Soccer Football Massive!

Nov
26th

Mon

The End of English Football Glory Days?

“Goal,” The New York Times’ soccer blog, argues that that “the sun has set” on English football in light of the country’s dismal failure to qualify for the Euro 2008 championship. Goal goes on to offer a scathing crticism of Fox Soccer Channel in the US for its Englishness and devotion to the Barclay’s Premier League above coverage of other football leagues, especially America’s Major League Soccer (MLS).

Nov
17th

Sat

Soccer Football Massive - 2006 Archive Site

The Soccer Football Massive website was set up in 2006 as a blog for covering the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany. We had so much fun with the site that we kept posting to it for the rest of year, lopng after the World Cup finals had ended. We’ve archived that site, the original Soccer Football Massive blog, on the web. Hells to the yeah, please enjoy.

Nov
8th

Thu

Chelsea FC’s deadful display against Schalke 04 at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany Tuesday night. Te match ended in a 0-0 draw, but Schalke deserved a win — they outplayed the former English champions, who looked disorganized and inept.

Barcelona rediscover their form in a 3-0 win over La Liga strugglers Real Betis at the Nou Camp on the weekend. Two of Barca’s three goals came from Ronaldinho free kicks. Brilliant.

Besiktas 8-0 humiliation at home and at the hands of Liverpool in the Champions League group stage match. Here are eight of the Reds’s goals.

Nov
4th

Sun

A lackluster FC Bareclona played relegation-zone upstarts Valladolid to a 1-1 draw. Barca’s defending was shockingly fragile. Valladolid could have won this match — tye certainly created lots of chances to find the back of the Barelona net a second time. To think, just two season ago, Valladolid were a tird division club i Spain! Worth noting that Thierry Henry did not play, nor did Eto’o.

Nov
2nd

Fri

Scoring highlights from the massive 7-0 Arsenal goals-fest in the European Champions League match against Slavia Pragueat the Emirates Stadium last week.

Video of the always brilliant striker Thierry Henry and his goal for FC Barcelona against Almeria at the Nou Camp Stadium earlier this week.

Oct
31st

Wed

Great recap of Chelsea FC goal Highlights from the 2006-07 English Premier League (EPL, but now Barclay’s Premier League or BPL) season.

Great clip comparing two Argentine greats who have similar styles: Diego Maradona and the Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona.

Oct
29th

Mon

Chelsea Thrash Manchester City 6-0

Chelsea is back. A 6-nil thumping of a new-look Man City on the heels of important wins in the Champions League and on the road in the Prem. Util Saturday loss at Stamford Bridge, Man City had a marvelous season under the helm of new manager Sven Goran-Eriksson. At the end of the weekend, Chelsea were back within the top four of the table and Man City’s confidence had been shaken to the core. Love it, mate! Love it!