0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 11/20/2014
In a standard move for a soccer club (or any company for that matter), Valencia has sought to trademark their new crest to protect its usage. DC Comics, however, have challenged this attempt to trademark their new club crest, claiming that it is too similar to the Batman logo. What is odd, though, is that this issue […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
For the past day or so, I have seen many reports saying that Lionel Messi is considering leaving or hinting at leaving Barcelona next year or in the foreseeable future. I have to be honest, I haven’t read any of these articles because I know it’s not going to happen. Lionel Messi is staying at […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 11/19/2014
Real Madrid made some big business news today as they struck deals with Microsoft and IPIC. Microsoft is well known worldwide and if you are reading this, you most likely know who Microsoft is. IPIC is not as well know. IPIC, or International Petroleum Investment Company, is a government owned energy investment company owned by […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
The FIFA rankings won’t be officially updated until November 27, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun and figure out who currently is the best team in the world (according to FIFA). 1) Germany – 1725 points currently – 1669 points in October – 1st in October 2) Argentina – 1538 points […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
Earlier, I talked about the Ireland/USA game and debated on whether or not they would suffer a late game collapse like so many recent games. We found out that it was even worse. The USMNT couldn’t even get ahead to suffer a late game collapse. Ireland, well an arguably “C” squad Ireland team handedly defeated […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
If it feels like soccer has dominated the sporting world as a global juggernaut in recent years, that’s because it has. With an estimated 3.5 billion fans spanning over 250 countries, soccer, or “football,” is far and above the most popular professional sport in the world. As fan bases grow and the sport garners more […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 11/18/2014
Just when we thought the bizzare story of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process couldn’t get any stranger. Just a day after releasing a report on the full investigation headed by Michael Garcia, FIFA has now turned over that report for criminal prosecution by the Swiss Attorney General. The world governing body issued […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
While the score of a game isn’t the most important factor in most friendlies, there is a crisis concerning the US Men’s National Team when it comes to giving up late goals. The USMNT has allowed a late goal after the 85th minute or in extra time that resulted in a loss of points in […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 11/17/2014
Two whistleblowers from the Garcia Report on possible corruption during the bid process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup’s have lodged a complaint within FIFA against Hans-Joachim Eckert because his summary of the Garcia Report contained information that made them easily identifiable. Phaedra Almajid of Qatar 2022 and Bonita Mersiades of Australia 2022 were […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
The Italy/Croatia game was temporarily suspended in the 73rd minute due to Croatian fans throwing flares from the top level of San Siro onto the field. The scene provided for a picturesque and dangerous situation and the referee felt it was best to stop the game and get the players away from danger. Italian police […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 11/16/2014
There are a lot of games taking place this international break and it’s tough to track all of these games down. Leave it to us to do the job for you. EURO 2016 QUALIFYING Friday, November 14 Georgia 0-4 Poland Romania 2-0 Northern Ireland Portugal 1-0 Armenia Serbia 1-3 Denmark Hungary 1-0 Finland Greece 0-1 […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
Former German goalkeeper, Tim Wiese, retired from professional soccer this year at the age of 32 and is likely to become a pro wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Wiese made his debut yesterday at a WWE non-televised live event in Frankfurt, Germany as a timekeeper during a tag team match involving The Usos against […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
It’s no secret Jozy Altidore wants a move away from Sunderland in order to get more playing time. While we don’t know where he’ll go, we can probably cross LA Galaxy off the list. Probably
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 11/15/2014
Irony and international soccer seem to be a match made in heaven these days. No other example may be greater than a report released on Saturday, suggesting that European soccer governing body UEFA may leave international soccer body FIFA behind. All of it apparently over the failure of FIFA to release the full report of […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying resumes Saturday and will conclude Wednesday. At this point, except for a few teams who have played five, everyone has played four games in their qualifying group and have two games left. So far, the only teams qualified are Algeria, Cape Verde and Tunisia. Morocco was supposed to […]
