Major League Soccer

they're an old club iirc, been around since the 20s or 30s

as far as these club names go it doesn't get much better than "Dub Defenders"

ex-winners as I recall xp, maybe even as recently as the 80s

What's the deal with Dub Defenders though? El Paso Chivas Patriots is just horrible.

I tried googling around on them a little, didn't come up with anything. Doesn't help that their association is a loosely-affiliated group of a bunch of different leagues.

I'm just hoping for an all Chicago Fire final :)

Dub Defenders are in fact DV8 Defenders. Ugh.

damn it, stupid font

6:50 airwalka182: zigi has to wear a bra just like his team

kc's new stadium is nice but man the people there are stupid

i don't know where to put this so http://thecup.us/2011-lamar-hunt-us-open-cup-bracket/ it's nice looking, esp now w/some results

rip DV8 Defenders, heaven needed Defenders that let in 5 goals

considering making the trip to Madison for CFP v. 56ers

fire just sold my newest favorite player to atlas ;_;

flares at a u-16 academy game today, kind of lol mostly awesome
http://i53.tinypic.com/ndu6n9.jpg
(Sounders u-16s play a better brand of soccer than their u-18s. i wonder why. all the kids have been in the academy for the same amount of time basically. u-16s more coachable? less set in their ways maybe? the 18s rely more on individual skill imo. both teams won and both go to the academy playoffs)

lol ultras

http://www.mls-rumors.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Picture-84.png

So wtf was Henry sent off for the other day?

needed an excuse not to play in Chicago, Becks does it all the time

http://www.thebentmusket.com/2011/6/20/2234298/fracas-in-the-fort-revolution-supporters-banned-and-arrested-for

amazing, but in this country, not unbelievable

liking these opta chalkboards

http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-22-chicago-fire-vs-real-salt-lake/chalkboard

put a bird on it http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/sports/soccer/in-portland-a-boisterous-army-of-fans-embraces-its-soccer-team.html

An hour before kickoff, with scalpers buzzing outside the park and valets busy parking bicycle

you've come a long way, baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_zYDyS3X7k&feature=player_embedded

http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/6/22/2237653/mls-all-star-jerseys-ugliest-yet

why

http://i55.tinypic.com/f03ehv.jpg

lol is that a diving commentary?

de rosario to dcu for dax mccarty shocker

I mean really

chicago sparta, 1938 us open cup champs

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq283/albion83/chicagosparta-opencupwinners-1938.jpg

Spent some time talking w/ friends about what could improve FC Dallas attendance after the game Saturday night - aside from not being in BFE (really not quite that bad, but it's nearly an hour from my house in the center of DFW and I know the back ways to avoid traffic completely), they shoulda built a dome. I know that's less than traditional, but it's hard to draw big crowds to the fifth-most popular sport in the country when it's 97F at game time.
My buddy's seats are on the shadowed side, but you couldn't pay me to sit on the opposite stands staring into the sun or in the all-metal bleacher supporter's section.

Solution: no teams in Texas.

I like that Sparta picture, especially the fixers to each side. Very Chicago.

milo I was being flippant above but you hit on a big problem for the league, along with the distances teams have to travel. The Fifa folks have been crowing about bringing the schedule in alignment with the 'rest of the world' for a while now. Texas summers won't help attract a crowd, but neither will Chicago winters. I could see some of the second-gen MLS stadia, when they are eventually built/renovated, having roofs a la the Bundesliga. It'd be costly as hell but it'd also mean the league had risen to a higher level of standing in the sports world in USA/Canada.

Nice display name btw.

ok this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv4SpjMinlQ&feature=youtu.be

Less than 40 seconds in and I just...can't...

I have to watch that in 10 second bites because otherwise my head explodes.

That's an interesting accent.

news that's not really news, Chicago Fire sign aged former Club America/Stuttgart/Mexico star Pavel Pardo http://bit.ly/oSxKyN

everyone's crossing their fingers on this one

A Mexican player named Pavel seems like a good match for Chicago.

I can't believe I just listened to four minutes of a Sounders podcast just to see if that idiot used the same accent when not on the TV news.

hahaha wow

did he? that was the best part of the video imo, other than when he was talking about going to Europe yearly

No, 100% American accent. This was recorded in February, maybe he'd been practicing around the house but wasn't ready to go public with it yet.

This all-star game is embarrassing.

lol yeah

tho I'm weirdly happy the Fire gave Utd their toughest test against MLS opposition even if it was partly due to weather

http://i.imgur.com/b1h1G.gif

Ha.

Panayotis Alexander ("Alexi") Lalas (born June 1, 1970) is a retired . Best friends with Sean Stowe from Virginia NOT CHICAGO! American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/355993412a.jpg

freddy adu to sign for philadelphia

NBC gets the rights. Maybe people will care.

Robbie Keane to LA Galaxy

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/942960/tottenham-striker-keane-heading-to-galaxy---report?cc=5739

salary cap? what salary cap?

lol Keane