“Brilliant Mistake” by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
And the second half hummed along for all of five minutes before the lights went out. No, not as in a lights out play, but rather, the lights went out. Another power outage, another moment of class for a tense playoff game on ESPN. David Beckham had finally made the playoffs in the US [...]
The crickets chirped and your eyelids’ weight exponentially increased as your European-based twitter co-conspirators dozed off with dreams of World Cup qualification. The opening five minutes were classic MLS – 40 yard passes to nobody in particular, but rather the result of a neuroses, a fear, a desire to abdicate responsibility rather than risk being [...]
The EPL is taking advantage of the FIFA break to have a meeting on “the future of the game.” And given MLS Don Garber and Robert Kraft´s remarks to the “Brits and media, you´d think a salary cap or end of relegation/promotion was on the European horizon. Yes, I have written a piece on this [...]
Alright, I know most of you don’t like MLS and don’t care. But I do. Concision is appreciated by the reader. This will be the briefest of KC Wizards eulogies. And I will try to stay positive and offer a not-too-elaborate plan to right the ship.
Jimmy Conrad won the co-humanitarian of the year award and [...]
Should a champion be adorned in lockets of gold, silver, and diamonds? Should the robe be a royal purple? No. To win the title, you must expose your soul, demonstrate your commitment, and bare your essence. But not your underwear. Let it be decreed – the best dressed designated players shall reside in the [...]
Were you planning on attending MLS Cup this November in Seattle? To be honest – I wasn’t. At least until, one day, while sipping a latte and reading the Guardian cover-to-cover in Googlereader and listening to the BBC, a group of masked thugs kicked in the front door to my house. In the blink [...]
The long MLS season has lumbered to an end, and as the cold chills of November fill the lungs, we embark upon the postseason. We have used power and meteor showers to gauge the relative strenghts of teams, but is anyone stronger than Jack Bauer of 24? Your playoff-power rankings with a hint of lie-detector. [...]
I know that I have not been as faithful to the Wizards and I should be. After the coaching change, winless streak, and my move to Central America, I have not been the best fan. But a recent visit to Thad Bell´s insightful BackPost Wizards blog recharged the creative juices.
Yes, MLS is a bit more [...]
Yes, but only if you go read my guestpost at the wonderful A More Splendid Life, ran by Canadian extraordinaire Richard Whittal. It concerns the hollowing out of the KC Wizards fan culture.
