Mid-week Media Roundup

Steve Davis, the north Texas MLS correspondent, says The Dom may have to start considering changes if we don't start seeing results soon. "Dominic Kinnear has probably forgotten more about soccer than most of us could ever learn. As a player, he studied under Serbian-born tactician Bora Milutinovic. As an assistant, he apprenticed under Frank Yallop during the San Jose Earthquakes' first championship season." The gist: "It's clear that the Dynamo must do two things. One: Don't panic. Two: Prepare to panic ... if things don't turn around in the next two weeks."

The Dynamo website has some insight into a typical training day.

B-Fall suggests that the above article left out a creative adjective in the Waibel quote that concludes the article.

De La Hoya will be fighting in The Toolshed in Carson, CA, while the Dynamo are (hopefully) pummeling Chivas USA. De La Hoya will wear "forever orange" trim on his fighting gear.

Here's a fascinating interview with Ruud Gullit from The (London) Times. It provides some great insight into the soccer culture of the MLS and the US as compared to elsewhere. Some quotes:

• Best sound bite: "I can't play sexy football with this team at the moment because we are not ready for this."
• Standard English insight into US player development: "There is a huge difference between the very good players and some of the average players. The reason for this... is that young players are not being schooled in the way we do it in Europe...Here in the United States they play soccer in the schools and then college and they are 20 or 21 years old and they are coming to me, having been coached straight out of a book. None of these coaches has played at any kind of high level. In fact, if you were a World Cup-winner, if you had all of the medals but you didn't have the universal qualifications to teach, you could not get a coaching job at college level. This is a major limitation when these players come into the professional game and it means that I have to go back to basics with them..."
• Houston gets a mention, but only as a vehicle for Becks: "In the game against Houston, David was excellent, he worked hard, he set an example and he did everything I could ask of my captain...I couldn’t believe that people doubted him about his physical condition before England's game against France in Paris. You wouldn't doubt him if you saw him play against Houston."