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"(The American) is always in the mood to move on ... He is devoured with a passion for movement, he cannot stay in one place; he must go and come, he must stretch his limbs and keep his muscles in play. When his feet are not in motion, his fingers mu...

Sorry about that. I dropped my pen. It's been a funny few weeks with Hurricanes, snowstorms, Beckhams, and playoffs in my part of the world, not to mention the three days I spent in a darkened room as I processed the concept of Gerard Butler as a ...

What's my relationship status with MLS? It's complicated. I'd like to tell you that ever since I became a supporter of the league, when it kicked off in 1996, I've remained loyal to it. But I haven't. And many American soccer fans probably have a sim...

Sunday night, the L.A. Galaxy gathered in the cold rain on a stage on Century Link Field, amid a chorus of boos from the remaining Seattle Sounders fans, waiting to receive the trophy as the MLS Western Conference champions. They had just beaten the ...

Owing to a stupid clause inserted into the Designated Player's MLS contract while I was busy browsing real estate listings — mainly for penthouses without views of the shacks my Grantland teammates are kept in — I apparently have to "part...

Sometimes there's a man — I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero? — but sometimes there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here. Sometimes there's a man who, well, he's the man for his time and place, he fits right in there —...

"Great question." I hear this phrase a few times in my interview with Nelson Rodriguez, the MLS executive vice president of competition, technical, and game operations ("anything that happens inside the white lines") in his office at MLS headquart...

The Paralympics have begun, and that means that there will be several hundred hours of sports being streamed live on the official Paralympic website. The likelihood is that most of these events will be unfamiliar to you, and there's no way that you c...

In January 1992, when I was 11 years old, I piled into my travel soccer coach's conversion van with a bunch of teammates and set out from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to watch the U.S. National Team play the Commonwealth of Independent States (better known a...

With 20 minutes left in Wednesday night's game at Vancouver and the Galaxy down 2-0, L.A. coach Bruce Arena decided to put in Jose Villarreal. It would only be Villarreal's second professional appearance. The 18-year-old, one of L.A.'s two "Homegrown...

Were you too busy watching Vince Young win on Sunday night to catch MLS action? Yeah, us too. So we asked the Men in Blazers to take this one for us. In this cross-country e-mail exchange, Michael Davies and Roger Bennett walk you through last night'...

Here's your guide to all of this weekend's best soccer action from around the globe. Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund Where: Allianz Arena When: Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EST What's At Stake: The Bundesliga? Sort of! First-place Bayern welcome d...

The return leg of the Western Conference semifinal playoff series between the New York Red Bulls and Los Angeles Galaxy is easily the most interesting game that will be played in the history of the league (11 pm EST, ESPN2). I know you might be tired...