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Michael Bradley interview on BBC World Football Service - http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wswf

DC United won the US Open Cup which means RSL has lost another cup final they should win at home and also that DC, one of the worst MLS clubs in a while, will be in Champions League next year. Plus: Should be interesting.

He's a dick, apparently.

Rumors are that they're lining up Jesse Marsch to replace Klopas. He's 100% a Bob Bradley disciple, so pragmatic, organized, defensive with inverted wingers and two strikers. I don't know where Rolfe and Nyarko fit in that system because Magee is absolutely the best option as the withdrawn forward. They'll need a pure striker, hopefully one that can stretch back lines. Nyarko isn't strong enough. Rolfe and Magee are too similar to pair. Maicon Santos is too bad. They need a CM who can pass, they need a winger to pair opposite Duka and they'll be in good shape. They need to do better with their DP's. They have consistently been willing to spend, but they never seem to get it right.

Is that Chuck Swirsky? Does he have aids?

When watching Everton, I like to squint at the TV and pretend Jozy signed with the Toffees instead of Lukaku.

Oh man it was a good one too. Deuceesque. http://www.noshortcorners.com/2013/09/the-iceman-chippeth.html

ArJo with the winner vs PSV.

Guzan has had the most touches on the team the last two weeks and they've won both. That's insane.

Celtic lining up a big January bid for Johannsson. What's worse, selling a striker to Sunderland or Celtic?

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THAT JERK CHEPO WAS THERE NOT BECAUSE VELA IS AN ENTITLED PIECE OF CRAP MERCENARY WHO GIVES NO SHITS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY?!?!

Johannsson Dutch Cup hat trick.

We poached this dude from England. Just accepted a US U-18 invite: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2334129/Great-Scott-Chelsea-teenager-wanted-Juventus-Barcelona-Real-Madrid.html So we have youth players now at Barca, Real, Chelsea, Man City and Bayern Munich. That's a good trend.

Oh yeah. Strootman is a better 8, De Rossi a better 6, Mike is a better 8 than DDR and a better 6 than Strootman so he's first off the bench/injury cover/cup games. Betting odds have Roberto Di Mateo as favorite for Sunderland. Would love to see Bruce Arena or Bob Bradley get an interview but its bad timing for both.

Di Canio was... Doing something with his teams fans today. I don't understand it. His weird chin pointing/shrugging/hands in pockets? Yeah. No idea. Di Canio wont last past October. Di Canio won't last past about an hour ago. He's out. This weekend sucked. I've been looking forward to Bale's La Liga debut, Dempsey vs Donovan, Bradley in the Roma derby and all of those didn't happen because of injuries.

Di Canio was... Doing something with his teams fans today. I don't understand it. His weird chin pointing/shrugging/hands in pockets? Yeah. No idea.

Dempsey out v Galaxy tonight. Bummer.

Brad Guzan is a monster. Good lord!

Oh boy. Jeremy Pond is Jozy's publicist.

Jozy out with an injury. Sunderland 0, WBA 3. Time for a real coach.

The Gold Cup started like a week after the U-20 World Cup. He was the centerpiece of that U-20 team so it would have been tough to pull him out and call him into the Gold Cup, especially when you wanted to see other CM's like Holden and Diskerud on a bigger stage.

I could see this being a ploy from Gil's agent to get capped to help at a work visa hearing for a move to England. I know they take caps heavily into their consideration. I'd have no problem with him starting in the remaining qualifiers. He's got no place in the starting 11 right now, but he's exactly the kind of wildcard you want on your world cup bench. Throw him on if you're down late and nothing is working to see if he can pull off some magic. When people who know things compare him to a classic 10 play maker like Sneijder but with Michael Bradley's lungs and intensity, it's hard not to rate him above just about anyone in our entire pool. He's got special talent and I think he's shown a lot of wisdom in his choice to play for Kreis and RSL rather than try to make the bench at Arsenal when he was 16. He's the prototype of what MLS can be when it comes to developing elite, American talent. Speaking of Jason Kreis, his and RSL's GM Garth Lagerway's contracts are both up after this year. It'll be interesting to see what happens. I could see him staying, I could see him in New York, I could see him being Jurgen's American Joachim Lowe to take over after the World Cup and Jurgen moves up to technical director or if the Sounders turf out, I could see him getting the keys to the whole thing in Seattle. I think he's the Clint Dempsey of American coaches. He'll be one of the first American managers to make it in a big way and he'll do it with swagger and a chip on his shoulder. Bob Bradley will get a big job after this Egypt gig but he'll do it in his Bob Bradley quiet intensity way. Jason Kreis will piss people off while he does it.

http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=show&id=10985 Sciaretta's post on Gil. It won't happen, but if it did....oh boy. It's so out of left field and unlikely that I'm trying to figure out the subterfuge. Gil's agent wanting a call up? Mexico [expletive] with us? Just taking a stab in the dark? Makes no sense.

Victor Manuel Vucetich's first order of business after replacing Chepo is apparently trying to poach Luis Gil.