Major League Soccer's head man offers some thoughts and an invitation to the FIFA prez; Michael Bradley, Michael Bradley; and the best clip from an English press conference that you'll ever see.
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Noah Davis
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January 03, 2013
3:34 AM
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Michael Bradley lands a nice write up on ESPN.com. The story, penned by Julian De Martinis, is both laudatory in its praise and somehow underwhelming in accessing the difference the midfielder is making on the team. I think it probably has something to do with Bradley's scoring statistics, just a goal and an assist in 12 matches. Your key few sentences: "His best attribute is in allowing others to do their jobs more effectively - he shines next to the likes of De Rossi and Pjanic because his running provides a stable platform for them to do what they do best. It's not flashy, and he is guilty of occasionally losing the ball with some wayward passing, but he often is incredibly effective at helping Roma keep possession. Bradley averages an 86.8% passing success rate, having completed 461 out of 531 total attempted passes so far this season."
Tim Ream can't understand why Bolton can't win two games in a row. "We are putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to try and get that second win in a row to put a string of games together. But it's not happening for us," he says. "In order to get a streak going you need to win more than one game and it's one of those things everyone knows." That second part is really special. The only answer is more Stuart Holden.
Copa Liberatadores to the United States? Copa Liberatadores to the United States. We are all Xolos. At least Joe Corona, Greg Garza, and Edgar Castillo are.
While it has nothing to do with American soccer, this video of Harry Redknapp defending his decision to stick with Frank Lampard in 1996 is amazing (h/t):
