Sure the El Clásico games are full of immense skill, but the constant match-ups in the league, Copa del Rey and Champions League have started to take the shine off the event. Familiarity can breed contempt. In contrast, circus performer Davide Zimmari can breed footballer dogs. The eccentric showman has re-injected some sense of spontaneity [.
The SPANISH FOOTBALL 2012 - 2013 season is just days in & we already have already a FC BARCELONA -
REAL MADRID CF clash tonight at 22.30 local time. The reason is the 1ºst leg of the SPANISH SUPER
CUP title. Both teams have played down the importance of the match &, in some respects, the actual
title, but with these two Clubs & the rivalry between both I don´t believe it.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are ready to resume what many soccer fans consider the most
entertaining rivalry in the game when they clash today in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup
(4pm, ESPN3.com)
Real Madrid will be facing their rival for the first time since beating them at the Camp Nou to
all but clinch the Spanish League title.
Will Iniesta pull the strings in tonight's ‘El Clásico'?
It's probably the most spoken about rivalry in modern football, Real Madrid vs Barcelona, simply
known as El Clásico. Nike have launched a new video promoting their latest CTR360 boot
featuring the visionary Andres Iniesta.
Cascadia Cup week means national attention. This trivalry is big enough that NBC will be airing their first ever MLS broadcast game Saturday at 12:30 when the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers face off for the 78th time in their various forms over the decades. The history, the vibrancy, the passion and the quality of play will attract national attention again.
Before the big rivalry match at JELD-WEN Field this weekend, a film festival with a soccer centric
theme visits the Rose City with plenty of attention put towards some of the most influential
derbies in the world. The Kicking and Screening Festival starts on Wednesday, September 12 at Bazi
Bierbrasseire with a literary event then moves to Urban Studios for two days of film dedicated to
various stories of soccer.
The playoff races continue to heat up as the remaining games slip away. D.C. United need to recover
from the severe thrashing they received at the hands of the Impact, but the second place Red Bulls
should prove quite the challenge. The Galaxy are back to their winning ways as the struggling
Whitecaps come limping into the Home Depot Center.
As the Seattle Sounders prepare for this weekend's match with the Whitecaps, it feels as if
we've transitioned into a new phase of the season. For one thing, the team is coming back from the
first full week break since after the Chelsea friendly in mid-July. The relatively long rest has
given the team and the fans time to mentally prepare for the stretch run.
The rivalry between the Fire and Revolution has been gaining strength the past few years, and
there is never a shortage for action and intrigue when these two teams meet. Tomorrow night
shouldn't be any different. Although the Fire come into the matchup without their captain Logan
Pause, the Men in Red are definitely heading in the right direction.
Seattle and Vancouver renew their rivalry this weekend. (Getty Images)
Are you ready? That's probably a question a lot of coaches will be asking this weekend of their
players mainly the ones that will be pulling double duty this week.
MLS heads into a busy, busy weekend with nine games spread out over two days.
The United-Union-Red Bulls rivalry has become an intense laboratory for a common dilemma in US
soccer tactics: how to control a game without a traditional central midfielder.
From a national perspective, only so many MLS teams are rocking their stadiums and showing off fun
talent with highlight style goals.
It's hard to replicate the aura involved with rivalry matches. But, there needs to be a sufficient
amount of marquee matches to rally around from week to week.
From a national perspective, only so many MLS teams are rocking their stadiums and showing off fun
talent with highlight style goals.
It's hard to replicate the aura involved with rivalry matches. But, there needs to be a sufficient
amount of marquee matches to rally around from week to week.
Steven Gerrard has claimed that he could have played for Chelsea, United and Real Madrid, but
instead opted to stay at Liverpool.
"That sort of thing has been going on for the last 10 years. People only really heard about
it with Mourinho and Chelsea in 2004 and 2005. But it has happened a few times," said
Gerrard.
Joe Hart believes that Manchester United will once again be the toughest contenders for his
Manchester City side's Premier League crown.
Hart and City won the 2011-12 title dramatically on goal difference but the England goalkeeper
admits that the famous triumph was too nerve-wrecking.
While the 25-year old is ready to fight for a successful title defense, he is aware that City
will be once again be challenged seriously by their bitter cross-town rivals.
John W Henry believes Liverpool have a long way to go to make up for the mismanagement of the club
by their previous owners.
Henry claims there is still much work to be done, both on and off the pitch, to get the Reds
heading in the right direction following the buyout by The Fenway Sports Group (FSG) in October
2010.
£23m is a nifty piece of business for a semi to permanently crocked striker who when he can
play healthy scores. The good thing too is that this bit of business was resolved so quickly before
it became a major drag on the season's start.
Truth be told, RVP has been a peripheral figure in Arsenal's recent existence which explains why
his departure doesn't have the same gut wrenching quality as say Cesc Fabregas last year.
Manchester United have had larger attendances every single season since the war, regardless of
which team was more successful. United have fans from all around the country and the world, which
somehow has lead people outside of Manchester to believe the myth that City fans put about, that
Manchester is blue.
It will be scene just like in the movies. He puts on a giant overcoat and was lead out of the
hotel via the back door. There was already a vehicle waiting that would take him straight to the
airport. The privately owned aircraft have deflective mirrors that could make it look like it
disappear from the sky.
It will be scene just like in the movies. He puts on a giant overcoat and was lead out of the
hotel via the back door. There was already a vehicle waiting that would take him straight to the
airport. The privately owned aircraft have deflective mirrors that could make it look like it
disappear from the sky.
Firstly, congratulations to Stoke for improving upon their average goal tally at Reading. They
scored one whereas last season they managed less than one goal a game, scoring 36 goals in 38
games. And guess what the majority were from set plays (58% !!)
I must confess to liking Tony Pulis as a man, he is passionate, committed and honest (though
deluded!
Firstly, congratulations to Stoke for improving upon their average goal tally at Reading. They
scored one whereas last season they managed less than one goal a game, scoring 36 goals in 38
games. And guess what the majority were from set plays (58% !!)
I must confess to liking Tony Pulis as a man, he is passionate, committed and honest (though
deluded!
Our summers are nothing if not dramatic. I've been largely ignoring it for the past few weeks
ever since van Persie's original statement I've felt a little jaded by the whole thing, and haven't
had the desire to track it, or write about it, on a daily basis. Kudos to those who manage to blog
without a break goodness knows I needed one.
Setting: Sunday, August 19 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.;
kickoff scheduled for 5:19 PM Eastern
Broadcast Information: NBC Sports Network/TSN2 (Arlo White,
Kyle Martino) and RDS2 in the U.S. and Canada, and SportsRadio 610 WIP (Tony Limarzi, Peter Pappas)
locally / La Nueva 87.
Sounders FC produced this video about the Cascadia Cup rivalry with the Vancouver Whitecaps. As
is usually the case these teams are battling for Playoffs spots.
Today's match against the San Jose Earthquakes was always going to be an unwelcome fixture. The
third match in seven days (and fourth in ten) it tags along like an annoying little brother. The
priority was, of course, the US Open Cup Final on Wednesday. And between the regular season matches
that book-ended the final, you'd prioritize the home match against the LA Galaxy over the away
match to San Jose, and so it looks like we did.
"Their City. Their Stadium. Our Victory." - USA 1-0 Mexico.
It's one of the best rivalries in all of sports, so needless to say there is no such thing as a
friendly match when the United States take on Mexico. However, there was just one element missing
from the US-Mexico rivalry: a US win in Mexico.
The day is finally here for a soccer rivalry that is always full of fight, intrigue, and
normally hostile play. When the US and Mexico butt heads, it's usually not pretty. It also doesn't
help that the Americans will be playing tonight in Aztec Stadium, which has been an impenetrable
fortress for the Yanks.
It was just a friendly, both sides left out key players and the intimidating Estadio Azteca had
a lot of empty seats, but the U.S. still beat Mexico 1-0 for a surprising and historic first ever
win in Mexico. In 24 previous matches over the course of a bitter and often violent 75-year
rivalry, the U.
As iconic an image: Could the USA top this in the finals?
Yes, all you football/ soccer lovers. This is one of the most anticipated clashes, the USA vs
Japan showdown, all year. Destiny had both countries renewing their rivalry in the Olympics women's
soccer final. The USA for redemption.
As Wednesday quickly approaches, Andre Villas-Boas continues to play down his return to Stamford Bridge. In a match with massive implications both Chelsea and Tottenham should come out of the gate firing on all cylinders in this hotly contested match; however, the Spurs manager insists that his return "means nothing.
It's rivalry week in MLS this weekend. Many of the leagues marquee rivalries will be taking place this weekend, including Seattle vs Portland and New York vs DC. Both of those games will be on the NBC family of channels this weekend. Sandwiched between these two matches is another rivalry match between Kansas City and Chicago.
An old rivalry will resume on Saturday, Sept. 29, when Juventus plays AS Roma at home. Roma's coach Zdenek Zeman has accused the Bianconeri of doping in the 90's and Juve's defender Giorgio Chiellini has said Zeman has his last chance with Roma to win a trophy that matters. Such beefs often add to the atmosphere at the stadium, but are rarely decisive in a match.
At Goodison Park this evening, Everton paid respect to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster with one of classiest gestures we've seen. In 1989,96 Liverpool supporters died as a result of a crush in an overcrowded section of Hillsborough stadium.
United Airlines' Magazine Profiles Sounders-Timbers Rivalry
In stark contrast to the rather comical take on the rivalry that the esteemed Wall Street
Journal took last year, this is actually an excellently executed piece about the Sounders-Timbers
rivalry. It's largely told through the eyes of Roger Levesque and it really is worth a read.
Welcome to episode #41 of the IMSoccer News North American Soccer League Podcast. This week
Gerry Wittmann , Jay (Yankiboy) Long, and yours truly, Brian Quarstad, have a lively discussion
about the most recent activities in the NASL. You can find all past episodes of the North American
Soccer League Podcast here.
