One of my pet peeves with MLS/MLS clubs is that too many of their decisions reveal the heavy hands of their “marketing” people rather than the steady hands of their “football” people. This results in all of the teams wearing the same brand and same few styles of uniforms, horrible team crests for the most [...]
Archive for May 11th, 2009
This Is How You Get ALMOST Everything Right
Posted in MLS, tagged Philadelphia Union on May 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Newcastle vs. Middlesbrough: Biggest Game of the Year?
Posted in English Premier League, tagged English Premier League, Hull City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, West Brom on May 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
There’ve been a lot of big games this Premier League season. None of them, though, can define the history of a club the way that today’s fixture can. Today, two teams that have been abjectly terrible face off, and the fates of four different teams hang in the balance of their apathy. Let’s review the [...]
Your Weekend Soccer Review: Brought to you by Demon Drogba
Posted in Weekend Review, tagged Bundesliga, English Premier League, La Liga, League One, Ligue 1, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, Swiss Super League, The Championship on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was a gorgeous weekend here in Ohio. I sadly spent most of it in the car making a five hour round-trip drive to see my little sister graduate from college. All congratulations go to her, but college commencements are pretty much the tenth ring of hell. Speaking of hell: this is a terrifying shot [...]
MLS Pick’em: Week 8 Results
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on May 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So there were two games last Wednesday. From those two games, we as a group collectively amassed…one point. In other words, this week’s Pick’em is pretty much back to normal after a Week 7 where most of us did pretty well. The biggest miss for the staff was the San Jose-New York game, which we [...]
