Week 1 of the 2011 Major League Soccer season is now in the books. Ten games played and only two draws in the bunch. This week’s winner with seven correct picks was candle. Congratulations to you! There were a handful of players with six correct nipping at candle’s heels though. But perhaps the most exciting [...]
Archive for March, 2011
MLS Pick’Em – Week 2
Posted in MLS Pick'em, Wild Ass Guesses, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, Match Day Live, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps on March 23, 2011 | 19 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, General, MLS, The Scottish Cup, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifiers on March 23, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I’m happy to say that last week’s “good mix of questions” lived up to my evaluation of them. We had three commenters submit their answers and, as would be expected, they all got the easy ones correct, some got the middling questions correct, and the correct answers to the most difficult of the questions were [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Ajax, Arsenal, Bayer Leverkeusen, Chad Ochocinco, Chelsea, Damien Comolli, Danish National Team, DC United, Dirk Kuyt, English National Team, English Premier League, Euro 2012 Qualification, Everton, Fernando Llorente, Food That Will Kill You, Galatasaray, Gheorghe Hagi, Guus Hiddink, Ian Ayre, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, Lucas Leiva, Luis Suarez, Nicklas Bendtner, Portland Timbers, Ramires, Real Madrid, Rene Adler, Robin van Persie, Simon Kjaer, Sporting Kansas City, Steve Clarke, Turkish National Team, Xavi on March 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while eating bacon jam…
The Shirt Tournament of Champions: The Final
Posted in Football Shirts, tagged The Shirt Tournament of Champions on March 22, 2011 | 12 Comments »
The Shirt Tournament of Champions is our quest to figure out what the best football shirt of all time is. It may not be perfect, but we’re doing it our way, with some fun and knowledge. More information on the tournament and all current matchups can be found here, here, and here. Thus far this [...]
Colorado Rapids Pimp Their Crest
Posted in MLS, tagged Colorado Rapids, MLS, Sponsorships on March 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Sponsorship is the engine of the modern game. It’s impossible to escape it; whether it’s the ad board holdings behind a goal, the sponsored time clock on the right hand corner of your screen, the name of the stadium, or the walking billboard that is the modern kit, chances are high that you’ve seen an [...]
“He made the impossible possible.” – Arsene Wenger
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Saturday open thread on March 19, 2011 | 16 Comments »
He might have been talking about himself when he made that quote. From my perspective, Arsene Wenger is on a very short list of the best managers to ever grace the Premier League. Now it is time for him to step aside. He needs to no longer run the tactical operations of Arsenal Football Club. [...]
The Shirt Tournament of Champions: 1967-1981 Arsenal Home vs. 1986 Argentina
Posted in Football Shirts, tagged Argentina, Arsenal, The Shirt Tournament of Champions on March 18, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The Shirt Tournament of Champions is our quest to figure out what the best football shirt of all time is. It may not be perfect, but we’re doing it our way, with some fun and knowledge. More information on the tournament and all current matchups can be found here, here, and here. There is no [...]
