10Shirt.net will be posting a weekly digest of what we find to be the best tweets about our favorite game here in the US.  Of course there are limitations.  We can only track those people that we know about, so if you think you are spitting out footy genius on the regular and want to get noticed follow @10_Shirt and @Jrodius.  We will follow you back and see what you have to say.

Also, since we can’t see every tweet in all of twitterdom, feel free to use the #10s tag on your best stuff.  We will review everything that uses that hashtag, guaranteed.  And, as always, we recommend you follow everyone on this list in order to ensure that you will always be a part of the best US Soccer conversations happening everyday.

BootlegDonG

1. Back from MTV. Pitched new reality show Roommates. 9 MLSers living in a studio apt. Think Friends on welfare.

2. GeoffReid

   R.I.P. SetantaUS. Shame you dumbasses couldn’t run your company better.

3. Eric_Howell

   @MauriceEdu can you show @landondonovan that trick! You know the one where you put the ball in a wide open net from 1 yard out! #everton

4. BT18s

   What a day for @mauriceedu, scoring that goal will be something remembered by him and fans for many years. Amazing

5. GTTF

   Landon Donovan will blind Gomes with a flash of light off his massive forehead and score the equalizer…

6. TaylorTwellman

   i’d have to say Red Bull Arena is the face of the league when it comes to new stadiums. speechless.

7. FCShambles

   Samir Nasri looks like a lesbian

8. championsonfox

   SUB: Keough for Foley.. and he takes a caution in his first minute on the pitch. Shades of Jason Kreis.

9. soccerandskirts

   Realized why I luv soccer, in hockey the puck is hard 2 follow when driking in soccer the ball is big so U can drink all u want @clickryan

10. adamsoucie

    When will US Soccer smarted up and buy the “Don’t Tread on Me” logo from Nike?
    

11. kkfla737

    If you think the US has problems at the back, check out the Dutch selection for next week’s friendly. As always, the Dutch will underwhelm.

12. usofarsenal

    Adidas announced next years Chelsea kits will be made out of recycled condom wrappers..

13. TCompton

    @SoccerInsider If the #MLS players strike right before the post season, #DCUnited wouldn’t be affected, right?

14. GirlxWizard

    What’s worse than the new #USMNT jersey? The new #USMNT hoodie: http://www.worldsoccershop.com/363861-dsv.html

15. The_Riptide

    Dear @USSoccer, please find a way to show a video stream in time for next year’s #AlgarveCup #USWNT

16. BT18s

    Wow saw Max Bretos on ESPN News last night, looking forward to him slaughtering names with his odd accents .

17. MrJSykes

    I find it funny that ESPN Soccernet can’t bring me news that actually matters…hell, they dont even have preseason scores up. VivaLaBlogs!

18. franharrington

    The Philadelphia “UNION” comes into the league and there is a strike. Coincidence? I think not.

19. eighmee

    dear #mls players I realize you want more money and rights and shit..but I want something to do on saturdays xoxo me

20. WSRTrevor

    T-minus 1 hour till MLS officially shoots itself in the foot #MLS

21. adamsoucie

    I hate to say it, but the players are being stupid. The owners will have jobs when the league fails. Players won’t.

22. BootlegDonG

    Fuck labor. That’s why u’re called labor and we’re called management. Did I mention how fucking rich I am? Remember, u labor, me management.

23. Topper18

    With Feilhaber now out, someone in the #usmnt midfield pool just got another shot at South Africa. But will they take it?

24. yossarin

    Wish what Mexico is doing to Bolivia is what US should have done to ES tonight.

25. soccerandskirts

    haha…I just instinctively put the # tag infront of USMNT in a text message. I think that means I need to lay off twitter 4 awhile.

26. GTTF

    Let’s get this campaign rolling!! #KevinHartmanForChelsea

27. jasongatties

    Stuart will be fine. Coming off an injury and playing for a shit club will do that to ya. Stop writing him off already people.

28. jasongatties

    Hey @StuHolden22 , SCORE TOMORROW!!! Not only for national pride, but we don’t want Spurs in the FA Cup 1/4’s. Good luck.

29. Topper18

    @GrantWahl You really think Holden will start for #usmnt when he likely won’t get much of any time at Bolton? He goes, but doesn’t start.

30. callitfootball

    Those on the bottom end of the MLS salary rung will make around $230/wk on strike pay. Not so livable… well below poverty line here

    1. MLS_Insider

       Surely this is some sort of SSS record. RT @Hillcrest_Road http://twitpic.com/14ywag – Concrete being poured at the #kcsoccerstadium site!

       1. wvhooligan

          @MLS_Insider you’d try to build quick if you were playing in a minor league baseball stadium too!

       2. richardfarley

          Can you even get decent odds on a 1-0 Bordeaux win at this point? And a set piece goal? I can hear Master Shake: “You’re so predictable!”

       3. GrantWahl

          Could help US at #WorldCup RT @FourFourTwo Ban could end Belhadj World Cup hopes: http://tinyurl.com/yhlnayc

       4. wingert17

          is FSC purposely showing the less interesting game each day when the champions league is on!?? i mean come on,… http://bit.ly/d8EFKd

       5. MrJSykes

          So…is this why MLS outlet had that huge sale last week? Maybe tipping their hats off.

       6. GrantWahl

          MLS strike? LA’s Chris Klein: “I’m optimistic by nature…it’s reached a stage now where I don’t have that optimism.”

       7. Jrodius

          Turf AND Cheerleaders? People in New England need to stop calling soccer football. It’s obviously confusing them. #mls

       8. WSRTrevor

          pretty big difference in the production quality in the Chiva Girls and Revs Girls videos #MLS

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In a new segment here on 10Shirt we are going to start bringing you a weekly feature called US Soccer Twitter Digest.  Where we scan Twitter for our favorite tweets about our favorite game.  Now of course we are limited to only those people we follow, so if you think you are sending out good stuff and going unnoticed make sure you follow @10_shirt as well as @Jrodius and @FCShambles (The guys who are going to being putting this digest together each week). Yet even with three sets of eyeballs watching we are going to miss some of you.  So feel free to also use the #10s hash tag if you think what you have to say deserves being noticed.

We are going to try our best to not just post tweets with links to articles.  We are looking for points of view, originality, creativity and fun.  And of course we recommend you follow the people that appear here, as they are obviously the people we feel are helping to shape the game in our country.

1. bobbyboswell

   Fox Soccer Report: Lara Baldesarra & Terri Leigh (@terrileighfsr) – Soccer & beautiful women all in one. Is there a better combo???

2. MLS_Insider

   Psst. I have some pictures that you may or may not be interested in. Do u like SSS’s with full roofs that aren’t in NJ? http://bit.ly/9RNGy9
   

3. CharlieDavies9

   Last Night in the US for a while. Enjoying some good home cooking. Then rehabbing like a beast in France and back on the field soon. Bless

4. GrantWahl

   MLS players on #USMNT World Cup rosters–1998: 15; 2002: 11; 2006: 11; 2010: 5 or 6. Good sign or bad for MLS? For U.S.?

5. shanEvans

   you know what’s funny? Wayne Bridge could potentially play on the same pitch as John Terry three times in ONE WEEK. league, England, FA Cup.

6. JozyAltidore17

   Never spoke about my future, about going to another club that would be disrespectful to my parent club…

7. alisonrose711

   FSC, it really doesn’t matter that you have a 2nd woman anchor if she’s obviously just there to be eye candy & can’t pronounce names at all.

8. markgoodman10

   Well, it wouldn’t be a #laliga televised match in the US without the picture going out at least once. Following other blogs in the meantime

9. bzygo

   Sadly, just like with news coverage, the corporations that control network sports coverage think all Americans are morons

10. JasonMukai

    Half time! 3-0 Union! As we all sing LeToux LeToux! He’s Frencher than me or you! He’ll score us a goal or two! Oh LeToux! #zolo #doop

11. alisonrose711

    Not a Portsmouth fan but jeez I feel bad for them! Maybe @BillGates could lend them the millions under his couch cushions? http://tr.im/O5ha

12. troybardy

    Working Chivas girl auditions. No complaints from me.About a 100:5 ratio. If you like NFL networks the Cowboy girls show, this is for you.

13. bzygo

    Is Ranieri wearing a Members Only jacket? #ASRoma

14. richardfarley

    I just saw somebody I respect use “Huntelaar” and “double” in the same sentence. Am I dreaming, or is my friend intoxicated?

15. Jrodius

    judging by @MLS_Insider pics of Philly Stadium, if MLS CUP had been in Philly last year Donovan’s PK would have ended up in the river.

16. bzygo

    If you didn’t know that @hullbird is high maintenance you will after listening to @winningugly

17. bzygo

    First a broken ankle thanks to Landon Donovan, now sexting pics, not a good week for Ashley Cole http://bit.ly/aJFnIB – http://bit.ly/9cOYmW

18. MFUSA

    Canales Donovan piece today is easily the best thing she’s ever written. Or the best thing I’ve ever read by her at the least.

19. Jrodius

    Ryan Nelsen looks hella Kiwi in HD

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The S0ccket ball is a new concept soccer ball that contains a battery and generator. For everyone 15 minutes of play, the ball stores enough energy to light a small LED light for up to three hours.

“Early prototypes of the ball use an inductive coil mechanism similar to the technology found in shake-to-charge flashlights. The movement of the ball forces a magnet through a metal coil that “induces” voltage in the coil to generate electricity. For each 15 minutes of play, the ball can store enough energy to illuminate a small LED light for three hours. “

Anyone else think MLS should look into adopting the S0ccket ball to help power developmental players apartments?

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We could learn a lot about our World Cup competition from video games. Seriously. Have you ever played someone from another country online or in person? I usually play them as the United States because I think that if I can somehow beat them they’ll respect our team (Granted, I’ve probably set us back 30 years in the process). But how can we learn from our international friends a little about ourselves?

Well, I noticed a trend. Most people love their national team. If you play as a national team, they’ll play as a national team. In 2008, I played an exchange student named David from Belgium. His style was very methodical. He liked set pieces and midfield play. He was very patient – even for a video game player. My style? Overly aggressive. Playing like my hair was on fire. Scared by our lack of size at defense. I was constantly trying to keep the pressure in the Belgian zone. I scored early, I got all fired up. I totally got worked over. Why?

Midfield play. Using counterattacks and set pieces I was totally picked apart in the second half. I learned the hard way that even in video games this is important. As I looked at the final score of 4-2 I asked “how’d that happen?” and he said plainly “Americans can’t play defense and have no midfield – I just wait to counter-strike.” When I saw the Confederations Cup Final against Brazil the next year I can’t say I wasn’t surprised by what happened. This is where playing video games can help your country. If we all play enough as the USMNT we can figure out something before June. I’m sure someone out there has a style that wins for the US…right?

Let’s hope Coach Bradley is on XBOX Live.

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Is it April 27 yet? For the love of Tony Meola’s ponytail this day needs to come soon. According to the folks at Amazon that is the release date for the 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

The international game has always been my favorite part of soccer. Since the USMNT dawned those infamous denim shirts back in ‘94 I’ve loved the passion of the World Cup. The FIFA World Cup series has been my favorite game consistently. It may not have the creation zone bells and whistles that the yearly FIFA series offers but I’m hoping that will change this year. Though the game play hasn’t always been as good as the yearly series (it usually feels like the game is rushed), I love having the option to try and qualify out of UEFA with the Faroe Islands. Thanks to the major upgrades across the board in online play since 2006 I’m also really excited to take the US side onto the virtual pitch against the world (for the record – I’m about as successful in online play as the United States has been in World Cup games played in Europe).

Let’s hope they don’t screw this game up. FIFA 10 was amazing and I’m hoping they use some momentum from the success of that game and bring it to World Cup series. I’d like to see them try and capture the atmosphere and presentation of international matches. I’m hopeful for this since that was a major part of Electronic Arts revamping of Madden 10 this past year. The feel of international soccer is like nothing else on Earth, when I’m immersed in a blue television screen glow at 3:45 in the morning I’d like my vuvuzelas blasting, my strikers scoring, and fingers sore from playing an entire CONCACAF qualifying schedule.

Another wish list item would be bringing back the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music, like EA had for the 2002 FIFA World Cup game. They’ll never do it again – but the music definitely captured the intensity of the world stage.

Spring can’t come fast enough now.

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This guide will show you how to add the top 10 tiers of English domestic soccer to your Football Manager 2010 game. (Click on images to zoom)

Step 1. Head over to the official thread run by the creator(Super Bladesman) of the custom English database, by clicking here.

Step 2. Download the latest FULL version build of the custom database.

Step 3. Copy the file to My Documents/Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\editor data or Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2010/editor data on a Mac.

Step 4. Start FM2010, once at the home screen go to “preferences”, then the “Display/Sound” tab. UNTICK “use skin cache”, TICK “Always Reload Skin on Confirm”

Step 5. When done loading, leave preferences and “Start A New Game” , when the window pops up, TICK the “change” box.

Step 6. Select the “England-to-Level10_Super-Bladesman…” file from the editor data files and click confirm. Start up a new game as usual, selecting England and “Level 10 Divisions” from the drop-drown menu to enable all the clubs.

Step 7. Enjoy!

Thanks to Super Bladesman for creating an incredible database for English football fans.

Disclaimer: All modifications are done at your own risk! The 10.2 patch isn’t yet fully supportered, but the previous patches all work very well in our experience.

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FM10SX has been released on FMScout.com and is the first and only Mac Real Time Game Editor and Scout Utility for the incredibly popular relationship killer, Football Manager 2010. FM10SX was developed by user littleblue and is still under development and contains several bugs.

What does it do?
FM10SX is a scouting utility, allowing you to search the vast world of Football Manager 2010 for players based on a set of attributes, much faster than is possible within the game. It also functions as a Real Time Editor, allowing you to modify your save games, while you’re playing. You’ll be able to edit anything from player attributes to club finances.

Screenshots

Download

Head over to FMScout for updates and the latest information on FM10SX, or click the box above to download the latest build. If you end up using the application I strongly recommend donating to littleblue and the development team to help keep future updates coming.

For all windows users, check out the windows Real Time Editor here.

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10Shirt was one of the first sites to introduce the world the Jabulani, Adidas’ new ball for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Now we present to you two videos from Adidas on how the ball was created, constructed, and how much effort went into perfecting this ball’s flight. The first video also includes appearances by Karim Benzema and Michael Ballack, two stars who hope to have strong appearances in next summer’s tournament.

This video shows how the ball is manufactured from start to the center circle.

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The closest I ever came to being a goalkeeper was when I tried out for the movie The Big Green (true story), but this ad makes me want to get between the sticks and see if I can stop a few shots. Seriously, these gloves look great. If they perform as good as they look, then they have to be a great set of gloves.

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If you are a male, have a pulse, and own a gaming console you probably have played Guitar Hero at some point.  In fact that may be an understatement.  You have probably made the choice, many times, whether you really need to go outside today, when you are so close to getting 100% on Metallica’s “One”.  Well Umbro has decided to mix your Guitar Hero obsession with your other favorite obsession, football.

Umbro took on the challenge of wiring an entire warehouse to build, what has to be, the world’s biggest game controller.  I only have two questions:

1.  What was the creative director that thought of this high on when he pitched it?

2.  Can I shake the hand of The Suit that signed off on it?

If you would like to see the behind the scenes making of this video you can see it here.

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