NEWS - From the Irony Department "Grown Ass Man" to Play for Video Game Team

The GAM in action. (Photo Credit: Seattle Sounders)

Former (we can call him that now, right) USMNT forward Eddie Johnson returned to Major League Soccer last week. The European (and almost Mexican) journeyman was selected by the Montreal Impact in an allocation draft only to be traded to the Seattle Sounders for Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle.


If Johnson can find his form the Sounders attack with Freddy Montero could be one of MLS's most dangerous. Notice we said..."if". The bag was already mixed for Johnson's Sounders debut as he picked up an early goal in a pre-season exhibition match and a hamstring injury that would see him leave the match in the middle of the first half (for "precautionary reasons").

From the match report:

Johnson established himself early as a threat in the attacking third, putting consistent pressure on the defense.

In the 11th minute, he gave a glimpse of why Seattle actively pursued him in a trade with the Montreal Impact on Friday.  Taking the ball with his back to goal 40 yards out, Johnson turned a dribbled through the defense, doing a pair of step-overs before ripping a left-footed shot inside the left post for a goal and a 1-0 Sounders lead.

The best part of the whole move in Johnson returning to MLS (he played for the Wizards previously) is landing with Sounders, whose main sponsor (and on their jerseys) is Microsoft's XBox. In response to an interviewer's question in 2008 about which video games he liked to play, Johnson reportedly said:

"I don't play video games. I'm a grown-ass man."

Here's to hoping that someone in the Sounders marketing department has a keen sense of humor and signs Johnson up for a public appearance at some FIFA '12 XBox tournament in the Seattle area.


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NEWS - Major League Soccer's 2012 Schedule

Major League Soccer released their full 2012 schedule today which will feature 89 nationally televised games on the ESPN family and NBC family of networks. Univision will be the Spanish-language broadcast partner for MLS.

The season and First Kick will be on Saturday, March 10th and feature five matches. NBC Sports Network's first broadcast will be the following day, Sunday, March 11th when FC Dallas hosts the New York Red Bulls.

NBC will televise a total of 41 regular season matches on both the national broadcast channel and the NBC Sports Network (just three on the main network, later in the season). See the full schedule of NBC broadcasts here.

ESPN will televise a total of 21 regular season matches on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN3.com See the full schedule of ESPN broadcasts here. ESPN2 will televise the MLS All-Star Game on August 1st and ESPN will feature the MLS Cup on December 1st.

From First Kick to the Cup the 2012 season is the longest yet at 267 days as each team plays 34 matches in an unbalanced schedule made to stress inter-conference rivalries and avoid playing on any FIFA international match days.

Every MLS game will be televised either nationally or on regional networks this season.

Check out the full MLS schedule here.

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NEWS - Jay DeMerit Story Now Available to General Public

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