Last Tuesday at about 2:52 PM EST, Celtic FC was facing off in the first leg of the third round of the Champions League against Dynamo Moscow when striker Alexander Kokorin, aged 18 years, nailed a shot in the seventh minute of play. Celtic never recovered and lost the game 1-0. Tomorrow is the Moscow [...]
Archive for August 4th, 2009
Tomorrow’s a Big Day for Celtic
Posted in Champions League on August 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Season Preview: Chelsea
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Chelsea, Season Previews on August 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last Season’s Record: 25-8-5, 83 points, +44 goal differential Transfers: In: Carlo Ancelotti (manager), Ross Turnbull, Yuri Zhirkov, Daniel Sturridge, Andriy Shevchenko (return from loan), Claudio Pizzaro (return from loan) Out: Guus Hiddink (manager), Sergio Tejera, Frank Nouble, Ryan Bertand (loan), Miroslav Stoch (loan), Lee Sawyer (loan), Jimmy Smith, Ben Sahar, Tom Taiwo (loan), Ben [...]
MLS Pick’em: Week 20 Results
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged MLS, MLS Pick'em on August 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Usually we update the MLS Pick’em on Monday. This week, with me just returning from vacation to work, I, um…forgot. So we’ll do it on Tuesday! Yay! This weekend was a little messed up in MLS, frankly. First of all, there were two genuine “Did the other team even show up?” blowouts: FC Dallas annihilated [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Asian Women's U-19 Championship, Aston Villa, Australian U-19 Women's Team, Chinese U-19 Women's Team, Curt Onalfo, Damarcus Beasley, English National Team, Fabian Delph, Frank Lampard, Kansas City Wizards, Leeds United, Marouane Chamakh, Philippe Senderos, Rangers, Russian Fans, Sir Bobby Robson, Traffic Tickets For Fun and Profit on August 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What you missed while staying the hell out of Heath, Ohio…
Season Preview: Arsenal
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Arsenal, Season Previews on August 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last Season’s Record: 20-12-6, 72 points, +31 goal differential. Good enough for 4th place and a place in the Champions League. Transfers: In: Thomas Vermaelen (CM, from Ajax for about £10 million) Out: Kolo Toure (CM, To Manchester City for about £15 million), Emmanuel Adebayor (FW, To Manchester City for about £25 million), Harvard Nordveit [...]
