You can take the boy out of Florida, but you can't take the Florida out of the boy.

Didn't someone tell Gomez that watching rasslin' ins't what most non-Floridian Americans do for entertainment?

Lucha Libre!! Gomito "El Chupacabra" vs Bofo el Bozo payaso. Should be a good one.

Please tell me "really good seats" doesn't translate to "making a special appearance in the ring a la Kevin Federline".

Hey, what ever gets you pumped up for Chivas. We need this win.

People around the world are dying to know...Fred...when?

Is it me, or does this Boswell kid like himself a little too much? He really ought to back up that ego on the field before he tauts it elsewhere.

MLS,Miami,Bundesliga...
What gives?
Please & Thank you!

Apparently tongue-in-cheek doesn't do well in these parts. Who knew?

Is Katie from Day-ton?

I hope United "lays the smack down" on Chivas Thursday.

I hear that Trump will be there tonight for wrestling for some craziness they are doing. Maybe Boswell and Gomez can sweet talk him into being our t-shirt sponser.

But Kenny, wouldn't that be some sort of copyright infringement on the Buffalo Sabres' new logo?

Yep, Donald Trump will be at WWE Raw tonight, for a contract signing.

Basically, here's how it will work. At Wrestlemania 23 in a few weeks, there will be a match between Donald Trump's chosen wrestler and Vince McMahon's chosen wrestler. The manager of the losing wrestler gets his head shaved.

Kim, forgive me, but that joke/comment went well over my head. Hockey isnt my strong suit.

And thats great about someone shaving someones head. Wrasslin stops at nothing for viewers.

I feel my IQ slipping by a healthy 30 points with this much talk about rasslin'. In a few minutes, I may even be dumb enough to work in the RSL front office...

zoinks!

To wrestling fans.. losing 30 IQ points takes out all of their IQ points in one quick swipe.

Good to hear Troy is on the mend. Also good to hear Boswell is taking command on the back line. We're going to need some nastiness on Thursday.

Steve, have they announced the refs for this game yet?

here's another way Bobby Boswell could remind us all of Ryan Nelsen: leaving United after a very successful season to move to England

Dang it! Thursday night is the night we want cold weather. With any luck, it'll rain.

Listening to Goff right now in my office in DC via Melbourne, AU!

This is PROFESSIONAL wrestling, not the amateur stuff.

Hope Bozilla can sneak into the ring as a guest referee or something. I wonder what's his favorite move. The pedigree, mandible claw, kamikaze clothesline, spin-a-roonie, and Scorpion Death Drop have nothing on the Dreaded Trojan Left Footed Goal Kick.

I'm not sure, but I would hope that Bozilla's favorite move involved Mr. Socko.

Steve - great job on Sport 927! I can't believe that Australians are so skeptical about your report. You'd think that at some point the Melbourne Victory would have to concede that Fred is indeed moving on and announce as such...

I also find it funny that, given the relative infancy of the A League, many Aussies consider MLS to be a novelty league. You think it has something to do with the disdain that the bulk of American sportswriters, and many sports fans as well, harbor for soccer?

DE, can you summarize what Goff said today? I didnt get to hear it.

Poor Ryan Nelsen, being compard to Boswell is a slap.

Sounds like those guys don't even read their hometown paper if they are skeptical about Fred leaving. The (Melbourne) Age has another story today quoting MV officials as conceding that Fred is as good as gone but they might try to get some cash for the transfer as they apparently own his contract until June 30. They may want something like 2 months worth of his salary. I can't imagine that would be an impediment. They also confirmed that Soccer Australia (or whatever they are calling it these days) has received the international transfer request.

Bozza is just another in a long line of great anchoring centerbacks DC produced:

Eddie Pope
Ryan Nelsen
Bozza.

I'd say Bozza is at the level or higher that nelsen was at his second year with us.

Good work, Goff.

Anybody else pleased that Soehn is not just taking guys because he needs the space? I mean the hardest pick for a good manager to make is to pass on those 'alomst but not quites'.

Please tell me some 300-pound, muscle-headed ape isn't going to get himself literally thrown out of the ring -- and right into Boswell's lap. That could put a damper on birthday night.

And PLEASE confirm Ben Olsen isn't the chaperone...

I heard a rumor that Chivas was not planning on bringing or playing some of their top players Thursday vs DCU. Has anybody checked the Mexican newspapers or know anything more about this?

I just heard that DCU has traded for Ronaldinho. Go team!!!!!!

Listen again to Goff on Aussie radio:
http://homepage.mac.com/bigsoccer13/GoffOnSport927AUS.wmv

@DCAustinite
You forgot Llamosa. I still think he is the best defender we have had. No one since has had a read on the game like he used to (which is what made up for him not being the fleetest of foot).

-dave

thanks for the link

Jade -- Thanks!

I know you're all interested so here is the link to video for the US women's match currently underway. The US women are up 2-0 on Sweden at halftime in the must win Algarve Cup match.
mms://event-1-de.eurosport.com/reflector:48574

Hmm.. the US Women's Nats link says "access denied" when i try to connect.

new link

http://homepage.mac.com/goffoz/GoffOnSport927AUS.wmv

Steve- when trialists like Fearrington and Welton don't catch on at DCU, are there other MLS teams trying to snatch them up?

Steven, what's this on MLSnet's front page about an MLS/Bundesliga announcement in Miami tomorrow?

Try directly accessing this link for the US-Sweden womens match (commentary in German)
http://event-1-de.eurosport.com/reflector:48574

was llamosa a ceterback?

Have not heard anything about other MLS interest in Welton Silva or Fearrington. Welton is a good player, just didn't fill DCU's needs. Fearrington, from what I've heard, had a poor week in Florida.

Don't know anything about the MLS-Bundesliga announcement. I'm not holding my breath either.

Crap penalty call. 4 players going for the ball. One Swede and two yanks fall.

Crap yellow to Solo.

Why not card the shooter for adjusting the ball on the spot - twice.

85'
Abby is snadwiched and hacked. No card

87'
Nice run that starts with great defense. Lil should have finished that.

Sverige,

Thanks for the link.

Skol

Vereinichten Staaten: drei
Schweden: zwei

Sorry if the video link didn't work. That Swedish PK. I didn't get it. The entire scene was strange. All those women falling around in the box...

My guess is that the Bundesliga announcement is another friendly, unless Columbus is changing their name to Ohio Mu"chengladbach.

My German is rusty, but it sounds like the US advances to the final against Denmark, which lost to Germany but won their group. If I'm correct, then we just need to hit loopy balls to the Danish 'keeper.

What happens to group C?

is there any more elaboration on the "Welton Silva did not fit United's needs" assessment? As far as I can tell, we have 3 to 4 forwards (Moreno, Emilio, Walker, Fred). I guess perhaps his salary demands were too high for us to take him up as a back-up striker?

Who cares about the Women's Nats? And why do updates on their Algarve Cup game belong on Goff's blog? IMO, women's soccer takes up way too much soccer bandwidth in this country.

It's called the Soccer Insider. Not the MLS Insider. Not the USA Men's Insider.

I appreciate the WNT updates . . . I take exception to the Monroe Doctrine above.

Also, it is Goff's blog. If you don't want to read about something he writes, go to another page. That is a simple, effective way to deal with such situations.