soccer

David Beckham is staying with the Los Angeles Galaxy

By Avery D'Alessandro | Jan 19, 2012

David Beckham has agreed to a new two-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy for an undisclosed amount of money. A 2 p.m. PST press conference is scheduled at Staple Center to announce that Beckham will be settling into the LA community for two more years. Beckham, who signed a five-year contract with the Galaxy [...]

The PK: Thankful for English Premier League Soccer

By Jason Damiano | Nov 25, 2011

2011 MLS Cup - Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles Galaxy

David Beckham’s last MLS game? Real Madrid unstoppable? Are the Manchesters headed for Champions League disaster? Will every sentence be a question? Is this week’s PK here yet? UEFA Champions League The group stage of the UEFA Champions League headed into its fifth set of games this past week. The sixth (and final) sets [...]

The PK: Inner-City Beatdown

By Jason Damiano | Oct 27, 2011

If you watched the Manchester derby last week because I said it was a “Must Watch”, I sincerely apologize. It’s tough to enjoy a soccer game between 2 great teams when one of them doesn’t show up. The game sucked, and it also sucks that I woke up at 8:30am on a Sunday to watch [...]

The PK: The Group of Death, and Alex Ferguson is still good

By Jason Damiano | Oct 20, 2011

The big names came out of their UCL games with the maximum 3 points this past week, as Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona and Inter all netted shut out victories against inferior competition. Rumor has it that negotiations to allow for the other teams to score went on too long and required a [...]

Soccer Mania Strikes the Pacific Northwest

By John Gorman | Oct 18, 2011

Madrid. Barcelona. Munich. Seattle?!?!?! The Seattle Sounders drew 64,000 fans to an MLS game over the weekend. The three cities I mentioned before Seattle are the only three cities in the entire world that drew more fans to an association football match this week. Seriously. The MLS is often derided and chided as an inferior [...]

The PK: What’s wrong with America? (Besides Everything.)

By Jason Damiano | Oct 13, 2011

Theo Epstein will not become the GM of Manchester City. Barcelona is not moving to the Big 12. There aren’t even any players searching for work because of a lockout. The soccer world is so boring. Yup, it’s this week’s PK: United States Men’s National Team Friendlies The USMNT played two friendlies this past week, [...]

The PK: Man U Goes Down and Molto Mario!

By Jason Damiano | Sep 30, 2011

Group play continued in the Champions League this past week, and it did not disappoint. In fact, it was freakin’ awesome. Well, not end of the 2011 MLB season awesome, but still pretty good. Actually, if you followed the events at the end of the 2011 MLB season, the next 1,000 words will probably be [...]

The PK: Barca – AC Milan Madness!

By Jason Damiano | Sep 15, 2011

Did you watch that freaking Barcelona – AC Milan match? You didn’t? It was arguably the greatest soccer match of all time this year! Also: The Manchesters (sounds like an Ivy League family) continue to dominate, while Serie A finally got off the ground.

The PK: Champions League Group Stage Breakdown Bonanza!

By Jason Damiano | Sep 9, 2011

If you’re a fan of the highest level of athletic competition known to man, than the UEFA Champions League might be your thing. Check out our full group stage preview in this week’s epic PK.