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Browsing all posts from August, 2008.

WHAT’S AN ALGORITHM?

Written by: Gabe

Call me bias, but the MLS standings look a bit amiss to me. The first tiebreaker should always be GF/GA, because it’s an important stat and fans can understand it. If this were the case, Columbus crushes New England with a 1.214 versus a measly 1.074. But instead this fan is left wondering what Wizard [...]

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SUPPORTERS VOTE ON TRANSFER

Written by: tyler ransburgh

Ebbsfleet United has provided paid supporters the chance to vote on many issues concerning the club from player line ups to jersey colors. This week the members were asked to make a vote on the transfer of a player. This is a major decision for both the clubs involved and especially the player. Being a [...]

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FLOATING SOCCER PITCH

Written by: tyler ransburgh

Singapore has created a floating soccer pitch. ‘Marina Bay Floating Stadium’ was built over a 13 month period and required 15 pontoons to keep afloat. The floating pitch is only going to be “afloat” until 2012 when the national stadium is finished. So who is going to get the ball when you miss the goal?

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WHAT THE?…THE PREMIERSHIP, WEEK 2

Written by: tyler ransburgh

WHAT THE? is my weekly Premiership review with only the interesting events that should not have happened in the first place. Hull City grabbed another point at Blackburn to obtain the forth position on the table with 4 points. After their win in the first week against Fulham, Hull City looks to be the best [...]

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JOHNSON TO CARDIFF…FINALLY

Written by: tyler ransburgh

Eddie Johnson, MLS superstar, and US National team bore has been loaned out from Premier side Fulham to Championship side Cardiff City. My views of Eddie Johnson have been documented on other blogs. I believe he has been over hyped when playing in the super intense MLS and has been lack luster when on the [...]

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THE PREM AND THE WU-TANG CLAN

Written by: tyler ransburgh

What do the Premier Leagues top brass and the Wu-Tang Clan have in common? They both believe in C.R.E.A.M. = Cash Rules Everything Around Me. Thaksin Shinawatra, former Thailand prime minister, current owner of Manchester City is facing corruption charges over a property scandal back home and has OFFERED to step down from the Premier [...]

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TV STORE THINKS LIKE 11TH GRADER

Written by: Gabe

There’s a new HH Gregg TV spot in which Peyton Manning and a few other people are giving a mock press conference… to encourage a customer to buy Sony HD TVs because they are the best for watching American football. The customer asks, “When you say football, do you mean soccer?” And the press conference [...]

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DVR PREEMPTS IMPENDING GENIUS

Written by: Gabe

I’d love to give you some mind-blowingly insightful commentary on the LA v Chicago game, but my DVR has denied me the right of sound. It would be crushing to sit through 90 minutes of what I assume was Chicago attacking and LA kicking the ball as high as possible, in silence. I suppose, technically, my [...]

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FINAL THOUGHTS

Written by: Gabe

1 USA v GUATEMALA 0 The Cherundolo foul: Unsporting! The red card: Bloody! The kick to Tim Howard’s head: Expected! The way John Harkes pronounces “Mastroeni”: Wrong! Every time!

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GUATEMALA SHOWS REFS IGNORANCE

Written by: tyler ransburgh

The Guatemala team successfully fell down every time a US player came in the same vicinity. I say successfully because the referee called it 90% of the time. The ref carded over a quarter of the US team in the first half alone. Add multiple red cards in the second half. One particular event consisted [...]

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