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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Football Cup Primer: The UEFA Champions League
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged Football Cup Primer, UEFA Champions League on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the start of the Group Stage of UEFA’s Champions League. Whether you qualified automatically for this round or had to play through qualifiers to get here, this is the start of the big money round for the most prestigious tournament in club soccer. But what is the Champions League? How did it get [...]
Football Cup Primer: The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged Football Cup Primer, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on September 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week’s “Football Cup Primer” was all about England’s storied FA Cup. The FA Cup’s got a lot of history to it, but it’s by no means the only country-specific cup competition. Today we’re going to look at one that’s a little bit closer to home: the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, or “U.S. Open [...]
Football Cup Primer: The FA Cup
Posted in Football Cup Primer, tagged Football Cup Primer, The FA Cup on August 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The following conversation occurred between my wife and I earlier this week. Me: Hey, that’s cool. Jozy Altidore scored his first goal today. Mrs. Haaskivi: Oh, good for him. Who was it against? Me: Southend United. Mrs. Haaskivi: Who? Me: Southend. They’re in like League One. Mrs. Haaskivi: Why were they playing Hull? Me: It [...]
