Quick-hit list of people, places and things we noticed over the weekend that land on the over-done or overly praised side. Not necessarily awful but, you know, just “meh.”
- Timmy Chandler
- Any venue selected for a U.S. match that’s not 74 yards wide, at least
- Dismissing Scotland (Sniff, sniff. Is that sour grapes we smell?)
- USMNT formation fixation
- Chicago Fire
- Umlauts
- MLS day games in Texas
- Weekends of insufficient soccer on TV (pictured)
- Overreaction to lesser losing streaks in league play (it’s a long season; the dips are out there for everyone)
- Asserting the difficulty of MLS scheduling
- Team complaints about MLS scheduling
- Complaints over Seattle goalkeeper Bryan Meredith
- New U.S. Open Cup format rules (that don’t really fix the problem)