Archive for the ‘MLS’ Category

David Beckham Says ‘Non Merci’ To PSG

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

The script was Hollywood made. After years of underachieving and underwhelming performances, David Beckham finally delivered that necessary championship to cap his five-year Stateside odyssey. His gargantuan contract was coming to a close and Beckham had seemingly washed aside all the disappointment of the previous four years with a fitting goodbye to ...

Los Angeles Galaxy Finally Win MLS Cup

Monday, November 21st, 2011

We can finally say the David Beckham experiment in the MLS has been a success. In the final season of his five-year deal Beckham finally delivered the MLS Cup to the Los Angeles Galaxy, as he and fellow superstars Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane led their team to a 1-0 ...

Freddy Adu To Join Philadelphia Union

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Yesterday reports were saying that Freddy Adu would be returning to Major League Soccer and joining Chivas USA. Those reports were only half right. Adu has reportedly signed with the Philadelphia Union instead. The 22-year-old Adu is likely returning to the MLS on a free transfer from Benfica, where he signed ...

Somewhere Jonathan Bornstein Is Crying Uncontrollably

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Bob Bradley was relieved of his duties as U.S. national team coach Thursday. And it's not a day too soon. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate everything Bradley accomplished during his tenure, including beating world No. 1 Spain at the Confederations Cup and winning a World Cup group with England in ...

David Beckham Staying In MLS?

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Last month David Beckham ended an offseason training stint with English club Tottenham. Pretty much everyone assumed Beckham would head back to play for Spurs as soon as his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy ends later this year. Apparently that might not be the case. Despite the fact that Tottenham's ...

Your CONCACAF Champion’s League Update

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Wait, there's a CONCACAF Champion's League? That's crazy! You can't just have a Champion's League anywhere! Or can you? Yes, yes you can. And they've even got group play and everything on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. You can take a look at the standings here. This is the ...

27 Reasons Sports Suck In August

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Seven days ago I celebrated a birthday ... yeah it was depressing but this post has nothing to do with that. Sure I was a little moody that day, but while flipping through the channels it dawned on me; my birth month might be the worst sports month on the ...

Does Eric Wynalda Like Anything?

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Sadly, I got suckered in to the huge media hype surrounding David Beckham's first game for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday. I watched the game, and all 15 minutes that Becks played. For the most part I enjoyed the spectacle, I was shocked that the MLS and ESPN could ...