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Did anyone watch Michael Phelps and the rest of the Olympic swimming team last night handle their business? USA is on a tear in the Olympics and now have more medals than any other country.

But the one that excites me the most of course is the Men’s soccer team having a chance to advance from a round where nobody thought they had a chance. And what a BS call against Stuart Holden in injury time to let Holland get the equalizer on Sunday, I was screaming at my television at 7am waking up the neighbors. Dissapointing since we could have advanced with the win.

So now we need to get at least a tie against Nigeria and we will be without Freddy Adu (who was on FIRE againt Holland) and Michael Bradley (who has been dissapointing dating back to the friendlies against Spain, England, and Argentina… he seems to be a standout in the dutch league because the pace of play is slower, not so sure he’s ready for the EPL). So here is the formation I think Nowak will field:

—————Guzan———-

–Wynne—–Parkhurst–Edu——–Orozco

Rogers—Klejstan—-Holden—–Szetela–

———-Altidore—Mchead———-

Hopefully Mcbride can step his game up and Altidore can show what he’s amde of as well. Jozy might not be 100% but sometimes you have to suck it up. Orozco has been dissapointing as of late and Wynne has completely outplayed him on the other side. I am hoping for a big game from him, he played well in qualifyers and is capable of a lot more.

I am also really looking forward to lunch with the Microsoft folks later this week. Hopefully I’ll have enough energy after waking up at the buttcrack of dawn tomorrow morning to see our boys advance to the next round. USA!!

I’m sitting here bored at work doing more busy work, so I decided to make this post. Here are the top 5 hottest women soccer players in my opinion:

5. Natasha Kai

True or false: she would probably whoop me in a fight:

True.

But she has style, and I’m a sucker for tats. Orange Mercurials with the MATCHING HEADBAND? Hot. But Natasha, please

Don’t mix and match any more!

4. Tina DiMartino

I’ve seen her in person and can’t really find any pics that do her justice, but here are two that come somewhat close:

3. Leslie Osbourne

Leslie is obviously very flexible and passionate.

Here is a pic of her out of her work clothes last year at the Women’s World Cup.

2. Heather Mitts

That’s right. I have her 2nd, and I’m sure I’ll catch some grief over it. But I’ll get over it. Heather, if you’re reading this, I can make it up to you. Dinner and a walk on the beach? Or maybe a kick around?

1. Hope Solo

I only need 1 pic. With a long sleeve gk jersey on. She. is. HAWT.

Agree with my choices? Disagree?

Okay so apparently Dominic Cervi’s trial with Portsmouth has ended and he wasn’t offered a contract. Shocker.

His only claim to fame right now is that he had a tial with Celtic. He refuses to sign with an MLS club after Chicago drafted his rights and apparently thinks he can just jump straight to Europe without putting any time in.

Hey dude, guess what. You’ve made 0 caps and only 2 u-23 appearances. You were second-team All-American. Put your time in at Chicago and grow up. Summer’s almost over and just because you’re 6′6″ doesn’t mean you’re the next “big” thing.

This is a problem in America right now, guys aren’t willing to put in the work at MLS or USL for 2 or 3 years because the pay is crap and think they can just jump overseas. Goalkeepers dont even hit their prime until 26-27 so what’s the hurry??

It’s Friday, I aint got no job, I aint got sh… to do…

Oh wait, I do have a job. Damn. Oh well, at least today was another payday. I woke up to a replenished bank account, and please believe it will all be gone by the end of the weekend.

I stayed until 7 o’clock last night finishing that stupid project for my boss, and he wasn’t too impressed. “Bout time” was his response when I finally e-mailed it to him, which took me like 45 extra minutes because I had to go through and re-install Outlook. Oh Microsoft, can you make my job any more difficult?

He said he’ll have something new for me to work on today, and to just answer e-mails and make myself look busy until then.

So for the time being, did anyone catch the MLS all-star game last night? West Ham thinks they’ll challenge for a place in Europe this season, but they can’t keep Blanco’s fat ass from scoring? Scott Parker got used and abused on that goal, and Blanco looked like he was moving in slow motion.

How lazy has David Beckham become since he moved here? He just stands around and calls for the ball, and serves a few long balls and crosses. I think the fastest I saw him run was when he ran over to take free kicks and corners. I would like to see the amount of distance he covers every match, it’s probably close to 20 feet.

Dwayne De rosario played well also in front of his fellow Canadians, eh. Here’s a throwback pic of when he was at Richmond Kickers:

Hair for days.

I’m curious to see where Kenny Cooper ends up, but after listening to his interview, it sounds like he’ll be in Norway along with Clarence Goodson and Troy Perkins (and I think I’m forgetting someone? Ramiro Corrales was over at Bran but now he’s back in San Jose. Someone who moved from New England but isn’t doing so well, who the hell is it?). Even Edson Buddle has been rumored to be off to Norway; what a joke of a league MLS is turning into when guys would rather play in NORWAY than their own country.

Oh well, I’m going to monitor Yanks Abroad and other news sites for updates all day while my boss finds some busy work for me.