Ready for a quick peek under the covers at the weekend-that-was? Let's try this again with a theme; today's theme being "winning" in all its forms and permutations. Winning Ugly DC United finally put a marker in the win column with a 1-0 win... Click to continue reading...

I trust a fun weekend was had by all as we witnessed MLS's First Kick 2009, Manchester United's continued unravelling, and the usual suspects torching La Liga in goalfests. How about a little mood music? Bodies + Problems = Submission You know...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds2.feedburner. Click to continue reading...

Anything catch your eye this weekend? A few things jumped out of the scrying glass at me, so let's take the Grand Tour, shall we?Over ThereYes, yes, Liverpool's failure to get maximum points at home to struggling Manchester City means that the race for the Premier League crown is all but secure in Sir Alex's sack o' trophies yet again (It's still freakin' February, fer chrissakes! Click to continue reading...

Anything catch your eye this weekend? A few things jumped out of the scrying glass at me, so let's take the Grand Tour, shall we?Over ThereYes, yes, Liverpool's failure to get maximum points at home to struggling Manchester City means that the race for the Premier League crown is all but secure in Sir Alex's sack o' trophies yet again (It's still freakin' February, fer chrissakes! Click to continue reading...

Let's hit the rewind button and see what caught my eye this weekend from around the world of futbol . . . Done and Dusted? Even though Liverpool managed to ride the late, late Torres-show to victory yet again, I think you saw this weekend why the race for the Prem is dead. Man United went away to one of the form teams in the league missing some key components and, though they suffered a few Click to continue reading...

Let's hit the rewind button and see what caught my eye this weekend from around the world of futbol . . .Done and Dusted?Even though Liverpool managed to ride the late, late Torres-show to victory yet again, I think you saw this weekend why the race for the Prem is dead. Man United went away to one of the form teams in the league missing some key components and, though they suffered a few Click to continue reading...

Considering the warnings the meteorological high priests were spreading, the "big storm" turned out to be a couple inches of snow. Disappointing, like much of this weekend. Why disappointing? Glad you asked . . . Camp Curse Continues! Last week, I talked about the disturbing number of players being injured at the US training camp that's trying to prepare for the annual Scandanavian Scrub Click to continue reading...

Considering the warnings the meteorological high priests were spreading, the "big storm" turned out to be a couple inches of snow. Disappointing, like much of this weekend. Why disappointing? Glad you asked . . . Camp Curse Continues! Last week, I talked about the disturbing number of players being injured at the US training camp that's trying to prepare for the annual Scandanavian Scrub Click to continue reading...

Magic of the Cup? Fun and games, as always, in the third round of the FA Cup. I caught most of Hull-Newcastle, which was one of those end-to-end games that somehow end scoreless, and Preston-Liverpool, where Preston had a nice mix of the physical and the technical, but not quite enough to overcome the Reds, despite Robbie Keane's terribly wasteful finishing. Click to continue reading...

At long last, I'm back from my holiday travels. Sadly, I seem to have picked up the plague (or a near approximation) somewhere along the way, so my posting over the next few days will be of a necessarily more limited nature. Regardless, I managed to catch some footie this weekend, where all of the "Yank" headlines were dominated by one man . Click to continue reading...

Time for our weekly look back at the weekend that was . . . Toon Revival? Newcastle grab a late winner through the oft-injured Duff after a magical bit of interplay between the Irishman and his Australian compatriot, Mark Viduka. Dig it up on the YouTubes if the Prem Police haven't confiscated all the evidence. Click to continue reading...

Seeing as how we're in the offseason here at FBF, it's about time we brought in some new blood on trial. First up is the Monday Back-Pass, wherein I take a look back at the weekend's soccer events and viewing, highlighting what caught my attention. Ready? Away we go . . . Barca-Real The big enchilada of the weekend without a doubt. Click to continue reading...