Friday afternoon, former United States Men’s National Team, Columbus Crew and Leeds United wing Robbie Rogers revealed on his blog that he is gay. This shouldn’t be important, but it is. It shouldn’t be news, but it is. For all that we may look at Robbie Rogers and see unfulfilled athletic potential, he...
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Question: What do sets of supporters, fixed to play each other during a contrived “rivalry week”, do when there’s not much of a rivalry to begin with? Simple. We make the most of it. Here was MLS Rivalry Weak (sic) in a nutshell: Seattle ripped into Portland supporters, reminding...
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The simplest question that someone can ask to open up communication is, “why?” So let me start by asking this, “Why is there such a lack of respect shown to women’s soccer?”. There are no easy answers to this question, but here are the most commonly heard. ‘It’s soccer,’...
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As if the injury problems for the US Women’s National Team were not evident enough before the Algarve Cup, they certainly have been magnified since. At the beginning of the year, US defender Amy LePeilbet underwent ACL surgery on her left knee, ruling her out of action for 6-8...
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“They are going to be writing ‘soccer sucks’ articles from now until the end of the world. It will never end.” That quote was from a Twitter follower of mine in response to Matt Zencey’s op-ed piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer today, discussing soccer in America. My follower, like...
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It’s started. It’s unfortunate, but it’s started. The Philadelphia Union have officially become a Philly sports team. Not because this is their senior year in Major League Soccer. Not because they are starting to get more and more recognition and advertising from the city. No, the Union are now...
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I’m getting tired of being outraged. I’m tired of being upset by match fixing, by FIFA corruption, by petro-teams, by regressive Inquirer editorials and questionable lineups and work and politics and traffic…I’m just tired of it. All this is by way of saying that at the moment, it would...
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Another month goes by in the wide world of sports, and what a month it was…or could have been. It all comes down to what kind of sports fan you are. If you’re a baseball fan, you probably watched the MLS Postseason, which at times was exciting and at...
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Well, 2012 has come and gone. It was not exactly the most exciting year in the sports world by far, and with all the firings in the NFL, 2012 ended in somewhat of a low note. But out with the old and in with the new, as they say....
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Let’s face it, November was a pretty rough month in Philadelphia, for sports, and for me personally as well. A sudden termination of lease will do that to someone. Luckily, my wife and I, as well as our dog Jackson, were able to find a new apartment with ease...
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