W’s for U.S. and Houston!

USA Soccer is going to the Olympics in Beijing!

Freddy Adu scored 2, Sacha Kljestan scored another, USA:3 Canada:0.
The US dominated most of the game, but after watching a few of Canada’s wing players fly up the sides, I wish they’d been born a few miles south. Fast. Like…DaMarcus Beasely fast.

AND…

The HOUSTON DYNAMO head to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The winner gets to play in the World Club Competition (against teams like Man U or Real Madrid, etc.).

Dwayne DeRosario scored 2 and Chris Wondolowski scored another to beat Municipal from Guatemala 3-1.

Speaking of lightning-fast flank players….AND….tying these two reports together…

Based on his speed, defensive sense, and ability to both GET forward and do something USEFUL with the ball when forward, Houston Dynamo defender Corey Ashe should be getting a call from the US National Team sometime soon. I say this even thought he went to UNC. I’m that forgiving a person (and he’s that dynamic a player).

He created several excellent chances against Municipal and assisted on the 3rd goal with a brilliant, angled one-touch cross into the box - while sprinting at approximately 300 mph.

Plugging this kid in, even at this early stage in his career - even in the senior US team - with about 20 minutes left in a game would simply terrorize any tired or slow opposing outside defenders.

——- Sea Shanty Info left out of Previous Post ————

The INDIE GRITS FILM FESTIVAL website has been updated with a list of all the films. Their blurb for X-GEN is old (very old!…as in, before we knew how to write really good blurbs), but you can get a sense of what will be going on in Columbia, SC on April 9-13.

These folks are really all about independent film - the kind of independent film that doesn’t have huge investors already and just so happens to have actors who’ve already been in major films or TV series but yet screen at “Independent” Film Festivals.

Looks like a great time, and we hope that plenty of folks will see X-GEN and let us know what they think.

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