if you’re like me, you’ve become frustrated with attempting to follow dayton, ohio’s favorite soccer player since chris rolfe made his move to denmark’s aalborg in january. it would be one thing if he had made a move to the premier league or the italian serie a, since the prevalent fox soccer channel would have […]
“what i want” and “what will” are rarely the same
as the saying goes, “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” i hate that saying; it makes absolutely no sense to me. who has ever had some cake and not eaten it? certainly not my soon to be wife. she loves cake. she even eats cake that other people have. and though i […]
round up #19
sorry kids, i’ve been busy as hell. it’s been a rough few weeks for the blog, as i adjust my life around my new job. one of these days, i’ll hopefully figure out a way to balance my work life with my soccer life. and though that day is not today, i figured a second […]
how can we fix this?
i’m ashamed. it’s one of those times, as a fan, that i would rather not tell anyone who i follow. if i did, this is how i would imagine the conversation going… other guy –“oh, you support madrid? aren’t those the guys who spent 93.2 gazillion dollars this summer on like five players?” me – […]
the missing
it’s the game’s biggest stage, and that stage features the world’s biggest stars. well, most of them anyway. every four year’s, hundreds of millions of adoring fans to watch the brightest stars of football shine during the world cup. unfortunately, some of those star names don’t get the final invite to the the big ball […]
round up #18
i’ve been slammed lately, and i’m sorry about my lack of posting. there’s so much going on my head is spinning: i start a new real world job next week, i’ve been doing some wedding planning to earn brownie points with my future wife, and i’ve finally replaced my non-functioning old phone with a new […]
the european playoff proposition
I love the promotional playoffs in English Championship. They add an additional layer of drama to an already drama-filled promotional race at the end of each season. Often times, the playoffs expose little known teams to the big-time spotlight, giving those sides a rare shot of a match at the fabled Wembley. The play playoffs […]
rolfe update: on the mark in friendly win
so i’m a little late getting this posted, as i’ve been a little busy as of late: shoveling snow, watching the olympics, and pulling my hair out due to real madrid’s ineptitude in the champions league. but i figured better late than never, right? for those of you who follow former chicago fire striker chris […]
round up #17
damn these winter olympics. they’re so freaking distracting. despite the fact that there are more games in going on within a week either direction of today than in recent memory (premier league games were midweek last week, FA cup games and la liga games this weekend, champions league coming up this week), the festivities in […]
all but the nail in the coffin
do you ever get the feeling in the pit of your stomach where you know that something awful is just around the corner? sometimes it can feel like you’re being slowly dragged towards the edge of a cliff because you have an anvil tied to your foot. no matter how much you claw at the […]
Wrong Side of the Pond 