http://aaxi.blogsome.com The All-American XI Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:47:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is tempting to approach the final entry of the 2006 All-America XI column as we have most of the previous 28: wittily with a side of insight (at least, that’s how we see ourselves!). But after thinking about the final regular season weekend, we decided that a better ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/10/19/the-all-american-xi-week-29/ Don Garber sat as his desk, frozen in stunned silence. A league employee had just handed him and instant messenger transcript, captured from a PC at the offices of the Red Bulls that demanded his attention. But the right course of action wasn’t clear. The fear foremost in Garber’s mind: ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/10/13/the-all-american-xi-week-28/ Ah, that we would be preparing for a 16 team league next season! We aren’t that far from it having been reality. Toronto FC’s debut will make thirteen teams in our “national” league, and since we’ve had three MLS markets disappear in the past ten years, we ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/10/07/the-all-american-xi-week-27/ There comes a week every season where the AAXI staff has a hard time coming up with a full slate of eleven Yank players with whom to fill out a squad. In a way, it is amazing that we’ve made it this long in Season Eleven before encountering the ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/10/01/the-all-american-xi-week-26/ Some of the AAXI staff had the chance to catch ESPN2’s broadcast of Once In A Lifetime, the well received documentary of the heyday of the New York Cosmos. It was a fun way to spend the evening - more fun, some would argue, than the Revs-Red Bulls game ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/09/25/the-all-american-xi-week-25/ Believe it or not, the AAXI staff is not the first group to collaborate on a weekly soccer column focused all or in part on the American game. In fact, as difficult as it is for us to admit, this may not even be the finest collaborative soccer column ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/09/14/the-all-american-xi-week-24/ Some of the most pressing questions of American soccer fandom elude most of us. Interestingly, these pressing questions don’t include discussions of MLS moving to a European schedule, or whether or not MLS should adopt a single table, or how many teams should get in the playoffs. The ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/09/08/the-all-american-xi-week-23/ MLS on YouTube, Part Two: The Eastern Conference Last week we introduced those few of you who have never heard of it to YouTube, that wonderful website where fans of all sorts of pastimes can go to see video clips of their favorite performers, whoever or whatever they may be. ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/the-all-american-xi-week-22/ MLS on YouTube, Part One: The Western Conference You may have heard of it - apparently it’s quite popular these days - but there’s a place besides MLSNet where you can watch all sorts of MLS and MLS-related highlights. YouTube is a global phenomenon, and our corner of the soccer ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/08/25/the-all-american-xi-week-21/ Sometimes, the planets really do align for soccer in the USA in general and Major League Soccer in particular. At the same time that the Galácticos from Real Madrid were in the US to play a pair of exhibition games against MLS opposition, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) met ... http://aaxi.blogsome.com/2006/08/17/the-all-american-xi-week-19-20/