All Things Footy - Episode 5

On today’s ATF, Richard and I talk about the North London Derby, other subjects in the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, and the upcoming Real Salt Lake-LA Galaxy match.

Listen over at All Things Footy.

All Things Footy - Episode 1

Today, Richard appeared on the revival of the All Things Footy podcast.  Host Kevin McCauley was also joined by site contributors Ben Schneider and Ted Meyer to discuss the UEFA Champions League and Europa league with some quick tangents on Ligue 1, the English Premier League, the Bundesliga, and the CONCACAF Champions [...]

Champions League Preview, Europa, WPS Preview – SPA Daily Podcast

For Thursday’s edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Jeff Kassouf talk about Manchester United’s ouster from Champions League, the potential of a Bayern-Layon match-up, Europa League Thursday and the upcoming WPS season.

Listen to the show over at Set Piece Analysts.

UEFA Champions League: Manchester United Hosts Bayern Munich, Lyon Goes to Bordeaux

Sir Alex Ferguson looking more worried than usual ahead of today's match against Bayern Munich. (Photo: ZumaPress)

An aspect of Lionel Messi’s four goals few have talked about:  their variety.  Self-created or running onto the ball.  Left foot.  Right foot.  Strikes.  Lobs.  Important equalizers or late match insurance.  From the right, left, [...]

Bordeaux-Lyon: UEFA Champions League Preview

Marc Planus's health will be a key for Bordeaux against Lyon on Wednesday. (Photo: ZumaPress)

Lyon will be without Lisandro López and Sidney Govou, both suspended for their second leg against fellow Ligue 1 side Bordeaux. In their absence, OL will have one major advantage over the Girondins: two goals.

That’s [...]

Knee-Jerk Predictions, UEFA Champions League Tuesday

In case you could not discern them from my preview articles (which you can find at World Soccer Reader [A/B, C/D] or San Diego Examiner [A, B, C, D]), here are some knee-jerk predictions for today’s UEFA Champions League matches. These are not like the knee-jerk fantasy analyses from my colleague Jordan Wise, who [...]

Weekend Viewing Schedule

I alluded to these matches on the last episode of Inside the Six, but here is what my viewing schedule is going to be this weekend. Don’t be surprised if you see the stories and themes from these matches seep into the podcasts and articles.

All times are Pacific.

Saturday
5:45 a.m. – Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur
The [...]

Inside the Six, Episode 25: French Football Talk with Dave Trotter

A brief version of my Dave Trotter, French football discussion appeared in Episode 24 of Inside the Six. Episode 25 is the hour long version of the conversation, a sprawling epic that makes the director’s cut of Kill Bill look like a freaking Snuggle commercial.

Actually, it’s no longer than a normal Inside the Six.

You [...]

Knee-Jerk World Club Top Ten

Each week, I aggregate a World Club Top Ten lists from the view of the staff at World Soccer Reader. I always start the discussion with my knee-jerk list.

To get any conversation started, I throw a list together as quickly as possible, send it out, and let people yell at me for being dumb.

This [...]

Knee-Jerk World Club Rankings

Each week at World Soccer Reader I lead a discussion that leads to the site’s weekly World Club Top 10 article. On Monday, I send out an email with my thoughts. One day later, I’m editing the content.

Here’s the email I just sent. Disclaimer: This email is almost intended to be [...]