—by Garrett Dittfurth

This is huge people. We have committed to the largest project we've ever done. We can do this with all of your help. We need to engage the community and need all of you. Real talk. This is huge.

I can't argue with any of this. It's a pretty big honor to end up in a list with these teams. Mike Golub needs to be called out in a good way. He is as top notch as they come. We are lucky to have him working for the club. He is a top notch guy and is nothing but a service to the club. He is a guy that will rarely get the praise he deserves because he constantly works behind the scenes. I may poke a lot of fun in these blurbs because it is meant as entertainment but Mike Golub is a gem. We really couldn't be luckier to have him here. All credit to Merritt for making an incredible hire and hopefully Mike is with the club long term. He is genuine and someone that gets it. We couldn't be luckier.

Bruce Lee was suspended for an extra game. Despite the efforts of the FO to award him save of the week for the karate kick of the year it isn't exactly the same competition. I imagine there was some consternation from the digital media team this week as they couldn't produce a mediocre save to set the masses on to vote for (I kid FO if there were an award for karate kicks he would win). To them I give them this music video, which I imagine won't go over well. Guys guys guys...at least you get to nominate him for karate kick of the year! That's an award right!!!

(I guarantee you they're laughing at this but they can't say anything publicly)

Daniel Winthrow joined the club from the MLS keeper pool. Andrew Weber will be starting and Jake Gleeson is apparently still not MLS quality so he's on loan. I hear Josh Saunders is available. Last time he took over for Ricketts the Galaxy won back to back MLS championships (I kid guys because I love).

Valid point raised from the guys at Stumptownfooty. So we have a lot of players who are very good and all like to play in the middle of the field rather than in the wings. It's sort of hard to argue after watching the pre-season and first few games seeing everyone drifting to the center. Could be a tough year if it doesn't get sorted soon.

Want to have a laugh? This makes me laugh. I guess they could pull it off. But it's crazy funny considering the human rights and gay rights record in Texas against the one in Qatar. I guess they don't just straight execute people in Texas so that's a step up...right...RIGHT?

It's a good question. Can MLS get past European soccer viewing?

The new stadium in Orlando made some progress. Looks like a good destination to start planning for in 2015. Kennedy Space Center is a pretty cool side trip...my 14 year old self just sayin'....

To say interesting doesn't even cut it on this one. I don't even want to pretend this is me being a fan of the Timbers. As a fan of the league I'd straight up call bullshit on this if it happens. In order for it to happen they have a few scenarios possible. They have to magically make Ozzy Alonzo a non-DP. I'm sure the league can magically come up with a rule to make it happen. Of course that would mean Seattle gets 4 DPs...but there would be some magic rule making Alonso a non-DP somehow cause they aren't going to lose the best defensive mid in the league for this. They may have a rule somewhere but much like the Clint Dempsey signing they might not tell us it exists until after it happens. The other possibility is they "magically" find another club willing to take on Obafemi Martin's terrible contract to get it off their books. Don't think this won't happen. Last I checked Chicago was the last sucker to take Freddie Llungberg and Alvaro Fernandez off Seattle's hands so they could sign a bigger free agent DP. Why is this important? When big clubs make decisions they regret so far they get to pass their regret off to other clubs. Recently Toronto just passed Matias Laba off to Vancouver when they signed some more DPs with bigger names. If you're going to sign a DP teams need to own it. If they sign an aging veteran that has a name but can't perform then tough shit. Can you tell I am passionate about this? Contracts are contracts and just because a league wants their biggest clubs to look good on television doesn't give them credibility. At least the NBA doesn't reward mismanagement on the contract side. If they did the Knicks would be coasting their way to their 15th championship in the last 20 years. The NBA grew because clubs like San Antonio were able to be a smart mid-market club that made great decisions.

I have to give them props for keeping the league afloat during some dark years but its about time they got called out. Since Jorge Vergara was run out of Chivas the Krafts are actually the worst owners in the league. Do something...anything...act like you care for the good of everyone or find someone that does care and sell.

Hey they won't fly you to Israel. It doesn't even exist to them. But they're now a league partner. Makes sense since they're basically blowing money on NYC2. They even do racial profiling as a part of their training. It does beg a certain question from MLS front brass that I guarantee Don Garber will never actually address. Simon Borg might actually yell about it though since he's good at that but it probably won't make any sense. Serious question to the brass at MLS HQ. What happened to your actual souls? Are they at a party in Dubai you just can't take yourselves out of?

So Arsenal is playing in the US for the first time since 1989. That's pretty cool and a good send off for Thierry Henry. Sort of begs the question as the American owner who also owns the Rapids doesn't have them playing there to promote the game...but the boss is the boss.

The Timbers play Dallas this weekend. Want to watch Darlington shred Dallas over the years? Well here is your opportunity. Let's hope he does it again.

Ok that's the blurb for the week. Have fun kids and please realize the sarcastic nature of most of my posts. Have a laugh and kid around a bit...except for that stuff about Ethihad. Some things aren't worth the money.