More craziness ensued in the playoffs this week. Three of the four games were decided in part by penalties, and not in the way you might expect. 3 of the 4 games went to the higher seed, but only one ...
This game was a hard one to take for a lot of reasons. Let’s start off with the easy part. The second Pittsburgh goal should obviously never have happened. That center referee Eric Tattersall al...
The thing about playoffs is that pretty much anything can happen. Obviously, they are slanted in favor of the stronger teams over the course of the season, but that doesn’t mean they will work o...
This week in the Championship has in fact already started. After last week, when no one had a double-game week, we will have several teams in that position as games in had start to get used up. The bi...
Yeah, we have to discuss this one. Most of the time, when offside is called – or not called – incorrectly, it’s a pretty close-run thing. Understandable, really, considering the rela...
With the exception of Monterey Bay (whose game last weekend got cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch in Las Vegas (someone must have left the sprinklers on in a Crash Davis move), no team has more tha...
The West has been tight all season long, to the point that almost every game has had significant implications attached. Until the past few weeks, that wasn’t true in the East, but that has chang...
The West has been tight all season long, to the point that almost every game has had significant implications attached. Until the past few weeks, that wasn’t true in the East, but that has chang...
Continuing in my parade of late posts this week, I finally get around to the tactical analysis. This one can be summed up in one word: Flexibility. Obviously, the team returned to its counterpressing ...
The Three Sparks earned 3 points last week, but probably in entirely the opposite way most observers would have expected, with a poorly played home loss to Detroit City followed by an impressive displ...