by Ethan Armstrong on May 29, 2009 · 1 comment
I was completely seduced by last year’s FA Cup.
Barnsley and Cardiff City charged toward the final in a gripping giant-killing warpath. They toppled Liverpool, Chelsea and Middlesbrough in their wake. (Boro were still a mid-table Premier League side, so their undoing was still a feat.) While only Cardiff made it to the end before going [...]
Reaching the FA Cup final was a long overdue reward for Everton manager David Moyes. As the Premierships’ third longest serving manager, Moyes has brought consistent performances for a low budget club. It is worth considering that at Everton he has been subject to budgetary constraints that perhaps much of his fellow managers at clubs [...]
So, Manchester United has picked up another piece of silverware after beating Portsmouth 3-1 on penalties in the annual curtain raiser to the new season.
The game, which ended 0-0 in regular time, was a bit of a sleeper at times with Man United controlling large portions of the match but unable to score. A main [...]
Earlier this morning, in the build-up to today’s England against United States friendly at Wembley (live on ESPN Classic beginning at 3pm ET), I wrote about why Americans hate English soccer supporters. To be fair, there are a lot reasons why Brits hate U.S. soccer supporters as well, which are revealed below:
Soccer fans in the [...]
Later this evening, the United States will play England at Wembley (8pm BST/BBC1) in a friendly match between two countries who have a love-hate relationship with each other. But in this war, the battle is waged off the pitch rather than on it.
On the pitch, the competition between the two sides is waged fairly. The [...]