Articles tagged with "world football"
Title Watch: Pray for Victory
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little longer. So, as a sort of Weekend Watch special, here's The Offside's guide to who's trying to get their hands on s ...
First Legs Complete in Copa Libertadores Last 16
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XLg6CG880[/youtube] The fist legs of the Copa Libertadores knockout round were played this week, and two already juicy encounters just got juicier. In the big Argentina vs Brazil encounter (above) Boca Jun ...
Japanese Footballer Still Fighting "Garlic Ban"
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008Japan is arguably the wackiest corner of the football world right now. Don't believe me? Did you not read about the J-League underwear thief? And if you need more Japanese wackiness, then how about the case of Kazuki Ganaha? The Kawasaki Frontale ...
The Case of the Mysterious J-League Underwear Thief
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008An unnamed J-League footballer was arrested this week for breaking into a 21 year old woman's apartment and stealing her panties. The 26-year-old Kashiwa Reysol player also stole her phone and some other stuff. But let's focus on the panties. Appa ...
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You'll never guess. I'll give you a hint. Plays in MLS. Has a "pop-star" wife. Made an estimated $49 million last year, of which only $12 million came from actually playing t ...
Daisuke Matsui's Scorpion Pass
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdLSn5SqyLk[/youtube] This is from the April 26th Ligue 1 game between Le Mans and Lens. The lofted ball to Le Mans midfielder Daisuke Matsui looks like it's going out for a throw, but the Japanese internati ...
Daily Dose 5.01.08
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008Some news to read as you escape from prison by accident: William Gallas can't buy champagne in France, but his white chauffeur can (From a Left Wing) The seventeen men who've played for five or more MLS teams (Climbing the Ladder) Ste ...
UEFA Cup Final: It's Zenit vs. Rangers
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008The thing I love most about the UEFA cup is its diversity. Because there are so many routes to qualification, you never know who's going to end up on top. Unlike Champions League. (No all-EPL final here. And hurray for that!) Who would hav ...
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 Rica's Saprissa 2-1 in the ...
Vote: Which Euro 2008 Team Bus Has the Best Slogan?
By Daryl | May 1st, 2008Voters on the UEFA's official Euro 2008 website have been choosing team slogans to plaster on the 16 Euro 2008 team buses. Some good choices from the fans - I particularly like Portugal's "This coach is driven by the Will to Win" (above.) Some inte ...
Pato and Diego Support Ronaldo in that Transvestite "Misunderstanding"
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008I have always believed that it is under adverse circumstances that one discovers who one's true friends are. Like mistaking transvestite prostitutes for the real thing. Ronaldo may be on the verge of losing both his girlfriend and his Nike spons ...
Cars of the Stars: Which Autos do Rich Footballers Drive?
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008According to Forbes.com, the average EPL player made $2.2 million last year. And what did he spend it on? Expensive toys. And it's not just the EPL guys, either. Highly-paid players all over are coughing up cash for the grownup versions of ...
The Austrian Beckham Sinks AEK Athens
By chris | May 1st, 2008You just knew something like this would happen. After AEK was "stripped" of its title unjustly because the worst team in the league fielded an ineligible player against big, bad Olympiacos, they were forced into a European spot playoff (much like ...
Daily Dose 4.30.08
By Laurie | April 30th, 2008Some news to read as you get arrested for trying to cash a $360 billion check: Our Red Bulls Offside blogger Dave Martinez interviews Hunter Freeman (Red Bulls Offside) Great soccer ads (18 yards) The Premier League Moaning XI (And ...
Another Champion Crowned In An Odd Manner
By chris | April 30th, 2008You've got to love Eastern European football. While the rules of the game may be the same, the entire region seems to have these little quirks which turn mundane sentences into newsworthy nuggets. The Bulgarian Premier League is quickly becoming one ...
What did the Groundsman Say to Set Off Patrice Evra?
By Laurie | April 30th, 2008"Idiot" or "immigrant"? Which is the worse insult? It all depends on who you ask. Why does it matter? Because when you're talking about justification for a fight, one is a racial insult, and one is just some gardener spouting obscenities at ...
Champions League Semi Final LiveBlog: Chelsea vs Liverpool (2nd Leg)
By Daryl | April 30th, 2008Chelsea 3-2 Liverpool (agg. 4-3) Drogba 33' 105' - Torres 64' Lampard (pen) 98' Babel 118' Kick-off: 7:45 GMT Read on for the LiveBlog... - So that's that. All the pre-semi-final predictions of dullness were ...
Liverpool and Chelsea Videos. Because you can't have too much pre-Champions League Excitement
By Laurie | April 30th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=28bqdoP2IWc[/youtube]Yesterday we did some Barcelona and Manchester United highlight videos to get you thinking about Champions League. So today? We need to do some Liverpool (above) and Chelsea (below.) B ...
Goderdzi Makharadze - Good at Headers
By Daryl | April 30th, 2008With today's Champions League semi final heavily influenced by a certain player's inability to direct a football with his head, here's video of a man who can. Georgian Goderdzi Makharadze broke the record for heading a soccer ball in the '90s, by ...
Daily Dose.: 4.29.08
By chris | April 29th, 2008Stuff to read while Barbie is a ruled a destructive force by the court*..... Nobody in Austria cares about Euro 2008 (Euro 2008 Blog) A Champions League cartoon. (The Offside Rules) Never a dull day in Eastern European footy. This time it's ...
Columbus Coach Sigi Schmid Wins His 100th Match
By Laurie | April 29th, 2008Trivia question: Who was the first coach to win 100 MLS matches? (**Answer at the bottom.**) But who was the second? None other than Sigi Schmid, currently coach of the Columbus Crew. He reached the milestone this past weekend in the Crew' ...
Man Utd vs Barcelona Champions League Semi Final LiveBlog (2nd Leg)
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008Man Utd 1-0 Barcelona (agg 1-0) Scholes 14' Kick off: 7:45 GMT Thanks to everyone who read and commented. We'll be LiveBlogging Liverpool vs Chelsea same time tomorrow to see which English club joins Utd in Moscow. Great goal fr ...
Barcelona and ManU Highlight Videos, to Get You in the Mood
By Laurie | April 29th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-lTYtkN4VRc[/youtube]I am officially not taking sides in the Champions League game between Manchester United and Barcelona, because we all know what happens when I take sides. (Actually, I'm tempted to work ha ...
Fabien Barthez Wants to Start a Goalkeeping Academy
By Laurie | April 29th, 2008When last we saw former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez on these pages, he was getting attacked by his own fans in Nantes after failing to help them avoid relegation. Since then, for some reason, he seems to have been lying low. Not sure why. ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 21
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008The Offside Podcast turns 21 today, so please forgive us if it has a stinking hangover tomorrow. This week Ian is joined by Inara to discuss Paris St. Germain's relegation battle, and the very real possibility of Ligue 1 having no Parisian team in 20 ...
Champions League Semi Final Preview: Man Utd vs Barça Pt. II
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008It's no secret that second legs are almost always better. Why? Because that's when we find out who wins. And so the fireworks we were expecting from last week's first leg between Barcelona and Manchester United should all go off today. Cristiano ...
Daily Dose 4.28.08
By Daryl | April 28th, 2008Something to read while you take a fastball to the face*... Fenerbahçe fans attack Mateja Kežman (Turkey Football) MLS rookie salaries in 2008 (From College to the Pros) The surprise winner of the Premier League title is... Setanta (EPL Talk) ...
A Name to Remember: Jack Wilshere
By Daryl | April 28th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wOgKUdVXQE[/youtube] Get a load of young Jack Wilshere playing for Arsenal Reserves vs West Ham Reserves recently. First of all, remember that Wilshere is only 16-years-old and that reserve football is for ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | April 28th, 20081. Premiership goalkeepers hate Radhi Jaïdi Birmingham's Tunisian defender has been up to no good lately. For Birmingham free kicks he stands in front of the opposition keeper and stares at him. He's in an offside position, but because he makes no ...
Video of the Stamford Bridge Scuffle
By Daryl | April 28th, 2008We're still not sure of the exact details of the Man Utd players vs Chelsea groundstaff showdown at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. I don't know who started it or why, and in many many ways I don't care. It was an entertaining little sideshow where ...
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