Hopped on a flight Saturday afternoon and headed east for the third stop (after previous qualifiers in San Diego and Brooklyn) on Puma’s Road To Tottenham 2010, this one being in Charlotte where the top two finalists in the U-15 boys group would head to the USA Cup in Blaine, Minnesota next July for the final six.

The winner of that tournament will earn an all expenses paid trip (18 players / 2 coaches) to White Hart Lane for a week of training, academy games and Tottenham’s Premiership home opener next August.

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Bounced around a bit last night…

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Checked in at the Fairmont Hotel (with a pretty damn good view of the Silicon Valley from the 19th floor) and well fed from a trip over to Gordon Biersch.  Game tomorrow night between the San Jose Earthquakes and the New York Red Bulls on FSC.

When the UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team takes on the Indiana Hoosiers tonight at Harder Stadium, they hope to draw the largest collegiate soccer audience in NCAA history….

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Just got back to the Denver Marriot City Center after a day of riding with the FSC crew (Los and Joe) at the Keystone Bike Park…. Incredible day and my body is killing me.

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“Eric Wynalda is back in broadcasting.”

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I came across this story about Tommy Smyth from our boy Spangler’s Twitter page. The story was written by Steven Wells for The Guardian and is called, “Is this the end for Tommy Smyth, possibly the most hated football commentator in history?” There are no doubts that every soccer fan in America that has listened to Tommy call a game has an opinion about him. Check out the full story to hear just how much some people don’t like him and if his days are numbered with ESPN losing the Champions League rights to FSC.

Quite possibly my favorite part of the entire article…

Crockatt is particularly appalled by Smyth’s brogue, which is as powerful now as when Smyth emigrated to the US in 1963. “In each of the years that he’s left County Louth, his accent has gotten stronger to such an extent that he’s now 94% angry leprechaun.”

While it’s been a few days since the news broke of Fox Soccer Channel’s pickup of next seasons UEFA Champions League, FSC Executive Vice - President and General Manager David Sternberg has announced some of the changes that you’ll see around the channel, including going to HD by the end of the year.

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