Portugal (4) v. Brazil (6) (Friday) Maybe it’s just the historian in me, but I always enjoy matches between former colonies and their former imperial masters- they are especially enjoyable when the former colony is the better side as it is in this case. Both teams are going to progress (the Côte d’Ivoire will enter [...]
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Your Weekend Preview: Knockout Stage Edition
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, Confederations Cup, CONMEBOL, Copa Libertadores, FIFA, General, Homerism, La Liga, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Off the Pitch, Serie A, USMNT, Weekend Preview, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010 on June 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: With Fun Facts that are actually interesting edition!
Posted in Champions League, Confederations Cup, English Premier League, Europa League, Ligue 1, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, Swiss Super League, The Championship, Turkish Super Lig, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Newcastle United F.C. v. Cardiff City F.C. (Friday) Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that some of the most interesting football in England this season has been taking place not in the Premiership, but in the Championship? At least eight teams are still in the promotion race, and maybe as many as fifteen depending [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Independence Day Edition
Posted in Confederations Cup, Hyundai A-League, League of Ireland, MLS, Ross County, Weekend Preview, Western Mass Pioneers on July 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
San Jose v. Real Salt Lake (Friday) First, the main blemish on RSL’s record in the last six weeks is a 2-1 loss to San Jose (who were then a much weaker team) and they’ll be looking for some revenge for that. Second, since beating RSL on May 30, San Jose is 1-1-1. That might [...]
Confederations Cup Postmortem
Posted in Confederations Cup, tagged Bob Bradley, Confederations Cup, USMNT on June 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
(Note: I started this around the same time that Adam actually posted his earlier piece on the Confederations Cup. I wrote too much to let it just die, and I think that mine’s different enough from his that it’s fresh. You should definitely read his, too. – MH) Two weeks ago, most of us didn’t [...]
Do you believe in miracles?
Posted in Confederations Cup, USMNT, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Brazil, Confederations Cup, USMNT on June 28, 2009 | 252 Comments »
“Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.” – Larry Kersten The argument can be made that today’s match against Brazil in the 2009 Confederations Cup Final is the most important match in modern US Soccer history. There have been some big matches in the World Cup, [...]
What Spain’s Saying Today
Posted in Confederations Cup, USMNT, tagged Confederations Cup, Spanish National Team, USMNT on June 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Outside the confines of the American soccer community, the U.S. men’s team beating Spain yesterday will probably be viewed more as a side show than as the major upset that it was in this country. It’ll get a little play on ESPN, and maybe some local newspapers with soccer fan writers will do a piece [...]
Things I Want To See Today
Posted in Confederations Cup, USMNT, tagged Confederations Cup, Spanish National Team, USMNT on June 24, 2009 | 17 Comments »
At 2:30 PM EST, the U.S. Men’s National Team is going to kick off in South Africa against the Spanish National Team. I still haven’t warmed up to the idea that the U.S. actually advanced out of group play after watching their first two games, but somehow they’re now in a position to redeem themselves. [...]
Bob Bradley: Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Posted in Confederations Cup, USMNT on June 21, 2009 | 13 Comments »
A few days ago, in the burning wreckage of the matches against Italy and Brazil, many were calling for Bob Bradley’s head. Then, the US did the improbable by beating Egypt and getting some BIG help from Brazil. Some are sticking to their guns and still calling for Bradley’s exit. Other, predictably, have begun to [...]
Liveblog: USMNT vs. Brazil- Confederations Cup
Posted in Confederations Cup, Liveblog on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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The Droppies: And the winners are…
Posted in Awards, Bundesliga, Champions League, Commentary, Confederations Cup, English Premier League, FIFA, General, La Liga, News, Off the Pitch, Serie A, South America, The Droppies, UEFA, UEFA Cup, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on July 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the much anticipated second annual Droppies! Once again commenters from near and far have cast their ballots for the best of the best in ten different categories, including our newest category, “League of the Year.” The results and some insightful analysis from yours truly after the jump.
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