Osei Can You See?
The morning after a team gets knocked out of the playoffs there's always a good deal of finger pointing, blame seeking and what-iffing. As dutiful, diligent, longtime fans of the Beautiful Game, we all know perfectly well that blaming a loss on any one play or one call is simply unfair. What about this or that pass or this or that shot or this or that run that someone did or didn't make? Soccer consists of 90 minutes of opportunities - taken and missed - and the fact that so many games are low-scoring or no-scoring affairs demonstrates just how tenuous the whole deal is. OK, have I been clinically analytical and dispassionate enough yet? Good.

Anybody's ballgame
I'm happy for Salt Lake fans and all, but let's face it, Columbus losing is going to have some horrifying consequences. (1) Some may suggest that Frankie Hejduk should not be on the World Cup roster next year. What, just because, contrary to what I predicted, he played perhaps the single biggest role in the Crew losing? Talk about fickle! What about...I only wanted Hejduk on the US roster for emergency purposes anyway, on the theory that if we need a third or fourth line defender, we're better off with an experienced psycho than a nervous understudy. That's not going to be a popular position now. (2) The refs are going to come in for a pasting thanks t

Pumas goes Retro, Beats America
The Big Puma was Back, at Least for a Night Rare is the sight in Mexican futbol of a stadium packed to capacity. It happens in some places with regualrity: the two Monterrey stadia, Santos, and San Luis Potosí seems to have sell outs every game. The big teams, on the other hand, only seem to pack the place when it's either a rivalry game or a late rounder in the liguilla. That was the case last night in CU.

Cat Fight!!
ESPN is running a college soccer feature this morning. But before the nice folks in the various BigSoccer forums concerned with such topics get too terribly excited about NCAA womens' soccer finally getting the serious recognition it so richly deserves, they might want to take a look at the segment: YouTube- Cat fighting gets ugly during BYU vs. New Mexico women's soccer match

MLS Anti-Awards 2009
I, too, am removing my name from consideration for DC United's head coaching position. Bill has his own take on the nominees. That reminds me, I need to fill out my MLS awards ballot. Quote: Voting will close on Monday, October 26 at Noon ET. Oops. Well, the good news is, you won't be able to blame me for any of this year's winners. The only thing I wanna add to Bill's post is that, yeah, Omar Gonzale