Category Archives: - US/MLS

Footie News That Was and Will Be

12/3/2009 – 1:36 pm

I just have to point out that since my last post, Ars*nal have lost twice with an aggregate score of 0-6, are out of the Carling Cup and, for my money, out of the title race. Loverly. I wouldn’t want to gloat, but I’ve been firmly on the (minority) side saying that their squad [...]

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The Bimonthly Update

11/24/2009 – 1:07 pm

Things are winding down quickly in school; I only meet with my classes one more time as a large group and then in individual conferences. Teaching two new classes in my last semester of coursework isn’t ideal. Generally I was writing or modifying assignments each week based on how things went. Next semester should be [...]

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Blogging in Serious Decline

10/20/2009 – 10:28 pm

Well, blogging sure ranks pretty low on my “to do” list I guess. The schedule nowadays could best be described as “crushing” most weeks; I have to hunker down and work quite hard in order to free up enough time to play soccer on Saturdays. It’s a sorry state of affairs.

What makes things worse is [...]

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Blogging Comes Last but the US Finishes First (?)

10/11/2009 – 1:03 pm

Sheesh, looks like this blog has received a cruel reminder of where it ranks in my life. Really, there are so few extra minutes in the day that this space gets neglected. Even this post has to be short so I can get caught up on schoolwork.

After returning from Savannah I held student conferences for [...]

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Why Managers Matter

9/10/2009 – 8:06 am

Time sure flies by this time of year, with school starting and all the rest. Here’s some quick commentary on World Cup Qualifiers played on Saturday and Wednesday.
* Maradona has no idea what he’s doing. 1-3 loss at home to Brazil and a 1-0 loss to Paraguay puts Argentina in serious jeopardy of not making [...]

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Success and Failure

8/14/2009 – 2:44 pm

Unless you’re blind (or haven’t refreshed your browser) you’ll see the template has changed for this website. I’m ever-so-slowly migrating information from my old web pages to the new ones (the baby’s disposition dictates the speed at which this happens) but I should be done with it in a couple days. Most happily of all, [...]

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Website Changes A-Comin’…

8/12/2009 – 4:09 pm

I’m celebrating an anniversary of sorts. I installed WordPress and started blogging way back on August 2nd, 2004 (see archive to the right). I learned to add content pretty frequently for a site that had previously housed pictures of our trips and vacations and a few snippets of nonfiction work I had published at the [...]

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The Silly Season is Upon Us

7/31/2009 – 5:56 pm

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I’ve been watching a smattering of footie from the Gold Cup (yawn) to the World Football Challenge (surprisingly good) and the Peace Cup (a bit of both) as well as following all the transfer shenanigans. Observations in no particular order:
* Real Madrid still look pretty disjointed overall and the [...]

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My Take on the Beckham Fiasco

7/21/2009 – 10:35 am

Guy, my little friend from school whose cubby hole is near mine, asked for me to form an opinion for him on the Beckham confrontation with a fan. First, a recap.
Here’s my take: Beckham’s career was stalling out in Europe so he and Posh Spice decide that they’ll move to Hollywood and take over. [...]

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US (yawn) vs Honduras and Other Footie Thoughts

7/9/2009 – 8:54 pm

The USMNT B-team beat the Honduras B-team 2-0 last night. The first half was dreadfully dull but the second half was more watchable. What this tournament has proved thus far (in the opening two games for the US) is that the talent pool is not deep. Granted, ten years ago US Soccer could not [...]

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