by Steve Birrer | Nov 18, 2020 | Soccer
The “regular” MLS season has been completed and the playoff bracket is set. Well sort of. Like everything else about the 2020 season, the playoff have a twist too. Actually several twists. Here are the differences between this years playoffs and the past....
by Steve Birrer | Oct 19, 2020 | Soccer
The 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League starts this week with Group Play. While the world is still far from over the pandemic, it appears that enough has been learned on dealing with it on a day-to-day basis that hopefully this season can proceed with minimal disruptions....
by Steve Birrer | Sep 26, 2020 | Soccer
Its been a long time since the USMNT played a competitive match. They had a friendly back in March but the last competitive match was clear back last November. And since they apparently will not have any matches in the next FIFA window in October the hope is that they...
by Steve Birrer | Sep 8, 2020 | Soccer
Its a great week to be a football fan! Whether its the NFL or college football or the real football where they actually use their feet. OK just kidding love them all. The NFL starts this Thursday but I will leave previews of that to my colleagues at BSL. Lets dive in...
by Steve Birrer | Aug 22, 2020 | Soccer
The recently completed MLS Is Back Tournament showed soccer (and sports fans in general) a number of things. First and most importantly is that you can safely play sports under the current pandemic. That’s not to say that its not without risks but that those...
