Oh, thank God. I continually fell into fits of giggles every time they’d run the camera down the Liverpool XI before a match.

Thought this was interesting on ESPNFC this morning about that mooted move:

Down here in LSU land, everyone is treating this like whiteboard motivational material like there was any real damage done. I laughed when I first saw the photo.

I mostly lurk at Jez, but this year my daughter’s costume wasn’t as i09/Kotaku-oriented as usual, so perhaps it will be happier here! Here’s Princess Elena of Avalor:

I happened to be working a contract in Chicago when the White Sox won. My office was on the parade route. I got to see one of the floats get stuck under the El.

Yes, Spain definitely does - not sure about Germany but you’re likely right. In Spain, the reserve teams, be they senior reserves or U23s, aren’t permitted to be promoted to the same league that the senior “A” team is in.

Also, Kealia Ohai scored roughly a minute after being subbed on for her first cap. And she has a great name.

Swope Park Rangers were on a seven game winning streak coming into last night and had a goal differential of +16 over that time. They also didn’t exist a year ago, having been set up as Sporting Kansas City II after SKC ended their affiliation with OKC Energy. I mean, I get it, USL soccer isn’t that much to write home…

Last night’s match could be one indication of why, at least, the USL wouldn’t jump on that chance: both of the teams in the final are affiliated with and solely exist because of MLS teams running them as reserve squads. There would be a great deal of conflict involved in negotiating around that, though NASL would…

Biased as a fan of SKC, but I kind of feel like I’d far rather have Sporting Kansas City than some of the other old club names (Mutiny and Burn come to mind immediately). Many of the fan chants and such still call them the Wizards anyway.

There’s an interactive app of this book that makes it even more entertaining, FWIW.

Coutinho is almost certainly the best player in the typical XI right now, you’re right. What a steal that kid was. But if he continues on form - and I will be the first to concede that’s a big if - Lallana is not as far back as people assume. He’ll never be as crafty as Coutinho but makes chances through pace and…

He looked great in preseason but I haven’t been able to watch him since. Good to know!

Came here for this. You give me Kuyt on a free right now and I’d happily put him back in a red shirt. Or, wait another couple years and put him in charge of the U18s, I’d be all for that.

Not enough stars. BAWK BAWK.

On this topic, I found this book a couple years back from one of the Gawker blogs, and I can’t remember which one. Really interesting read that covers the time period here.

That is a three-minute strawman. Is anyone keeping track, is there a record for that sort of thing?

“Did you say, ‘extra crispy recipe?’”

“You know I didn’t.”

I can add a fourth from experience:

Yeah, I think maybe where I stop being invested is where Garber does care about competing with Liga MX. I don’t think that the CCL is worth it, nor is the general competition with Liga MX, because the future of MLS is not going to hinge upon whether it or Liga MX is the better league, IMO.