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Comment on Training notes: Walking quietly into the night by Ray Shirley

Ray Shirley — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:38:24 +0000

prayers coming at you!

Comment on 2012 Pre-Season Kick Off by Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:43:38 +0000

Last year they put the disney classic on ESPN3. Yeah, I got bored.

Comment on 2012 Pre-Season Kick Off by Rob Swenson

Rob Swenson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:39 +0000

Nice!

Comment on 2012 Pre-Season Kick Off by James Starritt

James Starritt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:42:41 +0000

Yeah – gotta admit I am.

Comment on 2012 Pre-Season Kick Off by george

george — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:36:31 +0000

you energized for some 2012 blogging?!?

Comment on Making Impressions by george

george — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:35:40 +0000

… with great power comes great responsibility …

Comment on Making Impressions by Rob Swenson

Rob Swenson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:45:28 +0000

Excellent point. You’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

I feel the same way about college sports team fans. Cheer for your team but take no pleasure in your friends teams losses and don’t cheer against other colleges unless it legitimately helps your team’s standings in a tournament, etc.

Comment on Kansas City native returning home? by BenDover

BenDover — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:51:55 +0000

Good information, but I am not sure the team needs him. From the looks of the highlight video, there is really nothing that makes him stand out. Also, playing in Sweden’s second division? Could he get better coaching or experience there than playing in the MLS? It almost looks like PDL level play, but it is really tough to tell in a 2 minute amateur video.

Comment on Kansas City native returning home? by szazzy

szazzy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:46:03 +0000

Good scoop, and it makes sense. I remember watching Thomas come through high school and college and had hope that he’d make it. You shouldn’t need to skip forward in a highlight reel that’s not even 2 minutes long, but that was the worst highlight video of all time.

Comment on Davy Arnaud by bellgoebel

bellgoebel — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:31:31 +0000

Davy was the front man for the Wizards I came to know and love. I thank him for his part in introducing me to the beautiful game, and for making it such a source of joy and excitement in my life. As a fan, I’m sad to see Davy go. As a parent, I wish the best for his young family in a new home. As a human, I wish him the very best fortune possible. As a Sporting KC supporter, I wish him one goal short of a win in every future SKC game.

Comment on Dear Seth by Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:30:10 +0000

Dear Seth, Welcome back. for all the reasons above, welcome back.

Dear Davy, You are the midfielder and the captain we all want and wanted to be. I watched you provide the team’s spark many times late this season. Montreal is better for having you. Bon Chance.

Comment on Dear Seth by aletheist

aletheist — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:13:46 +0000

Welcome back, Seth! Is there a Dear Davy post coming next?

Comment on Dear Seth by Morry

Morry — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:56:46 +0000

I really wish Seth had put away that sitter now, he deserved to have been cheered by the home fans with the sun basking on his back and everyone in the northend praising him

Comment on Dear Seth by george

george — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:40:55 +0000

Very nice James. Thanks for playing your heart out Seth! You are Kansas City.

Comment on Dear Seth by Ray Shirley

Ray Shirley — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:19:00 +0000

Dear Seth,

You stood up to some major opponents this season and gave Sporting KC your all, and then some. That’s all we could ever ask for. Thanks for giving us your best. You will always have a special place in the hearts of SKC fans. Good luck my friend.

Ray

Comment on The Terror by Morry

Morry — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:09:07 +0000

TERROR!

I couldn’t care less about worrying about these lads coming out flat, or getting behind early, or Roger getting a red.

We have seen teams be successful at LSP by coming in and attacking us, and I don’t even worry about that- actually I hope that is DK’s plan.

TERROR!

My greatest fear is that our boys come out super amped, eyes on the prize, full of emotion with the crowd behind them and they aren’t rewarded on the scoreboard for their efforts and begin to exhaust from the pressure and emotion of not letting down the fans, the city, their team mates, the owners. If this match is scoreless at halftime, I begin to worry. If Houston scores in the opening moments, we fight back without a doubt in my mind but as it drags on………….

Comment on MLS 101 – The Single Entity by Skylar

Skylar — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:50:40 +0000

Is this single entity structure also why there is no relegation? I read something about how MLS doesnt have a strong enough business structure for relegation and promotion but didnt fully understand it

Comment on MLS 101 – The Single Entity by Thomas Rye

Thomas Rye — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:41:51 +0000

This is a fantastic explanation of how MLS works. I didn’t even know the basics of how European soccer works (business-wise), but you’ve really helped me understand it. Thanks! I’m looking forward to the next 101.

Comment on Bravo Callum, BRAAAVOOOOOOOO by tem

tem — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:52:13 +0000

This is my first year of following soccer and I really love it. Sporting KC has world class players who play agressively and listening to Callum makes the games that much better. I have learned a lot listening to the broadcasts and really happy we have him here. Jake works well with him too.

Comment on Being Don Garber by Aaron S.

Aaron S. — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:34:35 +0000

Well reasoned piece.

Comment on A day in the lives of a football fan. by How quickly things change. « SportingTimes.net | The Independent Sporting Kansas City Web Site

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Comment on 34 games by Isaac

Isaac — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:00:46 +0000

It’ll be a fantastic end to the season. It’d surely be a new experience for me to be able to celebrate a conference winning team at the end of the season…

Comment on 34 games by jtreg

jtreg — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:23:19 +0000

I just can’t share the fear of DC United. They got dangermen, sure, they got three games in hand, sure, but if there were a team more wildley inconsistent than SKC I think it’s them. They have a better friggin’ road record than home record, and they do not have an easy schedule to close out the season.

Comment on Que Sera, Sera … whatever will be will be. by szazzy

szazzy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:03:16 +0000

Oh god it’s hot. That was all I could think of for 3 months, so well done to you sir for fitting something else in.

Comment on Jürgen Klinsmann as US Men’s National Team Coach? Ouch. by andy

andy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:18:51 +0000

Why no new blog post in over a month?

Comment on Jürgen Klinsmann as US Men’s National Team Coach? Ouch. by James Starritt

James Starritt — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:43:04 +0000

@Felixx – and as mentioned on BigSoccer – he has never beaten an opponent with that German team in what would be considered the elite, never played a competitive international game outside of Germany and struggled to beat fairly mundane opposition like Australia and Equador. Not sure which conversation came first = this one or the one on the forum.

Comment on Jürgen Klinsmann as US Men’s National Team Coach? Ouch. by James Starritt

James Starritt — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:39:33 +0000

Bobby — the different is in many other leagues they have a legit loaded youth and schoolboy systems, and then you graduate to a legit reserve system with more than ten games a season, and from there you are loaned out to lower level teams to get experience, and then your blooded in minor cups and competitions, and then finally you wind up getting starts. We simply do have that capability in MLS right now … we have the skeleton on it but very little meat on the bones. Kevin Ellis gets signed — he plays a few reserve games and partakes in practice … he isn’t getting any soccer right now … dig? The same with Kempin, he playing time comes in competitions outside of the club system.

Comment on Jürgen Klinsmann as US Men’s National Team Coach? Ouch. by Bobby O

Bobby O — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:33:38 +0000

My only gripe with the article is with the following;

“‘talent’ is still going to be handed off to stables of MLS coaches who have a mandate to win rather than foster the the talent for the future.”

Very, very few teams in international/top league football can afford to do this, or have enough talent available to do so. More specifically, every top tier football club manager has “to win”; relegation and/or the sack are the result.

Comment on Jürgen Klinsmann as US Men’s National Team Coach? Ouch. by rob

rob — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:30:45 +0000

Lets not get carried away James. A Nat’l team coach doesnt have to start teaching clinics at preschools. Ive written on bigsoccer that Oscar Tabarez is the case study now. I stand by it. Again, the most important thing YK will do is appoint subordinate coaches.

Look at the dearth of player talent you speak of — a problem, which problematically, wasnt of either coach’s, umm, control. YK’s scope of employment is 10x that of his predecessors, thus there is no comparison. Its literally two different jobs.

Comment on Jürgen Klinsmann as US Men’s National Team Coach? Ouch. by aletheist

aletheist — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:56:29 +0000

The US has already failed to qualify for the 2013 Confederations Cup. CONCACAF’s spot in that tournament goes to the winner of the 2011 Gold Cup (Mexico).