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August 6th, 2008

Rubbing Shoulders with FC Barcelona

By: Dave Martinez | Comments 9 Comments

It was an afternoon of fun and surprises as Barcelona, teaming with the AYSO and MalariaNoMore.org, took part in a 4 v 4, eight team tournament titled “More Than A Game,” to benefit their work in Africa and abroad. Each team consisted of 2 Barcelona players, a rank amateur (Fernando Fiore of Republica Deportiva [...]



July 11th, 2008

The Blanco Video: When the Censorship Becomes the Story

By: Laurie | Comments 5 Comments

A couple of days ago I posted this video that shows Chicago Fire Designated Player Cuauhtemoc Blanco punching DC United player Clyde Simms in the gut in a US Open Cup game. Blanco received a red card for the incident, then allegedly headbutted a DC United employee who was trying to get him to [...]

Category Category: MLS, United States
July 11th, 2008

The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder

By: Dave Martinez | Comments 5 Comments

Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning glory for his country where the real world left a bit to be desired. Standing in the finals against a tough Croatian squad, they dispatched their opponents 2-1 for [...]

May 4th, 2008

The Scottish invasion of MLS

By: Ian Rose | Comments 5 Comments

Now a month into the thirteenth season of MLS, a few things are becoming clear. The Galaxy, for example, may not be particularly good, but they’re certainly better than they were last season. Toronto has also strengthened, and the debacle at Houston (defending champions / only team without a league win) continues to [...]

May 4th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Slipping and Sliding to Victory

By: Laurie | Comments 2 Comments

The Offside is now covering Women’s Soccer! We now have a WPS blog and are just waiting for info about the teams. In the meantime, Melissa will be covering all topics dealing with the women’s game, including national team news like this.
This is US Women’s NT player Natasha Kai sliding past [...]



April 27th, 2008

5 Things I Learned From the Honda, um, Superclásico

By: Christian | Comments 2 Comments

In the same spirit of the ongoing “10 Things We Learned” series here at The Offside, I’ve decided to take a look back at last night’s first MLS derby of the year, the L.A. Galaxy’s 5-2 victory over Chivas USA.
And I promise to be fair. Sure, the match was the same day as the incredible [...]

April 23rd, 2008

Daily Dose 4.23.08

By: Laurie | Comments No Comments

Some news to read as you engage in penis theft:

MLS: Longest unbeaten and winless streaks (Climbing the Ladder)
Young Poles say “Nein” to Germany (Poland World Cup Blog)
Best of the worst own goals (and Liverpool’s Riise isn’t #1) (Run of Play)
Spain will (probably) get to compete in Euros after all (Euro2008 at World Cup Blog)
Want [...]

April 22nd, 2008

Daily Dose 4.22.08

By: Laurie | Comments 2 Comments

Some news to read as you disappear after being carried off by helium balloons:

Arsenal foursome goes Zoolander. (Arsene in particular is going to give me nightmares.) (Who Ate All the Pies, via The Beautiful Game)
So what does the US’s Olympic group look like on a practical level? (ESPN Soccernet)
Our USL Offside is taking [...]

April 14th, 2008

Photo of the Day: The Thrill of Victory

By: Laurie | Comments 3 Comments

This is the US Women’s National Team, fresh off their CONCACAF championship win over Canada on Saturday night.
Does this photo define the word “happy” or what?
Photo: US Soccer

April 13th, 2008

MLS and the Copa Libertadores Question

By: Christian | Comments 15 Comments

With the elimination of D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals for the second straight year, the questions have been flowing all week on what is needed for an MLS club to not only win the regional championship for the first time since 2000, but perhaps more importantly, to represent [...]



March 16th, 2008

Female Streaking for the Red, White & Blue

By: Laurie | Comments 9 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VGotp7ZEM0

Here’s what I want to know. Why is it that when we females get male streakers at soccer games they tend to be doughy, pudgy types? But when you guys get female streakers like Tiffany May they’re lovely and fit?
Life is so not fair.

Category Category: United States
March 10th, 2008

So How Does This CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Thing Work?

By: Laurie | Comments 4 Comments

Last week when I started planning to write about the nuts and bolts of CONCACAF Olympic qualifying, I figured it would be a simple cut ‘n’ paste affair. I was wrong. I could not find one single source that explained how it works. This means that we could be a legitimate [...]

March 7th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Yes, Women Play Too

By: Laurie | Comments 9 Comments

This is US Women’s National Team player Tobin Heath, the youngest player on the team at nineteen. She scored her first international goal Wednesday against China in the US’s 4-0 victory.
(AP Photo/Armando Franca)

March 6th, 2008

We Get to Watch Men’s Olympic Qualifiers!

By: Laurie | Comments 2 Comments

I can’t have been the only one wondering how I was going to watch the USMNT U-23s in the Olympic qualifiers next week, can I? Or the only one worrying that the gods of US TV sports wouldn’t consider them important enough to show?
Fear not. Fox Soccer Channel and ESPN Deportes [...]

March 5th, 2008

Classis Soccer Ads: Gatorade and the USMNT

By: Laurie | Comments 2 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDgEosqZGCM

This ad made me go all warm and fuzzy over the USMNT.
Let’s just forget that it came out before the 2006 World Cup, okay?

Category Category: United States



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