Welcome soccer fans, and everyone else, we’ve made it to the end of another day, and you’re now rewarded with a late night World Cup Qualifier. The USMNT heads down to Costa Rica in what is currently a top of the table matchup with the US holding the top spot with 7 points and Costa [...]
Archive for June 3rd, 2009
Your WC Qualifier preview and Wednesday night party.
Posted in World Cup 2010, tagged Party over here, USMNT, World Cup Qualification on June 3, 2009 | 939 Comments »
United’s anthem gets a makeover…with sexy results
Posted in Off the Pitch, tagged Club Anthems, Manchester United on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Jenny Bae is Korean by birth, living in America, and is a Manchester United supporter. She’s also a Juliard-trained violinist who recently recorded her own take on United’s anthem, “Glory, Glory, Man United”. She’s apparently a huge fan of United’s Korean winger, Ji-Sung Park. So much so that when she was asked to perform her [...]
The Qualifier Will Not Be Televised (On The Main Station)
Posted in USMNT, tagged ESPN Sucks on June 3, 2009 | 16 Comments »
There’s no way around it: if you DVRed tonight’s game before you went to work, you’re screwed. According to The New York Times Goal! Blog, ESPN has decided to relocate tonight’s game from the main station to ESPN2 in order to avoid a conflict with some stupid baseball game. They’ve tried to spin it by [...]
The Long Debut of Gareth Bale
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Gareth Bale, The Gareth Bale Curse, Tottenham Hotspur on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
News out of White Hart Lane today has left back Gareth Bale out for up to eight weeks rehabbing his left knee. The Welsh FA is saying that he didn’t suffer the injury in their Friday match against Estonia, but he definitely wasn’t fit to play in the World Cup Qualifier against Azerbaijan on Saturday. [...]
Manchester United Unveil 2010-11 Shirt Sponsor
Posted in English Premier League, tagged AON, Manchester United, Shirt Sponsors on June 3, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Manchester United are expected to announce today that they’ve reached an £80 million deal with American insurance/reinsurance broker AON Corporation. The four year deal (which will kick off in the 2010-11 season) is the largest kit sponsorship deal ever. Also, it’s the second straight kit sponsor for Manchester United that most people have never heard [...]
A Call for First Timers
Posted in First Timers on June 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here at “Avoiding the Drop” we like to celebrate a wide variety of viewpoints on our beautiful game. That includes, from time to time, the observations of the neophyte who has yet to be exposed to soccer/football as a watchable sport. Does that describe you? Have you ever made a “Soc-cer?” comment on a message [...]
I want all draws settled with coin flips from now on
Posted in Whimsy, tagged coin flips on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deciding a draw by a coin flip is mental, you say? Not so fast, my friend. The Duchess Park Condors and the J. L. Crowe Hawks of the Prince George, British Columbia section of Canada recently had their match decided by coin flip. The match was drawn at two each, and the managers of the [...]
MLS Power Rankings: Week 12
Posted in MLS, MLS Power Rankings on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MLS Power Rankings: Week 12 1. Chicago Fire S.C. 2. Chivas USA 3. Houston Dynamo 4. Seattle Sounders F.C. 5. Colorado Rapids 6. Kansas City Wizards 7. D.C. United 8. Toronto F.C. 9. Columbus Crew 10. New England Revolution 11. Los Angeles Galaxy 12. Real Salt Lake 13. F.C. Dallas 14. New York Red Bulls [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Adriano, Clint Dempsey, Denilson, English National Team, Flamengo, Hai Phong Cement FC, Steven Gerrard, Tetris Turns 25!, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while celebrating the 25th birthday of Tetris…
