Soccer Archive

  •   On my recent trip to  the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, I got a chance to sit down and chat with Alexi Lalas, former player of USMNT, GM of LA Galaxy and a senior analyst for Soccer at ESPN. Alexi was also on the increasingly popular Soccer panel...

    Interview with Alexi Lalas, Senior Analyst for Football at ESPN

      On my recent trip to  the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, I got a chance to sit down and chat with Alexi Lalas, former player of USMNT, GM of LA Galaxy and a senior analyst for Soccer at ESPN. Alexi was also on the increasingly popular Soccer panel...

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  • The Soccer panel at the Sloan Sports Analytics conference will get underway in a few hours at 1pM Eastern/10AM Pacific here at Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The Panelists are: Alexi Lalas – former player of the US Mens National Team Drew Carey – owner of the Seattle Sounders FC...

    The Soccer Panel at #SSAC : Preview

    The Soccer panel at the Sloan Sports Analytics conference will get underway in a few hours at 1pM Eastern/10AM Pacific here at Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The Panelists are: Alexi Lalas – former player of the US Mens National Team Drew Carey – owner of the Seattle Sounders FC...

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  •     Guest blogger, Peggy van Huizen is back with a fan’s personal view of the transfer market. Enjoy!  So with another crazy transfer season behind us and the rumours apparently already a-flying for the new one quickly approaching, I thought I would pose the ultimate question to everyone. During...

    Transfers – Schmanfers – Here is the Real Question…

        Guest blogger, Peggy van Huizen is back with a fan’s personal view of the transfer market. Enjoy!  So with another crazy transfer season behind us and the rumours apparently already a-flying for the new one quickly approaching, I thought I would pose the ultimate question to everyone. During...

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  • San Mames, Bilbao  Elisa, Mando and Ravi welcomed Chris Clements of the wonderful and informative blog Estadios de Fútbol en España. The site has a lot of information about the majority of the stadiums in Spain. La Liga, Segunda and even further down. Chris descrbes how he got into this...

    The Stadiums of Spain: Chris Clements

    San Mames, Bilbao  Elisa, Mando and Ravi welcomed Chris Clements of the wonderful and informative blog Estadios de Fútbol en España. The site has a lot of information about the majority of the stadiums in Spain. La Liga, Segunda and even further down. Chris descrbes how he got into this...

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  • Laudrup on one of his happier days on La Palma.Not anymore. In the latest forzafutbol podcast (pod#167) we talked to Christopher Hussein of Real Mallorca.CO.UK a Mallorca fan from his childhood about the Laudrup, Serra Ferrer saga and how it ended in the exit of the flamboyant Danish player-turned coach. You will be surprised with...

    Podcast: Laudrup’s Mallorca Exit

    Laudrup on one of his happier days on La Palma.Not anymore. In the latest forzafutbol podcast (pod#167) we talked to Christopher Hussein of Real Mallorca.CO.UK a Mallorca fan from his childhood about the Laudrup, Serra Ferrer saga and how it ended in the exit of the flamboyant Danish player-turned coach. You will be surprised with...

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  •      Levante, Messi and Cristiano are the protagonists of week 5 We are into week #5 of La Liga. Some normalcy has returned. Real Madrid blew past Rayo Vallecano even while playing with 10 men. Barcelona slammed another fiver, this time against Falcao and the ‘new look’ Atlético Madrid. Some wackiness...

    La Liga Week 5: The Big two win big + Super Levante

         Levante, Messi and Cristiano are the protagonists of week 5 We are into week #5 of La Liga. Some normalcy has returned. Real Madrid blew past Rayo Vallecano even while playing with 10 men. Barcelona slammed another fiver, this time against Falcao and the ‘new look’ Atlético Madrid. Some wackiness...

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  •                                                                            Nilmar and Cavani carry the hopes of their respective teams Preamble After a disappointing loss to Bayern at home, Villarreal face an uphill task of keep their hopes live in the Champions League. They have to go to the Stadio San Pablo, Naples Italy and get a result against the dangerous Napoli...

    Champions League: Napoli x Villarreal : Points or Adiós

                                                                               Nilmar and Cavani carry the hopes of their respective teams Preamble After a disappointing loss to Bayern at home, Villarreal face an uphill task of keep their hopes live in the Champions League. They have to go to the Stadio San Pablo, Naples Italy and get a result against the dangerous Napoli...

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  • Here are the standings of the new predictor game that we launched on friday. Elisa is the winner of the 1st round.  (No it is not fixed). Come back on Thursday for the next time you can Predict 5! BAR  X ATM SPO X RAC ATH x VIL RMA x...

    Pick 5 Predictor Game Standings

    Here are the standings of the new predictor game that we launched on friday. Elisa is the winner of the 1st round.  (No it is not fixed). Come back on Thursday for the next time you can Predict 5! BAR  X ATM SPO X RAC ATH x VIL RMA x...

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  • Being in the United States, I am never a fan of mid-week games La Liga games, especially when there are match-ups like Valencia x Barcelona. Here are a few quick thoughts on the mid-week games. Result of the week: Betis 4 – 3 Zaragoza. Not just for the result alone...

    La Liga Week#4 in a nutshell – ¡Viva er Beti!

    Being in the United States, I am never a fan of mid-week games La Liga games, especially when there are match-ups like Valencia x Barcelona. Here are a few quick thoughts on the mid-week games. Result of the week: Betis 4 – 3 Zaragoza. Not just for the result alone...

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  • Hello ForzaFutbolers! Elisa, Mando and I had the pleasure of chatting with one of our regulars, Juan Arango from Gol TV. We discussed a lot about La Roja, the Spanish national team as well as the current affairs of La Liga – the movement started by Del Nido, Fernando Roig...

    Podcast #164: GOL TV’s Juan Arango, La Liga problems, La Roja

    Hello ForzaFutbolers! Elisa, Mando and I had the pleasure of chatting with one of our regulars, Juan Arango from Gol TV. We discussed a lot about La Roja, the Spanish national team as well as the current affairs of La Liga – the movement started by Del Nido, Fernando Roig...

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