On Tap (Dec 11th-17th)
With the Champions League group stage completed, midweek will be turned over to the leagues for something approaching non-stop club football. Before that, it’s a weekend of two major derbies […]
Category Archives: Bundesliga
On Tap (Dec 4th-10th)
Friday the 4th – 1:30 PM Hertha Berlin – Union Berlin (ESPN+): Derbies don’t come much more serious than this. This features West v East Berlin and Neo-Liberal v Socialist aesthetics, […]
On Tap (Nov 6-12)
Need something to take your mind off the election? Two big games this weekend, with the best sides in the Bundesliga and the Premier League facing off, and then a […]
What to Watch in September
With the international window out of the way, it’s time to get back to the domestic leagues. In case you were worried that you might have time for something other […]
Best Games of 2019-20: November to January
Here’s the second installment of my choices for the best games of last season. These five games take us through the winter break and on into January. Hope you enjoy […]
Best Games of 2019-20: August to October
With the new season already underway in France, and the Community Shield scheduled for tomorrow, reflections on the season that was 2019-20 need to happen now. So here is the […]
Champions League Quarterfinals
The Hard Truth of Football The quarterfinal of this year’s condensed Champions League, hosted in Lisbon last week, was nothing short of extraordinary. It seems likely that the combination of […]
Die Erste Geisterwoche
The Bundesliga returned last weekend with a giesterwoche, the German word for a match day played behind closed doors (literally, a “ghost week”). I managed to watch about 2/3rds of […]
10 Games in August
For the past few years, I’ve had the idea of trying to capture the story of a European season in 100 games. So between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, […]
Season’s End
The final round of club soccer in Europe, spread over the previous two weekends, produced a surprising number of genuinely great encounters, good games with real consequences. Here’s a quick […]
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