pic of the week 11/18-11/24

on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

A warm welcome back to the semi-regular Pic of the Week after a month’s absence on the blog. However, if the picture above makes you feel like you’ve accidentally stumbled into a Monty Python movie, worry not… this week’s picture is actually soccer related. The moose in the picture is actually a forlorn Swedish national team fan, […]

world cup XX by the numbers

on November 24, 2013November 24, 2013 by D.J. Switzer 1 Comment

As the final whistle blew in Montivideo last week, a 0-0 scoreline between Uruguay and Jordan was enough to see the South American champions ease past the visitors to become the thirty-second and final nation to qualify for World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The 20th edition of the tournament, Brazil 2014 will be the first […]

WSOTP pod: episode 14

on November 19, 2013November 21, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

WSOTP Pod: Season 1 Episode 14 With the international break keeping things fairly dull over the last week, and no Premier League matches to review, you might think Jeremy and D.J. would have nothing to talk about on this week’s episode of the WSOTP Pod. But if that’s the case, then you don’t know us very […]

the double standard

on November 18, 2013December 8, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

Sometimes, I like to imagine that time travel is a reality and that I’ve been given the opportunity to fast forward ten years into the future. Predictably, it can be fun to try to guess how much that world will differ from the one we currently live within. But, for me at least, it’s even […]

i want: 1994 stars by bumpy pitch

on November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

As I’ve said more times on this blog than I could even count, the 1994 World Cup here in the United States was a seminal moment in my life. Just 12 years old at the time, I completely immersed myself in the World Cup and the US national team in a way that I was […]

WSOTP pod: episode 13

on November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

WSOTP Pod: Season 1 Episode 13 Sure, you can expect the normal discussion concerning the weekend’s Premier League action. And yes, you’ll hear Jeremy and D.J. rehash the results of the MLS Playoffs, as well as our thoughts on the upcoming international break. And there’s even discussion to be heard about the NASL and the […]

ten words of less #83

on November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

Though I didn’t plan this out or anything, the fact that this week’s TWOL is very American-soccer heavy is oh-so-ironically perfect timing considering today is Veterans Day. That said of them, none of them have anything to do with veterans themselves. Anyway, many thanks from WSOTP to all of the veterans and current members of the armed forces […]

protecting your assets

on November 6, 2013September 17, 2014 by D.J. Switzer

For the past few decades, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club jave seemed caught in a cyclical pattern. Bring along a promising player, developing them into a highly prized commodity. Fail to convince them the club can match their needs/ambition/desires/etc. Receive repeated and increasing bids for their services from those in greener pastures, eventually culminating in Spurs […]

WSOTP pod: episode 12

on November 5, 2013November 7, 2015 by D.J. Switzer

WSOTP Pod: Season 1 Episode 12 With D.J. alone taking in nearly a dozen full matches this weekend — including six in the Premier League, four MLS Playoff games, and attending a live PASL match for the local Cincinnati Saints — figuring out what to actually discuss in this week’s edition of the pod was […]

paradox of plenty

on November 1, 2013December 8, 2013 by D.J. Switzer

Year after year, fans of the beautiful game are subjected to — or rather, subject themselves to — the debate over which league is the best in the world. In general, it’s a pretty fruitless argument. There are like a billion ways to define “best”: most number of top teams, the league with the most parity, […]