You have spoken and I have listened. Through your e-mails and phone messages, you have let me know how you feel about all the movie quotes and song lyrics in this column.

You don't like them.

I'm man enough to accept that and move the Boot Room in a new direction In fact, I do so happily because, as you know, "It's easy to grin when your ship's just come in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man who's worthwhile is the man who can smile, when his pants are too tight in the seat. Okay, Pookie."

In Tight Space

· A league source said the MetroStars have been actively shopping striker Adolfo Valencia, looking for a team to take him, his suspect work habits and his league-maximum $267,000 salary off their hands.

Metro GM Nick Sakiewicz denies this, saying, "We're not shopping Adolfo. He is the guy who scores game-winning goals for us. He may fade in and out of games, but in the end, he's usually in the scoreline. You don't come by players like him too often in MLS and we're not looking to move him." The source said the Metros offered Valencia to Miami for Diego Serna, straight up, but that the Fusion had no interest since Serna earns "six figures less" than Valencia.

· By the way, Sakiewicz said he is "smelling blood" in the MetroStars' search for a town to build their new soccer stadium. He hopes to make an announcment "within the next four weeks" that Harrison, N.J., will be the team's new home.

This is just a guess on my part, but if Harrison wins out, I'd expect the ETA for a stadium to be pushed back until at least 2004 because of a major cleanup project on the site -- which sits near a PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) train station. The Metros had hoped to have a new home for the 2003 season.

· The New England Revolution will be a desperate bunch in Miami this weekend, as they are the only team to have not earned a single point this season. Within the team there is concern that if the Revs don't get things turned around, and soon, things could get ugly because the finger-pointing has already commenced. Since spring training, we've been hearing from one Revs player how Leonel Alvarez was trying to undermine coach Fernando Clavijo. Well, now Alvarez has asked to be traded and, although Clavijo says he's not looking to deal him, we'd be shocked if the veteran Colombian midfielder survives the season in Foxboro.

Looking for a few band-aids, the Revs are expected to sign former Metro and San Jose midfielder Braeden Cloutier as a discovery. Cloutier and Clavijo know each other from their indoor days in San Diego. New England is also putting out feelers for defender Brian Dunseth, though right now they're having a tough time finding a suitor.

· Look for Chicago to hold on to their allocation (replacement for Ante Razov) rather than trade it as they wait to see if Peter Nowak or Sergi Daniv can land a green card at some point during the season. If either player gets his GC, Chicago has a decent amount of salary cap room to go after a senior interntional player to fill that international spot.

· Although Alex Pineda Chacon currently sits atop the MLS scoring chart with four goals, the Fusion don't expect him to stay there. "We brought him here to be a second forward," says Miami GM Doug Hamilton, "And right now he's got four goals on five shots. We'll take it, but we're not expecting him to keep up that pace."

As for Chacon's struggling strike partner Diego Serna, who drew the ire of coach Ray Hudson again this week for his poor finishing, Hamilton says, "We've got to see if he can play through his slump. We all know there's something special with Diego, we've got to figure out how to tap into it."

· Columbus is also close to "discovering" Ian Woan, a left-sided midfielder/defender who has played with a number of clubs in England, including Nottingham Forest. Woan's wife is American and would come to Columbus with a green card and would not count as an international player.

Pub Talk

MLS is getting ready to roll out some new "I Believe" ads and they're pretty good, I guess ... but I do have a problem with the copy below.

"Most boys from Georgia dream about playing football. Not us. We chose a different path ... I am Josh Wolff. I am Clint Mathis. We believe in Major League Soccer."
-- Josh Wolff and Clint Mathis

"When I was a kid in Illinois, soccer wasn't cool. They told me that soccer wasn't a real sport, that soccer players are soft. If you want soft, go play golf. I play the game I love in the country I love ... I am Brian McBride and I believe in Major League Soccer."
-- Brian McBride

I mean, do we still have to go down this path ... soccer is cool, even if your friends don't think it's cool ... and it's rough, even if your friends tell you it's for pansies?

Man, and you all thought I was trapped in the '80s.

Jeff Bradley is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. E-mail jeff.bradley@espnmag.com.