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Category Archives: The Beautiful Game
2014 MLS Eastern Conference Standings Prediction
Taking a look at the other side of the table, here are my predictions for the standings in the Eastern Conference. Despite not housing as many of the perennial powers in the league, the East is difficult to predict due … Continue reading
2014 MLS Western Conference Standings Prediction
Predicting the Western Conference is always a tough battle, for differing reasons than predicting the East. For one, it’s been a perennial powerhouse of clubs for a good 10 years. Secondly, where the top clubs finish is always a crapshoot … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, American, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, MLS, MLS Cup, Portland Timbers, prediction, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, season, Seattle Sounders, soccer, Standings, Vancouver Whitecaps, Western Conference
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Handling the Emotions of Defeat
Sport is a bitch sometimes. It’s a cruel mistress. It’s abusive and demoralizing and disenfranchising. And yet fans continue coming back to it, to their team, to their players, to their city. Regardless of how many times they’ve been frustrated … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 US Open Cup Final, 2013 USOC, championship, Concacaf Champions League, DC United, emotion, failure, Fans, Humberto Suazo, Jason Kreis, Javier Morales, Kyle Beckerman, Major League Soccer, MLS, MLS Cup, Monterrey, New York, Real Salt Lake, Rio Tinto Stadium, RSL, Seattle, soccer, sport, success, Supporter's Shield, supporters, trophies
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Chicago’s Unintended Unorthodoxy?
Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas is bucking more than just his usual dressy garb for a polo shirt and casual pants on the sideline recently. He seems to be bucking many traditional tactics usually seen on MLS pitches as … Continue reading
Formatting MLS, Part 4: Global Tradition, American Appeal
The debate between the so-dubiously-called “Euro-snobs” and the more “nationalistic” American soccer fans has created a clash of philosophies about the sport. Should we become more like Europe and adopt the Old World system of the game completely, or should … Continue reading
Posted in Envisage, The Beautiful Game
Tagged A-League, American sports, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brazilian Serie A, Bundesliga, Canada, CONCACAF, Concacaf Champions League, congested schedule, Don Garber, England, English Premier League, Eredivisie, Eric Wynalda, Eric Wynalda speech, FIFA, France, Germany, IFAB, international calendar, Italy, J-League, Japan, knockout, La Liga, la liguilla, Liga MX, Ligue 1, Major League Soccer, match day, MLS, MLS Cup Final, MLS schedule, MLS season, NASL, National Professional Soccer League, NCAA, NCAA men's soccer, NCAA soccer, Netherlands, North American Soccer League, NSCAA, playoffs, Primera Division, schedule change, season, Sepp Blatter, Serie A, soccer, Spain, Supporter's Shield, tournament, travel, United Soccer Association, United States, US Youth Development Program, USA, USSF, World Cup
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2012 US Open Cup Final Prediction
The 2012 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Final is tonight at 9PM ET. I think it’s high time I get my prediction in since we’re less than three hours before kick off. Let’s go!
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Tagged 2012 US Open Cup, Alex Caskey, American soccer, championship, Christian Tiffert, GolTV, Kansas City, Kei Kamara, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Livestrong Sporting Park, Mauro Rosales, Michael Gspurning, Peter Vermes, Seattle Sounders, Sigi Schmid, soccer, Sporting Kansas City, US Open Cup, USOC Final
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Formatting MLS, Part 3: Market Saturation
The diversity our league faces when it comes to logistics (vast geographical distances; an array of mentalities and cultures; varying weather and climes) are enough to doom it from the very beginning. But, provided you have managed to overcome these … Continue reading
Posted in Envisage, The Beautiful Game
Tagged A-League, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brazilian Serie A, Bundesliga, Canada, cities, city, Contraction Era, Don Garber, economics, England, English Premier League, Eredivisie, FIFA, France, Germany, Italy, J-League, Japan, La Liga, Liga MX, Liga ZON Sagres, Ligue 1, Major League Soccer, market saturation, marketing, metropolis, Mexico, MLS, MLS Cup, MLS Expansion, Netherlands, New Zealand, population, population centers, Portugal, Primera Division, Sepp Blatter, Serie A, soccer, Spain, statistics, target priority, United States, US, Wales
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Montreal Impact’s Missed Opportunity
Montreal Impact could’ve pulled off a dual punch in the Eastern Conference this year way back last December. All they had to do was select Andy Gruenebaum from the Columbus Crew in the 2011 Expansion Draft.
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Tagged 2011 MLS Expansion Draft, Andy Gruenebaum, Bruce Arena, Columbus Crew, Donovan Ricketts, Evan Bush, goalkeeping, Greg Sutton, Jesse Marsch, LA Galaxy, MLS, MLS 2012 Regular Season, MLS All Star, MLS Expansion Draft, Montreal Impact, soccer, what if
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Discovering Community Through Creativity
Once in awhile I get a great idea. It’s just unfortunate that I usually don’t follow through with my ideas by putting them into action. I was told not so long ago that this could be due to Attention Deficit … Continue reading
Posted in Castles in the Air, Envisage, Footsteps on Concrete, The Beautiful Game, Wesism
Tagged adult, American Youth Soccer Organization, association football, AYSO, community, community soccer, Detroit, Detroit City Football League, dream, dreams, Harrisburg, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, league, Major League Soccer, Pennsylvania, Project Play-Maker, rec leage, soccer, United States, United States Soccer Federation, vision
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Semi-Finals of 2012 US Open Cup
There are two remaining games in the US Open Cup before the final. That means another round of predictions, albeit a truncated version. With all four teams remaining being MLS clubs, I’m thinking it’ll be an all-out slugfest with top … Continue reading
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