Euro Matchday 2
So much football in the past four days (another 24 games, bringing the two week total to 62) that I’ll be focusing just on the second round of group games […]
Category Archives: Germany
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 […]
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 […]
10 Games in September
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 […]
Germany 0 – Mexico 1
Mexico upset tournament favorites Germany in a game that was as tactically interesting as it was viscerally exciting. Joachim Löw’s Germany set up in their anticipated 4-2-3-1, though with Marvin […]
10 to Watch in August
Hard as it is to believe, the European season kicks off tomorrow with the first of the pre-season “Super” Cups. So whether you’re ready or not, football is coming for […]
Olympics (Men): Game 3 Preview
With the Premier League season starting this weekend, it’s hard to spare much energy for a glorified U-23 tournament. But if you’re feeling Olympic enough to watch men’s football tomorrow, […]
Olympics (Women): Day One Round-Up
Heading into Day Two of the preliminary group stage of the Women’s Olympic tournament, here’s a quick round-up of what you missed on Day One. Sweden 1 – South Africa […]
Euro 2016: Germany 0 – France 2
A deserved penalty gave France an undeserved lead, and they held on to overcome Germany in the game of the tournament. Despite missing key players, Germany were definitely unfortunate not to […]
Euro 2016: Germany 1 – Italy 1 (6-5 SO)
A substantially weakened Italy pushed Germany a full 120 minutes, after which the Germans managed, as the British say, to just about win a penalty shoot-out. While Italy retained the […]
Stoopid American 