Articles tagged with "tournaments"
To be a soccer fan in DC
By jon | September 29th, 2009There is a caveat to this post: we don't have it near as bad as Red Bull fans have it. True, they have a ...
The Favorites and Underdogs for Advancing in Europe
By Ian Rose | August 28th, 2009It's that time of year again, and after a few qualifying rounds, both the UEFA Champions League and the newly branded Europa League have drawn ...
Post Game: DC United 0, LA Galaxy 0
By jon | August 23rd, 2009In the sprinkling rain at RFK, DC United attacked the Galaxy goal, strung together passes in the midfield, and played strong enough in the back ...
Roster Moves, Toronto Pre Game, CCL
By jon | August 14th, 2009A busy day at Offside HQ, and whole boat load of stuff to talk about. Strap in. - First and foremost, roster moves. The ...
Meeting the Standard
By jon | August 5th, 2009If you've been following me in the past week or so, or are a poster on BS or BTB, you might know that I was ...
USOC Play-In Game: DC United 2, FC Dallas 0
By jon | April 23rd, 2009In a sparsely attended game (which may be the worst to take your Dad to as his first professional soccer experience), DCU beat out FCD ...
SÃO PAULO WINS CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO FOR THE 6TH TIME
By Bruno Romani | December 7th, 2008It's hard to talk about the third Brazilian title in a row of Sao Paulo without repeating all the cliches. I spent the day thinking ...
VASCO RELEGATED TO SECOND DIVISION
By Bruno Romani | December 7th, 2008Vasco is another victim. Not a victim of bad football. A bad moment is expected within every single club or national team. But for a ...
Inter Lifts Copa Sudamericana
By Bruno Romani | December 3rd, 2008She was the girl ignored by the Brazilians. "She's weird. She's not attractive. She's boring", thought all Brazilian clubs. But Inter decided to take this ...
Wrapping Up Serie B
By Bruno Romani | November 30th, 2008The last round of serie B was played today. With this, the second division is over, and below a wrap up of the tournament: -Corinthians played ...
Copa Sudamericana Heading to Brazil
By Bruno Romani | November 26th, 2008Today, Inter visited Estudiantes from Argentina for the first leg of the final of Copa Sulamericana/Sudamericana (choose your language). The club from Porto Alegre, one ...
São Paulo: Another Brazilian Title Coming
By Bruno Romani | November 24th, 2008They did it again. Or almost. São Paulo is very close to clinching its 6th Brazilian title, the third consecutive. Today, the club went to ...
Inter: The First Brazilian Club to Reach the Finals of Sudamericana
By Bruno Romani | November 19th, 2008Inter 4 - 0 Chivas. Inter deserves this final. It has one of the best line-ups in Brazil. No other club has a midfield with the ...
After 29 years, Avai is Back To First Division!
By Bruno Romani | November 12th, 2008The second club who will join the main division of Brazilian football is Avai from Florianopolis. Avai is famous for being the club supported by ...
Brazil 0 - 0 Colombia: You're from here, Remember?
By Bruno Romani | October 16th, 2008The disconnection between Brazil and the Brazilian squad reached a limit tonight in Rio. Brazilian players forgot how to play in Brazil. Tonight’s result was ...
Palmeiras Remains in 1st
By Bruno Romani | October 6th, 2008Grêmio was losing but came back to win 2-1. Cruzeiro made enough to beat Sport 1-0. Flamengo visited Naútico to win 2-0. São Paulo won ...
Humiliated by its Main Rival, Grêmio No Longer is in 1st
By Bruno Romani | September 29th, 2008It was just aroun the corner, but this weekend it finally happened. Grêmio is no longer seating on top of Campeonato Brasileiro. And the move ...
Copa Sulamericana: Very little for some. A lot for others.
By Bruno Romani | September 18th, 2008Copa Sulamericana means nothing to Brazilian clubs, right? Not always. The crisis that took over Vasco in the Campeonato spilled to the continental competition, resulting ...
Brazil 0 - 0 Bolivia: Back to Normal
By Bruno Romani | September 11th, 2008Dull midfield. Check. Extreme Slow Pace. Check. Lack of Agression. Check. Excessive Arrogance. Check. Lack of Passion. Check. Chaotic Organization. Check. Fading Stars. Check. General laziness. Check. Fans booing. Check. Yes, after the .
25th Round Wrap up
By Bruno Romani | September 10th, 2008The 25th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was spread out throughout last week, with games happening on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Here is a short review. ...
Independence Day for Dunga
By Bruno Romani | September 8th, 2008A few things about the victory of Brazil over Chile must be said: -Today, Chile and Bolivia (our next rival) are the weakest sides in the ...
2 Clubs Fighting for the Brazilian Title
By Bruno Romani | September 1st, 2008There are still 3 months to go, but the race for the Brazilian title seems to be down between 2 clubs: Palmeiras and Grêmio. Cruzeiro, ...
Bronzil
By Bruno Romani | August 22nd, 2008The space dedicated in this blog to the bronze won by the male squad will have the size of the passion, organization and mobility that ...
Saddest and Proudest Post of the History of this Blog
By Bruno Romani | August 21st, 2008This is the saddest post since I started this blog. We lost the final of the Olympics for the USA in the extra-time. And the ...
Thank You Argentina!
By Bruno Romani | August 19th, 2008Argentina, you don't even know, but you just did a major favor to Brazil. Hopefully, that obscene attemp of coach named Dunga will be fired. ...
Brazil 4 - 1 Germany: The Underdogs are in the Final Again!
By Bruno Romani | August 18th, 2008Brazil started as the underdog. A smell of inferiority complex was in the air. Germany scored in a mistake of Érika. Germany missed a few ...
Grêmio Kills a Rival for the Title
By Bruno Romani | August 18th, 2008Grêmio gave another important step towards the third Brazilian title of its history. This Sunday, the club beat São Paulo by 1-0. The result left ...
Brazil 2 - 0 Cameroon: Same Horror Movie with a Different Ending
By Bruno Romani | August 16th, 2008The same competition. The same rivals. The same passion by the rivals. The same pressure on our coach in case the gold does not come ...
Women's Squad in the Olympics: Brazil 3 -1 Nigeria
By Bruno Romani | August 12th, 2008We did not play the first-half as a team. Despite the fact that we had a few reserves, Brazil has not shown very promising football ...
Grêmio is the Winter Champion of Campeonato Brasileiro!
By Bruno Romani | August 11th, 2008It was easier than Grêmio expected. The from Porto Alegre finished the first-half of the league in first, 5 points ahead of Cruzeiro. The symbolic ...
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