The Champions League group stage is now set, all 32 teams having clinched their spot in the meat of Europe’s biggest club competition. Red Star Belgrade was the last team in, booking its spot in the Champions League group stage for the first time ever with a dramatic 2-2 draw with FC Salzburg, advancing on away goals.
D.C. United’s big name signing has proven that he’s brought a little magic with him from overseas, igniting a hot-streak for the capital club that's seen them go five games unbeaten and making a serious push for the playoffs.
FC Agres took on Chindia Targoviste in Romanian second division action on Saturday with the scores level at 1-1 in the 82nd minute. During a fairly innocuous attacking situation in which a Chindia attacker appeared to be fairly well marshaled on the right flank, Agres manager Emil Sandoi (who played as a center back during his own professional career and was capped 30 times by Romania) pulled off the inexplicable.
Always looking for new, weird ways to promote, self-promote and promote some more, Major League Soccer and Twitter are joining together to create one crazy marketing ploy for Friday night’s El Trafico between the LA Galaxy and LAFC.
Oh the trials and tribulations of the 38 week voyage that is Fantasy Premier League. You really go through it all as an FPL manager. Whether it’s seeing the dreaded “Knock- 75% chance of playing” tag or when you get a measly 6 points off a triple captain, the game we love can get frustrating. Luckily for us @fantasyyirma, has brought our frustrations out in a fun, upbeat song that you should probably play when you’re setting your lineup. He touches on all our favorite topics like:
Bayern Munich defeated Hoffenheim 3-1 in the Bundesliga season opener on Friday in Munich. It was a fairly typical Bundesliga match: Bayern had two goals called back for VAR and Thomas Müller did some very Thomas Müllery things. Then there was the Bayern penalty vs Hoffenheim, which was watched with great anxiety by Vancouver Whitecaps starlet Alphonso Davies.
The Las Vegas Lights are at it again.
The most entertaining club in the world — even when not playing soccer especially when not playing soccer — have come up with an(other) absolutely insane publicity stunt to promote the club, and this one doesn't even include llamas.
For the Lights’ United Soccer League match against LA Galaxy II on Sept. 8, the club will put $5,000 in cash into a helicopter and then drop it over 200 lucky fans, allowing them to fight over the precious dollars.
The football landscape today is so cutthroat that teams will do anything and everything to try and get an edge over their opponent. Norwich City has made an attempt at some interesting gamesmanship by painting the away dressing room at Carrow Road in pink.
Why? Because pink supposedly reduces testosterone levels. Some studies have shown that the color lowers an individual’s aggression and testosterone levels, and Norwich City's looking to use that as an edge over its opponents.
We brought you the news that Max Power, the man with the greatest name according to Homer Simpson, had signed for Sunderland on loan from Wigan Athletic. While we all knew his name was pretty cool, no one really had any idea of his footballing talents.
Well, Max Power has scored for Sunderland: A looping header past Scunthorpe United’s keeper was the opening goal yesterday, and a rampant Sunderland ended up winning 3-0.