This post by Paul a couple weeks ago has inspired me to post more about soccer. I've sporadically written about it in the past, including every major international tournament, occasional mentions of clubs I support or otherwise follow (Celtic, Arsenal, and to a lesser extent...
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One of the (few) joys of following soccer football in Britain are the annual surprises generated by the various and sundry domestic cup competitions. The big news of the past.
Blatter is critical of the MLS. To wit: But don’t forget that soccer — as they call football there — is the most popular game in the youth. It’s not.
The Hillsborough Independent Panel's report was released yesterday, following nearly three years of work re-examining the Hillsborough disaster of April 15, 1989. A good summary of the findings are here. The NYT has a story here. For those unaware, Hillsborough (the ground of Sheffield Wednesday...
Group play, consisting of three groups of four teams, ended two days ago. The tournament gets interesting now, with all four quarter final matches tomorrow (Friday). Eight of the twelve.
This handy guide describes the venues that Rangers FC (and their travelling support) will be descending upon over the course of the coming season in Scotland's fourth (and final) tier.
When I woke this morning (Pacific time), the first thing I wanted to see was the result of the Scottish Premier League vote on whether or not to transfer the SPL certificate from the liquidated "Rangers Football Club plc" to the new corporate structure "The...
The Europeans are still playing a tournament concerning the soccer. I managed to watch all of Portugal v Spain Wednesday night, while packing. That it went to penalties was inconvenient.
UPDATE: Oops, and oops. I quite clearly suck. Again, the convenient overview can be found here. I've been able to watch a lot more of the second round of matches.
A convenient overview of the state of play of the European Championships can be found here. My typically ill-conceived predictions can be found here. I watched three of the matches, and listened to a further two on BBC Radio 5. The results from the first...
Watching last night's Barcelona-Inter Milan draw reminded me, that for many people on this planet, the most frightening sight in the world is a 5'4" Argentinian–born the year after the.
Thanks to a deep desire to nap and a DVR that's threatening to delete everything I want to watch, I spent a few hours this afternoon watching the Heat and.