Posted by Creaven on January 21, 2010 under England, Europe, Major League Soccer, MLS, Premier League, United States, USMNT, World Cup | 
Popular columnists have real Q&A columns. Readers e-mail questions and the columnist answers them once every couple weeks. But I’m not popular. I might get a question or two in the comment section but not enough to write an entire column. So what should I do?
Simple. Make my own questions! I get to use a column format I’ve always enjoyed and I get the questions I want. Perfect. It’s like a Republican going on Fox News; it’s impossible to fuck up. So let’s get to it…
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Posted by Creaven on January 19, 2010 under World Cup |
Even before Clint Dempsey plopped to the ground Sunday the United States was already nearing The Tipping Point.
Charlie Davies is recovering from a shattered leg; Oguchi Onyewu is trying to rush back from a patellar tendon rapture (his knee is fucked up); Jermaine Jones might never recover from his broken leg; Jozy Altidore can’t score a goal in the English Premier League; Carlos Bocanegra is stuck on the Stade Rennes’ bench; DaMarcus Beasley started playing well for the first time in years and then tore his hamstring.
Now it’s looking likely Dempsey is going to get as much playing time at the World Cup as I am. After the World Cup draw U.S. fans (including me) were oozing with optimism, but with Robbie Rodgers probably making the team Algeria and Slovenia suddenly seem like much tougher foes. But are things really that bad? Let’s take a look…
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Tags: Algeria, Bob Bradley, Clint Dempsey, English Premier League, Fulham, Hull, Jermaine Jones, Jozy Alitdore, Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Oguchi Onyewu, Slovenia, World Cup
Posted by Creaven on January 15, 2010 under Major League Soccer |
Awwwww, Major League Soccer. If anyone should be an MLS fan it should be me. I grew up playing the sport; I love watching the sport; I’ve covered the sport at the high school, college and professional level; I have a blog called IntelligentSoccer.com. If MLS can’t win me over there’s something seriously wrong.
So why doesn’t MLS connect with me? First, the product is terrible compared to other leagues. Why would I want to watch the Kansas City Wizard play the Columbus Crew when, every week, I can watch matches from the English Premier League, La Liga, Seire A and Bundesliga? What is MLS’s solution to the product problem? Expansion, of course. Copying the NHL’s over expansion plan might no be a brilliant idea, just throwing it out there.
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Posted by Creaven on January 14, 2010 under World Cup |
This has happened to everyone. You have a fantastic idea, but it’s so obvious you assume someone else has already thought of it. So you dismiss it, thinking there must be some fatal flaw in your idea that doesn’t make it possible.
I’m 75 percent sure this idea (which I will get to, I promise) won’t work because of some rule I’m not familiar with. But, if there isn’t a rule, and you can do this, then all 32 World Cup head coaches should take advantage of it.
It’s really simple. In a couple months, teams that qualified for the World Cup will name their 23-man rosters. Of those 23 players, three have to be goalies*(read note at the bottom). So here’s the idea: For the three mandatory goalie spots, coaches should name two “real” goalies and one field player, but just call the field player a goalie.
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