by Steve Birrer | Jan 13, 2018 | Soccer
You know the old line about a picture being worth a thousand words? Well here it is in spades. Pep Guardiola has won the EPL Manager of the Month award four straight times. Making history being the first time in history for a manager to win the award four straight...
by Steve Birrer | Dec 19, 2017 | Soccer
The Group Stage of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League has finished. And there were certainly some surpises but none bigger than FC Basel 1993 qualifying for the knockout stages. Back in September the preview article spelled out the expected results for the Group...
by Steve Birrer | Oct 29, 2017 | Soccer
In the primer for the playoffs last week, the underlying theme was that in soccer, and especially in the MLS there is a huge bias for winning by the home team. And historically that bias has been even stronger in the playoffs.So in the knockout stage, I saw no reason...
by Steve Birrer | Oct 24, 2017 | Soccer
The Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs are set to begin October 25 culminating with the Cup Final on December 9th. So lets take a look at those teams that made it, how they got there, and how the brackets shakes out.Twelve teams are in, six from each conference. Those teams...
by Steve Birrer | Oct 4, 2017 | Soccer
Been struggling today trying to figure out how to process the mess in Las Vegas. Been wanting to put up an article on some highlights of the soccer world and now seems like a good time. I wish I was still in my playing days because I have never found anything that...
