Check out the new Twitter Offices in San Francisco… Its written up that its a lot more space than the old offices, and its full of fun workspaces, a lot of “@” and “birds”, a dj booth, and a few quirky things. All of the pictures were pics taken and uploaded by twitter employees… Whats up with the vanity mirror in the can?

Check out many more pics after the jump….

Read the rest of this story…

LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has been named the 2009 Volkswagen MLS MVP for the first time in his career. Widely considered as the best American player ever, Donovan added to his 2009 awards after being named to the MLS Best XI and the winner of the 2009 AT&T Goal of the Year.

Donovan received the most votes in polling of MLS players, general managers, coaches and members of the media. FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham and New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph were the two other finalists for the award.

Read the rest of this story…

The Football Association of Ireland has called on FIFA to replay last night’s 2nd leg World Cup Qualifying Playoff against France and has officially lodged a complaint asking that the result be wiped clean after Thierry Henry’s admission that t was indeed a handball.

Read the rest of this story…

Respect the way Thierry Henry is handling this situation.

Definitely a no win situation for all involved.

Location: Home Depot Center; Carson, CA

Date: November 13, 2009

Courtesy: Eddie Montoya

To submit your photos of “Soccer in America” for inclusion in this series, email them to me directly at ben [ @ ] theoriginalwinger . [ com ]

When you think of people that are positively and forever changing the scope of soccer in the United States, Gino Rossetti might not be the first name that comes to mind. But he should be. See, Gino is the principal at architecture firm Rossetti, and they are responsible for designing and building three MLS stadiums (Home Depot Center, Toyota Park and Rio Tinto) and they have two more they are currently working on (Red Bull Arena and Union Field). With soccer specific stadiums being an intergral part of the future and success of MLS, Gino and his firm are having a huge impact with how we as Americans interact with the teams and the sport that we love and support. I was lucky enough to be able to sit down with Gino and Andrew Leeson from Rossetti to talk architecture, soccer, canopy roofs and the future of stadium design.

Hit the jump to see the second part of my conversation with Gino Rossetti. In case you missed it, here’s part one.

Read the rest of this story…