Footcer Red, Footcer Blue, It's All Good

It's a good day today as far as footcer goes so everyone join me in the greatest chant ever in Major League Soccer...

WHO THE FUCK IS D.C. UNITED
D.C. UNITED, D.C. UNITED
WHO THE FUCK IS D.C. UNITED
D.C. UNITED, WHO?



We're going to the U.S. Open Cup finals, baby!

FIRE, FIRE, FIRE, FIRE, GO!

After the bit of uncomfortableness that was the quarterfinal match between my two favorite teams, this U.S. Open Cup run could not have been scripted better. Now that D.C. United is dispatched, the final opponents...ONLY THE GALAXITIVES!

The hated, hated L.A. Galaxy.

So the Fire polished off Freddy Adu (who now, apparently, wants to be introduced as Fred since he's the second coming of the Grown Ass Man) and now who's the opposition standing between the Men In Red and the cup - LANDON DONOVAN!

For the team of no names to go through two of the biggest names in the league (not even to mention DempseyJosephTwellman) to life the U.S. Open Cup for the first time in three years couldn't even be scripted.

Of course L.A.'s got their own script (which is fitting since it is L.A.) as they're going for a repeat. But, who cares, our story's better! :)

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And here's a bonus entry with my reflections on the transfer deadline (originally on LiveJournal last Friday). It's been one of those weeks. :)

I you're still looking for an EPL team to follow, I think I have a recommendation for you...Manchester City.

There's one really good reason...

DAMARCUS BEASLEY SIGNED A LOAN DEAL TO GO TO MANCHESTER CITY FOR A YEAR FROM PSV

This is great! He's going to take up the spot currently "held" by Trevor Sinclair, about six years past his prime, and give Manchester City a needed boost of speed down the left. There hasn't actually been a really speedy player at Manchester City since Shaun Wright-Phillips left.

Now Beasley, besides simularity in appearance and stature is no Shaun Wright-Phillips. But, you know there aren't many SWPs in the world. Beasley should give Manchester City new attacking options besides Joey Barton (and Darius Vassell and Giorgio Samaras when they decide to show up).

Meanwhile Andy Cole will be playing for Pompey. Curses to Pompey! If they're not getting Manchester City players involved in police investigations, they're stealing them!

It's not just excitement about another Yank footcerler playing in the EPL, this is excitement about my favorite U.S. international joining my second favorite Premiership team. Now of course this is the transfer that matters to me most but it was a fascinating international transfer window closing day - though aren't they all.

The only thing that would have made it more interesting would have been a big-time MLS transfer. But that's asking way too much given the current situation.

Other notes:

What is up with the Everton to Wigan train? I don't mean the real one that probably exists between Liverpool's blue end and the city of the pier, but the player one. It's getting a little bit ridiculous when Kevin Kilbane hops it. It's a sideways transfer.

Spaking of Wigan, Pascal "The Answer To Everything" Chimbonda transferred out of there to Tottenham. Spurs have to stop making these good moves! They also got Steed, who apparently wanted them to get if no one else. In money plus player, Fulham got Wayne Routledge on loan (with a relatively reasonable buyout clause). The move means that a certain Canadian international has probably seen his last significant time in the EPL. It will be good to see Tomasz Radzinski finishing out his career as FC Toronto's captain. I won't even boo him that hard when they play Chicago Fire.

Speaking of CONCACAF, Dwight Yorke decided the A-League isn't even as good as MLS and was bought up by Sunderland for 200,000 pounds. He would have been better off sticking in the Australian league.

Middlesbrough ended up getting their man in Robert Huth. He was the major competition for their affections with Oguchi Onyewu. Huth went for 6 million. If that kind of money were offered for Gooch, Standard Liege would have told him that it had been fun, but that it was over.

But, of course, there's only one transfer that really mattered - CARLOS TEVEZ TO WEST HAM. Now I know you're saying "what the fuck?" if you know about footcer. Basically this guy is among the top five prospects in the entire world (if not the #1) and he was pretty unhappy playing in the Brazilian league. All of these Champions League caliber teams were begging his current team Corinthians to sell him. And who gets him? A UEFA Cup team - and that was by default. Apparently they're about to be bought by a sugar daddy who can pay for the Argentine. Still, it's possibly the most shocking transfer since Beasley to PSV mid-season in the middle of a playoff hunt. Well that's all corrected now. :)