Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged soccer teams

A Life Well Lived

2008-09-28T23:15:44+00:00

When I worked at the L.A. Times' Ventura County Bureau, every Sunday the reporter on duty was required to scour the death notices, call a relative of the deceased and write an obituary about a "regular" human being.

It was a twist on the old journalism class assignment of interviewing a person at random and writing a profile of them on the theory that everyone has a story that needs to be told.

More stupidness, this time journalists

2008-09-21T20:06:00+00:00

Isn't commandment No. 1 for journalists 'Never use any info found in Wikipedia'...?

Well some dude at the Daily Mail (not going to name names David Anderson) didn't follow said commandment and embarrassed himself thoroughly when citing a false "fact" about a Cypiot soccer teams fan base.

EXPANSION: St Louis MLS Name May Just Be "St Louis" (VIDEO)

2008-09-12T22:24:00+00:00

Today St Louis United Soccer, operators of the St Louis franchise in the new Women's Professional Soccer league and the the organization behind St Louis's MLS Bid revealed the name and logo of the women's team.

In what many may view as a radical departure from modern US sports culture, they decide to simply name themselves after the city: St Louis.

Brazil & Belgium Will Play For Bronze

2008-08-22T06:56:12+00:00

-Team Brazil warms up at a stadium in Beijing, China.- National football (soccer) teams Brazil and Belgium, will play for the Bronze medal during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The match will be held at the Shanghai Stadium @ 7pm August 22, 2008. Also, don't forget about the match between Argentina and [.

Brazil & Belgium Will Play For Bronze

2008-08-22T06:56:12+00:00

2008 MLS All-Douchebag Team

2008-08-22T03:33:00+00:00

douchebag: (n) an individual with an over inflated sense of self worth, often combined with a low level of intelligence, typically behaves in a ridiculous manner with no sense of how moronic he appears

In soccer teams, you know that have certain players that you just love to hate. Everything they do on the field drives you crazy.

USA And Japan Set To Face Off

2008-08-07T07:34:00+00:00

Today the USA and Japan men's soccer teams will open up their Olympic campaign in a tough group which includes Nigeria and the Netherlands. In contrast to the USA which features three top over-23 players led by striker Brian McBride, Japan is essentially bringing its U-23 team with no overage players.

Winners are: Everton, Forest

2008-07-31T14:29:00+00:00

Readers have picked Everton as the team they'd most like to follow in the Netminder blog this season. We'll assume last night's preseason loss to Chicago didn't deter anyone.

The final vote:

Everton 35%
Aston Villa 17%
Fulham 17%
Nottingham Forest 10%
Other 10%
Hull 9%
Plymouth Argyle 2%
Reading 1%

But we'll aim to please as many voters as possible.

Ladies, Do Your Warm Ups

2008-07-28T11:23:00+00:00

I'd be curious to know more about this. ACL injuries happen but are they is 1500 women a large enough of a group for this sort of a study? After all, ACL's don't happen all that often, do they? And why didn't they have a picture of Heather Mitts?

US News And World Report:

The ACL is an important knee ligament.

144 teams, college coaches here for RAGE College Showcase

2008-07-23T10:19:50+00:00

On July 26 and 27, 144 women's soccer teams will flock to Pleasanton to compete in the 5th Annual RAGE...

Witchcraft Rears Its Head Again in African Football

2008-07-22T18:54:00+00:00

We talked about juju, the art of African witchcraft about a year ago on this blog.

Back then, we stated that

it has long been common for soccer teams to turn to witchcraft, or juju, to gain a competitive edge. Teams might, for example, summon witch doctors to cast spells on opposing teams.

Missouri State Bears Release Soccer Schedules

2008-07-17T16:58:36+00:00

PRESS RELEASE

The Missouri State men's and women's soccer teams will host seven and eight matches, respectively, at Plaster Sports Complex during the upcoming 2008 season.

The men's team opens the home schedule the second weekend of the season with its annual home tournament Sept. 5 and 6.

Notes of Note

2008-06-30T22:13:00+00:00

Here are a few notes of interest as the month of June comes to a close:

* FC Indiana and the United States women's soccer teams are both Number 3 in the world. According to womensworldfootball.com, only Frankfurt and the Washington Freedom are better women's soccer teams than the Chicago Red Stars' W-League affiliate and only Germany and Brazil are better than the USWNT.

Introductions + US Friendly

2008-06-18T18:11:49+00:00

First of all, I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting this past week. My internet in my apartment isn't working at the moment, and I can't access the Offside's admin page from my lab. It's unfortunate about the timing because so many things have been going on that I haven't covered.

Because of that, and also because of the increasing time I have to spend in lab, I can't update this blog as often as before.

What’s On My Brain

2008-06-10T16:01:47+00:00

"I don't know how much of what's on my brain should come off my tongue." My man Kenny Stern, 4/15/07 Completely random thoughts: Do we think the Bears would have released Cedric Benson for his second alcohol arrest in five weeks if he'd been, say, a 1,200-yard rusher every season? Why don't soccer teams do things like this anymore?

Missouri Ozarks FC Parent Meeting Tonight

2008-06-10T14:11:17+00:00

Missouri Ozarks F.C. will be holding Board member elections on Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 P.m. The meeting will be held at the Neosho Middle School soccer field. This meeting is for all parents, coaches, and volunteers interesting in the Missouri Ozarks F.C. competitive soccer teams. We will be certifying the leagues constitution, by-laws, mission statement, and other details for the organization.

Missouri Ozarks FC Parent Meeting Tonight

2008-06-10T14:11:17+00:00

The Storm Dissipates

2008-03-23T13:27:39+00:00

This is a post that's LONG overdue, but I honestly couldn't bring myself to write it when I should have in July 2007. So bear with my procrastination as I take a small trip down memory lane about a U10 Rec team I had the honor of coaching and that I will always remember. This [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Storm Dissipates", url: "http://onthepitch.