Just a heads up with live links to come a little later. I've decided to house the podcast in "real-time" over at Ourmedia/the Internet Archive. The downside to this is that you'll have to stream the episode as I don't believe you can jump around in it.
However, and not to be overly confusing, episodes will later get archived over to Podomatic where you *should* be able to surf the episode for parts pertinent to your interests.
Anyway, so there you have it, 2 locations and styles for whatever best suits your interests. I'll have the links to each as soon as they become available.
Update: Episode 2 is live and you can listen to it here. I'll have the Podomatic link as soon as it is uploaded over there as well.
In soccer,
BF
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Absurdities, playoffs and bears, oh my!
First and foremost, apologies to anyone who has not been able to check out the podcast. I had been led to believe the link was live prior to yesterday but that had not been the case. Needless to say, I'm going to try to work around this kind of delay/lag or just find a faster way to get things posted.
At any rate, let's have a quick look around: the MLS playoff race is nearly done with the post-season just around the corner. At this moment, FCD, the Gals, TFC, and the Quakes are out. Ives has a great bit about this on his blog. I won't get too deep in repeating his points but I'd say pay special attention to what he had to say about TFC and the Quakes looking ahead to next year. I'll expound a little on this and the futures of the other teams who are soon to be knocked out of the race as well in the next show.
On the national team front, I'm keeping a close watch on any info that comes out about yet another potential MFL "defection" to MLS. I am also looking for info on the Cuban players who left their team in D.C. I'll have a look at how some guys are doing abroad and maybe talk a bit about guys on the fringe that should take action to get more PT either at their clubs or with El Bobbo's squad.
Now for West Ham, a crashing defeat at Hull on the weekend? Not so much. They're playing out of their minds right now. Still, not a good time to be coming up on a game against the Arse. Meanwhile, in Europe, there's another rumor flying about that Becks is off to Milan to play for AC. If this happens and I'm Phil Anschutz, Berlusconi is going to caugh up quite a bit of money to cover the wages doled out to the England midfielder.
At any rate, this is just a small look at some of the things I'm going to talk about in the next episode alongside some content on the USL and WPS. I promise!
Radio edit: From Goff's blog - "Oft-injured Ben Olsen looked good on the sideline as an assistant coach. Hmmm....." speaking on United's game against Cruz Azul this week. This is something I've been quietly contemplating for some time but now that Goff's put it out there I'll feel a little less "aluminum foil hat" about talking it up on the show.
in soccer,
Bill
At any rate, let's have a quick look around: the MLS playoff race is nearly done with the post-season just around the corner. At this moment, FCD, the Gals, TFC, and the Quakes are out. Ives has a great bit about this on his blog. I won't get too deep in repeating his points but I'd say pay special attention to what he had to say about TFC and the Quakes looking ahead to next year. I'll expound a little on this and the futures of the other teams who are soon to be knocked out of the race as well in the next show.
On the national team front, I'm keeping a close watch on any info that comes out about yet another potential MFL "defection" to MLS. I am also looking for info on the Cuban players who left their team in D.C. I'll have a look at how some guys are doing abroad and maybe talk a bit about guys on the fringe that should take action to get more PT either at their clubs or with El Bobbo's squad.
Now for West Ham, a crashing defeat at Hull on the weekend? Not so much. They're playing out of their minds right now. Still, not a good time to be coming up on a game against the Arse. Meanwhile, in Europe, there's another rumor flying about that Becks is off to Milan to play for AC. If this happens and I'm Phil Anschutz, Berlusconi is going to caugh up quite a bit of money to cover the wages doled out to the England midfielder.
At any rate, this is just a small look at some of the things I'm going to talk about in the next episode alongside some content on the USL and WPS. I promise!
Radio edit: From Goff's blog - "Oft-injured Ben Olsen looked good on the sideline as an assistant coach. Hmmm....." speaking on United's game against Cruz Azul this week. This is something I've been quietly contemplating for some time but now that Goff's put it out there I'll feel a little less "aluminum foil hat" about talking it up on the show.
in soccer,
Bill
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
expansion bids announced
and the bids are in from... Atlanta, Miami, Montreal, Ottawa, Portland, St. Louis, and Vancouver.
So, no real surprises besides no Aquilini involvement at this time with the Vancouver bid. Apologies to the folks in St. Louis for not discussing them in the podcast. There's not really much to note here except for maybe a bit of dissection on Abbott's body language and some of the things he both did and did not say but I'll leave that to the Big Soccer types for now.
I'll just say he did look quite animated when they discussed the ticket sales in Seattle and any potential corollary for Portland. I'm still not sold on Atlanta, either but more on that later. There you have it folks.
So, no real surprises besides no Aquilini involvement at this time with the Vancouver bid. Apologies to the folks in St. Louis for not discussing them in the podcast. There's not really much to note here except for maybe a bit of dissection on Abbott's body language and some of the things he both did and did not say but I'll leave that to the Big Soccer types for now.
I'll just say he did look quite animated when they discussed the ticket sales in Seattle and any potential corollary for Portland. I'm still not sold on Atlanta, either but more on that later. There you have it folks.
Great? news
Hi everybody, great news. I finally got the podcast recorded and am uploading it right now. It was all done in one, unedited take. I figured I would give you the rawest version possible and we can only go onwards and upwards from here. Be sure to let me know about technical issues, content issues, whatever. If all you're going to say is "you're an idiot, you suck" been there, done that don't waste either of our time. Now, if you have a reason why behind it, then fire away. Here's the cheat sheet for the show since it turned into a mammoth hour:
minute 1:00-15:00 US National Team
15:00-28:00 MLS Playoffs and such
29:00-40:00 potential affect on USL by MLS expansion
40:00-50:00 USL1 Final commentary
50:00-end West Ham/Euro commentary PLUS scores from Euro Qualifiers during the last 3ish minutes, so beware if you've taped any of the Euro games from today.
One correction to make from the cast - Francesco Aquilini is, of course, the owner of the NHL's Canucks.
In the next couple of hours I'll be posting the info from the MLS Announcement on expansion applicants which comes out at 5ET. After that I will try to post some pertinent links from the show.
And finally, the link to the show. It should be active shortly. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
In soccer,
Bill
minute 1:00-15:00 US National Team
15:00-28:00 MLS Playoffs and such
29:00-40:00 potential affect on USL by MLS expansion
40:00-50:00 USL1 Final commentary
50:00-end West Ham/Euro commentary PLUS scores from Euro Qualifiers during the last 3ish minutes, so beware if you've taped any of the Euro games from today.
One correction to make from the cast - Francesco Aquilini is, of course, the owner of the NHL's Canucks.
In the next couple of hours I'll be posting the info from the MLS Announcement on expansion applicants which comes out at 5ET. After that I will try to post some pertinent links from the show.
And finally, the link to the show. It should be active shortly. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
In soccer,
Bill
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