Dear United, How could you do this to me?  After everything we’ve been through together- the victories, the losses, the tears, the joy, the Setanta pay-per-view charges…I have lived with you.  I have loved with you.  I CRIED into my Ronaldo beach towel when the Spanish kidnapped him.  I stopped donating to UNICEF after the last Champion’s league final.   I have woken up, covered in sweat, when dreams about Sir Alex standing on the…
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Article Courtesy of Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Union announced today that they will welcome reigning English Premier League champion Manchester United to Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010. The match in Philadelphia is the second leg of Manchester United’s 2010 North American Tour, which also includes stops in Toronto, Kansas City and Houston. Philadelphia’s match at Colorado will be moved to a late date. “We’re very excited to be a…
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Photo by Free-ers Chelsea FC, the gagillion-dollar plaything of oil tycoon Roman Abramovich, is within a single game of claiming this year’s EPL title.  Should they succeed on Sunday, the top of the table will be officially out of reach for the Red Devils and anyone else who thought that Roman’s boys in blue would show any merciful missteps on their laser-fitted yacht-paved road to glory. Not that the team’s wealth should take anything away…
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Photo by BruceTurner Having played Thursday night on ESPN, your Philadelphia Union are now off for the weekend. Here’s what we’ll be watching while we wait for New York: The Manchester Derby: Manchester City V. Manchester United ESPN 8:00am Chelsea V Tottenham: 12:30pm FSC Espanyol V Barcelona: 2:00pm GOL TV Bayern Munich V Hannover 96: 4:00pm GOL TV Juventus V Inter Milan: 4:30pm FSC MLS West Coast Game of the week: Real Salt Lake at…
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Manchester United’s Champion’s League Run Manchester United FC’s run to reclaim the UEFA Champion’s League cup died today at approximately 4:30 PM, EST, at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. The run, aged 6 months, was marked by many beautiful moments in which it seemed possible that the legendary English club could climb its way back to the top after suffering defeat at the hands of FC Barcelona, as well as the subsequent loss of underwear…
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Photo by Rob Gale Yes, refs gone wild…and not in the good way, the way that ends with free beads, their first lesbian experience, and decades of DVD-friendly shame.   I’m talking about calls, both blown and overly harsh, from refs who both blow and are overly harsh. We witnessed this on Saturday in the Premier League (full disclosure: poster is a United fan).  First, the most amazing South Korean athlete since…damn…can’t think of anything…  Anyway, Ji…
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The news coming out today confirms that Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney may miss extended time, possibly four weeks.  This is unfortunate news for the dominant striker who is not only one of England’s best players but one of the world’s. Because full details of the injury remain undisclosed it is difficult at this point to determine what extent this could affect England’s World Cup aspirations but one can be sure it will not be positive. …
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