Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged SuperLiga 2008http://soccerblogs.net/feed/tag/superliga_2008/atom.xml2008-11-21T20:56:05+00:00FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net)SuperLiga final running blog2008-08-06T00:12:00+00:002008-08-06T00:12:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/182921/Sideline Views 4 - DeRo from distance, off the post. 6 - Announcers discuss Igwe, correctly asses that Jay Heaps was unjustly suspended from the final in the Atlante scrum. 8 - Joseph with a scorcher from distance. High. 10 - This game has had a ton of intensity from the start.]]>More from Carlos Albert2008-08-02T01:10:00+00:002008-08-02T01:10:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/181745/Sideline Views
By the way, don't knock me for not knowing all the panelists names - I don't watch the show that often, but feel free to inform me if you know who they are.]]>Abuses2008-07-31T23:39:00+00:002008-07-31T23:39:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/181339/Sideline Views ]]>No Mexican teams in SuperLiga final2008-07-31T19:30:00+00:002008-07-31T19:30:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/181265/Sideline Views
Announcer introduces analyst Carlos Albert Carlos Albert: Atlante has demonstrated, like all the teams in this tournament, that they're not in good form yet, they're in preseason. But that's a pretext, like the bad refs, because all the Mexican teams accepted those terms while chasing the carrot of a million dollars.]]>SuperLiga Salvation2008-07-31T18:11:00+00:002008-07-31T18:11:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/181267/Sideline Views The first was the MLS/Primera Division split final, with Pachuca and the LA Galaxy representing both participating leagues. Pachuca, of course, became the first SuperLiga champion in history.]]>SuperDisgrace2008-07-31T03:24:00+00:002008-07-31T03:24:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/181010/Sideline Views Atlante vs. New England in a battle royale. Vilar versus Heaps. Atlante assistant versus Albright. Disgrace versus Revolution.
The match itself was not the greatest display of soccer.]]>NE vs Atlante2008-07-30T23:58:00+00:002008-07-30T23:58:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/180990/Sideline Views The announcers focus on the midfield, saying Shalrie Joseph is key for the Revs.]]>Heh, I think2008-07-30T17:44:00+00:002008-07-30T17:44:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/180849/Sideline Views I don't know why the Houston guy isn't in Houston colors, but anyway, he's in the background cheering on Atlante's horse against New England. But he has selfish motives - "I don't want to go get a million dollars on foot," the Dynamo dude tells Atlante's horsey.]]>Houston/Pachuca running blog2008-07-30T01:58:00+00:002008-07-30T01:58:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/180609/Sideline Views Ha, the announcers know all about the Houston/Pachuca history. "Houston wants revenge," they say. I've picked Pachuca to win, however, so I predict a heartbreaking 2-1.]]>Sacha's last pre-Olympic clip2008-07-21T04:33:00+00:002008-07-21T04:33:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177735/Sideline Views Sacha was disappointed about the result as everyone else on Chivas was. He felt they played well enough to win.]]>Marsch on match2008-07-21T04:30:00+00:002008-07-21T04:30:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177736/Sideline Views I asked Jesse all of the questions on the audio clip here. So most of the time he was looking right at me.]]>Matko on the match2008-07-21T04:25:00+00:002008-07-21T04:25:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177737/Sideline Views Matko, as he is known to his players, and Preki took care of the starting lineups as they were in communication throughout the day.]]>Ralston talks match, season2008-07-21T04:19:00+00:002008-07-21T04:19:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177739/Sideline Views He did however have a huge influence in the match as he sent in the corner that led to the equalizer.
Ralston answered some questions about the potential schedule logjam coming up as well as a bit on the All-Star game.]]>Reis rips field2008-07-21T04:14:00+00:002008-07-21T04:14:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177740/Sideline Views Reis of course is a local guy, a UCLA product, and he was on the Galaxy before when the Galaxy played games here on a somewhat regular basis.]]>Nicol post-game2008-07-21T04:08:00+00:002008-07-21T04:08:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177741/Sideline Views The field was pretty bad. I could tell from up here that it wasn't the greatest but the way it went down, well, Nicol was none too pleased about it.]]>Chivas USA-New England running blog2008-07-21T00:00:00+00:002008-07-21T00:00:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177715/Sideline Views Here are the starting lineups:
Chivas: Dan Kennedy; Carey Talley, Claudio Suarez, Bobby Burling, Francisco Mendoza; Sacha Kljestan, Daniel Paladini, Jesse Marsch, Jonathan Bornstein; Ante Razov, Roberto Nurse.]]>Gaining respect (from teams, at least)2008-07-18T20:56:00+00:002008-07-18T20:56:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/177224/Sideline ViewsSick about it2008-07-17T23:55:00+00:002008-07-17T23:55:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176805/Sideline Views This time, the little Chivas USA goat asks the Santos player, "You got "Championitis" already?" The player responds, "It's better to get sick here than in a tournament that really matters."
In the background - I'm not sure - could be a Revs player chasing the Pachuca gopher with a stick.]]>Carey-ing the load2008-07-17T15:21:00+00:002008-07-17T15:21:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176670/Sideline Views I had the chance to catch up with Carey after the match as he was holding his new but fully drenched Santos Laguna jersey.]]>Matias Vuoso on loss2008-07-17T15:04:00+00:002008-07-17T15:04:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176671/Sideline Views Vuoso kept it brief. He basically said that Chivas had one chance and put it away while Santos had many but couldn't do anything with them.
Here's his audio.]]>Complicated scenarios2008-07-17T14:35:00+00:002008-07-17T14:35:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176641/Sideline Views That means Santos, who have zero points in two games, still have hopes while New England, with six points in two games, might still not advance.]]>One for the ages2008-07-17T14:22:00+00:002008-07-17T14:22:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176642/Sideline Views Still, in Year Four, those string of firsts is not stopping.]]>Edgar in two languages2008-07-17T13:11:00+00:002008-07-17T13:11:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176643/Sideline Views But Edgar did field some questions in Spanish.]]>Talley it up2008-07-17T05:49:00+00:002008-07-17T05:49:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176551/Sideline Views Of course, the Talley jersey his kid is wearing here wasn't from this game.]]>Santos coach talks U.S. players2008-07-17T05:32:00+00:002008-07-17T05:32:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176552/Sideline ViewsChivas USA/Santos2008-07-17T02:11:00+00:002008-07-17T02:11:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176476/Sideline Views Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy, Jim Curtin, Carey Tallye, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Francisco Mendoza, Sacha Kljestan, Paulo Nagamura, Kraig Chiles, Roberto Nurse, Atiba Harris Santos: Oswaldo Sanchez, Jorge Estrada, Rafael Figueroa, Osmar Mares, Fernando Ortiz, Edgar Castillo, Johnnie Garcia, Fernando Arce, Francisco Torres, Vicente Vuoso, Christian Benitez Kickoff!]]>SuperLiga jokes2008-07-16T13:18:00+00:002008-07-16T13:18:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176269/Sideline Views Anyway, the burro of Atlante says, "All gringos are alike.]]>Superliga & An American in Ireland2008-07-16T11:00:00+00:002008-07-16T11:00:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/176239/goalscoring robotOn Guzan, Pachuca2008-07-15T14:16:00+00:002008-07-15T14:16:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/175951/Sideline Views But ultimately I settled on splitting the column between Brad Guzan and Pachuca.]]>Teaching a lesson2008-07-14T23:15:00+00:002008-07-14T23:15:00+00:00http://soccerblogs.net/go/blogpost/175736/Sideline Views The cowed kid responds, "In English or Spanish?"