I agree that Donovan has proven himself for the USMNT. His leadership and experience will be missed and I think that is way more important than getting younger on the field. We may never know the exact reason he didn't get picked, but thinking that he didn't get a spot only due to his age and the youth movement, is…

If you hope we get slaughtered then you aren't really a fan of the USMNT. So how about you

8 of the 23 players are black or mixed.
I know you're going for jokes, but that one isn't very good.

If it was a 18 or 20 man roster then, yes he's too old, but don't tell me you wouldn't want the opportunity to sub him in with 20 mins to go in a must win tied game against Germany with 20 mins to play.

Nice, Beckerman is going. Now we can feel confident that the 2014 team will have the 2010 "Ricardo Clark moment" at some point.

The officer described Symington as "disoriented," but cooperative.

A fair point, and a great many people from towns and cities with awful teams do choose to ignore them and support United, Liverpool or whoever. On the other hand support for lower division teams in England is without parallel anywhere else in the world. The English fourth tier (called League 2) routinely pulls in…

Can you imagine ESPN commentators getting this worked up over the last day of AAA baseball here in the US?

The fans at the Reading game couldn't watch the Brighton game because, well, they were at the Reading game. So they brought radios to listen.

Not a Portland fan at all but I watched that 25 times in a row. Also, seeing Dwight Howard lose is awesome

I'm not really a basketball fan, but I live in Los Angeles. I just want something done so this scumbag can no longer be associated with something that is part of LA.

This past week should be a wake up call for Black Americans in the United states.

I will, right after you read my link that shows that he quoted exactly from an NWA song. Douche.

"Totally expected Pop to snap. Well done."

What? No all caps?

Travis Snider's ugly face. That's what happened.

Yes, no doubt poor Peter is drowning his sorrows in a pint of Allagash White a result.

King deleted the first tweet when he realized it had no legs.

jup13: [goes outside]

Do people still buy posters?