If the Copa Libertadores is the Champions League of South America, than Argentina is the Italy of this year’s competition. They’re a country with a rich, storied tradition of fielding quality teams, but in this year’s tournament they were abyssmal. San Lorenzo and Lanús finished at the bottom of their groups; River Plate finished third [...]
Archive for July 8th, 2009
Your Copa Libertadores Preview
Posted in Copa Libertadores, tagged Copa Libertadores, Cruzeiro, Estudiantes on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fantasy Premier League Time
Posted in Fantasy Premier League, tagged English Premier League, fantasy, seriously you'll probably beat all of us on July 8, 2009 | 25 Comments »
Can you belive that we’re less than 40 days away from the start of the new season? It feels like yesterday that we were just wrapping up the Champions League and various other league trophies. None of us here is certainly good enough to actually play in the Premier League, or even manage, but that [...]
USMNT in action tonight, and other updates
Posted in CONCACAF Gold Cup, Copa Libertadores, USMNT, tagged CONCACAF Gold Cup, Copa Libertadores, Television, USMNT on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are two Gold Cup matches tonight, including the United States taking on Honduras and Grenada facing Haiti. If there is an outright victor in the US/Honduras match, that side will likely be the winner of Group B, given the other members of the group. Once again, the US match will be on Fox Soccer [...]
It’s Not Me, It’s You: Chronicling Man City’s Rejection
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Carles Puyol, Craig Bellamy, David Silva, David Villa, Gianlugi Buffon, Giuseppe Rossi, Iker Casillas, John Terry, Kaká, Luis Fabiano, Manchester City, Marcos Senna, Roque Santa Cruz, Samuel Eto'o, Shay Given, Taye Taiwo, Thierry Henry, Wayne Bridge, Yaya Toure on July 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“You can pay for school but you can’t buy class.” – Jay-Z So true, Mr. Z. So true. Manchester City have been learning this lesson the hard way lately; some might say that the issue dates back to January, but Man City have really been being snubbed ever since Robinho signed for them and indicated [...]
