Its "Trekkers", not "Trekkies"...

"Damnit, Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a sportswriter! Ask Goffinho about Argentina's prospects, not me!"

Now THAT is reporting at its finest!!

Once again, a clear and compelling reminder why this is the Soccer INSIDER.

The BSPN broadcast started with a weather forecast for Shanghai. What have you heard, Goff?

Argentina starting things off with an own goal again. Think FIFA will change it?

England up 2-0...

ST:E the weakest of the spin-offs.

Prinz now has Akers' record

Does Frimpong speak her mother's native tongue, whatever that may be (Yoruba? Hausa?), and did she get a chance to use it on that plane the other day? And FWIW, her father is Ghanaian, but I don't suppose she is likely to encounter anyone from the Ghana WNT at this point.

Another Sha Na Na alum has also taken an interesting path (http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/PressReleases/062507_robertleonard.html).

Man, how I hate these long United breaks! Hopefully, Bogman will get us some interesting news from the resumption of training today...

At half
Germany leading Japan 1-0
England leading Argentina 2-0

Smith fouled in the box leading to the second yellow for an Argentine and Williams PK making the English lead 3-0

Argentina scored a man down

England now up 4-1

Kelly Smith picks up another goal for the tournament, England leads 5-1

Germany converts on a PK to make their lead 2-0 over Japan

A bit OT, but William and Mary upset North Carolina yesterday, 1-0, on their only shot of the match, according to Soccer America.

England also converts another PK to go up 6-1

Here's an interesting, year-old article on Tina Ellertson (nee Frimpong).

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=374267&root=us&&cc=5901

Full time
England wins 6-1
Germany wins 2-0

Request to unmarried USWNT players: please consider keep your maiden names, at least on your jerseys. Many of us (even Julie Foudy) have a hard time keeping up with the changes. I, for one, am constantly wondering how these "new" players (e.g. Kate Markgraf) get starting roles so quickly. Besides, no-one has ever heard of Landon Kajlich.

Thank you.

The Weather Channel says that the weather will be an even bigger factor on Wednesday than on Tuesday. TWC explicitly discussed the WWC in its reporting on the typhoon, which was nice.

I seem to remember Mia wearing a Garciaparra jersey, which name barely fit across the back.

Very nice article on Ellertson, nee Frimpong, thanks. And I quite agree that footballers, like most of their counterparts in other professions, should continue to use the surname under which they first gain notoriety. That could be either one's birth name or a spouse's surname, depending on the circumstances.

Ives is reporting DC is close to signing Veron for the '08 season.

http://njmg.typepad.com/sbi/2007/09/dc-closing-in-o.html

Steve, Dan, and the rest of the SI crew, heard anything from Estadio RFK about this?

Nah . . . . they should do whatever they want with their names. Foudy should do her job and learn their names. Rampone and Markgraf have been married for years and Foudy is still calling them Pearce and Sobrero.

As far as I know, nothing has changed on the Veron front. DCU has said all along that if they failed to sign the certain "Argentine star" this year, they felt they had a very good chance of getting him next year.

Whatever happened to Cat Reddick?

Oh, man. I know DC United can use a break every now and then. But what about MY needs?

Now Cat Whitehill.

Mia played as Garciaparra in the second half of the last match of the 91'ers farewell tour. She played as Hamm in the first. Thank goodness no player married Schweinsteiger or Van Nistelrooy and decided to hyphenate.

While we're on the topic of names, I noticed that the Russian team prints their names in English? Has anyone seen a Russian league game and do they use Cyrillic?

It's not just the Russians; it's the Chinese and Koreans and everyone else. I'm pretty sure that FIFA mandates the use of Latin-alphabet transcriptions, just as they limit the range of numbers than can be used.

Further to earlier posts on WWC NCAA players

Ali Riley of NZ plays for Stanford.

Stanford is now ranked #1, and a local freshman keeper made her first start for them this weeekend against Rutgers.

Oops! Actually, I believe the correct term is transliteration, not transcription.

Ives is reporting DC is close to signing Veron for the '08 season.

http://njmg.typepad.com/sbi/2007/09/dc-closing-in-o.html

Steve, Dan, and the rest of the SI crew, heard anything from Estadio RFK about this?

Posted by: Bret | September 17, 2007 10:39 AM

The only thing this confirms is that next year is going to be a disaster as far as retention.

Is it worth taking Vernon if it means we lose Gomez and Emilio?

Do Gomez or Emilio deserve a DP slot?

Could we trade Gomez for a DP slot to sign Vernon and use the other to keep Emilio?

How much are Burch, Boswell, Perkins and the rest going to ask for next season and how do we keep under the cap?

Could we reduce Talon's salary now that bald eagles are close to being removed from the endangered species list?

Who do we give up for the San Jose picks?

Mexico is ditching their green jerseys for red and white.

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=txmexicojerseys&prov=st&type=lgns

Mexico is ditching their green jerseys for red and white.

Posted by: emanon | September 17, 2007 02:16 PM
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This should make it hard to tell the teams apart during the border derby. Never mind, ours have the ugly designs.

Could we reduce Talon's salary now that bald eagles are close to being removed from the endangered species list?

This is the second time in two days that Sha-Na-Na has come up. While watching Forensic Files, an expert on writing analysis was interviewed. He had been in Sha-Na-Na, and when he reading their contracts he learned about how others write. And he's now a PhD.

Sha-Na-Na, is there anything it can't do?

Is he the same guy who sang "Hound Dog" in Grease?

"Mexico will ditch its traditional green jersey, as coach Hugo Sanchez has claimed players are struggling to distinguish it from the grass on the field."
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Maybe they should get contact lenses or have laser surgery, instead...

Maybe they should dress like Sanchez - in pink.

This is the second time in two days that Sha-Na-Na has come up. While watching Forensic Files, an expert on writing analysis was interviewed. He had been in Sha-Na-Na, and when he reading their contracts he learned about how others write. And he's now a PhD.
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I saw the same FF episode. I earlier posted a link to information about Prof. Robert Leonard. Here it is again: http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/PressReleases/062507_robertleonard.html.

Sha-Na-Na, love 'em.

Reminds me of the old joke:
What was the cause of the Iranian revolution?

Too much Shaw and not enough Na-Na.

asitis

"Whatever happened to Cat Reddick?"

Unfortunately, it looks like she has gained about 15 lbs and slowed down a lot.But she has company,this team's lack of pace may get it beat....

Speaking of Talon, RSL blogger extraordinaire , RSLFM, reports (http://rslfm.blogspot.com/2007/09/091307.html) that Talon groped (well, sort of) her at the RSL/United match:

"At about the 20th minute, DC United's foam eagle mascot appeared directly in front of us. We were in the front row of our section and the standing mascot was roughly eye-level with us. Obviously provoked by my RSL jersey, the mascot ("Talon") approached me and stuck his hand (wing) toward my chest. The bird reached for and grabbed the block-letter "XANGO"--pulling the material several inches away from my breasts. I never suspected "Talon" was doing anything more than hamming it up for the nearby fans--many of whom were young children....

...Freshly groped, I spent the halftime break listening to a pulsating drum circle underneath the stands near where people go to smoke..."

Naughty, naughty, Talon.