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How to Get Footy Fans to Stop Smoking: The Prizes Britain SHOULD be Offering
By: Laurie |
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Best quote from this article on the National Health Service’s plan to use footy fans’ love of their sport to get them to quit smoking:
[M]ore than half of Liverpool fans say they would give up smoking if their team won the League and FA Cup double – more than for any other [...]
10 Reasons Why Everyone – Even Euro-Snobs – Should Watch MLS Cup 2009
By: Daryl | 12 Comments
I asked for a Beckham vs Blanco, LA Galaxy vs Chicago Fire MLS Cup 2009. But my request was denied when Real Salt Lake beat Fire on spot kicks in the Eastern Conference Final.
Still, as MLS-based attention grabbing events go, an LA Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake MLS Cup 2009 is up there. I’ll definitely [...]
Category: MLSMLS: A League in Need of Better Strikers?
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
Major League Soccer announced the league’s Best XI yesterday, as voted for by media, players, coaches and GMs. Here’s what they came up with:
GOALKEEPER (1): Zach Thornton (Chivas USA)
DEFENDERS (3): Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), [...]
Category: MLSPhiladelphia Union Unveil Inaugural Kit
By: Dave Martinez | 22 Comments
Yes, the Philadelphia Union kit is rich in American history; it’s blue and gold color scheme reflects the uniform of the early American Revolution, it’s collar boldly highlights Benjamin Franklin’s “Jungite Aut Perite” (Join or Die) rallying cry, and the crest highlights 13 stars for each of the original colonies, along with the “Don’t Tread [...]
The Offside’s Utterly Unofficial Awards for Chicago – RSL. The “Eastern” Conference Finals
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
Final score Chicago 0-0 RSL aet, RSL takes it on penalties, 5-4.
First, just like last year, we have to go with the “AMERICANS SUCK AT GEOGRAPHY award,” (given last year under a different name to):
MLS.
So…yeah. Salt Lake. In the Eastern Conference finals.
Why am I getting visions of MLS Commissioner [...]
Tags: Chicago Fire, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Javier Morales, MLS, MLS Eastern Conference Final, Nick Rimando, Real Salt Lake, RSL, Utterly Unofficial Awards, World FootballLA 2-Houston 0. The Offside’s Utterly Unofficial Awards for the MLS Western Conference Championship
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
It’s that time again! The time to give the Utterly Unofficial MLS Playoff awards that the teams, players and owners really deserve.
Today? The Western Conference Finals, LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo. Final score LA 2-0 Houston aet.
First, the “WE’RE NOW COUNTING ON YOU TO KEEP THE MLS CUP FINAL [...]
Category: MLSWhy I’m Supporting LA Galaxy and Chicago Fire in the MLS Conference Finals
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
I don’t think I’ve ever revealed my Major League Soccer preferences here on The Offside. Truth is, I don’t have any allegiance to any particular team. So for the most part I watch as an interested neutral, fascinated by the ever-changing nature of the league and with my one and only hope being that MLS [...]
Category: MLSAlcorcon 4-1 Real Madrid, Or: Why the English FA Cup Doesn’t Have All the Romance
By: Daryl | 10 Comments
Real Madrid beat Alcorcon 1-0 at the Bernabéu last night, which wasn’t nearly enough to prevent Los Galácticos losing 4-1 on aggregate and exiting the Copa del Rey. So the team that spent nearly a quarter of a billlion euros this summer has been bounced out of the cup by a team from Segunda B, [...]
Category: Spain La LigaIs There a Name For Zlatan’s Trick vs Mallorca?
By: Daryl | 19 Comments
I hope everyone has seen Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s magical assist for Barcelona vs Mallorca this weekend. I saw it live on TV and instinctively applauded. Even though I was alone. Bit odd maybe, but a testament to Zlatan’s talents.
Chris spotted the above YouTube vid of the clip over at Unprofessional Foul and posted it on Water [...]
Category: Spain La LigaCristiano Ronaldo: He’s No David Beckham.
By: chris | 10 Comments
(That headline may crash Google. Apologies.)
The #7 Red Devil to Madrid train has treated the Spanish quite well so far. Whilst Cristiano Ronaldo appears irreplaceable and integral on the pitch, GoldenMcNuggets was irreplaceable off of it. In the club shops, on clothing store racks, plastered on billboards – Beckhamania did more for Spanish finances since [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueStory Of A Diver: David N’Gog Ends His Career Before It’s Begun.
By: chris | 20 Comments
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This is bad. So very, very bad.
Liverpool and Birmingham offered us, as Daryl so aptly pointed out, ‘what the Premier league is supposed to be like’. It really was some fantastic stuff with the Reds pinning Birmingham into not just their box, but their own six yard box; pinging the ball around the eighteen as [...]
Supporting Hertha and Bayern From the Other Side of the Berlin Wall
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
It was 20 years ago today that the Berlin Wall fell, and so Jan posted the above video about Helmut Klopfleisch on Bundesliga Offside, which I’d also like to share with readers here on the front page.
Klopfleisch was either very brave or very crazy, because – in a nutshell – he lived in the GDR [...]
Category: BundesligaSix Possible Reasons Why Didier Drogba Was Booked After Jonny Evans Kicked Him in the Chest
By: Daryl | 54 Comments
First thing’s first, I’m not sure Jonny Evans did this intentionally. So I don’t want this post to be all about him. But there’s no doubt that his studs connected with Didier Drogba’s chest during Man Utd’s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea yesterday, and there’s no doubt that said connection caused a great deal of pain. [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueCitius, Altius, Fortius: Olympique Lyon 5-5 Olympique Marseille
By: Jan | 7 Comments
Ligue 1’s much hyped Clasico did not produce much, except for a few H1N1 antibodies. Meanwhile, the yet unnamed battle of the Olympienes (Olympico maybe?) only needed about 12 minutes to turn from a hotly anticipated into a great game. Another 12 minutes on the other end, turned what was then already a fantastic [...]
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