I have a confession to make. Although I’ve made no secret of my affinity for Fulham Football Club (they are the driving force behind my online sobriquet, after all), Fulham were not my first love in English football, and to this day, they aren’t my only love in the game. I am, in thought, word [...]
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Choosing a Second Side: How to Follow The Football League
Posted in Choosing a new Team, General, League One, League Two, The Championship on August 3, 2011 | 14 Comments »
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 [...]
Sometimes Sleep is More Important
Posted in Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Football Shirts, Guest Post, Homerism, MLS, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on May 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For several weeks I’ve been promising you the beginning of a new regular Monday feature and that is still going to happen- just not today. Good ol’ Fuse spent a great deal longer fulfilling his familial obligations (belated Mother’s Day, brother’s birthday, visiting dad in the hospital/rehabilitation center) this weekend and there just wasn’t enough [...]
Becks to Own Team 20
Posted in Choosing a new Team, Corruption, General, MLS, NASL, News, Odd Soccer News, tagged April 1st, Carlos Alberto, David Beckham, John Kerr, NASL, New York Cosmos on April 1, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Various sources indicate that the 20th MLS team will be based in Gotham City, and that Mr. Bend-It will be the majority stakeholder. Read on after the jump for more details.
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Choosing a new Team, General, Off the Pitch, The More You Know..., Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week you were given a number of five-a-side teams and asked to explain the basis upon which they were selected. Andrew M. was the only person to submit an answer- and he only gets “half-credit.” See what he knew- and what he didn’t(!) after the jump.
UPDATE: Fuse Muses: Sacha Kljestan’s Excellent Belgian Adventure?
Posted in Champions League, Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Europa League, Financials, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Transfer Rumors, UEFA, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
UPDATE: Today Kljestan signed a four year deal with Anderlecht. He will be the first American to play for the club and could be playing in Champions League qualifying matches in just over a month. Apparently Chivas U.S.A. captain Sacha Kljestan recently sat down with the club and let them know that he felt like [...]
An Impossibly/Improbably Long Ross County Post…RE-RE-UPDATED!!!
Posted in Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Financials, General, Homerism, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Transfers, Whimsy on February 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The smaller the country, the lower the league, the harder it is for a club to maintain a consistent squad of players from year-to-year. If a player underperforms, he generally can’t be held onto and given another year to prove himself- small clubs don’t have big enough budgets to allow for this “luxury.” Conversely, a [...]
Choosing a new Club: Sheffield Wednesday
Posted in Choosing a new Team, tagged Sheffield Wednesday on May 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is the second in a series outlining the clubs in the running for when I pick a “second club” to root for, for the backstory check here. Again I’m going with another team that wasn’t on the radar when I first set out to do this project, but again that was the whole point [...]
Choosing a New Club: Blackpool FC
Posted in Choosing a new Team, tagged Blackpool on April 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is the first in a series outlining the clubs in the running for when I pick a “second club” to root for, for the backstory check here. Blackpool wasn’t even on my radar when I first put up my post, but I suppose that was one of the reasons I put the post up, [...]
Welcome to the new look of MLS- the rejects!
Posted in Choosing a new Team, Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, Introductions, MLS, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on May 23, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Last week you got to see my “winning” idea for transforming the name and look of the New England Revolution. This week I thought I’d give you a look at the ideas that didn’t make the cut. Some of them a pretty good and pretty well “fleshed-out,” others sounded good at first but lost some [...]
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