Yeah, we all saw this one coming. I’m still mulling over the choice of Jurgen Klinsmann as the new head coach of the US mens national team. I’m still not convinced it’s the right direction as coach. However, there may be other things going on within the USSF which may be associated with the change which may prove this move to be a good one in the long-run. We just won’t know for some time.

I’ve no other way to explain the decision by US Soccer to make a change in the National Team’s head coach right now. Bob Bradley was obviously blindsided as he was seen scouting earlier this week.

Is it just me or did the World Cup seem to last a lot longer when I was a kid? Argentina, Spain, and Mexico those World Cups all seemed to last half the summer. The entire summer seemed to revolve around them. This year it just blew by.

Like most other soccer fans in this country, there’s really only one thing on my mind today—the match at the Azteca this afternoon. I decided to watch ESPN last night just to see if there was anything and, as I figured it would be ignored, I could get my mind off the match and probably be put to sleep by endless Baseball and NFL training camp news. (I didn’t expect Rick Pitino to be the main event)

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It’s Thursday evening. I got lil‘ PZ to bed and figured I’d check out what game is on the deuce (does anyone still call it that?) tonight. Nothing.
The only explanation I could come up with was it violated some “only one US soccer even per week” rule or something as they are showing the US-China game this weekend. OK, whatever. I can deal with no game tonight.
So, I decide to get prepared. What’s going on next week? OK, who’s the Einstein who scheduled the …

I think Landon has actually earned some more respect from me.

“I don’t want to be gone all summer,” said Donovan, who was called up on Thursday for games against Ecuador and Guatemala later this month. “I want to be here when Beckham gets here. I want to be here for a lot of the games. This is a big year for us, for the Galaxy.”
To focus on the Galaxy, would Donovan then consider declining a possible invitation to Copa America?
“Yeah, I would,” Donovan said. “It’s kind of like a …

I’m not over it, probably never will be, but I’m now getting used to the idea that I’ll never see this seasons MLS Cup Final. However, the Final itself was almost secondary to all the announcements the league made this weekend. Some are pretty darn big.
The owners have finally decided to open their checkbooks. Yeah! I’ve read/heard numerous opinions on this. Here’s my take…this is nothing more than a marketing move. Seriously, Becks is a decent player for someone with only one foot. …

…or at least my blog?
Seriously, his column in today’s LA Times looks like they were lifted straight from the numerous rants on BigSoccer. Of course, he put his thoughts together much better.

Things would be far more interesting if FIFA showed some initiative and forced CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, the South American confederation, to combine into a single, 48-nation confederation.
The Gold Cup could then disappear and the Copa America could become the regional championship — an honest-to-goodness Cup of the Americas.
With the likes of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and …