The keys to du Nord's car

Hello all. I must say, I'm honored to be here filling for the great Brucio. This is Luis Bueno of SI.com/MLSnet.com/The Press-Enterprise. Like Bruce, I'm a fellow blogger as I run Sideline Views along with Andrea Canales. Bruce is across the pond, going over to England for two weeks of well-deserved R & R, and he was kind enough to ask me to fill in for him. Well, I guess I'm one of several guest bloggers who are here to fill in some shoes that can't be filled in, really.

As I type, the Galaxy-Kansas City game is kicking off. They just rolled the ball out for the start of the game and Scott Sealy had a cross cleared away from the pentalty area. No, I'm not going to do a running blog. You can catch that here as Andrea has that up and running on our blog.

I should tell you all about my thoughts on du Nord. I actually don't remember when the first time I logged onto du Nord was, but it's one of my absolute favorite sites to visit, soccer or otherwise. As a writer, I take it as an honor when Bruce links to one of my stories. On average, I write anywhere from six to 10 stories a week, but not all of them are linked on here. So the ones that are actually excite me a bit. It's like affirmation of a job well done, and conversely when a story isn't linked I look at it like a form of constructive criticism, like 'Okay, that sotry wasn't up to du Nord's standards, how can I make the next one better?'

As I said, I'm one of several guest bloggers Bruce lined up to fill in for him over the next few weeks. I'll try and do some of the stuff we all expect from du Nord, and that is provide links to soccer stories and a bit of commentary. But I'm not about to try and replace Bruce because, believe me, Bruce is a giant in the soccer blogoshpere. And I'm honored that I've been handed the keys to du Nord's car for a few weeks.