Seriously, shut up...
#1 - I have completed the promised feature for S365, my Top 5 MLS Draft Days of all-time... "all-time" of course being 14 years. As we lead up to next week's SuperDraft in Philly, I will drop a couple other T5L's, with one of them dropping here tomorrow.
#2 - Okay... you guys have been really patient despite my oh-so-innocent taunting, so I'm going to toss out a conversation piece. The only reason I tell you this is because of a potent combo: it's been doubly confirmed and the club basically has no chance at winning the race.
Anyway, one of the teams that wanted Ricardo Clark bad before the crowd rushed in was Danish power Brøndby. At this point, they've essentially thrown in the towel, so I figured why not let something slip. And there ya go. Another piece of the seven countries puzzle solved.
#3 - From Americans in the UK: Landon Donovan is ready to bring the Mersey funk and DaMarcus Beasley has issued Rangers a "re-sign me" plea.
Sticking with Donovan, he was issued the honor of the #9 shirt at Everton. Whoa. That's no light joke, ask any Toffee. Ladies and gentleman, start your jersey orders...
#4 - On a mostly unrelated note, I saw the nomination list over in the voting thread for BigSoccer's Top Albums of the Decade. I hereby must insist that any ballot received which does not include Kanye West's College Dropout be excluded, outed and mocked. And then, some local interns somewhere can be hired to go home deliver a slap.
In case you're wondering, yes, that is Climbing The Ladder's scaryice doing the official tabulation. So if my suggestion isn't taken into account, he is to blame. But don't hold it against so much that you refuse to refer to his updated 2010 SuperDraft guide.
#5 - I kept missing Millwall defender Zak Whitbread's agent today and it appears what I really missed out on for my bad timing was this scoop: he is set for a Norwich City medical. The Canaries currently hold down the second automatic promotion place in League One.
#6 - I meant to have this on the last AFT and somehow missed it on my notepad: SI's Luis Bueno offers up five predictions for 2010.
#7 - The Red Bulls have hired Swedish coach Hans Backe. I'll admit to not knowing a great deal about the guy, but I do know he's a Sven-Goran Eriksson pal. Erm... I also do not know if that makes any difference at all, but it's what I've got. Perhaps we should check in with Big Apple Soccer's Michael Lewis for a more astute scan of the layout in New York.
#8 - Fire defender Gonzalo Segares appears off to beautiful Cyprus to play for Appolon FC. Before you giggle too much, they have qualified for Europe 13 times in the last 25 years.
#9 - The whole USL/NASL mess is sorting out by sharing. Here are the initial details. Sharing is good.
Meanwhile, also in that realm, it's worth noting that the Vancouver Whitecaps just sold Canada youth international striker Marcus Haber to Prem chasers West Brom, currently second in the Championship. Hmm. I sure hope more MLS expansion to Canada sees the league grab these kinds of young players from now on.
#10 - Matters of money may be turning the tide blue in Manchester. The Guardian Blog explains just how much fiscal trouble American Malcolm Glazer has caused Man United in under five years.
Elsewhere, poor Pompey are busy denying talk of a fire sale on the same day they belatedly pay their players.
Gee... who could have seen these problems coming with the Prem's attitude toward money?
#11 - Finally, let's head over to the USMNT Blog for some training notes and photos from camp.
- Greg Seltzer
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3 comments:
Why would Everton give the #9 shirt to someone who is only going to be there for 3 months? That seems kind of...assuming things that cant be true???
Stick Donovan in the #9 and ship a bunch of shirts to America when fans buy them up.
Just a guess.
That Everton shirt looks great on Donovan, but it's a tad big on him. Were they expecting him to be larger?
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