tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21839210042594621922009-11-10T20:14:07.435-06:00Taconoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-59198593376039180702008-07-28T22:51:00.006-05:002009-06-28T10:56:09.638-05:00

There are those (Jamie Trecker & Keith Costigan, I'm looking at you...) who said Real Salt Lake would never be able to dig itself out of the bottom of the MLS standings. Now in its fourth season in the MLS, Real Salt Lake has not yet qualified for the playoffs in its short history, let alone had a winning season. In its first three seasons, it finished 5th of 6 in the Western Division in 2005 (

Taconoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-28497602920402696942009-04-12T00:01:00.002-05:002009-04-12T01:05:47.149-05:00

The story of the day in MLS is cards. In 7 matches this Saturday, refs handed out 44 cards. Of those, 7 were red (4 straight red, 3 as a result of a player receiving a second yellow). Only 3 matches saw 5 or fewer cards, and as many as 11 cards were given in a single game (8 yellows and 3 reds in the Superclasico match between LA Galaxy and Chivas USA). Normally when this many cards are given

Taconoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-86058870274807046812009-03-22T15:52:00.008-05:002009-03-23T22:08:06.399-05:00

The first week of MLS 2009 Season has come to a close, and there are a couple points worthy of noting:Seattle Sounders FC are here to play. The MLS debutant means business. They've got the roster, the coach, and the FANS to be a force to be reckoned with in their virgin season. I'm looking forward to seeing what they make of it, and you should be too. A 3-0 victory over Red Bull New York is

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The past week has finally seen the announcement of the 2 expansion franchises to begin MLS play in the 2011 season. Vancouver, BC's franchise was announced first, and today Portland, Oregon was also granted a franchise. After last night's debut, I'm willing to bet that the Seattle Sounders expansion will prove itself a brilliant move for the league, but THREE teams in the Pacific Northwest

Taconoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-88098192650232015272009-03-19T23:09:00.002-05:002009-03-19T23:21:20.622-05:00

Tonight was the kickoff of the 2009 MLS Season with the inaugural game of Seattle Sounders FC hosting Red Bull New York. The nearly 43,000 screaming fans at Qwest Field made for quite a 12th Man as the Sounders dismantled a shaky-looking Red Bull 3-0, with 2 goals from Fredy Montero and another from Brad Evans. While the showing from New York was disappointing, the ambition demonstrated by

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To those who don't follow soccer coverage too closely, the nicknames used to refer to the teams in the various leagues can be confusing at first, especially when they are used by Tommy Smyth or other marble-garbling commentators in the midst of a verbal onslaught of footie-jargon.  This entry will serve as a guide to help identify the teams to which these nicknames refer.  This will be

Taconoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-79616932829423580272008-07-30T17:04:00.002-05:002008-07-30T17:05:09.833-05:00

Join the "Taco's Soccer Blog" group on facebook!

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In Sunday's U-23 (that's Under 23-years-old, for you soccer lingo neophytes) match between South Korea and Côte d'Ivoire, goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryeong scored a goal from just outside his own 18-yard box.  Check out this video!

Taconoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-40936422556316706432008-07-20T01:58:00.002-05:002008-07-20T03:08:18.399-05:00

So the final roster of the 2008 MLS All-Star Game in Toronto against English Premier League team West Ham United has been finalized: after Sacha Kljestan (M - CD Chivas USA), Michael Parkhurst (D - New England Revolution) and Robbie Rogers (F - Columbus Crew) were named to the US Olympic Team and forced to miss the match coming up this Thursday, July 24, their replacements were named.  Juan

Taconoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183921004259462192.post-68018320589272105942008-07-17T02:10:00.002-05:002008-07-17T02:38:30.521-05:00

Two years ago, I had a conversation in the suite of my dorm with a good, latin friend of mine about the horse-faced hero of FC Barcelona: Ronaldinho.  I defended the Brazilian magician and maestro of "jugo bonito".  After moving to Barça from Paris Saint-Germain, Ronaldinho led the Blaugrana to back-to-back La Liga titles in 2005 and 2006, as well as winning the Champions League in 2006.  In 5

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Welcome to Taco's Soccer Blog, brought to you by the relentless prodding of my friends to publish my soccer-related thoughts online so that they can just read them instead of having to listen to me constantly spewing them... in all seriousness, though, this is an important part of my life and something that I invest a great deal of my time in following, and this will hopefully serve as a

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