Articles tagged with "rivalries"
We may be in the cellar but we are going to make the most of it
By Melissa | May 13th, 2008If you watched Saturday's game, you know there were a lot of corner kicks. There were so many corner kicks, our little section wondered if the Quakes were in the process of breaking a new record. Well whaddya know, we did! The Earthquakes and Co ...
Daily Dose: 5.10.08
By Ian Rose | May 10th, 2008Some things to read while you're being sacked over a donut hole: We're down with ADP (Del Piero Offside) Just another 2-goal, 9-man comeback (The Beautiful Game) Does Poland have the nastiest derby? (Pitch Invasion) Ben Olsen, the working man ...
Ross County clinch 2nd Division
By Ian Rose | April 7th, 2008I hope that some of you appreciate the historical importance of this post. Mark your calendars, folks. An Inverness Caledonian Thistle fan is about to praise Ross County. Though the two have been bitter rivals since the old days, when County and b ...
Is the rivalry dead?
By Melissa | April 4th, 2008Ok, I really need to get off the internet. Especially since my co-worker plans to quit in the middle of a “restructuring the department” meeting that I think is going on right now. Was it me or did you get the sense that there was zero passio ...
Its on bitches!
By Melissa | April 2nd, 2008After I left that Quakes v UC Berkeley scrimmage a few weeks ago, I took Bart home. While waiting on the platform for my train, I saw a dude walk by wearing a Beckham LA Galaxy zip up jacket thingamabob. I was initially shocked because I seriously ...
When you diss Dre you diss yourself
By Melissa | March 31st, 2008I don't know if you've been following the news of a more pop-culture variety so you may or may not know that one of the best television shows of all time is about to be redone for US audiences. The remake certainly looks to be an epic trainwreck tha ...
Ann Killion: Dropping science like Galileo dropped the...
By Melissa | February 12th, 2008Hey guys, the Merc has an article on Wednesday's game complete with quotes from Doyle and Kinnear. Yay. Thanks Ann. So to sum it all up, the Dynamo turned down Doyle's request to interview Kinnear for SanHo's head coach job but Kinnear isn't unhappy.
Time to Hate St. Etienne Again (St. Etienne vs. Lyon)
By Inara | January 26th, 2008It's one of my favorite times of the year as a football fan. Tomorrow, the Rhone-Alps rumble will be taking place, a game which is one of the hottest derbies in France. Along with Lille-Lens, you could say that Lyon vs. Saint-Etienne is THE d
Seattle joins MLS... time for San Jose to step it up
By Melissa | November 13th, 2007Its well known that back in the day of just a few years ago, the SJ v LA rivalry was the biggest in MLS. Well, now that humanity is at the dawn of Earthquakes v2.0 (or perhaps 3.0, depending on who you ask), and with the news today that Seattle is gettin
Let's have a derby!
By Ian Rose | March 30th, 2007Even as a fan of international football, I have to admit - I've missed the clubs. It's good to have the break over and get back to business. This Sunday, one of the longest and best rivalries in the league gets going again - the Edinburgh derby between
Border War Tonight
By John | February 7th, 2007Looking around the world, it is hard to find a international derby that matches the intensity of the US-Mexico rivalry. George Allen, the venerable Washington Redskins coach, always said that a rivalry isn't a rivalry until the other team starts winning.
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