Daily Dose 3.31.08

You know, after some of the (coughstarbuckscough) shit I've been subject to lately, I'd gladly pay that much for a decent espresso.

Of that billion dollars, though, does 20% go to Beckham? 25? But, yeah, I agree that the on-field product is vastly better than it was five years ago.

For the past few years now it seems like every year in MLS just gets better and better. The on field product and off field product just keeps getting better and better.

And in the past 5 years there's just been such staggering investment (by my rough estimate nearly a billion dollars) between stadiums, TV contracts, league sponsors and expansion fees that there's such a secure feeling that MLS is here to stay.

Delightful. Germany vs. Berti in the WC qualies. Azerbaijan seems about his speed ... expectations are nice and low. If he can get them up in the top 100 teams in the world, he'll be a national hero. Yeah, good fit.