Group play for the Champions League started earlier this week, which means that the Champions League’s rebranded little sister – the Europa League – also starts this week (why this isn’t staggered – so that people might actually watch the Europa League on the Champions League off weeks – is a discussion for another time). [...]
Archive for September 17th, 2009
How The Europa League’s Extra Officials Work
Posted in Europa League, Refereeing, tagged Europa League, FIFA, IFAB, Laws of the Game, Refereeing, UEFA on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fun Times With Bolivian Soccer!
Posted in CONMEBOL, World Cup Qualifiers, tagged Bolivian National Team, Ero Moralea, Federación Boliviana de Fútbol on September 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The last time we covered news out of La Paz was to discuss the Bolivian national team’s 6-1 win over Argentina in their World Cup qualifier back in April. Unfortunately for Bolivia, that win was only one of two they’ve earned in their qualification campaign, which has seen them and their neighbor Peru as the [...]
Sense and Logic in MLS
Posted in MLS, World Cup 2010, tagged Don Garber, FIFA, MLS, Single Table in MLS, World Cup 2010 on September 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The World Cup is a fairly significant tournament. Outside of perhaps the Olympics, no international sporting event attracts the attention and imagination of the world in the way the World Cup does; it is, quite simply, the biggest tournament out there, attracting the best players and best talent from the best leagues all over the [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Let me tell you a story…
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Let me tell you a story… …a story in which are hidden allusions to the names of no less than sixteen football clubs. I woke up on the A380 with a pounding headache, so I tossed back a few aspirin and washed them down with a bottle of water. As I was putting the cap [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia, Eduardo, Europa League, Everton, Fiorentina, Fulham, Jose Mourinho, Le Havre, Manchester United, Olympiacos FC, Paul Pogba, Petr Cech, Phil Neville, Real Madrid, Roy Hodgson, Standard Liege, Stupid Idiot Criminals, UEFA Champions League, Xabi Alonso, Zico on September 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while taking a time out from robbing a house to check your Facebook page…
