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April 28th, 2008

Almost Too Funny to be True

By: Steve | Comments 4 Comments

Rarely does a soccer headline grace the front page of the ESPN website. In this case, Brazilian World Cup star Ronaldo (not Cristiano) made the front page after a run in with some transvestite hookers in a Rio Di Janeiro hotel. Ronaldo brought two prostitutes to his hotel room, only to find they [...]



April 21st, 2008

Great Expectations

By: Steve | Comments 5 Comments

One day I was sitting in my parents living room playing some FIFA 07 on my dads big screen TV. He came home from work, saw I was downstairs and came down to say hello. All of the sudden he was fixed on the screen. He sat down next to me.
“Who is [...]

April 11th, 2008

Designate This

By: Steve | Comments 16 Comments

It seems pretty logical that the Seattle Sounders FC will begin the 2009 season with at least one designated player on the roster. The owners have deep pockets (Allen, Roth), there is significant and impressive hype (14,000 season ticket deposits) and the team has been actively scouting everywhere from Europe to South America. There has [...]

April 10th, 2008

Mock Up Kit Designs

By: Steve | Comments 17 Comments

Here are some designs made by an Everett company called Luminous Creative
Apparently they were reviewed and rejected by the Seattle franchise, who chose to go with a different firm.
Here they are:

April 8th, 2008

What’s In a Name?

By: Steve | Comments 42 Comments

In light of the recent naming of the Seattle Sounders FC, I decided to do a bit of research about the different names of futbol clubs around the world. I thought it would be entertaining to try and compile a list of the 10 best and
10 worst team names in the world, in any [...]



April 7th, 2008

The anticimapation

By: Steve | Comments 35 Comments

11:47 AM EST
I woke up early today, excited about the prospect of the finally knowing what to call my new soccer team. Then I remembered that I am 3 hours ahead of West Coast time and they haven’t had enough lattes back home yet to get the ceremonies started. I will sit here [...]

April 4th, 2008

Seattle (insert lame team name here) after Henry

By: Steve | Comments 10 Comments

Despite lacking a team name, owners of the Seattle MLS franchise are looking well beyond the name announcement on Monday and to the 2009 inaugural season. Since here at the offside, we also lack the name, logos and colors, we are using the Arsenal template for the time being. Nothing could be more [...]




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