This is a difficult challenge so I’m going to give you a lot of information. Before I do that, however, I want to assure you of one thing: as obscure as the information I provide may make this team seem, please note the following; This team won a major, international, senior-level, tournament that is still [...]
Archive for September, 2010
The Thursday Challenge: An Actual Challenge
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Antonio Cassano, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Aston Villa, Árabe Unido, Bayern München, Blackburn, C.D. Saprissa, Carling Cup, CD Marathón, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, CONCACAF Champions League, Domenico Di Carlo, FAS, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Milan Jovanovic, Monterrey, Newcastle, Nigel Reo-Coker, Northampton, Philipp Lahm, Preston North End, Puerto Rico Islanders, Real Salt Lake, Roy Hodgson, Sampdoria, Scunthorpe United, Seattle Sounders, Sierra Leone National Team, Sir Alex Ferguson, Valencia, West Brom, Wigan on September 23, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What you missed while going on a photo tour of the large hadron collider…
Last Call – Homecoming Edition
Posted in General, Last Call on September 22, 2010 | 50 Comments »
Welcome back to Last Call. After Fuse’s great job at hosting last week, I am feeling guilty that I cannot hang out with all of you until later this evening.
MLS Pick’Em – Week 26
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Champions League, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC on September 22, 2010 | 15 Comments »
What an interesting week we had last week!! Dallas held New York to a draw and lost their starting keeper in the process. Seattle drubbed Columbus. And San Jose, Real Salt Lake, Colorado, and Kansas City all delivered shut outs. Four of our pickers (Mags, jjf3, Martin, and KC Gunner ) came up with six [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Football Shirts, General, MLS, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week I asked you to answer a group of mostly-MLS focused trivia questions- the answers are after the jump.
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andres Iniesta, Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, Bayern München, Bébé, Birmingham City, Bolton, Brentford, Burnley, Carling Cup, Carlos Vela, Chelsea, Chris Pontius, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Champions League, Corinthians, Cruz Azul, DC United, Dirk Kuyt, Dorival Junior, Efrain Suarez, English National Team, Everton, Fabio Capello, Franck Ribéry, Fulham, George Gillett, Ipswich Town, Kieran Gibbs, Leicester City, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester United, Mexican National Team, Millwall, MK Dons, MLS, New York Red Bulls, Newcastle, Neymar, Notts County, Paulo Bento, People with Too Much Free Time, Peterborough, Players Behaving Badly, Portsmouth, Portuguese National Team, Samir Nasri, Santos, Santos Laguna, Scunthorpe United, Sir Trevor Brooking, Sol Campbell, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Titus Bramble?, Tom Hicks, Toronto FC, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Wolverhampton on September 22, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What you missed while trashing household items with your homemade coil gun…
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Amateur Astronomy, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Carling Cup, Cesc Fabregas, Daniel Agger, Daniele de Rossi, Darren Bent, Dimitar Berbatov, Francesco Totti, French National Team, German National Team, Harry Redknapp, Jürgen Klinsmann, Joachim Low, Kevin Marthman, Laurent Blanc, Liverpool, Lukasz Fabianski, Manchester United, Mesut Ozil, MLS, Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini, Roma, Roy Hodgson, Sami Khedira, Serie A, Shay Given, Steve Bruce, Sunderland, Thierry Henry, West Ham on September 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while your classified satellite launch was being announced by Yahoo…
Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: Haway the Toon!
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Football Shirts, General, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on September 20, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Iconic. Some football shirts are perfect, and this is one of them. Newcastle United were founded in 1892, settled on black and white stripes as their home top in 1894, and have never worn anything else.* Other clubs have worn the same top for most of their history (Siena, Juventus, St. Mirren, etc.), but they [...]
The Scottish League Cup: Ross County F.C. v. Dundee United F.C.
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, News, Ross County on September 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today’s Scottish League Cup third round game will feature a rematch of last year’s Scottish Cup final in which United put a 3-0 end to County’s amazing and historic run in the competition. Already looking for revenge, the spirits of Staggie fans were lifted earlier this week when it was revealed that Dundee United will [...]
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