Beyond POV-FS - MLS Week in Review – Round 5 at Canadian Soccer News

    Review of this past weekend’s MLS action is up over at Canadian Soccer News, including a spotlight on Canadian Content and all the highlight videos one could ask for.

    Check it out.

Beyond POV-FS - Op-Ed: Interpreting Di Vaio’s Words On MLS at The Shin Guardian

    New piece up over at The Shin Guardian looking at Marco Di Vaio’s comments about MLS to La Gazzetto dello Sport from a while back, getting at what he meant, whether he was right, and if North American fans should care.

    Give it a read.

Rennie More Conciliatory This Time Around

    Having raised a fuss about his post-match comments last time around, it is only fair to recognize Vancouver Coach Martin Rennie’s more responsible approach this time around.

Refereeing in CONCACAF

    With Canada in the midst of a World Cup Qualifying campaign it’s only a matter of time before the age-old complaints about the standards of refereeing begin to rear their heads.

Quote of the DWW* Double Dose

     Benni McCarthy speaks his mind on Karren Brady and TSN - despite current efforts to engage the soccer public – let slip their old bias.

Quote of the DWW*

     Today: A double dose of quotations.

     Firstly, Mr. Schaad puts his finger on something I’ve been thinking all season long; the Toronto Sports Media are a bunch of cannibals. While, Mr. Lenarduzzi responds to the statement that BMO Field has lost some of its ferocious magic.

Quote of the DWW*

     On the realization of Tony Pulis’ cunning plan to transform his Stoke squad having secured their place in the Premier League for a fourth straight season.

Quote of the DWW*

    "We recognise that the failure to relocate the goalposts is a real own goal."

Quote of the DWW*

     Chris Pontius and Charlie Davies of DC United on the controversial penalty awarded to Davies in their weekend match against Real Salt Lake.

Quote of the D/W/W*

On LA’s decision to conceal that David would not be travelling with the squad to Colorado.

Thoughts? – Decipher the Blather

"When a Swiss farmer's neighbour has a cow while he has none, the less fortunate farmer will work twice as hard so that one day he can buy a cow as well. When another farmer, elsewhere, on an island, say, has no cow but his neighbour does, that farmer will kill the neighbour's cow out of sheer malice. I'd rather be a Swiss farmer, like it or not"  – Sepp Blatter, care of The Guardian’s Fiver.