As it turns out, this past weekend was pretty entertaining if you like crappy penalty kicks. Between the U.S. women and the Brazilian men, just putting shots on frame from the spot was at a premium for most of the matches you were likely to have watched. For truly interesting penalty kicks, we have to [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Back Heel Penalty Taker to Face Ban
Posted in Asian Football Confederation, tagged Asian Football Confederation, Lebanese National Team, Theyab Awana, United Arab Emirates National Team on July 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – Week 19
Posted in General, MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas de Guadalajara, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Juventus, Los Angeles Galaxy, Manchester City, Manchester United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Madrid, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps, World Football Challenge 2011 on July 18, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Weeks 17 and 18 provided almost 20 Major League Soccer games for out Pick’Em. It also gave us a great FIFA Women’s World Cup that ended with Japan getting a well deserved win. As I was on vacation last week and couldn’t provide weekly tables, please read on after the jump to see the [...]
Hot Coco, Anyone?
Posted in General, Homerism, Introductions, Matchday is for Homerism, News, Off and Running, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League on July 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Nope, that’s not a typo in the headline- it’s time for another update on ATD’s own Mark “Coco” Corcoran, midfielder for Ross County F.C. of the SFL First Division. The Staggies wrapped up their preseason schedule with a 2-1 loss to SPL side Kilmarnock F.C. on Saturday and our man in Dingwall (or at Rugby [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Argentine National Team, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Bert van Marwijk, Brazilian National Team, Carlos Cuellar, Carlos Tevez, Chicago Fire, Chilean National Team, Chivas USA, Colombian National Team, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Copa America, Corinthians, DC United, Dutch National Team, FC Dallas, FIFA Women's World Cup, Fiorentina, Harry Redknapp, Houston Dynamo, Japanese Women's National Team, Jeferson, Lee Cattermole, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, MLS, Mothman, Neil Warnock, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, North Korean Women's National Team, Paraguayan National Team, Peruvian National Team, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Queens Park Rangers, Rangers, Riccardo Montolivo, Roberto Mancini, Samir Nasri, San Jose Earthquakes, Sandro, Scott Parker, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Steve Bruce, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Uruguayan National Team, USWNT, Vasco de Gama, Venezuelan National Team, Wesley Sneijder, West Ham on July 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »
What you missed while the Mothman was hanging out in northern Georgia…
“The beauty of Cup football is that Jack always has a chance of beating Goliath.” – Terry Butcher
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on July 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It’s tournament final day! I’m heading out to the bar shortly to watch the USWNT (something I have used so much lately that my phone corrects USMNT to it, take that as a metaphor if you want, take it as a crafty bit of suicidal Chinese engineering if you want, I’m not the boss of [...]
“I’m a firm believer that if the other side scores first you have to score twice to win.” – Howard Wilkinson
Posted in General, Weekend Open Thread on July 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Since we last spoke, almost all of the attention in the soccer world has been focused on the Women’s World Cup. At least in the states anyway, and let’s be honest we’re the center of the world so you know, deal with it. Okay yes Copa America is going on, but in reality the Women’s [...]
Updating the MLS Attendance Figures
Posted in MLS, tagged Attendance Figures, MLS on July 15, 2011 | 6 Comments »
One of the most visited pieces we’ve done on this here little blog of ours is “MLS: Attendance the NBA Would Kill For”. The piece, written last April, details where MLS ranks in terms of attendance against the other major U.S. sports and other major international soccer leagues. In that piece, MLS comes out pretty [...]
Jozy to AZ
Posted in Eredivisie, USMNT, tagged AZ Alkmaar, Jozy Altidore, Villareal on July 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Since moving to Villareal in 2008, Jozy Altidore’s time in Europe has been a bit checkered. Statistically speaking, Altidore’s been at four clubs, made 49 appearances, and scored 3 goals. It’s fair to say that that ratio – about a goal a season – is pretty crappy. There are lots of reasons for that, of [...]
This Revolution SHOULD NOT be televised!!
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, They've Fallen, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Transfers Rules and Legalese, USMNT on July 19, 2011 | 13 Comments »
There has been a lot of news coming out of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro over the last two weeks and all of it has been decidedly negative. One of the Revolution’s main supporter’s sections- The Fort- has been essentially run out of town in an attempt to create an even more fan-friendly attitude at the [...]
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