MLS: A League in Need of Better Strikers?
By: Daryl |
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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), [...]
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Tags: Fredy Montero, Jaime Moreno, Jozy Altifore, Juan Pablo Angel, MLS, MLS Best XI, Ronaldo, Taylor Twellman, Thierry HenryDaily Dose: November 11th, 2009.
By: chris | 1 Comment
Jonny Evans v Didier Drogba, Tekken-style.
Fat Ronaldo admits to fatness. (Dirty Tackle)
Robinho is number one in Citeh hearts. (Unprofessional Foul)
A history of Fergie and the rant. (Avoiding The Drop)
Slovenia are eying the Russian upset. (Jonathan Wilson)
The plight of the English manager. (Footy Factor)
A very worthy transfer quiz*. (Three Match Ban)
Words on Robert Enke from a [...]
Category: Daily DoseThe Appeal of Hating a Great Footballer
By: Rob | 9 Comments
Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would choose. He replied “Football, without hesitation.”
And it’s little surprise, football has everything theatre has, and more. It has a story, but is unwritten. It has all the characters, the protagonists, [...]
Category: World FootballThe Offside 100: 2000-09, THE RESULTS!
By: Rob | 25 Comments
Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside.
First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Anelka, Ballack, Barcelona, Beckham, Buffon, C-Ron, Cafu, Champions League, Chelsea, Del Piero, Fabregas, Forlan, Gattuso, Giggs, Gourcuff, Iniesta, Inzaghi, Juventus, Kaka, Keane, LA Gaaxy, Lampard, Legends, List Offside 100, Makelele, Man United, Marta, Messi, Milan, Mutu, Nesta, Owen, Real Madrid, Ribery, Robben, Roma, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Top 100, Totti, World Football, Xavi, zidane, ZolaThe Offside 100: 2000-09
By: Rob | 59 Comments
As I let you know back when I posted up this year’s FFT100, I’m a bit of a junkie for lists. They are utterly meaningless, and yet compelling at the same time.
With it being the end of the decade, there are tonnes of lists of the best albums, films, videos, celebrities etc floating around. [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Decade, Del Piero, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Offside Vote, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Shevchenko, Top 100, Totti, World Football, zidaneThe FFT100 – Agree? Disagree?
By: Rob | 50 Comments
Esteemed Football magazine FourFourTwo has released its latest issue, for me the most exciting one of the year, the one that contains the countdown of the 100 Best Players in The World, according to them.
This is the third year that they’ve run the list, Kaká and C-Ron being the previous winners. Below I’ve give [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Akinfeev, Arsenal, Arshavin, Barca, Barcelona, Casillas, Chelsea, De Rossi, Drogba, Eto'o, Gerrard, Giggs, Gomez, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Inter, Juventus, Kaka, Lampard, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Messi, Milan, Pepe, Pique, Puyol, Real Madrid, Rio Ferdinabd, Robben, Roma, Ronaldo, Sevilla, Tevez, Totti, Valenica, Van Nisto, Villa, World Football, XaviSoundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By: Daryl | 53 Comments
This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go:
There is a top tier of soccer players. No one’s 100% sure exactly who’s in there or where the cutoff is. But it features the likes of Pelé, Diego Maradona, Johann Cruyff, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio, Garrincha (pictured), Alfredo di [...]
Category: World FootballAnything You Can Do…
By: Rob | 3 Comments
Alot has been made of Barcelona and Real Madrid’s rivalry this season, rightly so, as the starting XI’s are surely the best two starting XI’s in the world. And after Barcelona stuck 5 past Atlético Madrid yesterday, we all might have wondered how Real would react.
Well, by putting 5 past [...]
Category: Spain La LigaOffside Soundoff: Who Is The Best Player who Retired Injured?
By: Rob | 24 Comments
It was really nice, I thought, to see Tomas Rosicky score at the weekend. He’s been out of action for roughly 1000 years, and he came back and showed he’s still got the magic, by banging one in (in vein) against Manchester City.
Luckily, Rosicky hasn’t joined the list of players who had to retire [...]
Category: World FootballIt’s Fantasy Footballing Time!
By: Rob | 5 Comments
The Champions League returns on Tuesday, which means two things. First, we get the treat of seeing the Serie A Champions, pitted against the La Liga Champions (in week one!) Second, you get to pit your wits against each other (and us) as I launch The Champions League Offside Fantasy Football League.
UEFA.com is where [...]
Category: Champions LeagueSoundoff: Who’s Your Favourite Number Nine?
By: Daryl | 38 Comments
It’s the 9th of September, 2009. One of those rare days when both sides of the Atlantic can agree on how to write the date: 09/09/09. So what better day to celebrate the number nine jersey?
The meaning of shirt numbers varies from culture to culture, but #9 is pretty universal. In any language it means [...]
Category: World FootballShould They Stay Or Should They Go?
By: Rob | 23 Comments
So after all the hoo-ha about Eduardo’s stumble and fall, this weekend bought up a few more similar incidents (inevitably) that made me question the keeper’s role in all this. I mean, although Eduardo clearly dived, he wouldn’t have had the chance had Boruc stayed up on his feet, made himself big and stopped any [...]
Ronaldo Is Immune To Things Such As Surgery
By: chris | 8 Comments
About a month back there were some rumors that Ronaldo, while already under the knife for a broken wrist, had some fat sucked out of this tummy in a surgical BOGO (no clue whether or not this was performed in the back of a van in the club parking lot). And with his return impending, [...]
Daily Dose: July 30th, 2009.
By: chris | No Comments
Stuff to read while you watch the Stevie G CCTV Dancing Girl video……
An interesting chart of transfer fees accumulated throughout the years. (Times Labs)
JT and Lamps, sittin’ in a tree… (Who Ate All The Pies)
The rest of the world with Real’s bankroll. (Studs Up)
Ronaldo may have had fat sucked out of his body/queue European return. [...]
Category: Daily DoseZlatan’s Move To Barca Was Always In The Cards
By: chris | 10 Comments
Take a good look at this picture of Zlatan lounging about during his Malmo days, taken sometime ’round the turn of the millennium. In it you’ll notice a couple of things:
i. A desperate need for freshly elasticized sweat socks.
ii. Pictures of Ronaldo – three to be precise.
The key is not, in fact, in the sweat [...]
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