Articles tagged with "soccer"
Video of the Week: Last Day Scudetto Antics
By Francesco | May 16th, 2008I decided, since this weekend Inter and Roma play crucial games on the last day of the season to decide the Scudetto, to post two videos of what happened to both teams the last time they were in the same situation. (Having to win on the last day ...
Giovinco states for the 10,679,564th time that he wants to go to Juve
By Francesco | May 15th, 2008The "Atomic Ant" Sebastian Giovinco has basically said in every interview this season that he wants to go back and play for Juve this summer. So what did the pint sized fantasista say in his latest interview to Calcio 2000 magazine? "I hope J ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/14/08
By Francesco | May 14th, 2008Here's what I found interesting today: -Livorno director Elio Signorelli assumed some responsibility for Livorno's relegation to Serie B. Why? Because he was the one that chose Livorno's strikeforce over the summer. He said that he was sure th ...
Exclusive: Hunter Freeman Interview Pt. III
By Dave Martinez | May 12th, 2008So here we are, the final part of this trilogy. What have I learned so far? Well, Hunter is a straight shooter who isnt shy about giving an opinion - a refreshing change from the cookie cutter responses athletes usually give to dance around questio ...
The 25 Most Valuable Soccer Teams in the World
By Daryl | May 12th, 2008The money obsessed people at Forbes recently revealed the world's top earning players and what they spend all that lovely money on. And very jealous we were too. So if Goldenball's salary was big enough to make your brain hurt, then stop reading n ...
Serie A Week 37 Preview
By Francesco | May 10th, 2008Here we are at the penultimate day of the 2007/2008 Serie A season. It has been a long, interesting season with lots of battles in the table but this second to last day is really becoming more important than the last day, because lots of scenario ...
Video of the Week: Great Serie A Goals
By Francesco | May 9th, 2008I thought I'd start posting a video of the week. This week we travel back in time to the 1990s, when the Serie A was arguably the best league in the world. In this video we'll see some of the greatest goals in Serie A in the '90s. ...
All The Bull - Brunner, Stammler, Reyna, Galaxy and more
By Dave Martinez | May 9th, 2008Hey everyone. Its been a busy news day: + Eric Brunner, our 2nd round pick and first pick in the 2008 draft, has decided to forgo the meager amount of money that befits a developmental player and will begin exploring options in "USL and Europ ...
Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup
By Ian Rose | May 8th, 2008It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, we are back with Pod episode 22. Joining me for this one are Christian Reyes, who is still licking his wounds a bit ...
Nazionale News
By Francesco | May 7th, 2008Cassano and Del Piero can still hope for call-ups to Euro 2008. Why? Because players going to Euro 2008 need an anti-tick vaccine (haven't they ever heard of bug spray?), so the FIGC has contacted the clubs of 48 players that Donadoni has on his ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/6/08
By Francesco | May 6th, 2008Here is todays main news from around the Peninsula: - First let's start off with news that can severely hurt two teams. The Disciplinary Committee handed out it's weekly suspensions and it doesn't look good for Livorno. Livorno, who will most ...
The Hellas Verona Tragedy
By Francesco | May 5th, 2008Hey Italy Offside Readers, this nice post comes from Steven of the Palermo Offside. He writes about the decline of storied club Hellas Verona. The Hellas Verona Tragedy I don't know about you guys, but one of the things that sparked my i ...
Farewell Bobo Vieri?
By Francesco | May 5th, 2008There is no denying that Christian (Bobo) Vieri in the late 1990's and early 2000's was one of, if not the deadliest striker in the world. The Aussie-born striker was a goalscoring machine, and scored with such ease. He would just power past defe ...
Sampdoria fan hit with ball, wants to be reimbursed
By Francesco | April 30th, 2008Funny (and peculiar) story out of Genoa today. A Sampdoria fan has asked for 280 euro from Sampdoria midfielder and captain Angelo Palombo (pictured) for an injury he suffered to his finger after a ball struck by Palombo landed in the stands. Mos ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes: 4/30/2008
By Francesco | April 30th, 2008Here's the news that passed the filter test for today: - Let's start with the man pictured to the left, Sebastian Giovinco. He has for the 187,786th time this season reiterated that he wants to return to Juventus at the end of the season. Ta ...
Daily Calcio News and Notes
By Francesco | April 29th, 2008Everyday I search literally every Italian calcio news site and read the news and rumors of the day. Here are the most interesting things I found today from my scrounging around: - The Intertoto Cup, which only a few seasons ago was considered ...
The Events of 5 Maggio that nobody talks about
By Francesco | April 29th, 2008Hey, everyone, it's Francesco from the Parma Offside. Since Chris has been busy and hasn't been able to update the Italy Offside, I will now handle the duties and hope to give you guys news about Calcio every day. Here's my first post, it's about the ...
Episode 21: Paris is Burning
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008No, film buffs ... we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, as Ligue 1 faces the very real possibility of losing its only Parisian club, and its fans go a little insane. Inara ...
We're in deep trouble
By Francesco | April 28th, 2008Just as things couldn't get any worse, they did. More after the jump. HIGHLIGHTS As you can see, Parma lost a crucial game to Reggina 2-1, and now we have at least one foot in Serie B. Cigarini put us ahead with a penalty, then Paci de ...
Pinto slams gays in football
By Lugo | April 25th, 2008According to this article, the Colombian NT coach has echoed recent statements by Juventus former sporting director Lucciano Moggi in saying that "In football, there is no space for gays". In Pinto's words (which i'm translating) he sayed that "They ...
Chivas USA's slow start
By Alex | April 22nd, 2008FC Dallas defeated the Red and White on Sunday. Injuries exposed Chivas USA and contributed to the club’s loss. Most notable of the losses was Sacha Kljestan. The team’s playmaker served a suspension for a foul committed against the Crew last ...
We're in Trouble
By Francesco | April 20th, 2008Today's loss to Napoli was a bad one. More after the jump. HIGHLIGHTS: This may be one of the games that decides a season. This was a bad loss. It was a sloppy game, and none of the players played well except for Luca Bucci. The whole ...
Loss to Juve, didn't expect much anyway.
By Francesco | April 17th, 2008Parma lost to Juventus 3-0, but it was a game that the Gialloblu' were not really expecting much anyway. The Coop decided that this game was a good time to play some subs, and give the starters a rest. Realistically Parma were never going ...
Episode 19: Blatant Abuse of the 4-3-3
By Ian Rose | April 16th, 2008The podcast family widens a little as we welcome a new member to the crew. Red Bull New York Offsider Dave Martinez joins us for his first run out, to discuss his Bulls, as well as the rest of the MLS action this week. Don't worry - there's still p ...
Draw with Empoli before the big game tomorrow v. Juve
By Francesco | April 15th, 2008Parma drew with Empoli 1-1 at the Stadio Carlo Castellani in the basement brawl on Sunday. Highlights: We took the lead after Budan backheeled it to Gasbarroni, who crossed it for Lucarelli and the man from Livorno headed it in. After th ...
Quick News and Notes
By Francesco | April 10th, 2008Some quick Parma news and notes: -Andrea Pisanu's season is over. He had to have a knee operation and will be back next season. Pisanu was one of our most consistent performers this season and will be an essential part of the squad for next se ...
Parma-Lazio 2-2, not a bad result
By Francesco | April 7th, 2008Sorry I've been really busy, so I'll just put up the highlights: I'll get up a better post later. ...
FPC Roundup: Ambassadors fry Red Devils while La Equidad flies high
By Lugo | April 4th, 2008After fixture 11th, The Insurance sellers continue to dominate the top of the standings after their 2-1 home win to Boyacá Chicó where Roberto Polo contributed with a marvelous strike to Equidad's cause. The checkereds were overplayed and could not ...
Parma-Lazio preview
By Francesco | April 3rd, 2008After the tragic incident last weekend, where 28 year old Parma fan Matteo Bagnaresi was hit by a Juventus fan coach and tragically killed, Parma get back on the pitch at the Tardini to take on the blue side from Rome. The Juventus game will ...
Juve v Parma postponed, Parma fan tragically killed
By Francesco | March 30th, 2008Juve v. Parma was postponed after 28 year old Parma fan Matteo Bagnaresi was hit by a coach bus of Juve fans and died instantly. No other news has come out right now, but the way it's described it seems to have been an accident. RIP. ...
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