There are many different tournaments that pit club teams from one association against another, but few are as murky as the SuperLiga. For one thing, it’s in CONCACAF; it’s hard to get the teams in CONCACAF to care about their own associations Champions League, let alone fans from outside the region. The other issue, however, [...]
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Football Cup Primer: North American SuperLiga
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged CONCACAF, Football Cup Primer, North American SuperLiga on July 20, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Football Cup Primer: The World Cup
Posted in Football Cup Primer, World Cup 2010, tagged Football Cup Primer, World Cup 2010 on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow – less than twenty four hours from now, in fact – the biggest sporting event in the world will kick off. For one month, club loyalties will (mostly) be put aside and replaced with natural pride; Liverpool fans will root for Wayne Rooney, Barcelona fans will praise the keeping abilities of Iker Casillas, and [...]
C’mon you Staggies!!!
Posted in Commentary, Financials, Football Cup Primer, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League on March 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today’s Scottish Cup quarterfinal replay between Ross County and Hibernian is important for both clubs. Hibernian- who haven’t won the league in almost sixty years- are trying to win their first Scottish Cup for the first time in 108 years. Fans of the Chicago Cubs are perhaps the only other fan base in the world [...]
Football Cup Primer: The Copa Libertadores
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged Copa Libertadores, Football Cup Primer on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While most of Europe is gearing up for the octofinal of the UEFA Champions League, South America is getting ready to kick off their own party: the Copa Libertadores (or, if you’re into sponsorship deals, the “Copa Santander Libertadores de América”) starts up first round action tomorrow. And while most of us probably will only [...]
A Few Words on College Soccer and the College Cup
Posted in Commentary, Football Cup Primer, General, Ligue 1, MLS, USMNT on December 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Every year I force myself to sit down and watch the NCAA Men’s Division I “College Cup” final.* I say “force” because I hate the men’s collegiate game at the D-I level. I find that “big time” men’s college soccer lacks all of the things that I love about the Beautiful Game- technical ability, creativity, [...]
Football Cup Primers: Copa do Brasil
Posted in Copa do Brasil, Football Cup Primer, tagged Copa do Brasil, Football Cup Primer on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Let’s say you’ve got a huge country that’s also crazy about soccer. You want to have a tournament amongst all those teams (something like the FA Cup), but the sheer number of teams in your country (plus the economic and logistical issues encountered when poor teams are trying to use poor roads to travel long [...]
Football Cup Primer: The Europa League
Posted in Europa League, Football Cup Primer, tagged Europa League, Football Cup Primer, UEFA Cup on November 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you’re a college basketball program, your ultimate goal is to receive a bid for the NCAA Tournament. You’re playing all season just for that berth, and you want to get in. Small schools want in, big schools need in; it’s part of what defines your season’s success. And while only one school can ultimately [...]
Football Cup Primer: The CONCACAF Champions League
Posted in CONCACAF Champions League, Football Cup Primer, tagged CONCACAF Champions League, Football Cup Primer on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Football Cup Primer: The Football League Cup
Posted in Carling Cup, Football Cup Primer, tagged Carling Cup, Football Cup Primer, Football League Cup on September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Regular readers of Avoiding the Drop may recall the inaugural entry in the “Football Cup Primer” series from a couple weeks back. That entry discussed the FA Cup, one of the oldest and largest competitions in the world for any sport. The Football League Cup is not that competition. The confusion between the League Cup [...]
County Watch: Episode 2
Posted in Commentary, Football Cup Primer, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Weekend Review on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome. It was a roller coaster of a week for Ross County F.C., but one that ultimately ended on a high note with the Staggies defeating Queen of the South in the ALBA Challenge Cup Final. The Challenge Cup is open to all thirty teams in the SFL First, Second, and Third Divisions. This was [...]
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