“Well, this very classy goal in the Bundesliga is one thing, but I just don’t think we can ignore the importance of Jozy’s Zardes’ hold-up play.”-a weirdly large segment the vocal majority of American soccer media and probably most certainly the USMNT coaching staff and Gregg Berhalter himself.

That’s a sort of distorted version of a more common line of wisdom: a two-goal lead is the most dangerous lead in soccer - because it’s a gap that’s big enough to make you complacent and play conservatively, but also not quite big enough that the other team has no hope of overcoming it.

I actually don’t think Alonso is a dirty player. Based on his interviews and anecdotes from people who’ve met him, I think Alonso is simply as dumb as a bag of rocks. All reports are that he is incredibly stupid. I think at some point in the past, his coach told him to hit people in the head, and he’s too dumb to snap…

Blah blah blah, blah blah blah, DA PATRIOT WAY, blah blah blah.

So, you want to trademark “Taco Tuesday?” Well, too bad, Lebron - some other opportunistic group of morons has beaten you to it.

That was pretty much my Little League experience. I had - for my age group, which was about 10 - an excellent glove. In a community rec league where pretty much any hit beyond the infield dirt would be a guaranteed extra-base hit, I was one of the minority who was capable of tracking a ball in flight, run towards…

Depends on how many yards you need for a first down. If we’re talking a yard or two, then that’s the easiest. With good blocking, the right play-call, and a bad defense that isn’t paying attention to you, you could get a couple yards. You’ll probably be murdered after that, and likely fumble as well - but you’d get…

Crazy idea: All the Bears’ kicking woes are actually because of their crappy holder.

Always risky having a kid with cousins.

Is Jesse Marsch the first American to coach in the Champions League?

“I’ll die before I surrender, Tim.”

The words make sense, but the context ... may have been a bit off.

“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”

That’s a very undignified way to talk about your Aunt.

I bet you’re right. Some coach or player who’s upset that his boys-only league is getting ruined by an icky girl would probably cheapshot her, clothesline her on a blindside hit. It might even happen from her own team, in an intra-squad scrimmage.

Having seen the athletic ability of both, I’d actually bet on Carli Lloyd being less likely to suffer a major injury on contact than Will Lutz.

As a note of caution - there haven’t been too many cases of soccer players converting to professional kickers. It has happened on high school and collegiate levels, but people seem to take a while to adapt. Soccer balls and footballs are quite different - they have different sweet spots, they behave differently when st…

This Ben guy ... kind of seems like a shit.

A glass menagerie?

Who is Kellen Moore? According to Dallas Cowboys bloggers that I’ve been reading: apparently the greatest young offensive mind the NFL has ever seen.