Back in June, we told you about the transfer of Egyptian keeper Essam El Hadary from Al Ahly to FC Sion. The transfer, you may recall, involved El Hadary leaving Al Ahly and signing a contract with FC Sion without first terminating his contract with Al Ahly. That’s not quite kosher, and FIFA came down [...]
Archive for September 3rd, 2009
FIFA to Chelsea: Your Money’s No Good Anywhere
Posted in English Premier League, FIFA, tagged Chelsea, FIFA, Gaël Kakuta on September 3, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: Who’s Your Daddy?!
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: Who’s Your Daddy?! This is either a really difficult challenge or a really easy one, I’m just not sure… -I was born in the Midwest, but grew up in the South and in the Bronx. -I have released multiple albums. -I have a graduate degree. -I have served time in prison and [...]
World Cup Qualification Update
Posted in World Cup Qualifiers, tagged CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, World Cup 2010 Qualifiers on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s a cruel twist of scheduling fate that after two weeks or so of club soccer (or only one week, if you’re a fan of La Liga) everybody decides to take the weekend off for an international break. Nevertheless, the interlull still represents something we’d have killed for only a month ago: competitive soccer matches [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Ashley Cole, Chelsea, Craig Gordon, Cuca, DC United, Drunken Hamster Studies, Dutch National Team, FC Nordsjaelland, Fluminese, Hull City, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Jonathan Richter, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Nicklas Bendtner, Nicolas Anelka, Rafael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Seattle Sounders, Sunderland on September 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while these guys were getting hamsters drunk in the name of science…
On the Occasion of our 100,000th Page View
Posted in Commentary, General, Introductions, News, Off and Running, Off the Pitch on September 3, 2009 | 16 Comments »
When we began this experiment in February we did so without anything more than a love of the game and the belief that we could translate that love into a site that, on any given day, would give its readers cause to think, to laugh, and perhaps to learn something new about this sport that [...]
Read Full Post »