USSoccer

I'm impressed that our D team has made it to the finals, but really it's just a testament to the load of crap they've faced so far. Beating Honduras' B team is nice, though. Costa Rica is taking it to Mexico right now. CR is a pretty good side.

I'll just watch it on Telemundo. Those guys give El Tri such stick, it will be glorious to watch if we take a lead on them.

I wonder what the odds are on MLS fining Beckham for his horsecrap inciting-move last night. Props to LA's Riot Squad for representing last night.

So the ref that oversaw the Panama/Mexico debacle last week got tapped for August 12th in Azteca. That game is either going to be reffed super tight, or he's going to lose control early and often.

Archundia is one of the best in CONCACAF, so the crapfest of calls is a little surprising. Rogers has been poor today.

I've been watching Seattle/Chelsea on ESPN... ...the Sounders fans are far and away the best in the league. Awesome, awesome support.

BALLERS

I can't believe the US/MEX game isnt going to be on ESPN or any other English language outlet.

I don't mind this. He needs to play somewhere.

Landon was right about everything he said, but incredibly dumb to try and go up against the 19 Management spin machine. Incredibly dumb. Beckham will come out of this smelling like a rose somehow. I don't give an ish. I like the new Landon and F Beckham. I hope we advance, play England in a knockout game and LD scores the winner.

I like that Deuce one there more than the one from whoareya. The "Don't Tread" one is pretty tight too. I thought someone had a Mikey shirt out there already...

I had Jones in the first XI. Assuming he doesn't choke Bradley to death or something, he and Mikey are going to be our CM's for the rest of the cycle. BTW, have you seen the whoareya.com shirts? I'm eying the Deuce one as well as the USMNT snake one. EDIT: Sacha should be on my reserve list.

GREAT crowd at Toyota Park tonight. Credit to the Fire fans-that looks like a sellout to me. They deserve better than nil-nil. I need to get out to a game this season.

Something just occurred to me: Howard (Everton) Spector (West Ham United) Gooch (AC Milan (!!!)) Demerit (Watford) Boca (Rennes) Dempsey (Fulham) Jones (Schalke) Mikey ('Gladbach) Donovan ('Gals) Altidore (Villarreal) Davies (Sochaux) 10 out of 11 projected WC starters are European based, and 5* of them will be playing in European Cup comps next term (Jozy pending). Our bench: Edu (Rangers) 'Dolo (Hannover) Marshall (Columbus) Bornstein (Chivas USA) Benny (Aarhus) Torres (Pachuca) Holden (Houston) Rogers (Columbus) Clark (Houston) Ching (Houston) Guzan (West Ham) Hahnemann (Wolves) Only 6 of your 23 from MLS. OUT (Reserve Roster): Sacha K. (BAD FORM) Beasley (Died circa 2005) Adu (No burn=no World Cup) Hejduk (Last man cut) EJ (Cardiff via Fulham, also died circa 2005) Casey (bad & lazy) Cooper (Bradley hates him) Pearce (2nd to last guy cut) Califf (bad) Mastro (died earlier this year) Arnaud (not good enough) Conrad (definitely not good enough) Beckerman (certainly not good enough) Anyway, that's my 2010 roster, projected based on current form/quality, assuming health holds. Our first XI is pretty good, actually. Our bench isn't, and our reserves suck. We still need more depth, as all this GC has done is show that 3 guys (Marshall, Rogers and Holden) are ready, and it showed that one (Adu) isn't.

Love me some Holden. Davies showed well despite this game playing to none of his current strengths, but should have done better after the Haitian miscue. That ref was wet, hot ass, btw...

This game should put to rest the notion that Michael Parkhurst is an International-caliber player.

I know this is our D team, but are we really going to get worked by Haiti?

This is a crap lateral move. The Segunda is better than the Greek league. Jozy's agent is stupid.

Fifa should have fun with this one. Ochoa does seem a little different than past players. I hope Gooch knocks that leotard off of Dos Santos head. Matches like this make our Federation look idiotic.

Seriously, the Mexican fans are complete asses. Ochoa deserves some credit for at least trying to calm the idiots in the stands but this game should be called. They're whipping crap at the guy cramping up now.

I just had to rewind it to figure out what the hell was going on. Mexico is turning into a complete joke. Aguirre should get a ban for kicking the Panamanian, and honestly, this game should have been called. The Panamanian player also should get a ban for being a complete poof and not being able to stand up to some soda cups.

There are going to be like 15 minutes of extra time.

Holy god this match is hilarious A Panamanian and Aguirre just got tossed for fighting.

I would think the fans would go after El Tri first. CONCACAF have the worst refs. In the MEX/PAN game, he just showed red to two players-the Panamanian literally didn't do a thing. Gio Dos Santos freaked out and kicked out at him and shoved him, he backed up and put his hands out, and the ref showed him, and a different Mexican player-not Dos Santos-red. Horrible and hilarious.

The earlier start can help the authorities manage the riot after we win.