Articles Archive for April 2010
Supporter's Culture »
I now have a lot of ammo for the Freestyle Fridays with the Red Bull Street Style competition.
North American Soccer »
What should come as a surprise to no one, Edson Buddle was named the MLS Player of the Month for April. The kid named after Pele scored 7 goals in 5 games and has scored every goal for the LA Galaxy this season.
International Clubs »
Via AP
Atletico Madrid reached its first European final in 24 years by eliminating Liverpool in the Europa League semifinals on away goals with a 2-2 aggregate score on Thursday.
Atletico lost 2-1 at Anfield, but went through thanks to Diego Forlan’s goal in the 12th minute of extra time after the former Manchester United striker clinched a 1-0 victory at home last week.
Liverpool looked set to overturn that deficit when Alberto Aquilani scored in the 44th and Yossi Benayoun netted at the start of extra time, but Forlan’s goal condemned the …
Expats, International Clubs »
Via Reuters
Fulham, in the fourth tier of English soccer just 13 years ago, completed their fairy-tale run to the Europa League final with a 2-1 win over Hamburg SV at Craven Cottage on Thursday.
Well-taken late goals in the semi-final second leg from Simon Davies and Zoltan Gera on 69 and 76 minutes sealed a 2-1 aggregate win and a place in the May 12 final in Hamburg.
Earlier, Croatian striker Mladen Petric stunned the home side with a vicious 30-metre free kick after 22 minutes that Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer could …
National Teams, Supporter's Culture »
Although the kit was leaked months ago, today marked the official unveiling of the U.S. Men’s National Team Home jersey. Hosted in NikeTown NYC, Nike invited 1950 US World Cup player Walter Bahr to be part of the ceremonies. The Home kit, just like the navy blue away jersey, is inspired by the 1950 jersey that the U.S. wore for their historic win against England. Bob Bradley and Eric Wynalda were also there, but to me, the coolest thing about the jersey is how Nike delivered the jersey to the …
Expats, Supporter's Culture »
723 Football Films dropped this mixtape of CD9… man, I hope he’s healthy and fit for the World Cup. I just don’t see the USMNT having the same ability to score goals without him on the field.
In case you missed it, the New York Times printed this interview with Charlie earlier in the week. It’s definitely worth the read.
It’s crazy to think how far he’s come since that accident in October.
Expats, North American Soccer »
U.S. international Jose Fransisco Torres won the CONCACAF Champions League title as Pachuca defeated Cruz Azul 1-0. Cruz Azul became the Buffalo Bills of CONCACAF as they lose out on their fifth championship attempt while Pachuca have now been kings of the continent 3 of the last 4 years.
Supporter's Culture »
We here at TheEndline.com love getting a good deal. So I thought I would remind everyone that tonight is Baskin Robbin’s 31 cent scoop night. You can get your almost free ice cream from 5:00PM to 10:00 PM today only, April 28th.
From BaskinRobbins.com
Join us for 31 Cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins® and help us honor America’s firefighters. The Baskin-Robbins Community
Foundation is donating $100,000 to the National Fallen
Firefighters Foundation™ (NFFF).
Participating stores will reduce prices of ice cream
scoops to 31 cents*. At some locations, you may also have
an opportunity to make a …
International Clubs »
Despite a great goal by Gerard Pique in the 84th minute, Barcelona couldn’t find the second goal they needed to return to the Champions League final in Madrid. The defending European Champions won the game 1-0 but lost to Internazionale 3-2 on aggregate. The Inter win gives Arjen Robben the dream rematch against his former coach at Chelsea, Jose Mourinho. The European final will be televised on Fox on Saturday May 22nd.