As we’ve harped on before, coming up with content on international weeks is hard. Okay, on week’s like this one, it isn’t that hard. What with the US Men’s National Team demolishing Honduras after having their German shackles removed and Christian Pulisic being ordained the official second coming. But with minimal MLS to report on, and no Premier […]
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#Pondcast: Never pet a burning dog
It’s officially spring here in Ohio. That means the weather is currently wildly fluctuating between spells of winter and early summer, most of the country has turned its attention to basketball madness, and those of us in the world of soccer are left to be drowned by a tsunami of soccer. The English Premiership has reached the point […]
#Pondcast: Contenders and Pretenders
two rounds of fixtures in the Premier League since our last show, order at the summit of the table seems to have started to fall into shape. And on this #Pondcast, the guys delve into whether Chelsea have already wrapped up the title, whether Spurs are the real deal, and whether Arsenal have seen this […]
#Pondcast: An Unlikely Derby
Though in year’s past we’ve been known to skip over FA Cup weekends and give ourselves a little #Pondcast break, that’s not the case in 2017. That’s especially true when two teams that guys support square up against one another in the tournament, as was the case when D.J.’s Spurs hosted Jeremy’s minnows in Wycombe Wanderers. […]
#Pondcast: What is a “Division Two”?
The first two #Pondcast episodes of each year are a bit like feast and famine. The first episode is spent trying to cram upwards of five rounds of matches into one show, while the second show is left with just one round of FA Cup fixtures to chat about. Luckily, domestic matters picked up the slack in 2017 […]
#Pondcast: The Breakup
Perhaps for the first time in the history of the #Pondcast, big soccer news actually broke yesterday before we recorded the episode. So we shuffled our plans to make plenty of room to talk about Jurgen Klinsmann being relieved of his duties as US Men’s National Team Manager and Technical Director, as well as who […]
ten words or less #87
A week of travel for the real world job has cut into my football life this week. But worry not, I still have some goods for you this week. But before I get into my favorite links from the last week or so, allow me a quick moment to pay my respects to the “Busby […]
who’s wearing the pants in this relationship?
“The MLS”, as it is known in Europe, is kind of a big deal these days. The league actually gets TV revenue now, as opposed to the opening years when they had to pay to get their games on the tube. There are clubs that are actually turning profits, a welcomed and hoped for goal […]
the right man for the job
Landing a management position in big-time, professional football has to be such a bipolar experience. On one hand, I would have to imagine you would probably be ecstatic to have landed a high profile job. The prestige, the perks, the chance to compete with and against the best of the best, knowing that you’ve reached the pinnacle […]
Wrong Side of the Pond 