0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/19/2014
There’s a piano on the field and Boys II Men even performed the national anthem before the LA Galaxy/Seattle Sounders game tonight. Landon Donovan is a legend and all but isn’t this getting a bit overboard?
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
1) Xabi Alonso vs. Werder Bremen Probably 95% of free kick goals are a result of someone shooting the ball over the wall and into the goal. This free kick defied logic and Xabi Alonso decided to go under the wall to trick everyone and get the goal. Bayern Munich went on to defeat Werder […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/18/2014
Two red cards in the span of three minutes occurred close to the end of the half during the Crystal Palace/Chelsea game. The first, Cesar Azpilicueta goes studs up to the ankle and earns a straight red card. Then, three minutes later, Damien Delaney impedes Loic Remy’s progress to earn his second yellow and made […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/17/2014
After a rather inauspicious win against Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, the United States has a chance to virtually advance to the knockout round tonight against Guatemala in Chicago. The United States and Haiti are tied with three points and Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala have zero in Group A. In what was supposed to […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 10/16/2014
For fans of the men’s version of the United States national team, seeing an actual World Cup qualifying tournament with games nearly 48 hours apart had to seem strange. Yet, on Wednesday night that’s exactly what CONCACAF pulled off as 2015 World Cup qualifying got underway in Group A. The USWNT won 1-0 over Trinidad […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/15/2014
So…when the commissioner of a league announces an impromptu teleconference with the media you know something interesting is about to happen. When said commissioner is Don Garber and he just heard United States men’s national team manger diss his league and the U.S. players coming back from Europe to play in it…you know things are […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
The 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship begins tonight in Kansas City. While there will be a winner, the important thing to remember is that the two finalists will join Canada in representing CONCACAF in the Women’s World Cup in 2015. The third place finisher in the tournament will play Ecuador in a home-and-home for the final […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
Another international break is over for the United States and the theme for the US in this break has been experimentation. Jurgen Klinsmann has been bringing in new players and putting players in new positions in order to see how they perform for the future. This is the perfect time to test these things out […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/14/2014
Okay, let’s rewind a bit. At the end of the game, a boy went up to French midfielder Paul Pogba asking him for his jersey. Pogba gestures that he has apparently promised his jersey to someone else, likely to an opposing player so he offers the next best thing. Pogba drops his shorts (he has […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
Euro 2016 qualifiers are happening this week and there have been some pretty big upsets already. Slovakia beat Spain, Poland beat Germany and Iceland beat Netherlands. I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t mean crap now that qualification is so outrageously easy for the top teams. Starting with the 2016 qualifiers, qualification expanded from […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder
In what would appear to be an ever-growing rift between Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, and England manager, Roy Hodgson, the latter has come out after his comments yesterday about Raheem Sterling’s fatigue to question the training methods of Brendan Rodgers. Specifically, the medically recommended two-day recovery period. “We have never had any problems with [Liverpool’s training […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
Many FIFA sponsors have sort of danced around the issue with FIFA’s ethics and standards but it finally seems like one sponsor is taking the next step forward, albeit a very small one. Coca-Cola has publicly stated that they would like to see more transparency within FIFA amid allegations of unethical behavior resulting in Russia […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/13/2014
Monday, October 13 Euro 2016 Qualifying (127) Kazakhstan 2-4 Czech Republic (28) (76) Norway 2-1 Bulgaria (46) (155) Malta 0-1 Italy (13) (19) Croatia 6-0 Azerbaijan (95) (29) Wales 2-1 Cyprus (85) (25) Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-1 Belgium (5) (203) Andorra 1-4 Israel (64) (99) Latvia 1-1 Turkey (38) (34) Iceland 2-0 Netherlands (4) Friendlies (76) Oman […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
There were a ton of games taking place during this international break and we still have more games coming up. With all the friendlies, Euro and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games going on, it’s tough to keep track as to who won what and when or who was even playing. We have you covered […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder
Old Roy has done it again, hasn’t he? Well, it’s an international soccer break so it would only be following tradition that Roy Hodgson say something that angers a large portion of England supporters, most likely supporters from the North. A little while ago it was playing a still injured Daniel Sturridge in a meaningless […]
