Football Notes

• Here's how loaded Real Madrid are: Michael Owen has to settle for coming in as a sub. That's a bit too much talent. Spread it around, boys, huh?
• Fox Sports World is showing early rounds of the FA Cup again this year. Kudos to them for that.
• Peter Nowak is the only man in MLS history to lift the cup as both player and manager.
• Several regulars on BigSoccer made the front page of the Washington Post this morning, above the fold. It was a photo of Some DC United players holding the Rothenberg Trophy up to the fans in the stands so they could get a touch of it. Classy.
• Eddie Johnson is getting a tryout with Manchester United. This time last year it was unclear if he'd ever even get another cap for the United States.
  
• Jose Burciaga's goal for Kansas City in the Cup final was his first of the year. Timing is everything in this life, isn't it?
• The guys on ESPNews kept referring to Alecko Eskandarian as Eskardarian, no doubt thinking of the old joke about the snail who drove a car.
• If I'm not mistaken, Alecko's Dad won an NASL championship during his time with the Cosmos. Pretty impressive, I'd say.
• Dema Kovalenko became the first player ever sent off in an MLS Cup final. This fills me with the unholy joy of schadenfreude.