This was the scene last night at venerable NYC soccer bar Nevada Smith's. Skip to about 1:45 in and you'll see a jubilant scene that usually only seen in this place for World Cup's and Champions League finals. Folks wildin' out in Manhattan for the local side...a rare sight that brings a tear to my eyes. Click to continue reading...

Photo courtesy of M.R.

As evidenced by the strong showing by Chicago's fans in Columbus last night, there has been some great away support during this year's playoff run. New York's ESC have been struck with a particularly virulent case of "Max Out My Credit Cards and Go Get Loud and/or Drunk on the Road Because it's the Playoff's" fever; a traveling contingent of about 25 members got sweaty --and a victory-- in Houston last week and are scrambling to La Guardia airport in Queens for a flight to Salt Lake City as I type this. Click to continue reading...

So what's it going to be tonight Ohio? Will you give a big, Didier Drogba-sized middle finger to the cold temperatures and fill Crew stadium tonight? Or will the same dedicated 11K that were at the K.C. match be without the aid of 9k more frozen arses in seats? If you don't show up for the team at least show up for Sigi. Click to continue reading...

Who is really to blame? Football clubs, their players, staff, directors and even the supporters are in a constant state of flux. Whether it's new owners, a new manager or new signings Football Clubs are finding they're changing. But are these changes for better or for worse? Click to continue reading...

By the way, big shout out to both the fans and sales staff in Chicago for making last night's mercy killing of New England's MLS Cup hopes look really, really good on TV last night. Section 8 tore the roof off George Clinton-style and that extra week gave the front office a little more time to not be an embarrassment on national television; that's the real home-field advantage. Click to continue reading...

This week, the players of German 3rd division club Dynamo Dresden had an unpleasant surprise waiting for them on Monday at practice. After their 3-0 loss against SC Paderborn on Sunday, some supporters apparently entered the training grounds at night and dug eleven grave-like holes into the training pitch, marking them with wooden crosses. Click to continue reading...

NEW MLS FAN RUN SITE TO LAUNCH FOR PLAYOFFS AND BEYOND

Toronto, October 31, 2008
2:06pm EST

www.MLSTifo.com

Several months ago it appeared that a great site for MLS supporters and images and issues, MLS Underground, was all but dead as it had not been updated in months. Click to continue reading...

Fred was very pissed yesterday when, as he was walking off the pitch during a substitution, he was booed rather voraciously by the home crowd at the Gerland. Sayz Fred:

"It's very difficult. Every time, it's the same thing - the fans are angry with me and whistle at me.

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Great video of the Ohio Playas. Keep it going boys & girls...this could be your year.

Shouts to D for the heads up on the clip. Click to continue reading...

Hillcrest Road hipped me to this great piece in Kansas City's Ink Magazine about The Cauldron. Basically the writer is a Eurosnob who embed's himself with K.C.'s realest supporters and to his surprise gets his box rocked (as it should be). If only there were enough supporters groups, we could save them all. Click to continue reading...

Not going to talk about the embarassing display on the pitch. We all know it was sh*t and not good enough. Aside from the match, I am angry, really angry about the ticketing situation that saw two Hull muppets get seats in the middle of the North Bank upper yesterday. When Hull scored, they showed themselves and [. Click to continue reading...

Not to be left standing with their d*ck in their hands, Vancouver Whitecaps have made the next move in the Pacific Northwest MLS Expansion Death Race 3000™. One day after Portland fired it's shot across the bow, they launched a two-pronged attack today on both the world-wide web and, as seen above, British Columbian morning television. Click to continue reading...

From Joe Cannon's humorus blog on the 'Quakes website:

"Beating the best team in MLS by four goals, along with a full moon created a weird night out at Buck Shaw. (We really should rename the new stadium when we play there...the house that Joe Cannon built sounds wonderful huh? Click to continue reading...

Here's a follow-up to my recent post about where one could get one's soccer fix after the Aztex season finished. While I still miss the games out at Dragon Stadium, it's hard to argue there's not enough soccer to keep a fan busy.

• Stoke City - their season is underway, so there are games every weekend.

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Here's a follow-up to my recent post about where one could get one's soccer fix after the Aztex season finished. While I still miss the games out at Dragon Stadium, it's hard to argue there's not enough soccer to keep a fan busy.

• Stoke City - their season is underway, so there are games every weekend.

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In which we discover that a Norwich City fan/missionary on a fact-finding mission discovers that Darren Huckerby is well on his way to be equally loved in the Bay Area. Good stuff...this is what the Youtubes of the world are meant for. Click to continue reading...

That's a photo from this past Sunday of me and my fellow ESCer Jamison aka DJ Prestige and his buddy DJ Values, who's the keyboardist/second guitarist in the Bouncing Souls. You might think that's random that he's there in an ESC scarf but hey, DC's got Rancid in their court so we have to keep pace in the punk rock supporters arms race. Click to continue reading...

But not much, since they video does most of the talking in this post. Here's a bit more on the Timbers Army from Portland Now; it's not A Current Affair, but it's a nicely produced primer on the "mental, barmy Timbers Army".

Regardless of what club you follow, you have to love it. Click to continue reading...

The name for the first independent Austin Aztex supporters' group has been decided on. The name was suggested, discussed and rallied around predominantly in that den of soccer fandom: the BigSoccer.com discussion forums.

The name: Chantico's Army.
The website: http://chanticosarmy. Click to continue reading...

The name for the first independent Austin Aztex supporters' group has been decided on. The name was suggested, discussed and rallied around predominantly in that den of soccer fandom: the BigSoccer.com discussion forums.

The name: Chantico's Army.
The website: http://chanticosarmy. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to the boys for the win last night over the Bradenton Academics. While it totally sucks to lose Beto to 2 yellow cards, the win was obviously the important thing.

Next up: beating Laredo tonight. This will be the 3rd time the Aztex play the Heat, and we've had good results so far: two wins, zero losses. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to the boys for the win last night over the Bradenton Academics. While it totally sucks to lose Beto to 2 yellow cards, the win was obviously the important thing.

Next up: beating Laredo tonight. This will be the 3rd time the Aztex play the Heat, and we've had good results so far: two wins, zero losses. Click to continue reading...

This just in: the Aztex playoff sweep will be viewable online! Here's the place to point your browser tomorrow at 4:00 (Austin time): http://ftslive.rbm.tv/.

There are also once again plans for supporters to gather and watch at Mother Egan's on 6th Street. I won't be able to sneak out of work at that time, unfortunately, but I'll be there in spirit. Click to continue reading...

This just in: the Aztex playoff sweep will be viewable online! Here's the place to point your browser tomorrow at 4:00 (Austin time): http://ftslive.rbm.tv/.

There are also once again plans for supporters to gather and watch at Mother Egan's on 6th Street. I won't be able to sneak out of work at that time, unfortunately, but I'll be there in spirit. Click to continue reading...

My son is going to a week-long Boy Scout camp near Balmorhea in West Texas starting on Saturday.

The Aztex will play their last regular-season game Saturday night in El Paso, just a hop, skip and a jump west of there (that is, if the hop takes an hour, the skip takes another hour, and the jump takes half an hour). Click to continue reading...

My son is going to a week-long Boy Scout camp near Balmorhea in West Texas starting on Saturday.

The Aztex will play their last regular-season game Saturday night in El Paso, just a hop, skip and a jump west of there (that is, if the hop takes an hour, the skip takes another hour, and the jump takes half an hour). Click to continue reading...

Here's a question. Let's say you and your lady have your wedding at your local side's stadium. Then following said nuptials, the entire wedding party decides to eschew the whole dancing-to-a-crap-DJ-at-the-reception thing and instead pile into the supporter's section for an evening of singing, drinking and sweaty wedding attire. Click to continue reading...

If you didn't catch the opening minutes of The Nooner on ABC yesterday you missed one of the most phenomenal player tributes by the fans that I've ever seen in American sports. I'm no Ben Olsen fan (Captain Caveman has always been a thorn in the Metro side) but I do respect the amount of reverence that the DC United faithful have for him. Click to continue reading...

TOR reader Jeff K sent me some video of footage he gathered from the belly of the Sam's Army beast on Sunday. Recognize anyone? Click to continue reading...

WORLD SOCCER WRAP ©

The MLS themed podcast show of Simon Allen and Ray Haratian known as World Soccer Wrap has launched an fan/supporter's group based, anti-racism initiative/movement called "Point and Boo!" in reaction to the events in Columbus and aimed at shaming racists out of MLS stadiums should there be further problems. Click to continue reading...

If you were watching last night's U.S. game at home you may not know that there was a half-time pitch invasion by some Argentine fan. I don't think it's the best thing to do, but I would be a liar if I said I didn't find it more entertaining than I like to let on. It's sort of like going to Hooters but without the 'hooters'. Click to continue reading...

Kevin Payne as we mentioned, spoke about the supporters performance helping make RFK a difficult place to play after Saturday night's game vs Toronto. He basically says there is no equivalent in MLS.

Here is the audio of that conversation, courtesy of The Screaming Eagles Podcast. Click to continue reading...

Way to go, Aztex! The boys went to Laredo last night, and beat the Heat in the heat. (With a kickoff temperature of 106 degrees, that's not just a figure of speech.) Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make the roadtrip myself, but a couple of other dedicated ultras did. Following is the fan report from Matt, aka 'mgrayscale' on the BigSoccer Aztex forum. Click to continue reading...

There is little doubt that the production values, cinematography, and theme of this advert are of the highest quality. In fact it's some of the slickest MLS-related advertising I have seen. But when the hell did the Red Patch Boys turn into the Spartans from 300? Click to continue reading...

Y'all know I love The Club Formerly Known as Metro. It is where my sporting heart truly lies. And you know from past endeavors that I love me some Claudio Reyna, flawed as he may be. We all know he has some issues, the man does possess some wonderful skill that has rarely been seen in the American player. Click to continue reading...