Congrats Bob Bradley

The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced the hiring of Bob Bradley as the full-time coach of the US MNT. I think its a great move, but maybe a little pre-mature; I was hoping they'd wait until after the Copa America to give him some incentive in a non-friendly environment to win. But, this may also give him and the squad a sort of vote of confidence heading into it. Either way, I think he's the ball buster we need to get Landon into gear.

L.A. Liga title for Becks?

It seems that the never-ending season of the Spanish Primera has helped Los Galacticos, as they lead Barca in head-to-head wins, and it should be interesting. If Real happens to pull it off, Becks will be able to add a Spanish League title to his list of silverware. He has conquered Eruope, and now he's heading stateside! Article

The Gang of Four..

The results are in and West Ham are here to stay. And because Carlos Tevez pretty much single handedly kept them up, the other teams at the bottom of the table are seriously lobby the FA to penalize West Ham over the controversial signing and third-party salary payment of their star. Don't let this let take your mind off of the cheating of the team that shall never be mentioned. Here's the link to a short article about the Tevez deal, where he might be getting a very large amount of money to go to Inter - I hope he stays and conquers the EPL, personally.

I Knew It!!!!

It turns out that Manchester United (I'll only mention the name if it's a slander post) really are a bunch of lying cheaters. Tim Howard, the American star goalkeeper, was on loan to Everton from Man U, so Man U was still paying him. This creates conflicting interests when Man U plays Everton, as Tim Howard's opponent is paying him, so the FA has a rule that a player can not play against the team he is on loan from, so when Man U plays Everton, Tim Howard can't play. However, Everton bought Tim Howard to keep him for good, so Everton started paying his wages, but Man U made a gentleman's agreement with Everton where Man U got Everton to not play Tim Howard if they were still in the title race. In other words, they cheated. No worries for Sir Alex though, Man u can divert the attention away from their obvious cheating and turn it to the almost harmless transfers of Argentines Tevez and Mascherano to West Ham. Disgusting - and no better than the shenanigans of Italy. This article touches on both topics.

Wow...

Allegedly, Thierry Henry will be heading to Barcelona this summer. Wow. Eto'o is supposedly on his way out (to the team that shall not be mentioned) and might provide the financial balancing the team needs to another star. Ronaldinho to Messi to Henry - crazy. Full article here.

Shit...

All I can think right now is: shit - no major trophies for Chelsea. Do not fire Mourinho, the man that brought the club out of a fifty year crapness spell. Congrats, I guess, to the team that will never be named in this blog. Here's an article about the wrapping up of the prem. title.

Why the EPL Never Gets Old

Even though the team that shall never be mentioned in this blog pretty much has the prem. title locked, there is still a dirty, scrappy, passionate fight going on for relegation safety. That's right, as is often the case, the fight for fourth-to-last place is better than the fight for first place. Check out this article from FSC. West Ham will forever be blowin bubbles!

West Ham got into trouble with the Premier League when it was revealed that Tevez and Mascherano, who moved from Brazilian club Corinthians, had their contracts owned by a third party.

Who did that goofy looking Icelandic West Ham owner piss off to bring this story out?

I have a confession to make: I didn't post on this blog for a week. It's not you, it's me. I knew that to make a new post, I'd have to look at my old one. You know, the one about Chelsea hopefully winning their next game at Anfield in the Champions League Semi's and heading to the finals. I had to take a breather after being crushed in penalty kicks (it was a draw on aggregate after 180 mins) by two brilliant saves by the Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina.

Well, now that I'm back and have officially had 1 reader, I'd thought I'd satisfy that reader with some MLS gossip. The article has a list of the top paid MLS players and there salaries. Becks is of course on the top of the list, but Blanco is second, and that is a great thing.

David Beckham will receive more than double what any other player in MLS is getting this year and more than 50 times the average salary, according to data released by the league's players' union on Friday.

They're bringing in talent but, with the exception of Becks, not huge global stars; like those that helped ruin the financial system of the NASL (although it would've been something to see Pele and Beckenbauer on the same side against George Best!) - not that they ever really had their shit together. As long as the teams can afford it, I'm all for importing talent. This is one of many problems I have/had with the MLS, and I will rant about many, many more.

Good to see the MLS stop trying to be a crap league and start throwing some dough around!