Better Know A South American Euros Participant – Chile

After penning an ode to Los Donkeyfuckers earlier this week, I had a bit of trepidation Googling "VICE news Chile" - alas, it doesn't seem like La Roja are famously into boning livestock.  I'm sure my college drinking buddy Rodrigo will be heartbroken. Fun story about Rodrigo - at his 2nd wedding,

Las Razones Por Que Su Equipo Chupando: Paraguay Edicion

Paraguayan National Football and Competitive Barbershop Quartet Team        First off, I'd like to apologize to our Spanish-speaking DFOers for my atrocious butchering of a beautiful language. Second off, I'd like to apologize to our non-Spanish-speaking for exposing you to Spanish.  According to my aunt's Facebook posts, having to listen to even as

Hot and Unstable: Argentina 2019 Copa América Preview

Prodigious resources wasted by incompetent narcissists: that’s Argentina. But enough about politics. Let’s talk fútbol. In the last World Cup, Argentina had one of the more STACKT rosters but were buried under coach Jorge Sampaoli, a clueless diva whose main talent was out-asshole-ing himself. “Smurfs! I HATE SMURFS!” (traslation mine) In Russia 2018,

Better Know A South American Euros Participant – Colombia

Hi, everybody.  It's King Hippo, bringing you news of Most Glorious South American Euros.  Today's preview involves the beautiful, peace-loving nation of Colombia, where the national team is called Los Cafeteros - because certainly, when one thinks of Colombian exports, one always thinks coffee. You may remember them from the last World

Copa América 2019 Team Preview: Brasil

As you all know by now, Brasil is the Land of the Ass. Please note that I will be spelling Brasil with the "s" and not the "z" because the country is called Brasil in its native language and it is also Brasil in Spanish. Where was I?

Losers No More! Champions League Final Open Thread

It’s the biggest game of club fútbol and we’re getting the equivalent of a Vikings – Bills Superb Owl. "Can I deesterb you for a moment to ask if you would hold these two beers for me please", asks Jürgen Klopp to Marv Levy, for losing SIX finals. For Tottenham,

Copa América 2019 Team Preview – Bolivia

El fútbol Boliviano no tiene gran historia. El equipo siempre ha tratado de... Wait, you wanted me to do this entire preview in English? Fiiiine! Bolivia is not well-known for a lot of things, fútbol being one of them. As I mentioned in the overall Copa América post, it

Your 2019 Copa América Tournament Preview

Just when you thought that you were safe from the resident DFOers that love soccer and that, after today's Champions League Final, you wouldn't have to hear about fútbol for a while, well.... ¡No tan rápido, mis amigos! This year is a special year as we get

Your Saturday Morning Lesser Footy Thread. Now with Obituaries!

Good morning, It's Soccer Saturday and Matchday 38 of 38 in the EPL, meaning we will have a Champion today. Hippo hands Wakezilla a note. Wakezilla reads the note All the EPL games are on Sunday and not today? Well that's some bullshit. Way to let the Americans win, England. Seeing how the season