http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/kei-kamara-dons-the-gorilla-suit.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/kei-kamara-dons-the-gorilla-suit.html#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:16 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/kei-kamara-dons-the-gorilla-suit.html This takes down February’s best footy related video award easily. Kei Kamara of the Kansas City Wizards dons the gorilla suit for a series of pranks during a set of real or staged interviews. It doesn’t really matter – it’s all awesome. It is also very likely Cyprion Hedrick wet his pants. ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/kei-kamara-dons-the-gorilla-suit.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-your-new-highlight-reel-meme.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-your-new-highlight-reel-meme.html#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:36:44 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-your-new-highlight-reel-meme.html Being asked if I’d seen the Honey Badger virals, I knew not what was about to hit the screen. Some YouTubing later, I get it. It’s like The Birdcage meets National Geographic. This has the potential to become a nauseatingly overdone meme for sports videos on par with the Hitler reactions which have ruined a [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-your-new-highlight-reel-meme.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/david-beckham-like-a-fine-wine.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/david-beckham-like-a-fine-wine.html#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:57:57 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/david-beckham-like-a-fine-wine.html In case you’ve been longing to be reminded of how rich and desired David Beckham remains, fret not: he’s still the business. Or he still is business. And the business keeps building and building despite the rings on the tree growing and growing. His endorsement income is now up 30% from last year, despite coming [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/david-beckham-like-a-fine-wine.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-silly-seasons-just-begun.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-silly-seasons-just-begun.html#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:17:08 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-silly-seasons-just-begun.html It’s September 9th and you’ve just wound down from the summer of silly, anxiously anticipating some rumor-free weekdays and some actual, ya know, football. You’re in for a world of hurt: David Beckham is a free agent and his contract runs up at the end of the year. This won’t be pretty. It matters not that he’s 36 [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-silly-seasons-just-begun.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-pomp-of-a-little-impact.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-pomp-of-a-little-impact.html#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:21:47 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-pomp-of-a-little-impact.html The Montreal Impact, ready to join MLS in the year 2012, should the whole damn thing not come tumbling down, unveiled their new crest with the single most unnecessary pomp and circumstance in the history of crest unveilings. Which is actually quite nice and spans beyond the scope of MLS. However, it reminds of a haircut. [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-pomp-of-a-little-impact.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/juan-pablo-angels-son-an-angels-son.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/juan-pablo-angels-son-an-angels-son.html#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:11:32 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/juan-pablo-angels-son-an-angels-son.html Too easy. Juan Pablo Angel is one of those guys who’s good at his trade, but not one you’d instantly expect to produce a footballing reincarnation of Jesus like you would, say, Kun Aguero and his wise yet worrying evolutionary use of the Maradona DNA. (Epic dribbler with the ball, epic dribbler from the mouth after [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/juan-pablo-angels-son-an-angels-son.html/feed 5 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-a-dive.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-a-dive.html#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:11:10 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-a-dive.html What is it with feel-good stories and their propensity for swaying public opinion back closer to indifference with their diving antics? Eduardo dove three steps back in the court of public opinion after his catastrophic leg break and now Charlie Davies, the nature of his accident far more substantial, seems to be doing what he [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/this-is-a-dive.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-bestest-goal-of-2011-472.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-bestest-goal-of-2011-472.html#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:59:55 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-bestest-goal-of-2011-472.html There’s every chance you’ve seen this goal already, no matter your country of origin. Doesn’t really matter – you should see it again. SBNation (crisis…) calls it the best goal in MLS history. Perhaps it’s the best thing to ever come out of the MLS as well. Jozy Altidore’s Wikipedia page nods silently. ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/the-bestest-goal-of-2011-472.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/david-beckham-celebrates-underwear-line-with-a-mansion.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/david-beckham-celebrates-underwear-line-with-a-mansion.html#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 15:06:01 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/david-beckham-celebrates-underwear-line-with-a-mansion.html David Beckham’s summer rental is better than your summer rental. Which you already knew. Unless you can top a $27m Malibu beachfront palace, that is. Which he can apparently afford based on his upcoming line of mens underwear, which comes with a strategically placed sock. (Unverified, but undoubtedly true – and feel free to search [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/david-beckham-celebrates-underwear-line-with-a-mansion.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/chad-ochocinco-coming-to-an-mls-team-near-you-if-youre-in-kansas-dorothy.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/chad-ochocinco-coming-to-an-mls-team-near-you-if-youre-in-kansas-dorothy.html#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:51:01 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/chad-ochocinco-coming-to-an-mls-team-near-you-if-youre-in-kansas-dorothy.html Chad Ochocinco, né Johnson, is one of the most thoroughly entertaining athletes in American sports, as typically – typically – he does so without being a complete ass about it. The type of guy every sport could use, really, even if he does have a touch of diva (well – NFL wide receiver). And he wants [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/chad-ochocinco-coming-to-an-mls-team-near-you-if-youre-in-kansas-dorothy.html/feed 0