Tuesday Afternoon Kickaround

Good afternoon, Tenorio here, hope all's well out here in blog land. I'll put an official matchday blog up later today, but I thought I'd throw at least something up to keep the masses happy. First off, here are the articles from this morning's paper: Zach Berman's preview and my Ben Olsen surgery sidebar. As we prepare to see two rivals face off today in Boyds, there is an intriguing match-up in the semifinals, as we could see two locals face off. If you scroll to the bottom of that article, you'll see that Crystal Palace USA vs. D.C. United on July 12 at RFK Stadium is a possibility -- provided both teams win. Crystal Palace will have to get through New England tonight. A couple other links that caught my eye as I surfed the web this morning: - Ronaldinho and Robinho will be looking for gold this summer in Beijing. - The... [read full story]