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The Offside

http://www.theoffside.com

An offbeat look at soccer leagues from around the world.

Added on: Aug 21st, 2006
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Sports Soccer
Tags: England mls Serie A world football english premier league spain la liga

Recent Posts

The Grimbsy Town Letter In All Its Glory

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 22:53 in England, world football, league two, grimsby town

Have you seen it yet? You should. You really should. It’s a perfect example of the grasp of this thing they all the world wide web. A fan of lowly Grimsby Town – very lowly – posted a furious letter on an unofficial fan site, and i...
Daily Dose: November 23rd, 2009.

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 18:35 in france, Ireland, palermo, world cup, Serie A, daily dose, thierry henry, valencia, tottenham, wigan, sunderland, steve bruce

Something to read while you play the brilliant Titi Henry handball game. 32 is better than 24, clearly. (When Saturday Comes) “The worst professional”, according to Steve Bruce, lives up to his name. (ESPN) Which isn’t the only t...
The Maturation of Mesut Özil, or: Who Needs Diego?

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 14:00 in Germany, diego, juventus, bundesliga, werder bremen, mesut ozil

[10 minutes of highlights (via 101GG). May take a while to load. Be patient.] Remember when Diego left Werder Bremen for Juventus, and we wondered if young Mesut Özil was really capable of filling the gap left by the Brazilian? Well, the answer is y...
9-1 Is Probably A Good Time For A Refund

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 in world football, english premier league, tottenham, wigan athletic, jermain defoe, 9-1, mario melchiot

[101gg] Presumably you’ve heard the scoreline already, if only because you can read headlines. That thrashing, the second worst in Premier League history, which will serve to haunt Wigan from now until the end of time. Made all the more insane ...
Jurgen Sierens’ Comedy Goalkeeping: Funnier With or Without Music?

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:17 in world football, jurgen sierens

It’s behind you! Poor Jurgen Sierens. The Roeselare keeper stopped a long-range shot from Anderlecht’s Moroccan midfielder Mbark Boussoufa, but then lost the ball. Sierens attempted to locate said spherical object with a 360 degree spin....
Real Salt Lake Beats Beckham’s Galaxy on Penalties to Take the MLS Cup

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 01:31 in mls, David Beckham, world football, real salt lake, landon donovan, la galaxy, mls cup, josh saunders, robbie findley, donovan ricketts

– David vs. Goliath. – Highest-salaried team in MLS vs. lowest. – Most-written-about team vs one of the least. – Western Conference winners vs. the team that just squeaked into the playoffs. – Underdog vs. um… Over...