Things are going well for Montenegro’s Euro 2012 qualification campaign; in spite of the fact that they’re missing their best player (Fiorentina’s Stevan Jovetic, the “Montenegrin Messi”), they were still sitting on maximum points going into their Friday match against Switzerland. Sure, they’d only really had to beat Wales and Bulgaria to do that, but [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Mirko Vučinić Raises the Celebration Bar
Posted in Euro 2012, tagged Celebrations Gone Awry, Mirko Vučinić, Montenegro National Team, Swiss National Team on October 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal Victimes, Ashley Young, Bacary Sagna, Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Darren Bent, DC United, English National Team, Euro 2012 Qualification, FC Dallas, Footballers Behaving Badly, French National Team, Hatem Ben Arfa, Houston Dynamo, John Terry, Kansas City Wizards, MLS, Montenegro National Team, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Nigel de Jong, Olympique de Marseille, Paul Gascoigne, Real Salt Lake, Rio Ferdidnand, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Steven Gerrard, Stupid Ways to Name a Child, Toronto FC on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while helping Drew Brees name his unborn son…
“We have to be bold, I want us to go out and do things, not sit and wait for them to happen.” – Pep Guardiola
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Derbies, Sunday open thread on October 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m late today, so please accept my apologies. I also don’t have a ton of time, and I didn’t get to watch the USA match, so yesterday’s plan of reviewing it here is out the window. Typical, right? It’s a weekend with no major club football, and I’m still really busy. But, I wanted to [...]
“If you want to avoid contact, I would suggest badminton or curling or chess maybe.” – Peter Nowak
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged MLS, Philadelphia Union, Saturday open thread on October 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Damn you, international weekends. Damn you. I was going to wait until the end of the season to write my post-mortem on the inaugural season of the Philadelphia Union, but since this weekend is an absolute nightmare (save for tonight’s USA-Poland tilt in Chicago), I thought I’d do this today and write up the USA [...]
Giuseppe Rossi Wishes He Could Start
Posted in Whimsy, tagged Fun With Twitter, Giuseppe Rossi, Italian National Team, Jozy Altidore, USMNT on October 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
You know, it’s really too bad that there isn’t another country that he could’ve played for or something. Oh, wait… At least if Jozy does the Macarena tomorrow, we’ll know why.
Your Weekend Preview: Friendlies, Qualifiers, and MLS stuff Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, Copa Libertadores, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, South America, Turkish Super Lig, UEFA, USMNT, Weekend Preview on October 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Scotland v. Czech Republic (Friday) A draw, that’s it, that’s all I asking for. Despite beginning their qualification with two results that could be called “underwhelming” at best, Scotland are actually leading Group I. Okay, okay, the Czech Republic and Spain have only played one match so far, but that means they have [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Brazilian National Team, David Beckham, Edson Buddle, Fun with the Large Hadron Collider, Gianlugi Buffon, Jean-Claude Dassier, Ligue 1, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS, New Anfield, Olympique de Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, Philadelphia Union, Roy Hodgson, Ukrainian National Team on October 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while reenvisioning the large hadron collider as a mural…
¿Cómo se Dice “Defensive Liability” en Español?
Posted in Transfer Rumors, tagged Glen Johnson, Liverpool, Real Madrid on October 7, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Let’s play the “hypothetical situation” game. A player on your team has not performed well since his £18.5 million transfer to your club last season. You feel that the team would be better off without him. How do you handle this problem and yet not sow seeds of strife in your already troubled dressing room? [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Another Five-A-Side Team
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hello there! It seems like last week’s question was a little rough on you- not even the the regulars has a guess!- but that’s going to happen once in a while so don’t take it personally. After the jump, this week’s challenge.
Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: One and Done
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Scotland’s Euro 2008 qualifying campaign got off to a brilliant start. After thrashing the Faroe Islands and squeaking by Lithuania, they kept the momentum going by beating France in a famous victory. This was followed by a loss to Ukraine, but the team bounced back to beat the Republic of Georgia before suffering [...]
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