If there’s anything that can prove that FIFA’s national team rankings are totally bogus, it has to be todays news that it the US team is #6 in the world. There are at least 6 teams in Europe better than the US – England, Germany, Italy, Holland, Spain, France. Not to mention that any South […]
United get’s a midseason report from Steven Goff at the Washington Post . There’s nothing that you haven’t already seen on BigSoccer but a good catch up if you haven’t been slacking off at work. Of late, United has been plagued by injury – first Eskandarian, now Moreno, Steven Guppy and Brian Namoff are all
I purchased the DirectKick package because it was cheaper to get it than to upgrade our monthly plan to one that includes Comcast Sports Net, the local broadcaster for DC United games. It was a no-brainer, $70 per season to get pretty much every MLS game broadcast every weekend. Getting the next package up woule
In case you haven’t heard yet, the Google Maps API has been made public. This opens up their mappping capabilities to more developers without having to rely on the hacks and workarounds you may have seen earlier. Here are my ideas for some useful applications: A map view of an address book type list. It
Great news for Ben Olsen, who was named to the US squad for the Gold Cup next month. After two injury plagued years, Olsen restablished himself in the DC United lineup during last season’s championship run. Its great to see him get a shot at returning to national team, where he was a regular before
Over at deseretnews.com, their Real Salt Lake correspondent had this to say about United after this week: "After stinking it up for most of the season, MLS defending champion D.C. United stepped it big time last week." This, from a guy who covers a team who’s only achievement this season looks to be setting the
We call It Soccer has a concise review of Franklin Foer’s book How Soccer Explains the World. They find the main thesis of the book weak and unconvincing but it might be worth picking up by serious soccer fans for the "cool anectdotes about players and fans and clubs" from all over. They’re also spot
Announcement of a new MLS Labor Agreement was released today, on a friday afternoon to guarantee low exposure(?). It’s a 5 year collective bargaining agreement. We’ve come a long way in 10 years, when the players actual sued the league. Not many details, but minimum salary will go from about $28k to $34k by 2009,
Midfielder Bobby Convey and defender Ryan Nelsen both made the jump from DC United to the English leagues last year and have had quite different experiences. Bobby Convey left for first division club Reading, hoping to help the club earn promotion to the premier league. Despite high expectations, he has found himself sitting on the
I’ve uploaded some pictures from last night’s United vs Pumas game. They were taken with my camera phone and as a result, aren’t all that great. They’re worth taking a look at if you’re curious about how RFK will look as a soccer field now that the stadium is shared with the nationals.