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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Manchester City advanced to the quarterfinals of this year’s compressed Champions League with a 2-1 win, completing a 4-2 aggregate victory over Real Madrid. Though individual errors loomed large in […]
With the Bundesliga set to kick off this Saturday, now seems as good a time as any to restart my series of posts on the best games of the discontinued […]
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 […]
With the new year right around the corner, it seems like a good time to reflect on the opening half of the 2017-18 season (often referred to as the “apetura” […]
There are so many exciting games this month, it seemed silly to try to whittle them down to a top ten. So here’s a quick list of the best 25+ […]
September arrives in the midst of an international break this year, and I couldn’t resist adding a bonus CONCACAF showdown alongside the best of European football in the coming month. […]