Football managers might have more fun if they played Football Manager. Between Harry Redknapp whining on and on about pre-season matches and England friendlies and Arsene Wenger making his usual noise about how it’s so incredibly wrong to try to get home-grown players developed, it’s been quite a normal end the Summer season for Prem [...]
Archive for July, 2010
“Too many games have been scheduled. I don’t know whose fault that is. We play too many games.” – Harry Redknapp
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Managers, Saturday open thread on July 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Your Weekend Preview: Look out Philly!! Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, Eredivisie, FA Cup, General, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Swiss Super League, The Scottish Cup, Transfer Rumors, USSF D-2, Weekend Preview on July 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Philadelphia Union v. New England Revolution (Saturday) The is really only one piece of big news to report surrounding this match- I’ll be there! That’s right, I’ll be joining commenter “Sculptor?!” and our own TY (we hope!) at PPL Park to support my side and to soak in the urban blight that is Chester, PA! [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Singularity
Posted in CONCACAF Gold Cup, Eredivisie, General, Gold Cup, MLS, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on July 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
During his long playing career current Kansas City Wizards coach Peter Vermes achieved a great many distinctions. He was named as one of the top high school players in the state of New Jersey in the 1980s. In college he was a first team All-American and a runner-up for the National Player of the Year [...]
Last Call
Posted in Last Call on July 28, 2010 | 60 Comments »
Welcome to another edition of Last Call. Everyone at Avoiding the Drop is glad to see you here. Our soccer plate this evening will be serving the Major League Soccer All-Stars against the Red Devils of Manchester United. I think I am safe in saying that we are all hoping for “good” to triumph over [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in General, MLS, Off the Pitch, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week I asked you to provide a list of fourteen real names to go with a list of the nicknames of fourteen past and present MLS players. Two of you submitted lists of correct answers: stalwart participant Andrew M and first time player Patrick W. Thanks to both of you for taking the time [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged MLS, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke City, West Ham, CONCACAF Champions League, Santos Laguna, Ajax, Puerto Rico Islanders, Cruz Azul, New York Red Bulls, Villareal, Sir Alex Ferguson, Jozy Altidore, Fenerbahce, Roque Santa Cruz, Toronto FC, Kansas City Wizards, FC Schalke, MLS All-Star Game, Diego Maradona, Macoumba Kandji, Besiktas, Luke Young, Hannover 96, Raul, Anderlecht, Argentine National Team, Javier Hernandez, Scott Parker, Steve Cherundolo, Chewbacca Fighting Nazis While Riding on a Squirrel, San Francisco FC, San Juan Jaboleth, CD Motagua, Sacha Klestan, Dolce & Gabana on July 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while Chewbacca was fighting Nazis while riding a giant squirrel…
MLS PICK’EM – WEEK 18
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged All-Star Game, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, Dallas FC, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Manchester United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC on July 27, 2010 | 23 Comments »
OK…I tried to help everyone out with four freebies during week 17, but alas it would appear that we are still hampered by the parity of Major League Soccer. The last of the SuperLiga games were all won by MLS teams, and those points definitely helped our weekly high pickers. Out of nine points available [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Benfica, Besiktas, Brazilian National Team, Chelsea, Chivas de Guadalajara, Craig Bellamy, CSKA Moscow, Fernando Torres, Fun with the Large Hadron Collider, Guti, Jamie Carragher, Javier Mascherano, Keisuke Honda, Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool, Manchester City, Mano Menezes, MLS, Newcastle United, Omar Salgado, Ramires, Raul, Real Madrid, Schalke, Sol Campbell, USMNT on July 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while narrowing down where the Higgs boson particle DOESN’T exist…
Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: Snitches Get Stitches
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on July 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Usually, about halfway through these columns I stop and take a moment to tell you- to the best of my ability and recollection- where I purchased the item, what I paid for it, and any other relevant information surrounding my acquisition of the piece. This week it’s going to be a little bit different. This [...]
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