MLS Power Rankings: Week Ten 1 Chivas USA 2 Chicago Fire S.C. 3 D.C. United 4 Seattle Sounders F.C. 5 Kansas City Wizards 6 Houston Dynamo 7 Toronto F.C. 8 Colorado Rapids 9 Columbus Crew 10 New England Revolution 11 Real Salt Lake 12 Los Angeles Galaxy 13 New York Red Bulls 14 F.C. Dallas [...]
Archive for May, 2009
MLS Power Rankings: Week 10
Posted in General, MLS, MLS Power Rankings on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the Championship, Stewart Downing
Posted in English Premier League, The Championship, tagged Middlesbrough, Stewart Downing on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back in January, Middlesbrough winger (and John Cusack look-alike) Stewart Downing was disappointed. He saw the club faltering, didn’t like the lack of ambition, and wanted out. So he turned in his transfer request to the board; Gareth Southgate had no money in January, and whether he accepted Tottenham’s £14.5 million offer or Liverpool’s £12 [...]
A Brief History of European Dominance (K-Z)
Posted in Whimsy, tagged UEFA on May 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Just to recap what we learned yesterday: Manchester United’s eleven Premier League titles under Sir Alex Ferguson is a monumentally difficult thing to accomplish in a league as competitive as the Premier League; the fact that they’ve also had considerable European and domestic cup success is icing on their dominance cake. That being said, a [...]
A Brief History Of European Dominance (A-J)
Posted in Whimsy, tagged UEFA on May 18, 2009 | 9 Comments »
With Manchester United chalking up their eleventh title under Sir Alex Ferguson, you may be tempted to say that Manchester United is the most dominant domestic force in Europe over that specific time frame. Manchester United have won eleven titles in the richest league in the world, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a dynasty [...]
What a weekend
Posted in Weekend Review, tagged English Premier League on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So the inevitable moment you’ve all been waiting for finally happened this weekend. Yep, Inter Milan won their first title under Jose Mourino. I know many of you were sad as a lot of you are Juventus fans. What? Thats not what you were dissapointed by? Oh you must be Madrid fans then. Yeah that [...]
MLS Pick’em: Week 9 Results
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on May 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We were a little late getting the post up last week, so you’d think that everyone’s results would be extra-researched and super accurate. Sadly, this is also the “Avoiding the Drop” Pick’em, where accuracy is typically avoided like pretty much every MLS team avoided winning this weekend. That’s right, folks; there was more drawing in [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Amr Zaki, BEES!, Columbus Crew, Girondins de Bordeaux, LA Galaxy, Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Lyonnais, Steve Bruce, Wigan on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while remembering that bees like art, too…
