http://www.notabbott.com/soccer/ It seems that everyone who writes about soccer is obligated to give their column some sort of clever little soccer term as a title. I think there's a law or something. At the very least, I wouldn't want to anger the gods of soccer tradtion before they even see what I have to say, so I give you some weekly, perhaps some bi-weekly, thoughts on the Chicago Fire, MLS, and points beyond. en-us Maybe the Washington Post includes AP stories about English football all the time, but this is one of the first... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004327.shtml Seeing as how he always seems to have big games against Chicago, why couldn't DC United midfielder Fred get injured... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004312.shtml Or across the Galaxy. Whatever. Can we have Adrian Healy (sp?) call all of our matches? Pretty please? Some of... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004311.shtml Passing this along mostly without comment, but I get the feeling the Supporters Groups thought escalating the matter with the... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004286.shtml There's a reason I don't call these liveblogs. I don't know the result of this one yet, but New England... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004275.shtml Kenn is thinking the same thing I'm thinking about the SuperLiga final. With only two countries participating, they had to... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004263.shtml Okay, it was either liveblog the game or go see The Dark Knight by myself. If we look like crap,... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004260.shtml Ives is reporting Chad Barrett, a draft pick and allocation money for Brian McBride, along with a contingency if Barrett... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004258.shtml I don't think I posted anything about it, but a while back, Frank Klopas seemed to be relying on "Toronto... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004252.shtml Snubbing potential Fire All-Stars just once apparently wasn't good enough. Steve Nicol had to go and do it again, passing... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004251.shtml The "coach's picks" for the All-Star Game have been announced, and no additional Fire players were added, despite defenders Gonzalo... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004243.shtml So after coming up with another song idea, on Saturday I decided it was time to revisit Section 8 for... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004242.shtml I'm going to go out on a limb and say that, if the Fire keep Chris Rolfe at forward as... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004240.shtml Lots of talk about Blanco going nuts at in the Fire's Open Cup loss to D.C. United the other day.... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004237.shtml I'm amused by the sudden glut of articles -- Kristian Dyer's among them -- that are starting to wonder about... http://www.notabbott.com/archives/soccer/004236.shtml