What’s Klinsi thinking about his final roster for World Cup 2014? Glad you asked… Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2014
OTF Roundtable: Chicago Fire Week One
Some imaginary words for da new coach of da Fires…
Dear MLS/USMNT Writer Guy: The Brek Shea “redemption” story? Don’t write it.
OTF’s Shane Nicholson is back to raise hell and wax poetic about one of his favorite soccer muses….
Breakdown: Fire at Chivas USA
OTF’s Mark Rogers breaks out the chalkboards, talks tactics, and brings you the first installment of his new weekly Chicago Fire post-match “Breakdown” series…
CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinal Preview
OTF’s CONCACAF editor Austin Fido brings you most of what you need to know about the upcoming CCL quarterfinals… Continue reading
Postmortem: Chicago Fire (2) at Chivas USA (3)
OTF contributor Daniel Casey on the Chicago Fire’s first loss of the 2014 season…
Prime Your Fire Pump: Chicago Fire at Chivas USA
OTF’s Jon Denham runs through the list of #cf97 reminders, updates, and changes to Frank Yallop’s blank slate, while The Goat Parade’s Alicia Rodriguez walks you through Chivas’s new roster and identity crisis…
USMNT: Larruping in Larnaca
Austin Fido brings you his take on what happened between Ukraine and USMNT in Cyprus… Continue reading
Know Your Enemy: Club Deportivo Chivas USA
OTF’s Stephen Mangat is fired up, even if it’s for a pretty underwhelming group…
“Michael and Jermaine are in the Eastern Conference”
New OTF contributor Cory Jensen brings you a detailed look at the teams we in Fireland only have the pleasure of meeting once a year…
USMNT Roundtable: Wish You Were Here
OTF’s USMNT roundtable gets together to talk about the guys who probably aren’t getting one of Klinsi’s golden tickets to Brazil… Continue reading
Soccer and the Ukrainian Revolution: An unconventional match preview
Vadim Furmanov explains why the friendly between Ukraine and USMNT is about far more than soccer… Continue reading
Know Your Enemies: Western Conference 2014
You just can’t get enough of MLS savant Stephen Mangat’s .gif parade, can you?
Preseason Dispatch: Chicago Fire (2) vs. Chivas Rayadas (0)
OTF editor Scott Fenwick wraps the Fire’s preseason with a look at their final warm-up in the desert…