DaMarcus Beasley was welcomed to his new club Rangers last Saturday with a 3-0 win against Inverness CT. This game didn’t go off without a hitch however as Beasley was quickly introduced to the physical play that is Scottish Football.
Most clubs are trying to keep tabs on Celtic and Rangers, who are [...]
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Let’s take a look at some soccer news worldwide, shall we?
Brazilians coach orders rough-house tactics
Flamengo coach Joel Santana obviously wasn’t happy near the end of a 3-0 defeat. A microphone down by the field caught him apparently telling his players to rough up the opposing Santos players.
“If they start clowning around, you have give them [...]
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Reading F.C. may be without forward Leroy Lita for the Premiership opener against Manchester United on Sunday.
He suffered a muscle injury while stretching in bed.
Boss Steve Coppell told the Evening Post: “Leroy is in a great deal of pain. He woke up and stretched while in bed and he has done something to his leg. [...]
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This is the kind of post I always try to stop doing, but the addiction to the concept is too strong. So, until the next freak-out, I’ll post links to the three news items from Major League Soccer (MLS) the most interested me. If someone else on this site gets to it before [...]
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As rather saucily proclaimed yesterday, I don’t do previews (at least not unless someone introduces money to the equation, at which point that’s technically betting – something for which I’m always game). But with the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (LHUSOC) resuming tonight with the quarterfinals – and given that tournament’s desperate, desperate need [...]
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You know, until I confessed my soft spot for Real Salt Lake in this week’s power rankings it never occurred to me that some form of disclosure about my Major League Soccer (MLS) loyalties should be provided to readers. But, by golly, that’s just fair to people, isn’t it? I’ll be embedding this [...]
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It has been a shocking – shocking, I tell you – amount of time since I’ve done power rankings; have to go back to Week 15, in fact. Given the layoff, what I thought of each of Major League Soccer’s 13 teams way back when doesn’t strike me as all that relevant. So, consider [...]
Filed under: Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls, power rankings | 2 Comments »
I love the random shit-colored car to the right and at first, due to my errant lack of North Jersey knowledge and a U of Penn background, I could of sworn the Red Bulls were building their new training grounds in Hanover, NH. But alas, Hanover, NJ is a mere 25 minutes from the Harrison/Red [...]
Filed under: Announcements, New York Red Bulls, Rumors, Transactions, Yanks Abroad | Tagged: Derby County, HSV | 1 Comment »
Milling around Ives Galarcep’s neck of the blogosphere woods, you are always guaranteed to get a little piece of juicy news. This morning was no different.Found this article, Italy in Szetela’s Future for North Jersey Herald News. It basically stipulates that the U-20 World Cup star and Clifton, NJ native has reached a pre-contractual agreement with [...]
Filed under: AS Roma, Columbus Crew, Rumors, Transactions, Yanks Abroad | 5 Comments »
The one thing I will say about writing here on CHI is that I am knowledgeable about The Beautiful Game, but I also love to talk about why the game and my teams are important to me sometimes instead of giving stats and analysis. This is one of those times…
My birthday is August 29th, which [...]
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