Freddy Adu to Real…

As in Real Salt Lake. Not Real Madrid. I was a bit stunned when I heard the news today while driving and listening to the John Riggins show, but in hindsight I shouldn’t be. This looks like as close to a win-win as you see nowadays. And for sure, the two happiest campers out of … Continued

BC Update

Per the forums over at Bigsoccer, apparently Brian Carroll is no longer on trial with Alemannia Aachen and is now on trial with Olympique Marseille! Hopefully this isn’t a vacation tour, but is instead real tryouts. I don’t watch enough of French soccer and they arent (I think) in UEFA competitions this year so I … Continued

Brian Carroll on trial…

Brian Carroll for US National Team Brian Carroll with DC United … at Alemannia Aachen in Germany. CARROLL ON TRIAL WITH AACHEN [yanks-abroad.com] Hmmmm. Not sure how this will play out. Carroll is good enough to play overseas, and if he doesn’t catch on with this team, I’m sure there are others he could hook … Continued

We in the BIG TIME now!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we can have fights in soccer just like the big boys do over in Europe and South America. MLS fines and suspensions, a Press Release on MLS’s website. You HAVE to check out the videos, especially the “Sala and Petke incident”. To watch, click on the text that says “350k” and … Continued

No, really. I’m not gay.

There is a perfectly plausible reason why I’m looking at Cosmo’s Man-hunt 2006. Really. See I was doing the normal rounds across the internet and I came across this thread on the BigSoccer Forums “Bobby Boswell in Cosmo – Potential Catfight with Nickell Implications“. So I went to go have a look. Turns out that … Continued