One of the stories from today’s “About Last Night” involves former U.S. wonderkid Freddy Adu. Adu, who’s primarily plied his trade in Portugal and France, turned down a chance to move to Hull City and the Premiership for a shot at the Greek Superleague. This decision, frankly, shows either a stunning lack of ambition or [...]
Archive for January 7th, 2010
Aris Thessaloniki: The U.S. Embassy of Greek Soccer
Posted in Transfers, USMNT, tagged Aris Thessaloniki, Eddie Johnson, Freddy Adu, Greek Superleague, USMNT on January 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
World Cup Chatter – The England goalkeeper situation
Posted in World Cup 2010, tagged Ben Foster, David James, England national team, Joe Hart, Paul Robinson, Robert Green, Scott Carson, World Cup 2010 on January 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
With just 154 days left until the start of World Cup 2010, it seems a good time to begin the discussions of certain elements left to be decided. We’re all keenly aware of the first match for a couple of our favourite sides, but the distinct difference between the USA and England at this point [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Ice Show Edition!?
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week’s challenge is a simple question:
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Aris Thessaloniki, Asian Cup, Australian National Team, Aziz Ansah, Birmingham City, Bobby Zamora, Bolton, Burnley, Chinese National Team, FC Dallas, Fernando Torres, Financial Disasters, Freddy Adu, Fulham, Fun with the Large Hadron Collider, Gao Hongbo, Gonzalo Higuain, Greek Superleague, Heartland, Kenwyne Jones, Kuwaiti National Team, Liverpool, Owen Coyle, Pepe Reina, Peter Storrie, Portsmouth, Real Madrid, Ryan Babel, Stoke City, Sunderland on January 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while the Large Hadron Collider was finally starting to ram some protons together…
Trickle-down Soccernomics: An Update
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, Off the Pitch, Western Mass Pioneers on January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well, just like that, everything is solved- at least for 2010. According to today’s press release USL-1 and NASL will compete as separate divisions of the same league this summer (including inter-league play and a championship match between the two divisions) all under the watchful of the USSF. Both sides will use the breathing space [...]
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