5 (Count 'em, 5!) Burning Questions

Run-DMB back to MLS? This is the first I'm hearing of it. Did ESPN just make this up to have a 5th question?

VIDEO: MLS Finak Kick 2011 Preview

You know First Kick is on the horizon when ESPN dusts of the video player for MLS...been a while since we've felt the celluloid love from the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

Last Night's Party: DP's at The Social

Good times on Queen St. last night with my blog buddies and assorted old and new friends. Last night's party at The Social was our second MLS Cup get together and it was the sh*t. Not in corny "look at us, we have bottle service"-way but a "in no other sport in North America could you mix so many players, fans, bloggers, journos and team & league staff members in the same room so seamlessly"-way. And I got to dance ironically to 2 Live Crew with Temryss Lane for, like, 60 seconds so there's that. Seriously, if you came through, "thank you."



A new friend from the Timbers Army and an old friend from the ESC.



Kyle Martino, Eva Amurri and Edson Buddle stepped up the celebrity factor substantially.



Dunny & Wondo: smiley-assed Californians.



My co-workers Jonah Freedman & Nick Firchau holding it down all classy like.



Last player to leave the party: Jon Conway. No longer a Metro but he is still my dude.



The party would not have happened without Beans. And it wouldn't have been a party without Jimmy Conrad.



Tom Wrecks won the award for Most Appropriately-Named DJ. He smashed it.



Jackie Pickering and the Jimmy Conrad Appreciation Society.

Press Pass on the Playoffs

The playoffs roll on tomorrow as New York tries to get it in against San Jose in Harrison. Word is that last week's trio of damaged goods --Tony Tchani, Salou Ibrahim and Thierry Henry-- are cleared to play but if sh*t ain't broke, then why try to fix it. Basically what I'm saying is let Agudelo start again, don't try and put TiTi in there just because you can. This is the playoffs, not a time to tinker.

But that's just me, that's just what I'm thinking. Go listen to Janusz and Andrew from Press Pass if you want to get another take on RBNY and some of the other games that are coming up this weekend. Now if you'll excuse me I've got some Champions League games to watch.

Ready. Set. Playoffs!

Get your tickets 'cause it's on like Donkey Kong. The playoffs are finally here and it's gonna be some sh*t. LA v. Seattle, RSL v. Dallas, New York v. San Jose and Columbus v. Colorado. I don't know who's going to come out on top of this thing but the West is just going to be brutal. Whoever makes it out of there alive should have no problem taking down whoever wins the East. None. Zero.

Like I said though, buy your tickets soon and in quantity; nothing looks whacker than an empty stadium during the playoffs.