Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged retirements

The Predictorship: Week 1 - ‘Girl Power’ Storms Ahead

2008-08-20T19:20:56+00:00

Report by the Blackburn Rover... It's week 1 in a whole new Predictorship season and along with the other retirements, transfers and signings in the closed season, the Nottingham Florist has hung up his ribbons and passed on his pinking shears to the Blackburn Rover. All your comments and contributions will be gratefully received for inclusion [.

Unconventional retirement

2008-07-14T15:56:02+00:00

The day before the transfer window opens, we have a great "only in MLS" story: New England's Chase Hilgenbrinck is giving up soccer to join the priesthood.

In terms of surprise retirements, that ranks alongside Tampa Bay's R.T. Moore, who left the Mutiny to go to dental school.

Report: Totti & Nesta To Make Italy Return

2008-06-24T12:02:00+00:00

According to the Corriere dello Sport, Francesco Totti and Alessandro Nesta will end their international retirements and return to the Azzurri set-up as part of Marcello Lippi's 2010 World Cup team.

Almost as hot as Grieco and Depp...

Destroy and Rebuild

2008-05-15T15:23:00+00:00

Things are not right at Barcelona or AC Milan. For clubs used to national domination and European success, this season has been nothing short of a catastrophe for both super-powers. Milan have basically the same team that won the Champions League last year, bolstered mainly just by the Brazilian prodigy Pato, but for one reason or another things really have not come together over the last 12 months.

The End of The Ro-Ro

2008-04-15T17:29:00+00:00

A little while ago now we brought you the sad news that perhaps the greatest striker I have ever seen was being forced to retire after a recurrence of a knee injury that had plagued him for several years. The Brazilian maestro Ronaldo was my idol growing up in the game, and the forward above all others that I aspired to be.

Denilson A DP For Dallas

2007-08-23T21:55:19+00:00

With a recent loss to in-state rival and defending MLS Champions Houston Dynamo, the FC Dallas front office made a move today to hope to push ahead of Houston and the rest of the league in hopes of winning the league crown this season. The Hoops have finally landed Brazilian play-maker Denilson today. A month ago [...]