Men in Blazers

We discuss football. And wear blazers. Usually at the same time. Men in Blazers is driven by the belief that Soccer is America’s Sport of the Future. As it has been since 1972.

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In the latest issue of our newsletter, The Raven (subscribe HERE), we showed you the first pictures of the GDOP (Great Dog of the Pod) live from near Nashville, TN. We aren’t sure exactly which dog is Davo’s, but he’s in there somewhere.

We were deluged with pictures of pets you have named after footballers. Simply put, we were flabbergasted how many American puppies and kittens go by the name of Timmy Howard (or Timmy Meoward.) Here are some of our favorites. Click on the pictures to see each #GFOPPets name. Please keep sending them, in the name of science.

Thank you to GFOPs:

@ducci07, @AlysonHL02, @ashth3great, @SLBenfica44, @donn_lewis, @EstebanGarciall, @jrushlo, and @le_natural.
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SPOILER ALERT: #PieDontLie Predictions for this Weekend’s Premier League games.

Manchester City 1 vs. Tottenham 2

Southampton 2 vs. Sunderland 1

Newcastle 0 vs. Leicester City 0

Burnley 0 vs. West Ham 1

Palace 1 vs. Chelsea 0 (John Terry OG)

Arsenal 3 vs. Hull City 2

Everton 1 vs. Aston Villa 3 (Howard vs. Guzan)

QPR 3 vs. Liverpool 8

Stoke City 0 vs. Swansea City 0

West Brom 1 vs. Manchester United 3
A new issue of our newsletter, The Raven, flies into inboxes this afternoon.

In this issue:

- The gent atop the MiB Sub-Optimal Fantasy Football League shares his secrets

- In our Three Question interview, The Dan Patrick Show’s Paul Pabst talks which would be more successful: a Premier League team in the U.S. or an NFL team in England

-EXCLUSIVE! The very first pictures of the GDOP

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Rog is working on a fly on the wall Landon Donovan documentary with his partner in film, John Hock, with whom he worked on the 30 for 30, US Soccer’s March to Brazil. Here is episode One of Landon: The Finish Line.
Rog and Davo offer a requiem for Landon Donovan’s International Career, feign excitement for the Euro qualifying and welcome Senator Bob Casey to the pod to talk Sepp Blatter and House of Cards. Listen HERE
Come and Get Him Burnley #DareToJozy

via #GFOP @BennettBerry
1333 days until the World Cup. #NoSleepTillMoscow #USMNT

Pic courtesy of the very talented #GFOP @gwiggins18.
Programming Note: We will not sully your screens tonight on account of the international break. We return next Monday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC Sports.
This slice of magic comes courtesy of GFOP Jim Noll whose seven-year-old son, Greg, enjoys the “Moment of Wow” and calling Davo “Jon.”

Thank you, Greg. This is brilliant.
At the end of the day, soccer is just like Girls with worse writing and cleats.

Davo is a bit Marnie. Rog is very Shoshanna.
In honor of Landon Donovan’s final USMNT appearance, #GFOP @tsRyanH has taken the time to compile his list of 5 greatest LDs of all-time. Lanny Davis will not be pleased.

5. Lou Diamond (Phillips)

4. Leo DiCaprio

3. Leo DaVinci

2. Larry David

1. Landon Donovan

Landon photo courtesy of remarkable #GFOP Ian Hutchison.
FIFA 15 is only just out. But you GFOPs clearly have prophetic powers. We asked you to look into the future and conjure the cover of FIFA 16. You answered by the thousands. Stevie Naismith, Wet Herrera and Kyle Beckerman were key themes in your creative work.

Here are the 10 winners. If you see your entry, a Raven is on the way.
"Landon Donovan is the Vincent Van Gogh of American soccer. A man whose achievement may only truly be appreciated once he is gone."

Read Rog’s entire piece on Landon Donovan’s career and legacy HERE.
Courtesy of GFOP @smbarrett3
NEW POD: Rog and Davo recap an aggression-laced Premier League weekend and look ahead to Landon Donovan’s last USMNT game. Plus, Dominic West (aka “The Wire’s” Jimmy McNulty) guests.

Listen HERE.