Now, I’m a starting goalie for the Colorado Rapids. I’m on the standard rookie contract, and I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot. It’s by no means grand. Hell, it probably looks crazy to a lot of people. (Fine. I’m making $35,125. Every player’s salary is available here.) But it’s the first time I’ve been truly in…

No Cosmos, no peace

Best commissioner in sports (outside of Don Garber)

Congrats on an incredible piece Tom, and thanks for sharing all this with us.

Should have gone with the classic names since they lined up perfectly, but I honestly don't see "Metropolitan" as so bad.

I find myself wondering what Donovan truly thinks of being left off the MLS All-Star team for the first time. His performance in the Waldo kits has been a nice response to naysayers.

Nah, it's in the replies.

Holy shit.

If you are really enough of a snob to dismiss nPower Championship-level soccer as "not worth watching," then you clearly never gave MLS a chance in the first place.

"mostly from British people who don't find big guns particularly cool"

It was "a putrid level of soccer played by nobodies" some ten years ago. Now it is akin to the nPower Championship and nPower League One depending on the club in question.

If you honestly believe it hasn't "managed to get anywhere" then you're beyond discussion.

Here's what I don't get: Why do people still limit the term "major sports" to the NFL, the NBA, and MLB, sometimes even excluding the NHL? Golf is a major sport in America. Tennis is a major sport in America. Auto racing, boxing/MMA, and perhaps still even horse racing are major sports in America, and soccer is a…

Aren't you adorable; yes it is.

"World Small Sample Size Baseball Bingo Tournament"

The alignment is fine, especially when you consider they'll most likely be expanding by two teams eventually. The real problem is how convoluted the "wild card" playoff spots are. They should have just gone to strict divisional playoffs.

Cosmos opening day is August 3rd.

The "Inexperience Required" post mentioned that the new Kinja system would be used to potentially audition new writers/contributors/fellows to the Gawker family. Should aspiring writers be encouraged by this?

Uninteresting? This tournament has been fantastic, and a showcase of why it should be held more often.

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, the question is why should I care? One of the greatest of all time. Simple as that.