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Barcelona Beats PSG on Penalties, but Loses the Uniform Battle to Everyone Else
Barcelona is back to its winning ways, besting Paris St.-Germain in penalty kicks following a 2-2 draw in the Trophée de Paris friendly on Saturday. After a busy transfer window in which PSG ostentatiously signed big-name stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva (David Beckham was even rumored to be heading there last November), the [...]
TweetSoccer Rumors: Robin van Persie, Finally, to Sign With United?
Several sources are reporting that Robin van Persie, the Dutch Arsenal striker, may be close to signing, finally, with Manchester United, thus ending a ridiculously trite saga that began when he refused to sign an extension with the Gunners last month. The Mail Online is speculating that RVP will settle for £20m to suit up [...]
TweetOn God-Save-The-Queen-Gate
With God-Save-The-Queen-Gate reverberating through the Olympic news cycles, I’d be remiss if I didn’t, with all humility intended, add to the discussion, as if what is sorely missing is another take from someone who has never set foot on any of the British Isles. But onward, then, to the quote I found most laughably perfidious, [...]
TweetAll Football Clubs Should Be Cooperatives
Well well well. Not a day went by after writing about Manchester United’s new sponsorship deal with Chevrolet that new reports surfaced that Malcolm Glazer, the owner of the club, plans to keep half the money made from publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange instead of reinvesting the entire amount into the team—say, [...]
TweetChevrolet and Manchester United Really Are a “Perfect Fit”
“When you consider the core values of Chevrolet, our passionate customers around the world, and our rich 100-year history, the partnership with Manchester United is a perfect fit.” So says Alan Batey, General Motors’ North America vice-president, US sales and service, about a new deal to slap the Chevy brand on United’s jerseys starting in [...]
TweetPoll: Hope Solo’s Tweets to Brandi Chastain Are…
Hope Solo’s Tweets About Brandi Chastain Are… <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/6425830/”>Hope Solo’s Tweets About Brandi Chastain Are…</a>Current US Women’s National Team player Hope Solo (that sounds like a stage name, doesn’t it?) has caused quite a stir with her tweets directed at former player and current commentator Brandi Chastain. “Its important 2 our fans,” Hope tweeted, “2 [...]
TweetSpain’s Exit from the London Olympics Is a Wake-Up Call; Who Will Hear It?
It always makes me smile, if only inwardly, when a country is beaten by one of its former colonies. But it made me doubly happy that this country happened to be Spain, and that, with their loss to Honduras minutes ago, the Spanish are now mathematically unable to advance into the next round of the [...]
TweetSpain Loses—Man It Feels Good to Write That
No one has been able to write “Spain loses” when talking about a competitive match since the opening game of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, a weird and stunning loss to Switzerland. That is, until now. Japan shocked the world (and by world I mean handful of people who care about olympic football) [...]
TweetKenny Dalglish’s Legacy Takes a Strange Turn as LFC Owner Says He Wasn’t to Blame
“Seldom have I experienced a grimmer moment,” wrote architect Fritz Schumacher, on attending Nietzsche’s funeral service, adding, “Scholarship pursued this man to the grave. If he had revived he would have thrown the speaker out of the window and chased us out of the temple.” The next day, Nietzsche was buried next to his parents in [...]
TweetMLS All-Stars’ Win Over Chelsea Helps the League, Sure, But Let’s Not Go Crazy
Well that’s it, Major League Soccer has arrived, and Chelsea’s sun is setting. Americans will from now on watch every televised match, and big-name stars will flock to the league. Europe must now tremble under the looming specter of American soccer dominance. Okay, not really. Not even close. But the least we can say about [...]
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