http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/the-czech-republic-flips-keys-gray-the-bird.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/the-czech-republic-flips-keys-gray-the-bird.html#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:17:58 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/the-czech-republic-flips-keys-gray-the-bird.html AP: The Czech soccer federation says that a men’s professional match in the Czech Republic will be refereed by an all-female team of officials for the first time. Please tell someone is scheming to get the dream duo of Keys & Gray back together on the tube for this one to watch them enter complete meltdown mode, [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/the-czech-republic-flips-keys-gray-the-bird.html/feed 3 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/once-a-fan-always-a-fan.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/once-a-fan-always-a-fan.html#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:25:10 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/once-a-fan-always-a-fan.html We can only assume this fan of Saprissa is the house grandma, still on the horn after all these years. One is never too old to be a fan. ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/once-a-fan-always-a-fan.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/juan-rojas-completes-the-north-american-reverse.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/juan-rojas-completes-the-north-american-reverse.html#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:34:18 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/juan-rojas-completes-the-north-american-reverse.html While William Hesmer was busy taking care of the goalie’s portion of this CONCACAF reverse in the opposite box, Pachuca’s defensive mid Juan Rojas was back in net, performing small miracles in gloves, suspect keeper kit (let’s be honest – Nike’s 10-11 keeper editions are atrocious) and invisible cape. And though it may look pretty [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/juan-rojas-completes-the-north-american-reverse.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/football-lessons-dont-shoot-at-journalists.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/football-lessons-dont-shoot-at-journalists.html#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:15:02 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/football-lessons-dont-shoot-at-journalists.html Even if it’s with an air gun. And if there’s another lesson here, even a life lesson not exclusive to those who earn big change to play football, it’s that you should never take lessons from Diego Maradona’s off-pitch behavior. Just as Diego did some years ago, a Hondruan keeper has shot at a journalist [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/football-lessons-dont-shoot-at-journalists.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/concacaf-champions-league-group-stage-now-with-less-la-galaxy-more-toronto-and-seattle.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/concacaf-champions-league-group-stage-now-with-less-la-galaxy-more-toronto-and-seattle.html#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:00:47 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/concacaf-champions-league-group-stage-now-with-less-la-galaxy-more-toronto-and-seattle.html Here’s something you can’t say too often: The CONCACAF Champions League is a step ahead of the UEFA Champions League. While the more famous Champions League is still preparing for its Playoff Round, its CONCACAF cousin has already done the draw for the group stage. The Preliminary Round concluded this week, and bad news for LA [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/concacaf-champions-league-group-stage-now-with-less-la-galaxy-more-toronto-and-seattle.html/feed 8 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/mixed-start-for-mls-teams-in-concacaf-champions-league.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/mixed-start-for-mls-teams-in-concacaf-champions-league.html#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:38 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/mixed-start-for-mls-teams-in-concacaf-champions-league.html Forget the MLS All-Star game vs Man Utd. If you really want to judge MLS teams against international opposition, the best place to do so is the CONCACAF Champions League. If you have no idea what the acronymtastic competition is, imagine the UEFA Champions League, but instead of Barcelona and Man Utd it features the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/mixed-start-for-mls-teams-in-concacaf-champions-league.html/feed 9 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/home-champions-league-openers-for-3-mls-sides.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/home-champions-league-openers-for-3-mls-sides.html#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:55:30 +0000 Ian Rose http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/home-champions-league-openers-for-3-mls-sides.html Let’s be honest – CONCACAF is not UEFA. It’s just not, and not only for the longer, much clunkier acronym. It’s a confederation with two current powers (USA and Mexico) and a bunch of smaller opponents who have struggled to compete in recent years at both the international and club levels. CONCACAF’s [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/home-champions-league-openers-for-3-mls-sides.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/new-york-red-bulls-defeat-juventus-in-friendly.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/new-york-red-bulls-defeat-juventus-in-friendly.html#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 01:48:34 +0000 Francesco http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/new-york-red-bulls-defeat-juventus-in-friendly.html Living in the tri-state area, I’m pretty lucky that over the years many European teams have come to play in the New York area. Since I have been a calcio aficionado since birth, any time an Italian team has come to play here I have always jumped at the chance to go and see them. [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/new-york-red-bulls-defeat-juventus-in-friendly.html/feed 12 http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/google-translate-creates-its-own-truths.html http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/google-translate-creates-its-own-truths.html#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:38:07 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/google-translate-creates-its-own-truths.html This picture of two Honduran players smooching after a goal has sparked a bit of gossip about the sexual orientation of those involved. (Mostly that they’re into one another.) Upon going through Google Translate to see what one of the players had to say about the situation, we found that Google cited the player’s comments and [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/concacaf/google-translate-creates-its-own-truths.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/game-of-the-year-candidate-in-mexico-fifa-actually-get-something-right.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/game-of-the-year-candidate-in-mexico-fifa-actually-get-something-right.html#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:14:06 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/game-of-the-year-candidate-in-mexico-fifa-actually-get-something-right.html This was, by far, the single best CONCACAF Champions League game I have ever seen. Of course it’s the only CONCACAF CL game I’ve ever seen. And I really only saw half, but let’s not let details and facts cloud the scintillating glow of this game. 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