According to a few sources, it looks to be that Freddy Adu has managed to hopefully secure his future chances with the USMNT with a transfer deadline day move to Belenenses. It looks as though the issues we highlighted last week for the young American have been resolved and hopefully this means that he’ll get [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Breaking News: Freddy Adu loaned to Portugese club Belenenses
Posted in General, tagged Belenenses, Freddy Adu, USMNT on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weekend Wrapup: Wenger and his Waterbottle
Posted in The Weekend Wrapup, tagged AC Milan, Arsenal, English Premier League, Everton, Internazionale, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend saw some very interesting games, one regional rivalry took place over in Italy, one matchup of English powerhouses, and a boatload of other great matches took place. However, I’ve got some bad news. Actually real bad, life altering news. That’s right, we’ve reached the interlull. Just as all those exciting club games were [...]
Bradley Names Squad for El Salvador/Trinidad & Tobago
Posted in General on August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So we’re back to this. A month after the disaster in the Azteca, Bob Bradley somehow finds himself in the dangerous position of not advancing to the World Cup. Okay, maybe that’s harsh. The U.S. is in third place, after all; if the whole thing ended now, they’d go. Plus, the whole race at the [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Aiden McGeady, Andrea Dossena, Birmingham City, Celtic, David James, Eduardo, English National Team, Fabio Capello, Hibernians, Liverpool, Luka Modric, Tony Mowbray, Tottenham on August 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What you missed while getting your undergrad in “Guitar Hero”…
“Young Gareth Barry, ya know, he’s young.” – Kevin Keegan
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on August 30, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’m so disgusted by the state of refereeing these days, it’s terrible. I honestly feel like they never quite get the big decisions right, and it’s time for replay technology to start coming into play. It’s needed. At any rate, it’s a decent day of soccer on television, so I’ll have that for you in [...]
Rustic Salt-Of-The-Earth Types 3 Dandified City-Slickers 1
Posted in Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Or: Ross County F.C. 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. 1 A small piece of advice for Terry Butcher (yes, that Terry Butcher!) and his Caley Jags: Getting pounded in the Highland Derby by the MIGHTY Staggies is not the way to bounce right back into the SPL.
“I couldn’t settle in Italy. It was like living in a foreign country.” – Ian Rush
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on August 29, 2009 | 25 Comments »
Good morning/afternoon/evening. This is the Saturday that initiates the world to the entirety of Europe’s major football leagues. La Primera Liga kicks off in Spain, and GolTV has the Best Team Money Could Buy on at 2:00 PM EDT today against Depo La Coruña. Depo did come 7th in the league last season and are [...]
Conor Casey: 15th Time’s The Charm!
Posted in USMNT, tagged Bob Bradley, Conor Casey, USMNT, WTF? on August 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday Bob Bradley popped out the squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador and Trinidad & Tobago. There are a couple of changes, and I’ll probably get to them on Monday; I usually would cover the whole team first, but special circumstances have come up that warrant a special post devoted to [...]
Football Cup Primer: The FA Cup
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged Football Cup Primer, The FA Cup on August 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The following conversation occurred between my wife and I earlier this week. Me: Hey, that’s cool. Jozy Altidore scored his first goal today. Mrs. Haaskivi: Oh, good for him. Who was it against? Me: Southend United. Mrs. Haaskivi: Who? Me: Southend. They’re in like League One. Mrs. Haaskivi: Why were they playing Hull? Me: It [...]
Fantasy Preview: Dropping the Dead Weight
Posted in Fantasy Premier League, tagged English Premier League, Fantasy Premier League, Fantasy Preview on August 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Every Friday I’ll be taking a look at our fantasy league, a few fantasy players you might want to drop, and a few fantasy players you might want to pick up, as well as some talk about tactics. Things are starting to pan out: We’re far enough along in the season to see which players [...]
