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The Lesser of Two Evils

Don’t you just hate when people lie to you? Or when people just don’t understand when they have done something wrong? Or when it seems like everything someone does has an ulterior motive that seems to somehow benefit them? Any of those descriptions could apply to Sepp Blatter or Roger Goodell. Both men run probably […]

MLS’ Alternative to a Tiered System

Just about every other soccer league in the world uses a tiered system. What that means is the bottom handful of teams from that season are relegated to the lower league while the top teams from the second league achieve promotion. For some reason though, MLS has avoided it, despite having the North American Soccer […]

New York City FC vs. Orlando City SC: Match Preview

New York City FC Well, it can’t get any worse than last weekend. Held goalless in a manner that was reminiscent of the early parts of the season, New York fell 1-0 to the Revolution of New England in what can only be described as NYCFC’s worst match in quite some time. Adding to the […]

Player Watch – Champions League Final – ANDREA PIRLO

The Champions League seemed a fitting curtain call for such a midfield artist: Andrea Pirlo. One of the greatest midfielders in history, faced Barcelona for what could be the very last time in his career, to battle for glory and clutch the Champions League trophy. With another midfield maestro, Xavi, starting on the bench for […]

FIFA is falling apart

If you are having a bad day, just think about how FIFA’s day has gone. You wake up in your hotel in Switzerland room preparing for a big conference full of board elections and then the FBI comes crashing in to arrest 14 of your members. That’s how FIFA’s day started today. Yup, the United States […]

Serie A – Roma v Udinese – Match Report

Roma had moved down to 3rd after Lazio had won against Sampdoria in the previous set of games, and as they prepared for their clash with Udinese, they aimed for the league’s 2nd place spot, as this was the place for automatic Champions League qualification. There were 4 changes for Roma in total, Francesco Totti […]

Serie A – Juventus v Fiorentina – Match Report

Juventus were ever so close to being crowned Serie A Champions and they only needed to win against Fiorentina, and for Lazio to draw or lose, to clinch the title with 5 games to go. Massimiliano Allegri had rested players in previous games, but for this fixture, players like Giorgio Chiellini, Claudio Marchisio, Fernando Llorente, […]