Welcome to Last Call. We do love it when you all come to visit for these USMNT matches. We wish it were under slightly different circumstances tonight, though. Have to be honest, the events surrounding tonight’s match are not what we had hoped for. As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, Charlie Davies (at [...]
Archive for October 14th, 2009
Ukraine Not Weak
Posted in General, tagged Andorran National Team, FIFA, UEFA, Ukrainian National Team, World Cup 2010 Qualifiers on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This, folks, is how you qualify. Ukraine went into today just needing to beat Andorra to go through; instead, they decided to pull out all the stops and absolutely crush the tiny little Southern European minnow 6-0. Not only that, but they got their result on the road. Andriy Shevchenko opened up the scoring in [...]
MLS Pick’em: Week 30 Update/Week 31 Picks
Posted in MLS, MLS Pick'em on October 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The Pick’em today seems a little superfluous. First of all, it’s the interlull; there shouldn’t be any club soccer at all, especially not when the U.S. is playing a match. Secondly – and far more importantly – there’s the incredibly tragic situation surrounding Charlie Davies that makes ranting about MLS seem not particularly interesting or [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some people will do anything to get out of New Jersey. Last week’s challenge was to put together two separate teams: the first comprised of foreign-born players who opted to play for the USMNT, the second comprised of players eligible to play for the USMNT, but who chose to play for other countries. There was [...]
The “Hate Match” Could Be Played Twice
Posted in CAF, FIFA, World Cup Qualifiers, tagged Algerian National Team, CAF, Egyptian National Team, FIFA, World Cup 2010 Qualifiers on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the side effects of having international soccer is that countries don’t always put their nonsporting issues aside during those matches. As Americans, we’re familiar with this phenomenon; the U.S. national team is frequently pelted with insults, abuse, and the occasional baggie filled with urine whenever they travel abroad as a result of whatever [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Alan Wiley, Burrito Bombs, Car Accidents, Charlie Davies, Christoph Metzelder, Fiorentina, Gary Megson, Guti, Independiente, John Terry, John Terry's Missed Penalty Kick, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, MLS, New York Red Bulls, North Atlantic League, Real Madrid, Real Salt Lake, River Plate, San Marino National Team, Sir Alex Ferguson, Slovenian National Team, Stevan Jovetic, World Cup 2010 on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while surviving the Mad Chipotle Bomber’s attack…
