Talking Thierry Henry, stadiums and U.S. players abroad

I usually leave the soccer aggregating up to this guy. How he finds the time while doting on that epic beard, I’ll never know – but he does.

But I wanted to call attention to a couple of Jim Dandies.

A lot of sites dish the dime on U.S. players abroad. But Avi Creditor’s report at SI.com is the bomb. Check it out. If the others are fish and chips, this one is high-dollar sushi.

Since some of you have written to say they enjoy my tactical columns, and since there’s so much content on MLSSoccer these days that looking for any one, single piece is harder than looking for a virgin in biker bar, I’ll make it easy for you. Here is yesterday’s piece on Thierry Henry and his positioning with Red Bull New York. 

I keep telling people that Portland is going to rock when it gets on board in MLS next year. Vancouver, too. But today I’m talking about Portland. Why? Because nobody in Vancouver wrote a great piece like this one, explaining why soccer rocks and baseball … uh … just read for yourself.

 And finally, stadium porn! Oh, how I love me some stadium porn. The goodies on parks in planning from Houston and from Portland. (The Portland link is a link to Bruce's DuNord site ... you have to scroll down to "MLS Stadiums.")