Top Ten Reasons I Should’ve Played Soccer

10. two words: orange wedges

9. you can yell at the referees all you want and they never do anything about it

8. two more words baby: SNOT ROCKET!!!

7. Soccer squads have the best nicknames

Crazy Gang … La Maquina … and my personal favorite Cabbage and Ribs …

6. You can be a regular sized human being and still play the game at the highest level

5. Soccer boots are way hotter these days than basketball shoes - soccer cleats ARE the new basketball shoes, 195 bucks really!? the only problem is you cant wear them to kick it with some jeans…

4. Awesome fans and the stadiums are cathedrals - the chants, the singing, the toilet paper bombs.. i love it! i mean, i like going to the Staples Center more than anyone but England and Old Trafford, done and done

3. If you are really good .. .you can make a ton of money, be huge all over the world and be totally anonymous in America - unless you are Becks of course

2. If you play your cards right, and you are good enough… you get to live in Europe after high school and don’t have to go to college

1. WAGS - This is the whole reason for this post… NBA and NFL get attractive girls, but euro soccer stars change girls like its going out of style … if i gotta see one more post of Cristiano with his shirt off and some hott topless chick I’m going to go crazy

Carly Zucker - Joe Cole … I’m going to say that Joe Cole is the winner in my book! what do you think?

Awesome…

Thanks for the link Casey.

As I’m sitting here watching the SuperLiga match between DC United vs Atlante, I was reminded of a conversation that I had last Thursday with a friend.

Hypothetical questions -

1. If you had a guy that scored 30 times in 44 matches at the highest level in the states, would you call him up to the US National Team?  I’d say so.

2. What if his team won the 2007 Supporter’s Shield, he won the Golden Boot and was named to the Best XI?  Again, yes.

3. 10 goals and 2 assists in 15 matches in 2008?  Yes one more time.

4. What if his name was Luciano Emilio and he hasn’t been capped by Brazil?  Hmmmmmm, now it’s become interesting hasn’t it. 

At 29 years of age, Emilio would be more of a David Regis type of player (think 1998 World Cup) rather than a Thomas Dooley type of player (meaning time line, not positioning) when it comes possible citizenship status.

The guy’s proven that he can score goals throughout stops in Germany, Spain, Honduras and now the United States.

Imagine Bob Bradley having a guy like Emilio at his disposal during World Cup Qualifying.  Add in Donovan, Altidore, Dempsey, Johnson and Ching….

Just a random thought.

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Everyday I read through a ton of different sites looking for new info and what not. Every once in awhile I check in over at Baller House and see what they have going on.  About once a week or so they will put some houses up on the site that are for sale and that come with some serious price tags. The houses are usually in incredible locations around the world and are some on other level type houses. Today I came across this house on their site that is on the market for $7.5 million and is up Beechwood Canyon not far from Lake Hollywood.  The crazy thing for me about this house is I went to a party there a few years back with my boy Ray. While at the party, we saw our friends Ima Robot perform and got to drink some burgundy with E-40 while getting a lesson in his own unique vocabulary. The party was off the hook and the house was unforgettable. If you have an extra $7.5 million and are looking for an incrdible house to throw parties at, this might be for you.

[Via BallerHouse]

Early Sunday morning I headed to Burbank Airport to pick up Dunny. He did the RSL v San Jose game on Saturday and got to spend some quality time with his wifey’s fam back in SLC. When I went to pick him there was a massive fire at the Universal Studios lot and these are a couple images. There were fire trucks, ambulances and police cars everywhere. We even saw a super old school looking paramedic truck which reminded us of the TV show which I actually think might have been filmed on the Universal lot.

With the huge fire going on, the park stayed open and the MTV Awards still went on. Our boy Ray was actually at the MTV Awards so I’ll see if I can get a little insider info about what it was like with a massive fire right around the corner from the awards show.

This guy, Abdolhadi Mirhejazi of Dubai, built a true Horse Powered Treadmill Auto that runs solely on the energy produced from a horse walking.

It does have a battery included that is usable, but that’s only if Abdolhadi starts to have a conscience and decides to give the horse a break.

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I gotta say I never saw this one coming. Lil Jon, best known for his crunktastik hit songs, the signature yell and his own energy drink, “Crunk”, has entered the wine game. Lil Jon has set up Little Jonathan Winery and as you can see above, there will be a Chardonnay, Merlot and a Cabernet. For those of you that would like to toast the good life from a pimp chalice, this might be your best bet. Cheers.

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So I just got this E-mail from one of my boys, Hercules Gomez (he’s gonna be doing some stories with us very soon) and I had to put this out there because this has been such a huge song, especially for a 17 year old.  He even had Natalie Portman doing his dance on TRL the day after his this song was featured on Entourage.

“Subject: The real meaning of Souljah Boy (Superman) ?

(I knew there was a reason I didn’t like that song…)

Just passing along a little F.Y.I.

  I wanted to pass this information on, I didn’t know if anyone else was as behind on things as I was. Thanks to Tom Joyner’s show recently with Kirk Franklin I was enlightened.

 Kirk Franklin said he did not let his children listen to the song Souljah Boy because of the words and the meaning of Superman.

  With that information I needed to find out exactly what superman meant other than the super hero. I google searched Urban Dictionary and put the word in and this is what I discovered:

         Superman is when a guy cums or ejaculates on a girl’s back and puts a sheet on her back.

        When she wakes in the morning and stands up, the sheet is stuck to her back (like a cape),

         you have officially supermanned that hoe. 

             As in the lyrics:“Watch Me crank dat Souljah Boy now superman dat hoe”.