Puerto Rico in 1st place! Islanders 1-0 Charleston, again!

For the second time in three nights the Islanders defeated the Charleston Battery 1-0. Nicholas Addlery scored the game winner on the 54'. It's Addlery's 4th ...

Alajuelazo at JRL!!! Islanders 1-0 Battery

The Islanders waited till the last few seconds of the game to end Charleston's regular season undefeated streak... but they did it! John Krause scored an ...

Özil and Marin Give Bremen Fans a Taste of What's to Come

On the left: Werder Bremen's youngster and designated Diego replacement Mesut Özil. On the right: Mönchengladbach's youngster and designated new Werder Bremen signing Marko Marin. In ...

Que torcida é essa?

What can I say about the supporters? They have been great since the State Championship. We have always been known as a team of two ...

Philipp Lahm Takes a Cue From the Animal Kingdom

  Surrounded by Bayern players chained together for reasons only known to Jupp Heynckes, Philipp Lahm does the smart thing and pretends to be dead until ...

Louis van Gaal in 44 Seconds

  I think we've got the basics about Bayern Munich's new coach covered now and when you feel ready to plunge in medias res, you can ...

Borussia Mönchengladbach's Great Last Minute Escape

  When it all comes down to it, it doesn't matter how they did it. There wasn't all that much football on display in Borussia Mönchengladbach's last ...

Kinhöfer pulls an Øvrebø as Bayern Dusel returns

  Bayern eventually overcome Klinsmann's bad karma with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Leverkusen and with referee Thorsten Kinhöfer still confused about what constitutes a penalty ...

Manuel Neuer overcomes Bayern Trauma - Bayern overcome Klinsmann Trauma

  This is not Manuel Neuer's way of paying tribute to one of Germany's best ever goalkeepers - it is his way to exact revenge. Revenge ...

Islanders heavy favorites heading into the USL season

Now that the Islanders amazing CCL run is over, lets move on and get back to an unfinished business. On April 18th the Islanders ...

Islanders out of CCL, as they fall in penalty shootout

It was a sad ending to a great story. A team puts the Islanders out of the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL). Cruz Azul lead the ...

Weekly Dose 06.04.09

Third division table toppers Union Berlin are building a stadium for the fans by the fans. (Deutsche Welle: VOD - MP4) Hoffenheim's fairy dust has evaporated ...

Jens Lehmann makes a good Touchdown Pass Receiver

On Friday Jens Lehmann signed his contract extension and on Saturday he decided to give something back to his fans. In Stuttgart's away game against ...

Solo Goals Galore: Raffael and Grafite and Krzynowek

It was an uncharacteristic match for Hertha Berlin against Borussia Dortmund (1-3). Their defense and goalkeeper weren't infallible and their offense wasted dozens of chances ...

Speechless...

Islanders win! Cruz Azul the latest victim...

Boricuas play great soccer, not just baseball... Ironically a major upset for Puerto Rico on Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic was offset by ...

Islanders vs Cruz Azul - CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal

The Puerto Rico Islanders will meet Mexico's Cruz Azul on Tuesday March 17th in the 1st leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, at Juan ...

Damn Islanders! They did it again...

Damned by most experts all over the soccer world and against all odds, the Puerto Rico Islanders did it again! They won when they ...

The Fabulous Islanders stun another champion!

Jens Lehmann doesn't like Headbands

Read on if you can spare 12 seconds for another perfectly trivial and perfectly bloggable Jens Lehmann moment. Jens Lehmann is currently on his lap of ...

WAGs, HABs, Video Games and More: An Intro to Some of Our Quirkier Blogs

Last weekend I gave you a quick overview of our EPL blogs here at The Offside. Today I thought I'd introduce you to some ...

Video: Philipp Lahm makes David Copperfield look like an Amateur

  Ever wondered what would have become of Philipp Lahm, had he decided against the career of a pro footballer?

Quote of the Day: Three Fantastic Goals

The third goal was fantastic. The fourth too. And the second as well. Lucien Favre's stream of consciousness in the wake of Hertha's 4:0 victory over ...

Video: Frankfurt Fans sing the Pippi Longstocking Theme

  Actually, they just sing "schalalalala" and then "Hey Eintracht Frankfurt!" followed by more "schalala", but they do it to the tune of the Pippi Longstocking ...

Name and Shame: Wolfsburg's Diving Duo

The Culprit: Grafite (11 goals / 1 assist) and Edin Dzeko (5 goals / 7 assists) The Team: VfL Wolfsburg The Indictment: Chronically weak sense of balance. The ...

Top 5 Kevin Kuranyi Misses

With over three goals per game the Bundesliga is currently enjoying its' highest scoring season in over twenty years. In fact it's probably more difficult ...

Name this Goal

  Listen to the recording above and take a guess. The goal has been scored this weekend (in the Bundesliga of course). If you have problems ...

Return of the Pink Panther

Because we could all use a little pink panther too cheer us up and get us through what is sure to be a wacky transfer ...

The Bundesliga Offside Halloween Special

Warning: This blogpost is rated M for blood, gore, and violence. What better way to celebrate Halloween on a Bundesliga blog than to bring you the ...

van Bommel returns; Bayern wins

Today, Bayern took the pitch to take on Karlsruhe and Captain van Bommel returned to the starting line, rightfully so. After coming off of ...