Apertura 24-25 Top 25: Man City – Inter
Wednesday, 18 September. Manchester City 0 – Internazionale 0 (Champions League). This was the standout fixture of the first matchday of the new Swiss model Champions League making its debut […]
Category Archives: Manchester City
2024-25 Super Cups Ranked
Having previously written on the history (and future) of Super Cup matches, it seems appropriate to offer up an account of the ten Super Cup matches that were played this […]
Top NWSL and European Women’s Soccer to Watch This Week
With the international break on, it’s a good time to turn your attention to women’s game. The first round of the Champions League kicked off this week with a second […]
What to Watch – 24-25 Opening Weekend
With the Community Shield out of the way this weekend, the 2024-25 European season is kicking off. If you can’t wait until next weekend, I’ve got good news for you […]
2022 Apertura Top 25: July – August
The South American notion of an apertura (or an opening half of the season, to be followed by a clausura) has never seemed more appropriate to the European season than […]
Football Never Stops
So I thought that, with the World Cup final taking place on Sunday, there would be a football-free week, at least amongst major leagues, until the Premier League kicked things […]
Midweek 6 Notes
I took in the reunions for Lewandowski and Haaland in the Champions League, and wasn’t disappointed with the results (though I wouldn’t have minded seeing Spurs and Chelsea dropping points). […]
Week 3 Sunday and Monday
What a weekend for the Premier League! Fulham – Brentford made for a solid start on Saturday, but Sunday and Monday really delivered the goods. And even though I missed […]
A Strange Summer
The summer soccer season starts tomorrow, but with the World Cup delayed until the winter, it’s likely to feel a bit different. It breaks fairly evenly into two halves: an […]
Liverpool – Manchester City (3 Oct 21)
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (11 of 25) On a Sunday when Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich all lost, this was still unquestionably the match of the day—and […]
Stoopid American 