Weekend Dose 07.12.09

By: Laurie | July 12th, 2009

Some news to read as you watch Stuart Holden make the 92nd minute goal that kept the US from embarrassing themselves at the Gold Cup against Haiti.

Grant Wahl reveals that Beckham’s “people” wanted $1m for access to him, plus other tidbits about writing “The Great Beckham Experiment” (NYT Goal Blog)
And Beckham hits back at Donovan, calling Landon “unprofessional.” (Everybody grab some popcorn and pull up a chair to watch the Galaxy impode. Again) (MLS Daily)
One infected groupie, six Prem stars tested for HIV. Scary. (Who Ate All the Pies)
2009 MLS All-Ugly Team. (I don’t normally link to two posts from the same source, but this one from a few days back deserves a link — if only to allow you to personally experience the first time the words “David Beckham” and “ugly” have appeared in close proximity. Also be sure to check out the entertaining comments.) (Shep Messing in NYT Goal)
Play the Name Game for 2011 and beyond! (Whitecaps Offside)
Even the Vatican is calling out Real Madrid on their transfer spending. (Barcelona Offside)
Alternatively, if Real Madrid is truly the evil empire, how can they be so adorable in photos? (Real Madrid Offside)
More Italian clubs bite the dust (Italy Offside)

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Category: World Football

TOmmy Wong

I used to be a professional counter-strike player too.
Lee

What a beauty from Holden! More bright young American talent.

Oh yeah, it also feels good to be one of the links on the front page :)
Utku

im pretty sure everyone on the offside could provide better commentary than espn
Applesauce

I believe that everyone between the age of 22 and 27 was at one point a professional Counter-Strike player.
Utku

holden used to be a professional counter-strike player, i'm not kidding
John

That type of goal is something we're sorely lacking in the starting 11 of the NT. How many shots did Dempsey, Donovan, Bradley and Feilhaber take from distance that just soared over the goal? It's nice to see we have someone who knows how to shoot long distance. I think Holden has played well enough this tournament to be on the WC roster, hopefully he continues improving during qualifying!
Laurie

He's 23 and plays for Houston Dynamo, and the Gold Cup is his first USMNT tournament. It won't be his last, though. He's scored two goals so far.

What's funny is that he's Scottish-born. The anti-Rossi. :-)
Dave

Wow, what a fantastic strike! What's this Holden chap's story?