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Friday Link-Up
The dominant news topic of the last forty-eight hours has been the 2018/2022 World Cup bid presentations and the eventual selection of Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) to host those tournaments. The Bent Musket isn’t really a forum for me to express my opinions on that decision, but I’ll...
WCC Preview: Kansas City at Houston
I want to pick the Wizards to win here.I really do.But I just don't see it happening. You see, I've had some success in the past when picking the teams that no one else is picking. And that's what the Wizards are here. No one is picking them to beat Houston. And that's because they probably...
MLS Cup Preview
I'll be there today with my DC United scarf and University of Maryland blanket, cheering on the Revs for one final day.Houston is a good balanced team, that doesn't rely on just one player to make a difference, but I think it will be the Brian Ching injury that makes a difference today. These are...
MLS Cup in review
After 195 regular season games, 517 goals, and 3 rounds of playoffs, we have the same Cup champion as last year (Houston), the same runner up as last year (New England), and the same Supporter's Shield winner as last year (DC). Why did they even bother having a season?And none of those three teams...
Waiting by the phone
If I get a call later tonight and am asked to be the new General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, here is the list of players I will select (assuming I can negotiate myself a reasonable starting salary...)GK: Kevin HartmanDEF: Alex Zotinca, Ryan Cochrane, Brandon PrideauxMID: Kyle Martino, Ned...
Senior roster appears set
At least it appears that way as far as I see. Goff told us this morning that David Blumer and Josh Gardner would not be offered contracts by the club. So if you look back at this post, you'd realize that there are only 18 players left who I've considered as being in competition for the 18 senior...
Out West
Seems to be a stark difference between the East and West in terms of the changes that sweep through each conference each season. DC, New England, and Chicago seem to be in contention every year in the East. But in the West, there's one team at the top, and then there's everyone else beating each...
What we missed
So I spent a week away on business, and cruising the college bars at IU (Has anyone else played "Sink the Biz"? Great fun. And probably the easiest way to get random girls to come over and drink with you.) In anticipation of tonight's home leg of the Ben Cup against RSL, I figured I'd take a quick...
Still not discouraged
To finish in last place in the tournament that we all had charted as our lowest priority this year isn't exactly a tragedy. It's a little bit disheartening, but not discouraging. Because I think the team played quite well, considering our current injury status and packed schedule. And I also think...
Raining on the parade
This was the first non-Open-Cup game of the season that I didn't see either in person or on tv, and that's probably a good one. Because aside from maybe the match at RSL early in the year, this was easily DC's worst performance yet. I should have taken the Fullback approach and prepped for this...
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