Articles tagged with "dutch eredivisie"
Dutch FA Swaps Cash For Footballing Integrity
By chris | April 28th, 2008The KNVB has taken the advice of nearly everybody involved with Dutch football and scrapped the playoff system which decides who goes to Europe and to which competition. As it stood, the teams which finished 2nd thru 5th went into a two-tiered pl ...
Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Though there's still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though they might be relegated) while in Greece, Olympiakos won their 36th title (thank ...
Weekend Recap: Heartbreak and/or Male-Bonding Hugs
By Laurie | April 21st, 2008It's that nailbiting time of the season in most leagues, especially for those teams that are close to the top and in the title race, or close to the bottom and facing relegation. So how did some of the games from the weekend turn out? Saturday's ...
All About Promotion: Who's Coming Up in Europe?
By Laurie | April 17th, 2008The other day we talked about the rather depressing subject of relegation. Today though? The sun is shining, so let's move on to a much happier topic: Promotion. What second-level European teams may be moving up to the top flight? This is not ...
If Relegation Happened Today, Who Would Go Down?
By Laurie | April 15th, 2008Ah, relegation. It's every club's biggest dread. (With the probable exceptions of the EPL's Derby County, or French Ligue 1's Metz, or SPL's Gretna, where death might be the only event better able to offer pain relief.) And it's a rite of passage ...
Weekend Recap: Cheers and Tears
By Laurie | April 14th, 2008A quick recap of a few of the games from the weekend: Saturday US 1-1 Canada, US wins 6-5 on PKs A recap of this game is here. A late extra-time US goal by Carli Lloyd, followed by an even later extra-time Canada goal by Melissa Tancredi. ...
Dutch Match Postponed Due to Flaming Toilet Paper
By Laurie | April 14th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiLxBDIT4WE[/youtube] Anybody speak Dutch? Was this match really postponed due to flaming toilet paper? That's certainly what it looks like in the video. Damn, I love European football. From a UK ...
Weekend Watch:
By Laurie | April 11th, 2008A small sampling of the games available this weekend for your viewing pleasure. Saturday US Women's NT vs. Canada Both teams have qualified for the Olympics, so this final game is for bragging rights and the ability to say they're the wome ...
Everybody Wants Them Some Huntelaar & Mario Gomez
By chris | April 3rd, 2008We're hitting that part of the season where transfer rumors go from "ah, we'll see in six months" to "oh, maybe we should be thinking about these a little". Two of the best young names hitting the marker hard right about now are Klaas Jan Huntela ...
10 People We'd Like Not To Star In A Sex Tape
By chris | March 25th, 2008Sex tapes with young athletes are one thing, I suppose, for those of you are into that sort of thing. Sex tapes involving the likes of Paul Jewell, however, is an entirely different matter. It's safe to say no one benefits from watching Pauly get do ...
How would FC Dallas do in Europe?
By Robert | August 31st, 2007If there was ever a question to provoke an argument over soccer (football) this is it. People from the “we called it soccer, then we changed our minds and decided to call it football” side of the pond routinely berate anyone who believes MLS’ best c
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