Portland Timbers vs Chicago Fire – 10pm Tonight ESPN2

Jack Jewsbury in Springfield, MO 2006

Happy belated birthday to Jack Jewsbury who turned 30 yesterday (Wednesday April 13th). Captain of the Portland Timbers, he’ll lead them onto the national stage tonight when they play their first home game at the newly christened JELD-WEN Field. Chicago (1-1-1) comes into the game after a loss at Seattle on Saturday. Portland (0-2-1) got [...]

Interview With Jeremy Alumbaugh, Springfield SC Director of Operations

Jeremy Alumbaugh

I spent some time with Jeremy Alumbaugh, Director of the Springfield SC for the past six years. For those who missed the earlier announcement, Alumbaugh is headed for Collinsville IL where he is now responsible for the St Louis Scott Gallagher Metro Academy U18 team. That’s a mouthful and I’m going to dive into those [...]

Jack Jewsbury And Kansas City Wizards Update

Nice little feature ad that is screening on cable in the KC area. I neglected to post anything earlier this week but Jack just had a birthday, Monday April 13th. As he notes in the ad, he’s in his 7th year with the Wizards and one of the benefits is that family and friends can [...]

Chivas USA Signs Zach Thornton

Dang. Chivas plays tonight on HDnet at 7:30 pm and I’m planning on catching the game at Coester’s in the hopes of seeing Lance Parker in goal. The Wizards game kicks off at 6:30 pm, in DC. I thought it might be his turn after Dan Kennedy’s outing last week against the New England Revolution [...]

Lance Parker!

Somehow I missed the fact that MLS now has a YouTube channel. Low quality video (YouTube sucks that way) but plenty of choice. Here’s the video of Chivas USA vs Pachuca back on July 13th when Lance got the start in the 2-1 loss. Plenty of action, and plenty of opportunities for the Spanish language [...]

Missouri Science & Technology Miners Sign Seven To Mens Team

The Missouri S&T men’s soccer team has added seven individuals to its roster to play for the Miners for the 2008 season. The newcomers for next season are as follows: J.J. BILYEUS, a 5-10, 150-pound defender from Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Mo.: Bilyeu earned all-metro honors in the St. Louis area, [...]