A Programming Note
sportsrubbish.com 7/22/2009 — I will be partially on vacation over the next few days. I may pop in from time to time to make a post or two, but it will certainly be much quieter around here. However, I’m setting up some alternative vacation programming that should keep you entertained. So like a lazy ...

Programming Note
3sib.com 6/30/2009 — We’ve made it past the apogee of the college football offseason, and the temperature outside would seem to indicate we’re in re-entry stage, but alas, the ticker to the left tells us we still have over two months left until kickoff. We’re still a month away from doing the ...

Programming Note
bringonthecats.com 6/29/2009 — Fellow BOTCers -- This summer has been more eventful than we would like.  While summers should be devoted to overanalyzing the upcoming football season and discussing topics that otherwise wouldn't get coverage during the busier times, this summer we have been forced to deal with the ...

How U.S. Soccer Ruined D.C. United
stetsports.com 7/1/2009 — Let me not say ruined, because it would be a far stretch to say that one of the best franchises in MLS could be ruined by an international choke job pulled off by the U.S. Soccer team in the Confederations Cup final. But, for as much as the ...

Programming Note
hardballtimes.com 5/19/2009 — I know I've been doing this a lot lately but I swear, on the lives of my children, that this will be the last day I punt for a while. But punt I must. This morning my daughter is graduating from preschool and I simply wouldn't miss that, even if it is weird that schools have decided to hold ...

Programming Note
birdswatcher.com 5/18/2009 — I would like to make a quick announcement that I will be going on vacation for two weeks. I probably won’t be able to get online much, but I will be leaving the blog in good hands with Joe. Around mid week I will make a post about the live podcast that’s coming up, but that should ...

Programming Note: A Day of Rest... At Work
310tojoba.blogspot.com 7/23/2009 — A brief bit of site news folks: Unfortunately my real job dictates that my time be spent away from the blogosphere today. As such, this site will be dark until tomorrow. My sincerest apologies but in lieu of supporting this site, I encourage you to check out our archives or better yet, to visit ...

Programming Note
hardballtimes.com 6/1/2009 — I know this has happened a lot lately, but today is yet another day where genuine shystering takes precedence over ShysterBalling, and I'm going to be in court all morning and possibly into the afternoon. I give it 80% odds that my whole day is going to shot, so this may be the last you hear of ...

USA Came Close and I Actually Cared
deuceofdavenport.com 6/29/2009 — I'm not generally much for the soccer or futbol or football or footy or whatever you wanna call it. I usually leave that up to Mustafa to cover up here on the Deuce. A funny thing did happen while watching USA actually compete and ultimately lose to Brazil 3-2 in the championship game of the ...

DC United Update
rightoffrussell.com 7/8/2009 — espn.com Defending Champion DC United has made it to the semifinals of the Lamar Hunt Open Cup . They will have a fiesty Rochester Rhino club of the USL-1 division, who knocked-off the Colubus Crew in the 3rd Round and Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL-2 in the Quarterfinals. DC ...

Sports of The Times: For Soccer to Flourish in U.S., Its Doors Must Open — NYT > Soccer
Cost remains an obstacle to fuller participation in soccer by young Hispanics and African-Americans, but support is beginning to grow in some communities.

United-Crew Preview (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News
A bitter rivalry created by three conference finals meetings in the first four seasons of MLS had faded in recent years with a lack of high-profile matchups between the Columbus Crew and D.C. United. The clubs' last meeting may have restored some of ...

Gold Cup: U.S. - Grenada Preview (Goal.com) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The USA and Grenada kick off their Gold Cup campaigns against each other in Seattle's Qwest Field on Saturday. Goal.com's Noah Davis previews the action.

In-Box: Letters to the Editor — NYT > Soccer
Readers sound off on U.S. soccer’s achievements.

Moreno helps Crew tie DC United (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News
Alejandro Moreno scored the tying goal in the 59th minute and the Columbus Crew pushed their home unbeaten streak to 17 games with a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday night. Christian Gomez scored his fourth goal in the 33rd minute for to give ...