Tomorrow morning, the wife and kids and I will be hopping into the Mariner and making a trek towards Western Massachusetts; my dear grandmother owns a cottage up there, and it was the vacation destination of choice for the vast majority of my childhood. Sadly, the cottage was primitive back in 1985; there’s no TV, [...]
Archive for July 24th, 2009
How To Pack For Vacation
Posted in Whimsy on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: Vacation Hangover Edition
Posted in CONCACAF Gold Cup, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, USMNT, Weekend Preview, Western Mass Pioneers on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
F.C. Dallas v. Real Salt Lake (Friday) Dallas returns to league action this week hoping to continue with the improvement that they’ve shown in recent weeks- improvement that came without Kenny Cooper, arguably their best player, who has been busy getting himself on the score sheet with the USMNT at the Gold Cup. Real Salt [...]
Friday Shirt Report: Enough with the dark away shirts!!
Posted in Football Shirts, Whimsy, tagged Birmingham City, Bolton, Club America, Everton, Getafe CF, Kaizer Chiefs, Manchester City, Manchester United, Reading, Steaua Bucharest, Stoke City, West Ham United on July 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »
So another two weeks have passed and we’ve actually had quite a few shirts released in that time. Rather strange considering how few shirts had been coming out prior to that. We’ve seen a couple of new EPL home shirts come out, a couple of big European clubs kits released, a few other things as [...]
MLS Pick’em: Week 19
Posted in MLS, MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on July 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
That’s right, folks: it’s Friday. Friday is a day when most of us revel in the fact that we’re about to embark on a two-day sojourn from work or school, instead spending time on more personally fruitful tasks that await us at home. It also marks the start of a new weekend of soccer, where [...]
Mexico 1(p)-1 Costa Rica
Posted in CONCACAF Gold Cup, tagged CONCACAF Gold Cup, Costa Rican National Team, Mexican National Team on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There were two games in the Gold Cup last night. The first one was a thoroughly unmemorable U.S.-Honduras clash that the U.S. won 2-0 after scoring goals in the 45′ and 90′; the game was poorly refereed (again) and featured both country’s “B” or “C” teams. The pacing was dull, and Honduras looked tired and [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alexander Hleb, Arjen Robben, Arsenal, Emmanuel Adebayor, Fenerbahce, Gas Station Sushi, Liverpool, Manchester City, Peter Crouch, Philipp Degen, Portsmouth, Real Madrid, Samuel Eto'o, Sponsorships, Steven Gerrard, Zlatan Ibrahimović on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while your gas station was being featured in “Gourmet Magazine”…
