Gravy Cup!!!!!Thanksgiving day

My recollection is that this event was started at the behest of Fuegote and a few other members of the LCFC. For those not familiar with that acronym, Loud Crowd FC was a joint venture between the Loyalists and the RCB to put together a 4th division team to get out, have fun and [...]

No Single table this year…*sigh*

Ridge Mahoney from Soccer America broke the news that everybody’s dreams for a single table in ‘08 have been dashed.  MLS will be keeping the 30 game “conference” structure, with the following alterations to schedule.  With 13 opponents to play, each team will play a home and away with all teams…26 games for the math [...]

The wait is over, let 2008 begin!

Today…or rather technically tomorrow, San Jose gets to do something nobody else in MLS has ever done twice…draft a team.  Which has importance because we finally get to take a look at the “Sacred Cow” list.  For weeks, people have been speculating on who are the 11 players who are most important to RSL…Who is [...]

Democracy in the MLS?…

MLS officially announced that Seattle will receive an MLS franchise in 2009.  Ownership of this team will include noted US soccer fan and comedian Drew Carey.  Most notably, Carey announced that Seattle’s new team will follow the “FC Barcelona” model in allowing fans to purchase a “voting membership” to the club, which among other benefits, [...]