Here we are after 30 weeks of the regular season and 3 weeks of playoffs. The final is set; FC Dallas will play the Colorado Rapids for the 2010 MLS Cup. We did have a couple pickers who correctly put Colorado in the championship, but none of us foresaw how well Dallas would play last [...]
Archive for November, 2010
MLS Pick’Em – MLS Cup
Posted in General, MLS Pick'em, tagged Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, MLS Cup 2010 on November 18, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: Turn it up to 11! Edition
Posted in English Premier League, General, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Noel and Liam McGuffin of Oasis Your task this week is to identify the songs in which the following teams and players appear, either in the title itself or in the lyrics. Please note that these are songs written by established musicians/groups, not preexisting songs adopted by supporters (with lyrics intact or changed), not novelty [...]
Last Call – Hello Friend
Posted in General on November 17, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Welcome to Avoiding the Drop. Tonight’s Last Call is a sort of continuation of the earlier live blog we had during the day. For those who don’t know today was a day that started off with a number of soccer matches that had the potential to be quite exciting. The day began with Argentina v. [...]
Harry Redknapp Scoffs At Your Silly Tactics
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Harry Redknapp, Rafael van der Vaart, Tottenham Hostpur on November 17, 2010 | 7 Comments »
November 1st, 2008. White Hart Lane. It’s halftime, and Spurs find themselves one goal down to Liverpool after an opening-minute strike from Dirk Kuyt. It’s time for a change; Harry Redknapp – who has been in charge of Spurs for less than a month – decides to make two changes. One change is in defense; [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, English Premier League, Eredivisie, General, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, MLS Playoffs, Russian Premier League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s Yevgeny Starikov- duh!! I am happy to report that just like last week my questions for you this week were so good that they once again caused some of you to respond with anger and profanity. It’s always nice to know that I am appreciated. It’s also nice to know that even though we’re [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andy Carroll, Aston Villa, Ben Foster, Benfica, Cameroon National Team, Charles Itandje, Chelsea, Cool Astronomy Stuff, David Luiz, English National Team, Everton, Fabio Capello, FC Gold Pride, Gerard Houllier, Goodison Park, Jermaine Defoe, Joe Hart, Liverpool, Manchester City, MLS, Newcastle, Niko Kranjcar, Real Madrid, Robert Pires, Roque Santa Cruz, Shay Given, Tottenham Hotspur, WPS on November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while your space probe was bringing home asteroid dust…
Commenter Keepie-Uppie: The Kick-Off Edition
Posted in Commentary, General, Introductions, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let me begin by thanking all of those who contributed to this piece, their contributions allowed my idea that it might be interesting for both commenters and staff members to share their soccer-related stories to become reality. I’d also like to invite those who didn’t submit anything last week to do so this week- the [...]
A Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread, Live Bloggish, Pre-Last Call Thingy
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, Liveblog, Matchday is for Homerism, Off the Pitch, South America, USMNT, Whimsy, World Cup Bids on November 17, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I’m going to be sitting here watching international friendlies all day so why don’t the two or three of you out there who are doing the same join me me after the jump?
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