What we’re thinking, what we’re watching, what’s coming on the blog today and the RASNoD (Random American Soccer Name of the Day). Setting up your day in soccer:
Quick-hit list of people, places and things we noticed over the weekend that land on the over-done or overly praised side. Not necessarily awful but, you know, just “meh.”
Is it good to be on a list with the likes of bad boy Joey Barton and Andy Carroll, the most ridiculously overpriced man in the history of overpriced men in modern soccer?
Watch the critical, early decision from last night’s L.A. Galaxy-FC Dallas match, a choice that had a lot to say about Sunday’s Western Conference clash:
One of the talkers coming out of Week 25 in MLS was Ben Olsen’s choice to keep Dwayne De Rosario and Chris Pontius off the starter’s list for Saturday’s match in Montreal.
What we’re thinking, what we’re watching, what’s coming on the blog today and the RASNoD (Random American Soccer Name of the Day). Setting up your day in soccer:
Credit New York for finding a way to split the points in this battle of Eastern Conference leaders, but the visitors hardly looked like a big dog in the East on Sunday at Livestrong Sporting Park:
CARSON, Calif. – Two goals in the last half-hour allowed the LA Galaxy to claim full points from hard-charging FC Dallas, putting the defending champions eight points into a Western Conference playoff spot.
Things could only have gone better for U.S. international Geoff Cameron had his new team, Stoke City, found a way to grab all three points today against Arsenal.
Liverpool had three points in their hand, but after Carlos Tevez opened his gift from Martin Skrtel, the Reds and Citizens shared points at the Ettihad.