Group G has been referred to as a “group of death,” and not just because it contains North Korea- I kid, Dear Leader, I kid! When this group was drawn last December it contained two very strong teams- Brazil and Portugal- one team full of potential- Côte d’Ivoire- and one unpredictable team- North Korea. Only [...]
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2010 World Cup Preview: Group G
Posted in CAF, CONMEBOL, FIFA, General, UEFA, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, World Cup Previews on June 9, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, Eredivisie, General, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010 on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There’s no doubt about it, last week’s challenge was a tough one and I would not have been shocked if nobody was able to solve- but somebody did! So, Andrew M., take a very deep bow- if you weren’t already the undisputed champion of the Thursday Challenge you are now! For the rest of you, [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Adriano, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Danish National Team, English National Team, Fabio Capello, Flamengo, Fun with the Large Hadron Collider, Honduran National Team, Italian National Team, Joe Cole, Juventus, Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool, Michael Ballack, Morten Olsen, Nani, Nicklas Bendtner, Polish National Team, Portuguese National Team, Roma, Simon Kjaer, Simone Pepe, Spanish National Team, Udinese, World Cup 2010 on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while reading about the large hadron collider in pop-up book form…
MLS Pick’Em – Week 11.5
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, D.C. United, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders on June 8, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Week 11 has come and gone. The Los Angeles Galaxy still remain undefeated with only 2 draws. Out of the ten games last week there were seven players who correctly picked half the games right or better. Epiblast returned to his good picking ways with six correct picks and was joined by Martin who got [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Celtic FC, European Leagues, Fenway, Intelligent US Soccer Fans, KILLER JELLYFISH!, Nani, Sporting Portugal on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while jellyfish were invading Hawaii.
2010 World Cup Preview: Group F
Posted in Bundesliga, CAF, Commentary, CONMEBOL, English Premier League, FIFA, General, La Liga, Serie A, South America, UEFA, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, World Cup Previews, World Cup Qualifiers on June 8, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The defending champions, the “other” team from Down Under, and two very competitive teams make up Group F. Three of these teams have the quality to make it out of the group stage, but only two of them are going to do it- read on to find out which team is going to join New [...]
In Further Defense of Robbie Findley
Posted in USMNT, World Cup 2010, tagged Australian National Team, Robbie Findley, USMNT on June 7, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Look, folks. I’m just as surprised to be writing this as you are. In fact, my original piece was going to be something along the lines of “Robbie Findley, when I write nice things about you, you need to LIVE UP TO THEM, dammit!” It was going to be longer than that, of course, and [...]
2010 World Cup Preview: Group E
Posted in World Cup Previews, tagged Cameroon National Team, Denmark, Holland, Japan, Netherlands on June 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Group E Not a sexy group by any means, but it is one of the few groups where there isn’t really a bad team. Japan are not really good, but they aren’t bad. While the group has a clear favorite in The Netherlands, second place is wide open. Country: Netherlands Manager: Bert van Marwijk Best [...]
Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: USA! USA! USA!
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, Off the Pitch, USMNT, Whimsy, World Cup 2010 on June 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This is the last of these columns before the beginning of the World Cup, so I thought I’d take a look at the three pieces of USMNT gear that I have in my closet. Yes, only three. Over the years, however, I have owned more. I owned two very basic USMNT gray t-shirts that I [...]
UPDATE: Fuse Muses: Sacha Kljestan’s Excellent Belgian Adventure?
Posted in Champions League, Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Europa League, Financials, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Transfer Rumors, UEFA, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
UPDATE: Today Kljestan signed a four year deal with Anderlecht. He will be the first American to play for the club and could be playing in Champions League qualifying matches in just over a month. Apparently Chivas U.S.A. captain Sacha Kljestan recently sat down with the club and let them know that he felt like [...]
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