Well it was an interesting week for Major League Soccer. Apparently if your league stars are out stinking up the pitch against a tiny nation whose canal we used to own, anything can happen and will. There were only three draws out of eleven games and only Houston and New York were able to win [...]
Archive for June, 2011
MLS Pick’Em – Week 14
Posted in CONCACAF Gold Cup, General, MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Gold Cup, DC United, 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, USMNT, Vancouver Whitecaps on June 14, 2011 | 22 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alex McLeish, Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bristol City, Chelsea, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Fenerbahce, Gervinho, Grenada National Team, Guatemalan National Team, Harry Redknapp, Honduran National Team, Jamaican National Team, LOSC Lille Metropole, Manchester City, Newcastle, Scott Parker, Star Wars, Stephen Caulker, Tottenham Hotspur, Udinese, West Ham on June 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »
What you missed while Boba Fett was invoicing you…
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alex McLeish, AS Saint-Étienne, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Birmingham City, Blaise Matuidi, Blue Square Bet Premier League, Canadian National Team, Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Costa Rican National Team, Cuban National Team, DC United, El Salvador National Team, Eric Hassli, European U-21 Championship, FC Dallas, Guadalope National Team, Houston Dynamo, Internazionale, Jose Mourinho, Kasey Keller, Liverpool, Los Angeles Galaxy, Luis Suarez, Manchester United, Mexican National Team, MLS, Nani, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Nottingham Forest, Panama National Team, Peter Coates, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, Rushden & Diamonds, Ryan Shawcross, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Sergio Agüero, Sporcle Quizzes, Sporting KC, Steve McClaren, Stoke City, Toronto FC, USMNT, Vancouver Whitecaps, Wesley Sneijder, Yosniel Mesa on June 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while enjoying one of the best Sporcle quizzes of all time…
“We played like a real team.” – Frankie Hejduk
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on June 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The USA takes on Panama this evening in what will likely be a steamy atmosphere in Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. This match will be important in terms of the likely advancement of the side into the knockout rounds of the Gold Cup. It’s clear that Panama is the next best side in the USA’s group. [...]
Your Weekend Preview: The Pickings Were Slim Edition
Posted in CONCACAF, CONCACAF Gold Cup, General, Homerism, League of Ireland, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, NASL, Ross County, USMNT, Weekend Preview, Western Mass Pioneers on June 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
New England Revolution v. New York Red Bulls (Friday) Apparently the Revs are still in the market for an attacking Designated Player, but that won’t happen until the transfer window opens at the end of the month. The question is, will it be too little too late for New England? They have gained only four [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Andrew M. Special Edition
Posted in English Premier League, General, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on June 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, knowing that I am deathly allergic to heat and humidity and would be incapacitated for the foreseeable future I sent out the call for a “guest challenger” to take my place today. Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, commenter Andrew M. bravely stepped forward to pick up the Thursday Challenge standard and march forward [...]
Apparently a leopard CAN change its spots!
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The More You Know... on June 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Has this man just saved football in Scotland? In April and December of 2010 the Right Honourable Henry McLeish (pictured above), Former Scottish First Minister (and former professional footballer) released a two part report on the state of football in Scotland from the youth level up to the national team. The first part of the [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Odd Soccer News, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on June 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It turns out that there were a lot of acceptable answers to a few of this week’s questions- and I think that’s great! I’m a firm believer that the more we research about the game and the more we learn about the game, the more we can enjoy the game. We only had two sets [...]
Not good, not good at all.
Posted in About Last Night, Commentary, CONCACAF Gold Cup, General, Homerism, USMNT, Weekend Review on June 12, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Two Yellow’s is having some “home owner” issues this morning, so it’s up to me to fire a few salvos across the bow of the U.S.S. Bob Bradley. I’m normally not one to “pile on,” but I saw too much last night that I could not ignore then and that I cannot keep quiet about [...]
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