What's Doing Down Under: Verbeek, Cahill and Viduka

As Daryl told us last week, after being rejected by Dutch Choice #1 (AKA Dick Advocaat), and Football Federation Australia settled for Dutch Choice #2, ...

Etoile Sahel Dump Pachuca Out of Club World Cup

At their press conference on Saturday, everyone from Boca Juniors talked as if Pachuca were already their semifinal opponents, so sure were they that the ...

Screw-Up in Asian POY Award?

As Laurie reported a few weeks ago, Saudi Arabia striker Yasser Al Qahtani was recently named the 2007 Asian Player of the Year. (And there ...

Daily Dose 12.8.2007

Things to read as you do your best to avoid inhaling airborne pig brain. Big Phil wants to stay. (O Jogo) Does Raul belong in Spain's squad ...

Adding Insult to Injury

You may recall the news from earlier this week that Ivica Osim, one of football's most magnificent characters, is recovering with near-miraculous speed from a ...

Daily Dose 12.6.2007

Things to read as you try to wrap your mind around the pottymouths who ran baseball in the late 1800s. Barcelona's Player X. (Barelona Offside) The teams ...

Waiting on a Waitakere United Miracle

AC Milan flew into Japan today for the FIFA World Club Cup, apparently dressed for success in very nice club blazers. It's the fourth edition ...

Daily Dose 12.5.2007

Things to read as you hang that gun-toting fetus ornament on your Christmas tree. Fabio Capello for Liverpool! No, wait -- Newcastle! (Record, TWM) Freddy ...

Osim is Back!

Ivica Osim, the Bosnian coach of the Japanese national team, suffered a stroke on November 16 and fell into a coma. While he was indisposed, ...

Yasser Al Qahtani is Asian Player of the Year

Before I get to the point of my post, I have a very important question. When an awards event is described as "glittering," what ...

There's An Elephant On The Field (And It's Not Ronaldo)

Well, actually, that might be a good thing, considering this massive animal has some serious skills at his disposal. I mean, when was the last ...

World Cup Draw for 2010

My husband thinks I'm insane. Just because, on a lazy Sunday where we have no plans, I drag myself out of bed and head ...

India Gets Serious About Football Today

After 11 years of semi-professional soccer India's first fully professional league gets going today. The All India Football Federation is launching the I-League - inspired ...

The Best of Bob: Champion Of The Little Guys

Here at The Offside we try not to play favorites with the bigger clubs, but let's face it: media outlets aren't exactly teeming over with ...

New World Power, Same As The Old World Power

Y'all ready for this? Sitting down? In what can only be considered one of the greatest upsets in recent centuries, a Fox Soccer Channel commentator ...

Chinese Soccer Officials: Don't mention the prostitutes

Soccer players and prostitutes. They are like bread and butter. The most that ever comes from the long and glorious tradition of people ...

Not Exactly Textbook Goalkeeping

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z07Ktl3kK4[/youtube] You know how you feel when you drink way too much, pass out in a random location and wake up the next morning only to ...

'He's clocked him one in the jewels'

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=swOokQZKbM8[/youtube] I was going to do a little write up of the incident above in which Joel Griffiths of the Australian club Newcastle Jets takes his ...

South Korean Fans are Crazily Choreographed

You know how every new stadium has at least one those fancy big screen displays? Totally unnecessary. Instead of shelling out big bucks ...

New Coaching Trend: Punching players

The football world is focused on managers today. In addition to Jose Mourinho leaving Chelsea, Gheorghe Hagi has decided he has spent enough time ...

Should we inject your toe or give you a stem cells transplant?

For reasons that I can hardly explain, the powers that be in the football world always insist on playing international matches mere weeks after the ...

Stan Lazaridis banned for treating itchy scalp

When former Australian international Stan Lazaridis first claimed that he had failed a drug test because the substance he was using to treat an itchy ...

Iranian Striker Celebrates Goal by taking off his Pants

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=2JAC4ykb-xo[/youtube] It has become cliché for players to score a goal and to celebrate by taking off their shirts. It thankfully has not become cliché ...

What the f*ck? You can't f*cking swear at Football Matches? Sh*t

As far as loutish behavior goes there is nothing more uncouth than swearing. I fucking hate that. Officials in China do as well ...

Being Manchester United -- #24. Adoration All Over the World

A Name to Remember: Nashat Akram

If you were to compile a list of Iraqi players who have gone on to play in the big European lists it would not take ...

United's Money Gathering Fitness Building Tour Stretches into China

So United's much publicized tour plops itself into China, more specifically the quite sunny Macao. The next victims opponents will be the tongue twisting Shenzhen ...

Do you, ye of little faith, take this woman…?

Phan Van Tai Em is Vietnam's player of the year. Vietnam is playing Iraq in the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup on Saturday. ...

Just in Case You Weren't in Rainy Saitama on Tuesday

Guess who got the loudest cheer? [hint: it wasn't Darren Fletcher]

Kevin Nolan is in Mid-Season Blooper Form

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMbYGF9R7tw[/youtube] Bolton are preparing for the upcoming English Premier League by taking part in the Peace Cup in South Korea. As a gesture of ...