I just wrote 1800 plus words on Landon Donovan and WordPress ate it. I’m not in a mood to recreate it. I’m so mad right now I could spit. So, forgive me. I have things to do and I’ve been writing for two hours. Have a good Saturday and enjoy the matches.
Archive for July, 2010
Saturday
Posted in General on July 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: I Like This Kid Edition
Posted in Champions League, General, Homerism, MLS, NASL, Ross County, Russian Premier League, Scottish Football League, UEFA Cup, USMNT, Weekend Preview, Western Mass Pioneers, World Cup 2010 on July 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Ross County F.C. v. Clyde F.C. (Saturday) This match will mark the Staggies’ fourth preseason friendly and their first against SFL competition. Thus far County have faced three Highland League sides, winning all three matches and doing so without conceding a goal. As is always the case with preseason matches this meeting with Clyde will [...]
Attention Thursday Challenge Participants!!
Posted in General on July 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Bad News: Further research has resulted in your hint being removed. The Good News: The question may be easier now.
Goodbye, FA Cup Replays; Hello, Winter Break?
Posted in English Premier League, FA Cup, tagged English National Team, English Premier League, The FA, The FA Cup on July 15, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. It’s also the biggest; 759 clubs are competing in the 2010-11 variant, which will get started in the middle of August when 402 of the League Nine and Ten teams will square off in the 201 games that make up the “Extra Preliminary Round”. [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Hardest One Yet?
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on July 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Despite what you might think, this is actually a question about soccer. It’s so hard I’ll even give you a hint after the jump…
Last Call: Off With Their Heads!
Posted in Last Call on July 14, 2010 | 29 Comments »
Welcome to Last Call! Glad you could join us. Today is Bastille Day, so to our French readers we say, “Le jour heureux de bastille!” Meanwhile back in the states the only professional sports in action today are Major League Soccer (Kansas City Wizards v. Columbus Crew) and the WNBA (all of whose games are [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in FIFA, UEFA, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010 on July 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If I’ve learned anything while constructing the 43(!) Thursday Challenges that have preceded this one it is this: the later at night that I write the challenge the more likely I am to make a mistake. But I’ll get to that in a moment- first allow me to refresh the questions in your mind…
The Droppies Are Coming!! The Droppies Are Coming!!
Posted in Awards, Commentary, General, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, The Droppies, Transfers, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010 on July 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We delayed them for a few weeks to allow for this summer’s World Cup, but now that the tournament is over it is time for the second annual Droppies!! All of the important details are after the jump…
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