How important is the upcoming Summer for the US Men’s National Team? It’s more important than you might think. It starts with a vanity clash with Spain in Foxborough on June 4th. This is strictly being used as a warm-up for the Gold Cup. The Cup squad gets named Monday, so presumably it will be [...]
Archive for May, 2011
“In the first-half we were like the Dog and Duck, in the second-half we were like Real Madrid.” – Ian Holloway
Posted in USMNT, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread, USMNT on May 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: All the leagues are ending! Edition
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Scottish Premier League, Transfer Rumors, Turkish Super Lig, USMNT, Weekend Preview on May 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
New England Revolution v. San Jose Earthquakes (Saturday) Whatever happened to that big time striker the Revs were going to sign as their first Designated Player? Yeah, I’m thinking I should probably just get over it and move on. Having done that, the best thing that the Revs could do at this point would be [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alexander Hleb, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Bolton, Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Denilson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Harry Redknapp, Jermain Defoe, Johan Elmander, Jonjo Shelvey, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Michael Bradley, Real Madrid, Ring Tones of the Stars, Roma, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steve Clarke, Tottenham Hotspur on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while Newt Gingrich was enjoying his ABBA ringtone…
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – Week 10
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC on May 19, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Well, week 9 saw a couple of upsets. First, the Houston Dynamo played Real Salt Lake to a draw at Rio Tinto, which only two of our pickers saw coming. And second, the upset that I don’t believe anyone, pickers or not saw coming, Chivas USA defeated New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena. [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Nerve Tonic Edition
Posted in Financials, Football Shirts, General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, there is a theme that runs through these shirt sponsor-based questions- but it stops after the fifth question, so don’t wear yourself out trying to figure out what the other five questions have to do with carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages. As usual I’ve done my best to throw you a few softballs (questions 2, 6, [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Andre Villas Boas, Andrea Pirlo, Avram Grant, Beer in Space, Carlos Tevez, Charlie Davies, Chelsea, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Daniel Sturridge, DC United, Europa League, FC Porto, Federico Macheda, Fiorentina, Giuseppe Rossi, Juan Manuel Vargas, Karren Brady, Landon Donovan, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Michael Bradley, Neymar, Rafael van der Vaart, Real Madrid, Roma, Sampdoria, Santos, SC Braga, Sebastien Bassong, Steve Morgan, Tottenham Hotspur, USMNT, Villareal, West Ham, Wolverhampton on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while brewing beer for space tourists…
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in General, MLS, NASL, The Football League, The More You Know..., Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup Qualifiers on May 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Participation in the Thursday Challenge dropped off a bit this week with only Harry J. and Keith C. submitting answers by the deadline. Neither Harry or Keith were perfect, but they both did quite well and I thank them for their efforts- even if they did make a few of the questions harder than they [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Ajax Cape Town, Andrey Arshavin, Arsenal, AS Monaco, Asbestos is Bad, Aston Villa, Ben Foster, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Carlos Tevez, Colin Doyle, English Premier League, Jermain Defoe, Joe Cole, Kaká, KRC Genk, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mark van Bommel, Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez, Mick McCarthy, MLS, Neil Warnock, Park Ji-Sung, Patrice Evra, Premier Soccer League, Queens Park Rangers, Real Madrid, Robert Pires, Roberto Mancini, Standard Liege, Steve Kean, Stoke City, Thiago Silva, Thierry Henry, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton, Zlatan Ibrahimović on May 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while your asbestos mine was being mocked on “The Daily Show”…
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Avram Grant, Carlton Cole, David Sullivan, Demba Ba, Financial Disasters, Olympic Stadium, West Ham on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while the Endeavor crew was paying homage to Star Trek…
Welcome to the new look of MLS!
Posted in Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, Introductions, MLS, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Whimsy on May 17, 2011 | 22 Comments »
If you’re a regular reader of Avoiding the Drop you may have notice a recurring theme in recent months, namely, that those of us here at the site- as well as those who leave comments- feel as though MLS has finally “turned the corner” and that it is well on its way to becoming the [...]
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