What you missed while tweaking the general theory of relativity to explain the origin of the universe…
Archive for July, 2010
MLS Pick’Em – Week 16
Posted in General on July 13, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Week 15’s picks can most politely be described as “not good”. I will have to assume that everyone was too caught up in the World Cup to pay careful attention to their picks. In our cumulative defense, the New England Revolution win over the Galaxy was an upset that no one saw coming. Everybody except [...]
On Udinese
Posted in Serie A, World Cup 2010, tagged Serie A, Udinese, World Cup 2010 on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many club teams could claim to have produced the stars of the World Cup. Barcelona could clearly make a case for acquiring the best talent; six of the starters and several of the bench players for Spain call Barcelona their home club. Bayern Munich, too, could throw their hat into the ring; eight of the [...]
Looking Ahead: The U.S. Team in 2014
Posted in USMNT, World Cup 2014, tagged USMNT, World Cup 2014 on July 12, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Now that the World Cup is over, there’s really only one thing to do: start looking ahead to the next one. Natural attrition would tend to indicate that the team the U.S. brought to this year’s World Cup will not be completely intact for the 2014 edition; players will retire, get injured, and need to [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arjen Robben, Carles Puyol, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, Diego Forlán, Dutch National Team, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester City, Mesut Ozil, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Spanish National Team, Steve Nash, Thierry Henry, Thomas Muller, Toronto FC, Werder Bremen, World Cup 2010 on July 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while looking at this gorgeous grayscale picture of Saturn…
“I love attacking and beautiful football.” – Bert Van Marwijk
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, World Cup 2010, tagged Spain, Sunday open thread, The Netherlands, World Cup 2010 on July 11, 2010 | 9 Comments »
We’ve made it through 63 matches of varying quality to the World Cup Final. It seems as though this tournament has flown by, especially after all the buildup. I’m excited for today’s match, in that it’s a true clash of styles where you will have to see someone put their foot on the gas and [...]
“Look at Jesus. He was a normal run of the mill sort of guy who had a genuine gift.” – Glenn Hoddle
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, World Cup 2010, tagged England, Saturday open thread, World Cup 2010 on July 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I needed some time to process the World Cup experience from an England perspective. I think I’ve been able to do so now. The matches have been played, the race has been run, and we’ve failed once again to live up to the inevitable overblown hyperbole that comes every four years. It had appeared that [...]
Coming Out Of The Closet With Fuse: Spain…sort of.
Posted in Commentary, FIFA, Football Shirts, General, La Liga, Off the Pitch, Whimsy, World Cup 2010 on July 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Our time in (out of?) the closet is going to be brief today. Fuse is tired, dear readers, tired. Not sleep-related tired, weary tired. It might be time for a vacation… There was, however, a rather big “event” yesterday and I feel I should push through this overwhelming sense of fatigue and pococurantism to pay [...]
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