It’s been a few months (okay, more than that), but welcome to Last Call! We’ll post updates about the ÜSMNT-Costa Rica match (11:00pm EDT, ESPN2, ESPN3, Galavision) as we receive them, including starting lineups, breaking news, and other minutiae, but in the meantime, pull up a chair, crack open a beer or pour yourself a [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Last Call: The Late Late Show with USA-Costa Rica
Posted in CONCACAF, General, Last Call, Matchday is for Homerism, USMNT on September 2, 2011 | 143 Comments »
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – International Week
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Costa Rican National Team, Los Angeles Galaxy, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City, USMNT on September 2, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Due to the international break, there are only two games scheduled for this weekend. One on Saturday and one on Monday.
Match Preview: USA-Costa Rica
Posted in USMNT, tagged Costa Rican National Team, International Friendlies, USMNT on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jurgen Klinsmann’s managerial debut against Mexico saw the good and the bad of the U.S. team. The bad was the first half, with players struggling to understand their roles in a 4-2-3-1 formation they’d been playing throughout the Gold Cup; the good was the second half, where substitutions and positional shifts (most notably Torres being [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Labor Day International Edition
Posted in CONCACAF, CONCACAF Champions League, Euro 2012, General, Homerism, League One, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, The Football League, USMNT, Weekend Preview on September 2, 2011 | 8 Comments »
United States v. Costa Rica (Friday) Though I always hope for a USMNT win, the outcome of this match- and probably the one against Belgium that follows it- is only of secondary importance. The primary function of these matches is for Jurgen Klinsmann to continue to evaluate the talent pool from which he will have [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged AC Milan, Arsenal, Blackburn, Carlos Tevez, Charlie Adam, Columbus Crew, Craig Bellamy, El-Hadji Diouf, Filippo Inzaghi, Jamie Carragher, Liverpool, Manchester City, Nicklas Bendtner, Nottingham Forest, Owen Hargreaves, Robert Warzycha, Scottish National Team, Steve McClaren, Sunderland, You Can't Move That Mountain on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while Holland was making mountains…
The Friday Funny
Posted in Friday Funny, tagged Manchester United, Soccer Jokes on September 2, 2011 | Comments Off
Hello and welcome to the second week of the Friday Funny. If our poll is a relatively accurate reflection of your thoughts, then most of you left with at least a smile last week. Read on after the jump to start this weekend with a smile as well.
The Thursday Challenge: Bo Knows…Pele?
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Welcome back! This week’s challenge may be particularly…challenging…to those of you under the age of thirty, but for those of us who can remember the late 1980s and early 1990s it should be a little easier. I’ve given you similar challenges to this week’s in the past, but for those of you who are not [...]
