.

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Fresh off the team's U.S. Open Cup championship, United's General Manager Dave Kasper will join host Russ Thaler on Washington Post Live tonight. WPL airs on Comcast SportsNet at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Dave will be taking with him the Open Cup trophy, and in addition to talking about the Black-and-Red's newest piece of hardware, he'll also discuss the upcoming Champions League and the remainder of the MLS season.

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Happy Monday, sports fans. Just a quick note to let you know that our very own Santino Quaranta will be on Washington Post Live this evening to chat about all things United. As you know, the show airs on Comcast SportsNet each weekday evening from 5-6:30 p.m. with host Russ Thaler.

Have a question for Mr.

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If you're like me, you've already started a big day of watching sports. The US Men's Olympic Soccer Team is underway and a full slate of Olympic Games and the PGA Championships lies ahead. Our day ends with D.C. United.

United has trophies on their mind. Before turning their attention to the Dewar Cup, when the Black-and-Red host New England in the semifinals of the U.

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Zach Wells was on Comcast SportsNet's Washington Post Live earlier this week. Here's his interview with host Russ Thaler.

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Something to read while you wait for your church to inflate... Nice collection of off the line clearances (Soccer Training Info) Women's Olympic Soccer 2008: day one (From a Left Wing) Financial trouble at Man City? (Man City Offside) Another piece of the Comcast Olympic soccer puzzle (Sports NW) David Beckham's got the horn* (The Offside Rules) Amr Zaki profile (Egypt [. Click to continue reading...

The awesome picture is courtesy of Adam over at TiAS, who also has a great post of the Summer of Soccer program in NYC.

Tons of great photos and a video. What are you waiting for?

• Edu and crew can't breathe in Beijing. [MauriceEdu.com]
  
• Is Tottenham still shopping?

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Fresh off his first MLS shutout of the season, goalkeeper Zach Wells is set to join host Russ Thaler on Washington Post Live tomorrow. WPL airs on Comcast SportsNet from 5-6:30 p.m. and it is always full of tasty morsels.

Have a question for Zach? Feel free to drop it in the comments below and we'll pass them along to Russ before the show.

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Jaime Moreno discusses Saturday's 2-0 win over the Wizards on the Comcast SportsNet post-game show.

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Match #13.17 -- Kansas City Wizards

Six Word Novel Preview:
Even on points, a six-point game.

Opponent:
Kansas City Wizards

TV: 2 August 2008, Comcast Sportsnet, DireckKick, MLSLive.tv

Radio: WFED 1050AM, SRN

Previous Meeting:
March 29, 2008 - KC 2 - United 0

The Stakes:

Both teams sit on 22 points in the Eastern Conference, so this game could provide a six-point swing in the standings if either team manages to win.

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...to watch Olympic soccer!

Those bastards at Comcast lied to us!

Join Laurie in the good fight to get the games on the tube. 'Cause I ain't going to Beijing to watch, I hear the pollution there is terrible.

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United Head Coach Tom Soehn will join host Russ Thaler on the set of Comcast SportsNet's Washington Post Live this evening. United's bench boss will be on air at 5:35 p.m. to discuss United's season to date and take a look at Saturday's match with the Kansas City Wizards. Tune in, then click here to join us at RFK this weekend.

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Well, it will be interesting to see what Tom Soehn and the coaching staff decides to do tonight. Needing a three goal win over Houston and a Chivas win over Atlante (they kick off at 10 p.m. ET) to advance, it's an obvious long shot. The coaches may decide it's worth it to go for it or may decide it's such a small chance to advance that it makes sense to rest guys for MLS and Open Cup play.

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Be sure to keep an eye on wtop.com for Dave Johnson's regular column 'Dave's Take.' His most recent piece is especially a good read. He discussed Mayor Fenty's recent comments about trying to get the Redskins back in D.C. and how it is "a slap in the face" to D.C. United. Give it a read here.

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With tonight's friendly between the US Women and Brazil (join us at Coester's at 9:00 pm!), I thought I'd take some time to update you on what to expect in terms of broadcast schedules and related info.

First the good news - I've updated the SGFsoccer.com calendar to reflect ALL of the games that I found on the TV schedule at the NBColympics.

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With tonight's friendly between the US Women and Brazil (join us at Coester's at 9:00 pm!), I thought I'd take some time to update you on what to expect in terms of broadcast schedules and related info.

First the good news - I've updated the SGFsoccer.com calendar to reflect ALL of the games that I found on the TV schedule at the NBColympics.

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Below is some post-game video from Comcast SportsNet, following United's 2-1 loss to CD Guadalajara.

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This week's MLS schedule was small due to the participation of DC, New England, Chivas, and Houston.  Saturday featured three games and I'm bringing you all of the action.  I'm on vacation right now in Rhode Island and if anyone wants to do a few guest posts, please contact me.  My email is max.z@comcast. Click to continue reading...

All interested parties are most likely already at Buck Shaw (or at least in transit), but I fight on to bring you a mini-preview before today's match. Preview: We will win. Now that that's over, let me rant a little bit (because what else are blogs for?) about Comcast. With the All-Star game 12 [. Click to continue reading...

Another weekend, and the football never ends. I ought to just quit complaining about the amount of football on offer on any given weekend for us in the United States. If you have ESPN360, you have the Russian Premier League (someday soon on Comcast...someday soon). Major League Soccer is on a reduced schedule, but still up and running with three games this weekend.

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Via Dan Steinberg via D.C. Sports Bog via Comcast SportsNet via Blog Show, here is the video put together by Mr. Steinberg at the LA Galaxy game on June 29 - it's all about the Barra Brava's honoring of Ben Olsen. Awesome.

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Big day.

United will look to extend its five game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) against the Western Conference's best team today as the Black-and-Red take on the LA Galaxy in a rare noon kickoff. Today's game will be broadcast nationally on ABC and is the warm-up for the Euro 2008 final between Germany and Spain.

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This afternoon, San Jose makes its first trip to RFK since 2005. The Earthquakes have struggled in the season's early going, putting together a record of 3-7-2 and managing to only score nine goals all year. United will be without Santino Quaranta (yellow card accumulation), but sees the return of Marcelo Gallardo and Bryan Namoff to the lineup, after each sat out last game due to red card suspension.

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Comcast SportsNet's Jill Sorenson (who played college soccer at Brown!) made a trip out to RFK yesterday to catch-up with Luciano Emilio, who has been incredibly hot over the last month. Following is the piece she put together that aired last night on CSN..

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Here are the post-game interviews conducted by our broadcast partner Comcast SportsNet following last night's 4-1 win over New York. Dave Johnson and Thomas Rongen - who are arguably the best tandem in MLS - chatted with Luciano Emilio, Jaime Moreno and Marc Burch. Luci's interview is especially great - make sure you watch to the end - hilarious!

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The first of many of the remaining matches of the season being broadcast by Comcast. I am happy.

Hopefully I'll have the time and facilities to catch this game; if not, I know you're in good hands. Goff should be there in person. I'll be waiting to hear what he has to say. (I'm also waiting for Goff to announce about that 18 year-old Brazilian's arrival. Click to continue reading...