Max Zeger
Max Zeger is a soccer writer living in Baltimore, Maryland. He also writes a blog at http://YanksSoccer.com/ His favorite clubs are Chelsea, and Everton. He also is a proud supporter of the USA national team.
Twitter: More Reliable than the BBC?
Oh, Inverted World! Besides being my favorite Shins Album, it’s how I’m feeling about Twitter. Allow me to explain. I’m on twitter. I use it to connect with friends, colleagues, and American footballers who by and large are willing to have frequent interchanges with you on Twitter. One such person I have had conversations with is…
The Latino Factor: The Gateway to American Footballing Success
From a far off view, the MLS comes off as a far inferior league. A league that is not worthy to talk about if David Beckham is not involved. The attendance is modest, and the salary cap limits the quality of play. These are just realities that the league and its fans deal with….
MLS Week 5: Reality check for Sounders as Dallas, Red Bulls and Dynamo score first wins
Is the MLS the most balanced football league in the world? Why does the Galaxy insist on building teams around a single player? Will Seattle recover their grove? All this and more in our MLS weekly review.
D.C. United 1-2 Chivas – The Lights Go Out on D.C. United, Literally
2008 SuperLiga Group A: D.C. United 1-2 Chivas Ed.’s Note: The match report is from Saturday night’s North American SuperLiga Group A match, but technical difficulties delayed the posting of the report. The atmosphere at D.C. United’s RFK Stadium was one of a kind, with 22,453 fans in attendance for the teams’ first SuperLiga match….
MLS 2008 Power Rankings: Week 15
There were six games spread over this holiday weekend culminating in an exciting double header. Only DC and Toronto didn’t play, making the potential for a lot of movement. We saw 9 out of 14 teams switch positions and with Superliga coming up, teams needed to make these last games count.
MLS Power Rankings: Week 14
7 games and much to think about. Week 14 highlighted the equality of MLS quite clearly. Each team receives 2.2 million dollars in cap space so naturally, teams will be relatively even. This was evident in Week 14. Six out of 7 games were ties or one goal wins. Because there are no teams that…
Germany: The Real Victors in Turkey’s Win
German coach Joachim Low is grinning. He will face Turkey in the semi-final of the Euro’s, not Croatia. Turkey pounced on a strong Croatia team to steal victory in miraculous fashion. Croatia thought they had won, but the last play of the game and penalties doomed the Croats to an early exit. Turkish fans are…
The US are ready for their World Cup Qualifiers
When you think of USA vs. Argentina, the first thing that might come to your mind is ‘demolition’ or ‘crushing defeat’. As an avid US Soccer fan, those were the words I was hoping wouldn’t have to be thought about, talked about, whispered, anything at all. To my surprise, I turned on the Tivo to…
Jack Warner, Unethical or Savvy?
Jack Warner is the President of Concacaf, Vice-President of FIFA, and one of the sketchiest businessmen you could encounter. His questionable ethics when it pertains to advancing his own self-interest and that of Trinidad & Tobago are legendary.
Top 10 Premier League Transfers in 2007-2008
A manager’s success is directly tied to the players he recruits, so naturally, the manager needs to make his money count. Clubs always have reservations about making money available to their manager, especially when players like David Nugent are bought for £6 million, but these ten buys were truly divine.
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