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Posted Tuesday November 24, 2009, About: Who will Philly Union draft?
Well, they've got ten picks, so I'm thinking of him being pick number 10. You look at the list and while there are good players there, you're not picking 10 of your Starting XI from those guys. I don't think you lose that much by taking a shot at him. I'm hoping they pick up two or three good players from South/Central America.

I think everyone agrees that Guevara has to be their first pick. But it's not like they're picking against anyone, so it only matters what order they're announced in.
Posted Tuesday November 24, 2009, About: Two names on Chivas short list?
But how does this affect the player's union at all? Why should the players care how transfer fees are allocated by the league? I bet you FIFA does not care at all how MLS handles transfer fees.
Posted Tuesday November 24, 2009, About: Henry considered quitting after handball
Exactly.
Posted Tuesday November 24, 2009, About: Two names on Chivas short list?
Strikes me that the big issue here is guaranteed contracts. I think MLS was probably planning on conceding that point as part of the negotiation process anyway. So, I don't see this being an issue - more of a negotiation tactic by FifPro to try and take away one MLS's bargaining chips.
Posted Tuesday November 24, 2009, About: Who will Philly Union draft?
I looked through the complete protected list and I think Philly has two options. They can pick up a bunch of veteran players in order to compete next season, or they can go young and inexperienced and build for the future.

They can pick up Guevara from Toronto, Emilio or Gomez from D.C., Heaps from New England, Hejduk from Columbus. That's the backbone of a pretty solid MLS team, though it would be significantly old. And it really doesn't hurt them to take a chance on someone like Convey.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Beckham won't own Montreal team
I agree with your point but I did need to comment on this.

The most exciting hockey game I ever watched was a playoff game between the Penguins and Flyers that lasted five overtimes. Third longest game of all time. You just held your breath whenever the puck was in either offense zone.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Chivas USA to hire Sampson
It is interesting that ESPN gets blasted for the decision but no one ever attacks FSC for it.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Henry considered quitting after handball
I continue to think the real problem here is the level of coaching at the sub-college level - high school, middle school, etc.

IMG wants to pick winners because that broadens the appeal of soccer in this country and strengthens their reputation abroad if the U.S. can win a few youth tournaments. They don't pick the players with the best potential necessarily. You look at how many other countries have their U-17 players playing professionally, but few of those players go on to be national team players even if they are playing professionally.

We need to get better at coaching the players that are just below national team quality at age 15, 16, 17.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Henry considered quitting after handball
Maybe this is just me being foolish, but I still think Quaranta and Johnson can be productive USMNT team members (not starting XI necessarily) in a few years.

I liked what I saw of Quaranta during the Gold Cup.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Beckham won't own Montreal team
You forgot Italy-France in Euro '00.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Beckham won't own Montreal team
They did use golden goal briefly. I got the distinct impression it wasn't very popular in Europe. I think there's too much history of great matches that went back and forth in Extra Time like Italy v. West Germany in 1970.
Posted Monday November 23, 2009, About: Chivas USA to hire Sampson
Like they did for all the World Cup qualifiers? Which is why we are constantly treated to replays of matches like Bahrain vs. Uzbekistan instead of Italy v. Ireland live?

Have you ever watched FSC's coverage of Serie A? Don't talk to me about spending money on the product, because they don't. ESPN has better production values for the ESPN360.com games than FSC does for the televised matches.

Oh, and let's not forget all that money FSC has paid to broadcast games in HD.
Posted Friday November 20, 2009, About: Olsen mulling retirement
I wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that as a general rule, Europeans choose their career path much earlier than Americans.

Americans aren't expected to know what they want to do for the rest of their life at age 17.
Posted Friday November 20, 2009, About: Henry admits intentional hand ball
You just not so coincidentally mentioned the three countries that have won 12 out of 18 World Cups.
Posted Friday November 20, 2009, About: Olsen mulling retirement
We need to turn Bradenton into what it should have been all along - a coaching academy. Donovan hit on this in his interview on Bill Simmons' podcast, but coaching in this country for young players is simply too up and down and inconsistent all across the board.
Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Toronto FC to hire Preki
What's the situation with DeMerit right now?

I like Spector as a right back, and I don't mind being forced to play Boca at CB in Gooch's absence. I would appreciate if Bornstein, Castillo, or someone else could step up at LB. Maybe moving Cherundolo over there is the answer. I don't mind having Goodson as our reserve CB, but I don't think it's a good sign for us if he is starting by Game 1 in South Africa.
Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Henry admits intentional hand ball
I think you just answered your own question, though Domenech is certainly a close second.
Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Henry admits intentional hand ball
See, I had read they had a number of issues with false positives when they tested it at the '07 Club World Cup.
Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Henry admits intentional hand ball
The problem is they're working on the technology to do this and at this point in time it simply doesn't work right yet.
Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Detroit seeking MLS club at Silverdome
MLS Franchise Fee: $40 million.

That's a lot of money to potentially lose even if the stadium is free.

And it hurts the league's image when teams go bankrupt or move to new cities.
Posted Wednesday November 18, 2009, About: Detroit seeking MLS club at Silverdome
Is there any scenario under which Jonathan Spector plays CB for us during the '10 World Cup?

I'd much rather see someone who in an actual game situation could play there for us see what they could do.

Having said that, these past two games were meaningless. They fell at a really awkward time on the calendar for the U.S. squad, considering the Mexican and MLS seasons. I do think the guys got some good experience having to play tough games in Slovakia and Denmark, but this simply was not our '10 World Cup squad.
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