

Somewhat Off-Topic
Drafts Schmafts
By: Melissa |As a fan of the sport, I often find myself reading blogs completely unashamed to post somewhat gratuitous sexual content of the straight male variety. I guess this content has something to do with soccer, but I honestly can’t really complain since I ramble off-topic all the time. BUT, I can certainly add [...]
World breathes sigh of relief, WPS team finally in the Yay
By: Melissa |How Bay Area have I been this week? Hmm… lessie:
1. Spent Monday in a friend’s backyard eating organic, locally grown food, bought at her Farmer’s Market, and chatting with two lesbians about their recent wedding.
2. Spent part of hangover Tuesday relaxing at Baker Beach with the very picturesque view of Golden Gate [...]
WPSL & W-League Combine player lists set
By: Melissa |I spent a few years of my life living in Portland, Oregon. During that time, I had some friends who would make the annual trek up to Lind, Washington for their Combine Destruction Derby. The pic to the left is apparently a souped up combine that participated in 2005. My friends [...]
Olympic Downtime Musings
By: Melissa |If you’ve been reading the stuff I write for The Offside & World Cup Blog for a while, you probably already figured out I’m a bit of a geek. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that I cannot access the video at the NBC Olympics site because I don’t run Windows or OS X. [...]
Winding Down
By: Melissa |As a follower of both the men’s and women’s sport, I often find myself smacked in the face by a certain glaring issue that pops up from time to time. Namely, the assumption by some, that I am only interested in the game for a little eye candy. Now, there certainly is [...]
On Playoffs and Head Coaches
By: Melissa |I’m starting this post out not entirely WPS related but did ya see last night’s Classico? Great game. Nice to see Guzan finally coming back into form – and not just because I named my car after him. But on a slightly relevant note, the Classico started a little late because a [...]
Something that’s been on my mind…
By: Melissa |Ok, so this Designated Player thing. I have to admit I really like all those blogs and I’ve been subscribed to their rss feeds for a while now, but I don’t see the benefit to them “branding” themselves at all. I can’t shake the sense that the whole build up and unveiling is [...]









