DC United head coach Peter Nowak and Dynamo chief operating officer Chris Canetti are guests tomorrow night on the Soccer Hour starting at 7pm on 790AM radio the sports animal.
Nowak is back from a scouting mission in Brazil while Canetti will offer insight into the Dynamo youth development program plus the post Championship optimism that sourrounds the Houston Dynamo.
Also an update on the Soccer Game for Cancer Awareness and participants for the December 21st game at the Pin Oak Elementary School in Bellaire.
By the way Jim Rome was talking up his NCAA UCSanta Barbara Gauchos who won the NCAA Mens title this past weekend.
Iv’e always wondered about ‘Rome’ ever since he flew by me in his maroon porsche on the Twentieth Century Fox lot in LA.
I guess back in 98 Rome felt a bit privledged with the support of his ‘clones’. I once went on his show and he told me I would be welcome back in the ‘jungle’ but it has never happened. Maybe now that he is a soccer fan …………
Oh by the way someone explain the similarities of hockey and soccer to him, you can start with the common give and go, forechecking and high pressure in soccer, posession…Never mind this is too easy…..Giving props to hockey and can’t see the similarities…Just Rome’s schtick, keeping promoting soccer Jim it is appreciated.
Don’t suck, OUT!

Barcelona advanced in the Champions League this afternoon with a 2-0 win over Werder Bremen behind goals from Ronaldinho and Eidur Gudjohnsen in five minutes apart in the first half.
First impressions were that after alot of pre-game talk and hype how tentative Werder Bremen came out at the Nou Camp for a team that has been high on confidence.
Ronaldinho struck off a free kick in the 13th minute that once again reminds us of how silly it is for walls to jump. Ronaldinho smacked it underneath the wall.
A wall is designed to cover a portion of the goal and take options hopefully away not create them.
By jumping the Werder Bremen wall gave a world class player another option that Ronaldinho gratefully accepted by hitting his free kick underneath the wall past Tim Weise( who was excellent for Werder Bremen).
With his wall jumping Weise has to think about being beaten underneath the wall as well as over it.
A defensive wall is designed to take options away from a free kick taker, not add them.
I am from the school of make a free kick taker beat me with brilliance over a wall. Enough said about walls.
Five minutes later Eidur Gudjohnsen connected to make the Germans chase the game.
Improved performance notably from Brazilian Diego and Miroslav Klose along with Torsten Frings the rest of the game only exemplified a poor shaky start that could not be recovered from.
Your thoughts on the game?

A variety of newspapers and sources are saying that Jurgen Klinsmann will be the next U.S. National team coach. Some sticking points mentioned have been his association with Adidas (US Soccer is funded by Nike) control of team and salary which we have heard since the persistent rumor of the former German National team as the next U.S. coach came out of the World Cup . Klinsmann led Germany to the semi-finals.
Alot leans to him being the correct choice for U.S. Soccer:
1. Respect of players (he clearly had that with Die Mannschaft (German National team)
2. Ability to make the tough decision in the face of pressure (who was not impressed with Klinsmann and his press dealings with the country predicting failure during the 2006 World Cup, of course he will not have that level of pressure in the U.S. and he selected Jens Lehmann over Oliver Kahn prior to World Cup to diffuse the focus on the feuding goalkeepers)
3. Familiar with U.S. player (Klinsmann has lived in California and has worked with players in the U.S.)
4. The former striker is attack-minded and had an outstanding playing career. (Jose Mourinho of Chelsea and Arrigo Sacchi who coached Chelsea have proven that you don’t have to have been a top class player to be successful as a coach but Klinsmann was an amazing player.)
5. Willing to take risk. (He did it with Germany changing the system and mentality of players instilling confidence all the while for the World Cup in the face of a nation and as a player took risks….remember his move to Tottenham in England where he won over English fans, what about his move to Monaco. Oh and he likes to back-pack in the wilds.)
This was a man who stuck his sword in the ground in the face of a nation of pressure and stuck to his beliefs about how Germany should play. The rest was history during the 2006 World Cup, for me Germany was the real story not Italy’s triumph or Zidane’s monster mistake.
With this hiring Sunil Gulati already wins over U.S. Soccer fans.
Is Klinsmann the choice for you?