The day is nearly upon us. Every four years the countdown to the World Cup culminates in an orgy of three-games-a-day madness for the first week and a half. Then it’s four a day. Then it slows down to two and one a day. After four years of waiting, when it comes, it seems like [...]
Archive for July, 2010
World Cup Final Roundtable
Posted in Roundtable, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, tagged Roundtable, World Cup on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Look Back At Our World Cup Previews
Posted in Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, World Cup Previews, tagged World Cup 2010 on July 9, 2010 | 6 Comments »
With a few days off before the big game, we thought it would be good to take a look back at our predictions that we made in our previews leading up to the tournament. Some of us were accurate, some of us weren’t, and then some of us were complete morons (like the guy who [...]
Your Weekend Preview: As Little MLS As Possible Edition
Posted in FIFA, General, Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, South America, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
F.C. Inter Turku v. F.C. Honka (Friday) There are actually three American players playing in Finland’s Veikkausliiga, but I could only find information on one of them- midfielder Daniel Antunez of Inter Turku so that’s why I’m previewing this match. Antunez- who was once part of the Colorado Rapids system- appears to have found a [...]
Riding The Bench In London: The Yossi Benayoun Transfer
Posted in English Premier League, Transfers, tagged Chelsea, Georger Being Vindictive, Liverpool, Luis Garcia, Yossi Benayoun on July 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
We have a policy here of not taking personal shots at players and clubs. I’ll do my best to keep that going, but I’m not going to pull any punches with this one. Yossi Benayoun’s recent move to Chelsea is baffling for a few reasons. Aside from the fact that it was a move between [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The World Cup Final Edition
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010 on July 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This week’s challenge is very short and very easy (I’m trying to encourage a lot of participation!!), but you need to pay very careful attention to the wording of the questions. Both questions are predicated on a victory for Spain- and I think that’s what we are going to see in the final. Part One: [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Antonio Cassano, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bruno Suazo, Celtic, Charleston Battery, Chivas USA, Columbus Crew, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dan Gosling, Everton, Flamengo, Food That Will Kill You, Footballers Behaving Badly, French National Team, German National Team, Houston Dynamo, Internazionale, Joachim Low, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Laurent Koscielny, Liverpool, Lorient, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manuel Almunia, Manuel Neuer, Massimo Moratti, Raymond Domenech, Roy Hodgson, Seattle Sounders, Serie bwin, Spanish National Team, Steven Gerrard, Thomas Muller, Wesley Sneijder, William Gallas, World Cup 2010 on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while giant burgers were dislocating jaws in Taiwan…
Last Call
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call on July 7, 2010 | 22 Comments »
Now we know. Sunday’s final will be Spain and Holland, in what will be a monstrous contrast of styles. Spain like to defend and counter, defend and counter, while Holland play in a much more wide-open attacking fashion and come at you from all angles. It should be quite a match. One side will win [...]
MLS Pick’Em – Week 15
Posted in General, MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, Edson Buddle, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC on July 7, 2010 | 15 Comments »
The 4th of July weekend saw Edson Buddle and Landon Donovan return to action for the Los Angeles Galaxy in their win over Seattle Sounders FC. It also provided the best performance by a single player in our Pick’Em thus far. Congrats to ATD’s own Mags who correctly picked 7 out of 8 games to [...]
Brazil Unveils the 2014 Logo: Thumbs Up? Down?
Posted in Commentary, General, Introductions, News, Off and Running, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on July 9, 2010 | 8 Comments »
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