posted by kidpurple
January 29, 2009
Yesterday the 2009 Major League Soccer regular season schedule was announced. We already knew the first couple weeks of the schedule, but here is week #1 of the upcoming season.
Thursday March 19
New York Red Bulls Seattle Sounders FC 8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 21
Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo 7:00 p.m.
Chicago Fire FC Dallas 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC Kansas City Wizards 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Rapids Chivas USA 9:30 p.m.
New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes 9:30 p.m.
Sunday March 22
D.C. United Los Angeles Galaxy 2:00 p.m.
As I’m looking through the schedule I wonder the reasoning for such a scattered list of days for games. Some weeks have games on Wednesdays, some have games on Thursdays, some have games on Fridays, some have games on Wednesdays and Fridays, some on Wednesdays and Thursdays… Of course most games are played on Saturdays and most of the weeks have the usual game or two on a Sunday but not all weeks have Sunday games.
Maybe I should be asking what is wrong with Monday and Tuesday.
I’ve always thought MLS should have more of a regular schedule like the NFL does. A consistent TV schedule would be beneficial. I’ve said it before but I know people who are almost MLS fans that say they’d watch more if they knew a game was going to be on at X time once a week.
I have to quit complaining about the schedule now because I’m really excited about the start of the season. I’ve not kept up with the MLS world a lot over the past couple of months but things should get moving around here again soon!
What do you think of the crazy Wednesday/Thursday/Friday schedule?
posted by kidpurple
January 11, 2009
During the winter I get to play more soccer than I get to watch MLS. Who doesn’t – unless you are watching old matches. Anyway – this past Christmas I was lucky enough to get an Adidas Teamgeist II MLS Finals Match Ball. This ball is amazing!
The Teamgeist balls were developed by Adidas for the 2006 World Cup. The Teamgeist balls have 14 panels rather than the more standard 32 panels which are bonded together rather than stitched together. This is supposed to keep the ball rounder and more waterproof – making it perform more consistent than the older balls.
One thing I know for sure is that this is the nicest soccer ball I’ve ever owned. My first impression of the ball was that it was too light. There were some professionals that also voiced this criticism of the ball. Once I got the ball to my feet and was able to kick it around for a while it just felt good. I really had a feeling that the ball was more willing to do what I wanted it to do when it left my foot than older balls.
If you are looking for a new ball I highly recommend the Adidas Teamgeist II MLS Finals Match Ball. If you don’t want to spend quite that much money go look at other soccer balls.
Hopefully I’ll be able to pick up some new soccer shoes soon. Which ones should I get?
posted by kidpurple
January 8, 2009
What is the best sports blog of 2008? If it isn’t the MLS Fan Blog it has to be SBI – Soccer By Ives. Is there any better?
Well anyway there are some weblog awards where SBI is up for best sports blog of 2008. Go give SBI a vote if you think it is deserving (and it is).
At the moment SBI is pretty close to a tie for 2nd place out of 15. The leader has over double the votes that SBI has right now – so tell all your friends to go give a vote too.
posted by kidpurple
January 6, 2009
Why wouldn’t MLS players dominate the January MLS Camp though? MLS season is long over and doesn’t start up anytime real soon. On Wednesday, February 11th the US MNT plays in Columbus against rivals Mexico in the first game of the last round of World Cup qualifying. The US has had good success against Mexico in Columbus and should continue that success in next month.
Here is the lineup of players in the camp:
Goalkeepers
- Jon Busch (Chicago Fire)
- Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew)
- Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF)
- Matt Pickens (out of contract)
Defenders
- Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA)
- Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland)
- Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy)
- Cory Gibbs (Colorado Rapids)
- Clarence Goodson (IK Start)
- Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
- Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake)
- Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)
Midfielders
- Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo)
- Brian Carroll (Columbus Crew)
- Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo)
- Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew)
- Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo)
- Jack Jewsbury (Kansas City Wizards)
- Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA)
- Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
- John Thorrington (Chicago Fire)
Forwards
- Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
- Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas)
- Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF)
- Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire)
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