big game II: the game just got bigger

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/powerranking?team=USA&season=2009&month=7&cc=5901

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mikenorrish/100000729/booing-david-beckham-means-us-soccer-is-finally-credible/

good news! not only is the tv working but the spanish channel 51 kuns is showing today's gold cup final between the usa and mexico. twelve noon baby

well whaddaya know about that?! very awesme!!!

easy bet my k-market guy's watching.

this was a disaster btw

tv worked, US TEAM DIDN'T

montreal is getting the next MLS team. should be announced tomorrow
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/concacaf-mexico-montreal-2009-2-26-.jpg

jeff clement has been traded to pittsburgh. bye dude

seattle and clement were never meant to be

i guess not

Drayer, isn't she cute:

Did not much enjoy the Mariners clubhouse today. Walked in to see most of them watching 300 on the big screen with a powerful stereo surround. I hate violent movies, and while I didn't watch, it sounded horrible!

http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/premier-league-map-crop.jpg

neat map

i like the logos, that would be a fun stencil set.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/series/premier-league-the-season-2009-10

http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-orientation.html

long but very worthwhile article about going to azteca in mexico city to see last week's game
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090817

poor mets
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4420095&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

http://www.kickette.com/

that's a funny website. i like it.

:)

jozy with a goal in his (non premier league) game today

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2009/08/scenic-soccer-stadiums.html

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/arsene-wenger-sent-off.jpg

i watched VERY little MLS before this year. the fact that there wasn’t a local team was the major part of that, but i would be lying if i said it didn’t have anything to do with some of the level of play.

this year however, i have been very surprised with what has transpired on the pitch. i think the sounders have played some beautiful footy almost all season. of course it is intermixed with a poor pass here, an immature decision there… but all in all, it is entertaining to watch and not only do i support my local team now, but i have to take back my reserve on the level of play.

well that is until yesterday. that was a game that i expected to see in the MLS. it was sloppy, no movement, missed chances left and right and generally down right boring at parts. the second half picked up a bit from the first, but all that is saying is that it went from a giant pile of poop to a slightly less stinky pile of poop.

otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJZziS2D1g&feature=player_embedded

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/charmed.jpg

is gossip girl a sport now?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/sep/05/world-cup-2010-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVQhIEPbM0g&feature=player_embedded

what in the hell
http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/juliaa3.jpg

http://www.101greatgoals.com/picture-special-the-gay-kiss-rocking-honduran-football-orlin-peralta-brayan-beckeles/36231/

charming, over-the-top commentary:

Watching someone cheat stylishly is far more entertaining than prosaic probity. Thierry Henry, upon whose elegant shoulders has been heaped the corpulent bulk of the insufferably high minded English sports press’ opprobrium, remains the most charmingly witty and scintillatingly intelligent player to have ever graced the Premier League. He has single-handedly (no pun, etc.) prevented a pedestrian Irish team from clogging up next summer’s World Cup, to the forgivable outrage of the Irish (...), and the tiresome condemnation of everyone else.

referring to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIqwTNm8ZA

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/12/04/WC2010_WALLCHART_0510.pdf

that's a nice page. i love things that make sense.

good draw
for us btw

yeah, i thought so, but i wasn't sure about england. seems like the only team they might have to worry about? just guessing, though, i don't know anything about them, or the other teams for that matter.

could still lose to england and go through to 2nd round. probably will lose to england. that game
is
gonna be huge
i dont know much about the other teams
either, every1 is
dangerous in the world cup, but still, looks
good

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%22Peter%20Gammons%22

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2010/01/pictures-and-videos-stadiums-of-faroe.html

ray hudson

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/the-professors-appeal-saves-him-with-one-arsenal-fan/

loooooooooooooooooool
http://www.youtube.com/v/H8gKmQ6Hrro&hl=en_US&fs=1&

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/PA-677570.jpg

http://sg.wsj.net/public/resources/images/NY-AE396A_NYNUM_NS_20100425195901.gif

a-rod, more like a-plod