Notice the British press is not complaining that Chelsea ran up the score :P

Goff, Thanks for every up to date news. Yes, I saw chelsea game. It was not expected. I wanted City to win but how about Man United. They are rocking...Nani's magical goal again. Tevez and Rooney's interconnection. Wow! And Man U and Arsenal is coming this weekend wich mouth watering...
Our United...that sounds great. We can pack the stadium and scare the hect out of Fire to dust.. DC United, the greatest football team in the United States.

And all the press who were covering Dolphins and Giants were all for Chearleaders. Not very much on the game.

Hey Susan

Notice that goal differential counts in soccer.

Looks like we've got some geniuses hanging out at the blog today.

Hey cheat

Notice that you don't get a joke.

Hey Cheat

Maybe you can educate the geniuses without being such a self-important wise ass

Actually, I believe score differential is one of the tiebreakers for playoff positions/seeding in the NFL.

It was a joke - no need to get your knickers in a twist

Notice the British press is not complaining that Chelsea ran up the score :P

Posted by: Susan | October 30, 2007 09:24 AM

How can you run up the score on a professional team....one that's sitting higher than you in the table at the start of the day. City were awful and deserve what they got. Also, goal difference can decide championships and Champions League sports. Score more!

How are sales for this Thursday night's game?

Goff,

Any idea what attendance might be like Thursday night?

Looks like some people forgot to take their humor pills this morning.

Lighten up Francis!

Ever notice how it's only the losers that complain about running up the score? Every team wishes they were in a position to *decide* whether to run up the score.

a WNT fan calling somebody else self-important?

Good news, guys: A Lalas is picking against us: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/greg_lalas/10/29/fire.playoffs/index.html

Victory seems just a tiny bit closer.

You can watch the WC announcements live now on fifa.com

Heyzeus was that a crap NFL game to bring to London. The soccer gods are with us!!! HAHAHAHA!

After some Blatter babbling... It's Brazil!! Can't wait to go!

Goff,

from a report in an Argentinian newspaper: Blatter (about to meet with the Brazilian president Lula over the 2014 WC) has warned Brazil against investigating money laundering in soccer, which a Brazilian Congressional committee is doing or about to do. Could he be protecting himself? Havelange and his son-in-law Teixeira? Do you know anything about this?

DC United will lose to Chicago, 2-1 on aggregate, after a drab 1-1 draw. Emilio scores in the 90th. Gomez red-carded. Jaime injured. Perkins flails wildly at every corner. Blanco dives. Blanco whines. Blanco scores.

Mark it down people. United will lose.

Dear fat chance - please move back to Chicago and stay off OUR blog.

DC wins 2 - 0 and Blanco is not effective just like the rest of his first season in the MLS.

"OUR blog" -- what a hoot. If you want your provincial blog, stick to a local paper like the Examiner or the Wash Times. The Post is a national paper.

Amazing how DC fans like to puff themselves up with how many blog hits Goff gets, but get shirty when the non-DC folks have something to say.

Still, no need to be a troll.

Best quote from the Lalas article:

"They go to RFK, face the screaming, ravenous Barra Brava (Do people coincidentally "forget" to feed those folks on game days?) and must try to eke out a victory over MLS' best team in the regular season."

Please don't make this blog negative and petty like other sports sites. If you're angry or pissed off about your day, don't hop on here.

Blanco will break his nose on one of his famous dives. The Barra will hold up cards with "10" on them. Moreno, Gomez and Emilio will score. CJ Brown will pull a groin, Rolfe's....

wow you think Mastodon Juan has anger issues? Or maybe he is a LA Galaxy fan? Sure looks like the post he is referring to was meant as a joke.

Look I'm a huge NFL fan, but major irony in London. I couldn't help but chuckle as the Dolphins and Giants repeatedly ran the ball up the gut to gain a yard or two. And Eli Manning throws for what? 30 yards? Don't you Brits see how much more exciting the NFL is than that soccer stuff you love so much??? Defend that, Jim Rome.

Looks like the blog has a case of the Mondays.

Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?

Lawrence: No. No, man. #$&, no, man. I believe you'd get your #$# kicked sayin' something like that, man.

From the SI Lalas piece:

""It's impossible to resist. Cuauhtémoc Blanco and this entire Chicago team is simply too fun not to enjoy watching.""

Is Lalas serious or is he just that dim? The Fire play the worst brand of football known to man. And if you've seen Blanco dive and whine once, you're bound to see it 30 times a game.

Fun? Not so much.

>>>Blanco dives. Blanco whines. Blanco scores

At least an interesting scenario for the Thursday match.

But hardly scientific.

I'm so happy that Brazil is going to host 2014 fifa world cup... I don't know if we are ready to host a big event like a world cup, since we don't have many stadiums ready for the games but I know government will do the best to build everything on time. I saw this video ( http://www.weshow.com/br/p/19726/copa_do_mundo_2014_no_brasil ) on the internet that shows the stadiums they are going to build. Some of them already exists, others are just a project. Let's go Brazil! Let's do the best world cup of all time!

Boy was the game at Wembley a snoozer. Not only was it a lousy ad for NFL, but they must have torn the bejeezus out of the turf.

As for Thursday, you have to admit that the game is just a toss up. I hope DC shows up and gets a break or two, but it will not surprise me if Chicago sits back to play for a tie. That's sure what I'd do.

It just seems like there has to be more of a benefit for the team winning the supporter's shield. Maybe a bye in the first round or something?

I knew the Miami-Giants game was going to be bad, but I had no idea it was going to suck that much. That game was horrible. I felt bad for everybody involved and watching. At least they were entertained by the creatively dressed streaker.

...and the Hokies unbeaten streak is a little longer.

Why did they pick the Giants and Dolphins? Surely the NFL didn't think these guys were really contenders.

Indy-Pats would have been perfect.

Ironically, as bad as the Giants-Dolphins game was, a local radio guy here went to it, and said the fans had a great time.

bristol, they had to find a team -- and fans -- that didn't mind losing a home game. You'd never see Danny do that, unless he gets the parking money from Wembley.

Next year EPL live in the US. It will be awesome!

Go Terps!

Wow, 30K tix for MLS Cup. That IS impressive, considering the game starts at 12:00 noon (9:00 a.m. on Sunday for you on the West Coast).

Just think if they had decided to have the Cup on Saturday at say 5:00 pm.

Not sure why they didn't - must be a poker championship or little league game on at that time slot.