Sound Off is officially going to be renamed as Sound Oba. You all know why. His goal against the San Jose Earthquakes was one of the most audacious and unbelievable goals I have ever seen in all my years of watching soccer. Just unreal. I wish there were 10 links I could find that are just all about him but that may get a bit redundant. Anyway, here’s some links to catch you up on the week that’s just gone by.
Link Madness - Get them while they're hot!
Oba. MLS Goal of the Week. Duh. Vote (though you really don’t need to (MLSsoccer.com)
Some pretty serious words from LD here. All talk if you ask me…dude still has it (MLSSoccer.com)
Manchester United has a new manager…and he’s got quite the task ahead (ESPNFC.com)
Barcelona as well! All this pre-World Cup craziness has got me World Cup crazy (ESPNFC.com)
Arsenal won the FA Cup. Now what? (FOXSoccer.com)
Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot (FOXSoccer.com)
That’s what you call incentivizing a situation (FOXSoccer.com)
Leo Messi just signed a new Barcelona contract. I guess his move to the Emerald City will have to wait (Goal)
Oba and Ozzie make the Goal Team of the Week (Goal)
We’ve got the John Busch GIF below. If that doesn’t slake your thirst for the little framed beauties, here’s Sounder At Heart’s recap (Sounder At Heart)
MLS Recap – A quick look back at the weekend’s play in the one and only Major League Soccer
Solid win for the Fire as they top Sporting KC on a pair of Magee PKs - RECAP | Another draw for the Timbers as Columbus keeps them locked up at 3-3 - RECAP | Real Salt Lake. Still undefeated. Real Salt Lake - RECAP | Houston squeaked out a 1-0 victory over the LA Galaxy - RECAP | Dallas’ slide continued with 1-1 draw against Chivas USA - RECAP
Tweets of the Week – The best Sounders-related nuggets in 140 characters or less
Ozzie Alonso. Heart on his sleeve. Unreal honesty.
Someone was excited to relax a little bit