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• Daily Dose: 09.05.08

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 20:00 in championship, daily dose, kevin keegan, Mexico, mls, nery castillo, newcastle, nice, qatar, WAGS, world football

  Stuff to read while you get arrested for indecent exposure at a nude beach….. The inevitable has happened: WAGs Offside (WAGs Offside) Reliving King Kev’s first Newcastle departure. (Off ...

• 2008 U.S. Open (and Coffee Pot) Cup Final Preview

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 14:00 in charleston battery, coffee pot cup, DC United, mls, us open cup, usl, world football

  The U.S. Open Cup makes me sad. Sad because the majority of MLS teams don’t take it seriously enough. It’s a problem that’s been blogged to death but never solved. One recent advance...

• Daily Dose 08.28.08

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 22:00 in 2012, ajax amsterdam, andriy shevchenko, china, daily dose, lyon, mls, olympics, scotland, st etienne, team gb, world football

  Something to read while you hide from Storsjöodjuret the Swedish Sea Monster… Who’s leaving MLS next? (WVHooligan) No Team GB in 20120, but maybe a Team Scotland (Leaders We Deserve) Fre...

• Daily Dose 08.27.08

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 21:00 in ac milan, Arsenal, bryan namoff, daily dose, DC United, maurice edu, mls, philadelphia, phlippe senderos, rangers, steve mcclaren, switzerland

  Something to read while your bank changes your password… Rapids leave their mark on Bryan Namoff (Behind the Badge) C-Ron to Real move back on? (Marca) Old Firm debut for Edu? (Rangers Offside)...

• Beheading in LA: Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit are Out the Door

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 18:00 in alexi lalas, cobi jones, la galaxy, los angeles galaxy, mls, paul bravo, ruud gullit

  There was a bloodbath in Los Angeles today as Galaxy GM Alexi Lalas got the boot and coach Ruud Gullit packed up his balls and went home. The official story is that Gullit resigned. There’s a ...

• Daily Dose 08.08.08

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 22:59 in Ajax, anthony annan, Arsenal, blackburn, bobby robson, brett favre, cristiano ronaldo, daily dose, freddie ljungberg, Germany, ghana, hull city

  Something to read while you get a little too friendly with a park bench… End of the Mad Jens Mannschaft era (Germany WCB) Anthony Annan - Blackburn’s Makelele? (101 Great Goals) Arsenal a...

• Toronto FC Fan Willing to Trade Important Body Part for Dwayne de Rosario

  Posted on Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 17:00 in Canada, craigslist, dwayne de rosario, houston dynamo, left nut, mls, North America, toronto fc, trade

  I love Craigslist. You can find anything on there: Jobs, apartments, true love, one night stands (ahem, apparently) and - best of all - trades. Like this one. One brave Toronoto FC fan has offered to ...

• Houston Dynamo’s Craig Waibel Equals 63 yard NFL Field Goal Record

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 19:00 in craig waibel, houston dynamo, houston texans, kris brown, mls, nfl, North America, tony meloa

  You read that right. Dynamo defender Craig Waibel equalled the NFL record 63 yard field goal while kicking with the Houston Texans for charity. OK, so it wasn’t a game situation and no one was r...

• The Enquiring Fan’s Guide to What Those Transfer Rumo(u)rs Really Mean

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 09:00 in epl, football agents, football managers, football players, mls, soccer agents, soccer managers, soccer players, transfer rumors, world football

  A couple of weeks ago, The Offside got an email request for help in figuring out transfer rumors. Could we please offer up a list of both legitimate and illegitimate sites so readers can figure out f...

• Daily Dose 07.14.08

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 20:00 in chicago fire, cristiano ronaldo, cuauhtémoc blanco, DC United, fans, generic apologies, mls, players behaving badly, priesthood, Retirement, samuel etoo, uzbekistan

  Some news to read as you legally flip people off and drink from an unregistered keg in Belmar, New Jersey: WAG wannabes, dust off your fake nails, fake tans, fake personalities and spike heels. Cris...

• That SuperLiga “Bonus,” Or When Is $1 Million not $1 Million?

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 09:00 in Bonuses, chivas usa, DC United, finances, houston dynamo, Mexico, mls, mls money matters, mls players union, new england revolution, SuperLiga, us

  When is $1 million not $1 million? When you’re dealing with MLS of course! Quick background: SuperLiga is the tournament that was created last year to showcase David Beckham provide a place...

• Daily Dose 07.12.08

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 10:38 in Arsenal, daily dose, egypt, leo messi, man utd, mls, Portugal, world football

  Something to read while you hope no one responds to this ad… MLS originals, there from the start (Booked for Dissent) Refs “evening out” number of fouls? (For the Integrity of Socce...

• Photo of the Day: Motion, Captured

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 16:30 in fifa soccer 09, maurice edu, mls, motion capture, toronto fc, video games, world football

  Ever wonder how they make the movement in the video games look so realistic? Like this. This is Toronto FC’s Maurice Edu, performing a bicycle kick in a “motion capture” session fo...

• The Blanco Video: When the Censorship Becomes the Story

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 13:36 in censorship, chicago fire, cuauhtémoc blanco, mls, players behaving badly, punishments, United States, us open cup, us soccer

  A couple of days ago I posted this video that shows Chicago Fire Designated Player Cuauhtemoc Blanco punching DC United player Clyde Simms in the gut in a US Open Cup game. Blanco received a red card...

• The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 11:00 in africa, african cup of nations, asia, australia, bundesliga, bwin liga, champions league, club world cup, concacaf, daily dose, dutch eredivisie, England

  Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning glory for his country where the real world left a b...

• MLS Fans, We Have an All-Star Team

  Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 13:00 in cuauhtémoc blanco, David Beckham, frankie hejduk, jimmy conrad, kenny cooper, landon donovan, matt reis, michael parkhurst, mls, mls all-star game, robbie rogers, sacha kljestan

  MLS fans, it’s time! Time to start thinking about the July 24 MLS All-Star game, where we can once again prove that our best-of-the-best can beat an off-season, mid-table European squad. Afte...

• Resistance is Futile, So I Give You: Transfer Rumors. Michael Bradley, Freddy Adu, Peter Crouch, and More!

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 14:44 in benfica, david villa, epl, freddy adu, galatasaray, harry kewell, heerenveen, leeds, ligue 1, Liverpool, michael bradley, mls

  I fought the urge all weekend. Alas, I am human. I can fight no longer. So I give you: Transfer Rumors. Today, a few from Europe. Tomorrow, a smattering from MLS and perhaps elsewhere. On th...

• A Song for Marcelo Saragosa

  Posted on Saturday June 28th, 2008 at 11:00 in cheating, diving, fc dallas, houston dynamo, marcelo saragosa, mls, world football

  For those of you that are either not MLS fans, or were too distracted by the Euros to notice, FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo played on Thursday night to a 1-1 draw. What won’t show up on most...