How cute. LA think they have a shot against the now-mighty Columbus Saturday at Crew Stadium. There a bunch of scrappy 'lil guys aren't they? Bless their little deluded hearts. Click to continue reading...

The funny thing about the MLS expansion race is that you don't hear a damn thing from anyone for months but then all of a sudden one group says "We're still trying to get a team" and this avalanche "Hey, we're still in this too!" articles comes flying at you.

Portland started off the latest round of madness last week, quickly followed by Vancouver and some overgrown children who carry dolls. Click to continue reading...

Would-be St. Louis MLS investor Jeff Cooper on the league's $50 million expansion fee:

"We're not going to pay so much...If they're unreasonable with the price, we can go elsewhere".

The 'elsewhere' being referred to is USL 1. If he's able to sell the county, city, state and his fellow investor's that they should shell out $573 million for the mixed-use stadium complex for a minor league team, someone in Obama's camp should get this cat on a flight to Denver immediately. Click to continue reading...

Before I really begin this post let me preface it by saying, "no one is asking". By that I mean I know that no one is asking me what I think MLS should do in regard to signing players nor would I ever feign being qualified to tell anyone over there what to look for in a player. I say this because I don't want this post to come across like one of those that you read on some other blogs where a guy who's got less access and insight than the janitor at HDC tells you who Chivas USA should sign, so please don't take it too seriously. Click to continue reading...

I read something the other day about some club in Uzbekistan claiming that they were on the verge of signing Samuel Eto'o and just dismissed it as the usual, desperate silly-season attempt to grab headlines by a club the size of Vern Troyer's nuts.

But something happened on the way the fantasyland. Click to continue reading...

Our man Dunny (aka the player formerly known as Brian Dunseth) from The Original Winger has an idea that's kinda out there, but kinda genius. Check out and let me know what you think. Click to continue reading...

I really shouldn't further the CR7-to-LA speculation but if this is the worst thing I do all day you gotta give me a pass. I wouldn't put it past LA to try and bring him in after Becks leaves, but I'd much prefer New York making a move to get him (and a few of the thousands of Portuguese who live across the bridge in The Ironbound) into Red Bull Park. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC are the Jackie Robinson on Canadian MLS clubs; they opened the door for wealthy Canuckistani's nationwide who have big time soccer dreams. And while Vancouver and Montreal have been knocking on the front door for a while now trying to lock up the Larry Doby spot, Ottawa --you read that right, Ottawa-- is trying to use the tradesman's entrance and sneak in through the back. Click to continue reading...

Now see, Tony Parker has already come for our women. Now Thierry Henry is talking about coming for our jobs. And the next thing you know a chiraz-soaked Jacques Chirac will be on Larry King saying "All your base are belong to us" through a haze of Galouse smoke.

All jokes aside, Henry would be an incredible acquisition for MLS, given the right market, if he comes over before he's old enough to be elected president (it's an election year so I've been brushing up on my presidential requirements: you can't be under 35 but you can't be foreign born). Click to continue reading...

If anybody has more time on than hands than I do feel free to take these images and run with them. There's a ton of creative people that come through here and I'm sure someone could make a really great blog out of the idea. Any takers? Click to continue reading...

Forget what I said the other day about Nash buying an MLS team. That was completely rational, sensible and long term thinking that makes sense and would like to disassociate myself from it. After seeing his skills on the pitch in this new Nike advert I'd rather see him play for an MLS side now. Off the top of my head I can think of 3 teams that could use him in the midfield yesterday. Click to continue reading...

I don't know what's more ridiculous; that someone wants to do this or that MLS has given even a provisional OK to the idea. A soccer stadium in the middle of a NASCAR track ...only in America would anyone even entertain the idea of such an unholy union.

I'm all for miscegenation in every form but this is the lamest idea since Jim Paglia proposed a rival league that would be played by dudes wearing unitards on multi-colored pitches at shopping malls with 8 refs (it's true look it up).

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