With the beloved and prolific Mags on vacation this week it’s up to the rest of us here in the ATD compound to pick up the slack- lest we be exposed for the layabouts and sluggards we truly are. Thus, I bring you the first of many quizzes, contests,* challenges and various other forms of [...]
Archive for July, 2009
This Won’t Hurt A Bit!!
Posted in General on July 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
MLS Pick’em: Week 19 Results
Posted in MLS, MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS Pick'em on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Our boy Mags is on vacation this week, terrorizing all of New England with his new shiny vuvuzela. I can just picture him and the wife, trolling around Western Massachusetts, waking up the locals with horn blasts and verses from “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. He’s quite a character, that one. So this is new, me [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Chelsea, Club America, Darren Bent, Internazionale, John Terry, Liverpool, Mexico, Peter Crouch, Real Madrid, USMNT on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What you may have missed while stealing part of a bunny S’More and then returning it
Match Report: AC Milan vs. Chelsea
Posted in World Football Challenge, tagged AC Milan, Chelsea, Match Reports on July 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We here at Avoiding the Drop love the unique experiences that this game offers the fans. One fan, reader and commenter Bluesfan, was gracious enough to share her experience at last night’s World Football Challenge with us, much like Kevin did for the Chelsea v. Inter Milan match. What follows is her account of the [...]
“I’d like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.” – Mark Draper
Posted in CONCACAF Gold Cup, Weekend Open Thread, tagged CONCACAF Gold Cup, Mexico, Sunday open thread, USMNT on July 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s Newsy Notes Sunday, and look for a game report on Baltimore from a good friend of the site later. My report will come Monday or Tuesday. So let’s get to the news before we look at the telly schedule. It appears that the magical dream of reuniting “Little and Large” will happen very soon [...]
Baltimore turns BLUE
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on July 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I got called the “C” word several times last night by several blue-clad Chelsea supporters. I loved every minute of it. An Arshavin kit will draw that type of response. 71000 strong, the crowd poured into M&T Bank Stadium, and they were rewarded with quite a display of world class football. Ronaldinho is still a [...]
How To Pack For Vacation
Posted in Whimsy on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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, [...]
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 [...]
