Articles tagged with "club-world-cup"
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By Dave Martinez | July 11th, 2008Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
The Champions League (of Oceania) is Decided
By Ian Rose | May 11th, 2008It's a good day for Uniteds. For the second time in their history, Waitakere United of New Zealand have won the Oceanic Football Confederation ...
Pachuca Beats Saprissa to Take CONCACAF Champions Cup
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BbJgyFZ4mD8[/youtube] It was Mexico over Costa Rica yesterday in the last CONCACAF Champions Cup final. The Mexican side Pachuca are the repeat CONCACAF champions after beating Costa ...
MLS and the Copa Libertadores Question
By Christian | April 13th, 2008With the elimination of D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals for the second straight year, the questions have been ...
My Offside Favorites of 2007
By Laurie | December 27th, 2007The end of the year is a time for looking back at where we've been. And where I've been is... Well, mostly here. ...
Asian Champions League Draw is Set
By Laurie | December 18th, 2007A few things you may not have known about the AFC (Asian Football Conference) Champions League: •For Group Stage purposes, the draw is divided into East ...
Amine Chermiti Scores the Most Determined Goal of 2007
By Daryl | December 17th, 2007Third-place playoffs are normally lackadaisical affairs where no one really cares who wins. But when you're Urawa Red Diamonds and Étoile du Sahel, and never ...
Daily Dose 12.16.07
By Laurie | December 16th, 2007Some news to peruse as you give your child Roadkill Teddies for Christmas: The Club World Cup helps keep football afloat in New Zealand, and Sepp ...
A Little Bit About the Club World Cup
By Laurie | December 16th, 2007So when was the last time an entire team was arrested after a match for their behavior on the pitch? I'm not sure, but I think ...
Club World Cup: Boca v Milan
By Martha | December 16th, 2007Though the 4-2 scoreline flattered them in the extreme, Milan deserved their win over Boca, and are now the first European team to ever lift ...
FIFA to Punish Oceania for Being Rubbish
By Daryl | December 13th, 2007I've said this before and I'll say it again: FIFA have got in for Oceania. Sepp Blatter and buddies treat the confederation like the fat ...
World Club Cup: Urawa Reds v Milan
By Martha | December 13th, 2007It turns out Milan in Japan are a lot like Milan in Italy: Lots and lots (and lots) of possession, but not a lot of ...
Club World Cup Final Set
By Martha | December 13th, 2007It took more than an hour, but Milan eventually took advantage of their domination of Urawa Reds in Yokohama this morning, going ahead through Clarence ...
Boca Into Club World Cup Final
By Martha | December 12th, 2007No matter how Etoile Sportive du Sahal perform in the third place game later this week, the tiny Tunisian club will leave the World Club ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 5
By Martha | December 12th, 2007It's podcast time! Yaaaaay! This week's installment features your genial regular host Ian Rose and his frequent sidekick Ann Ramzy, along with guests Daryl, the king ...
The Smart Ball is Back! Yipee!
By Martha | December 11th, 2007I suppose the fact that hardly anyone has mentioned the presence of the Dreaded Smart Ball at the Club World Cup is a sign that ...
The Club World Cup: An alternative scheme
By Ian Rose | December 10th, 2007With the FIFA Club World Cup in full swing, the time's come round again to criticize the format of the tournament. For my part, ...
Etoile Sahel Dump Pachuca Out of Club World Cup
By Martha | December 10th, 2007At their press conference on Saturday, everyone from Boca Juniors talked as if Pachuca were already their semifinal opponents, so sure were they that the ...
Waitakere's Club World Cup Dream Over in Four Minutes Flat
By Daryl | December 7th, 2007Cheering for the underdog can be painful. Only yesterday I threw my lot in with New Zealand's Waitakere United, who were competing in FIFA's Club ...
Waiting on a Waitakere United Miracle
By Daryl | December 6th, 2007AC 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 ...
Milan: Still Refusing to Score at Home
By Martha | December 3rd, 2007There was a great article in the International Herald Tribune this weekend about Milan, and their utterly baffling inability to find the back of the ...
FIFA to test out Goalmouth Referees at Club World Cup
By Bob | October 9th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_3Zx12zROw[/youtube] Good news for referees hanging out on the unemployment line and for those of you who enjoy watching videos of referees getting clocked by balls ...
São Paulo beats Chelsea and Wins U-19 Club World Cup
By Bruno Romani | April 9th, 2007São Paulo and Chelsea played this Sunday the final of the Dallas Cup, the U-19 tournament that is considered by some in the Brazilian ...
Palmeiras World Champions?
By Bruno Romani | April 2nd, 2007So I’m new to the Offside team, bringing what you should know about Brazilian soccer (do you prefer the word football?). Be nice to me, ...
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