When Daniel Levy decided back in June that Harry Redknapp era needed to come to an early end and that he should replace him with André Villas-Boas, he was making a calculated decision. Unseating a manager with a proven track record only to replace him with one who’s relatively unproven was always going to have […]
the blind leading the blind
On the whole, football is a ridiculously dramatic sport. Fans have been known to riot, fight with one another and hurl missiles from the stands. Players like to feign injury, cry obsessively when things don’t go their way and kiss each other after they score goals. And announcers and pundits like to spin nothingness into headlines, distort […]
ten words or less #60
I’ve found over the last few weeks that it’s a hell of a lot easier to write content for the blog when I’m not juggling a number of other side projects at the same time. And, thanks to all of you awesome readers, the WSOTP Soccer Pub Atlas project has been quite the time-consuming affair. […]
electric
Over the years, I’ve been to more professional soccer games than I can count: MLS regular season and playoff matches, men’s and women’s national team games, USL and NASL matchups, European friendlies, World Cup games, and even a single Premier League match at White Hart Lane. And all of them were highly enjoyable experiences. But […]
the WSOTP soccer pub atlas project
Thanks to its rise in popularity over the last decade, it’s never been easier to watch football in the United States than it is today. Most Americans with a digital cable subscription have at least one full-time soccer channel at their disposal, meaning watching a load of live European matches per week from the comforts […]
ten words or less #59
It’s time for the young 2012-2013 season’s first international break, and contrary to my normal reactions, I’m actually pretty excited for this one. The last few international breaks have featured the USMNT squaring off in friendlies against opponents preparing for other tournaments, meaning they’ve all been devoid of any of the passion and desire that […]
ronaldo’s real sadness
It’s been a rough start for a few of Europe’s mega clubs this season. Manchester United have a decent record, but they’ve had some really shaky displays. PSG, despite their lavish spending, have only been able to muster one win and three draws in their first four matches. Liverpool are off to their worst start […]
i want: kwik all-surface soccer tennis
While surfing on KYCK a few weeks ago, one of the users made a post about how cool it would be to have soccer-tennis as an Olympic sport. And while the odds of that happening are about as good as Andy Carroll leading the Premier League in scoring this season, it did ignite my interest […]
this is silly season
Whether you’ve noticed or not, I’ve made a concerted effort this summer not to litter the blog with posts about transfer speculation, in particular as it pertains to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Part of my reason for that is to try to avoid boring my non-Spurs-supprorting readers with endless ranting and sobbing about our inactivity […]
a momentous baby step
As the boos and whistles rained down from the rafters, things must have finally felt different for the American players standing on the Estadio Azteca pitch. Never before had a US men’s side left the cavernous Azteca — or any other stadium in Mexico for that matter — with more goals than their hosts. But […]
Wrong Side of the Pond 