By Charlie DeMatteo Not even 12 months ago, Aston Villa hired Premier League legend Steven Gerrard as their manager to replace an underperforming Dean Smith. With Gerrard’s only managerial experience prior to Villa coming in the form of Rangers in the Scottish Premier League, many questioned whether Gerrard had mastered his trade as a manager […]
By Charlie DeMatteo Boston University Women’s Soccer (10-8, 6-3 PL) had the Patriot League regular season title taken away from them by Army West Point (8-4-6, 6-1-2 PL) on Wednesday night. The Black Knights scored with 42 seconds remaining to win 3-2, taking the top seed away from BU heading into the Patriot League Tournament. […]
By Charlie DeMatteo When Antonio Conte was brought in as Tottenham’s manager just 11 months ago, many, including myself, lauded Daniel Levy and the Spurs board for appointing such a quality manager. However, some in the media, such as pundit Gary Neville were not in favor of choosing Conte, citing his negative style and combative […]
By Charlie DeMatteo The Boston University women’s basketball team swept a host of preseason Patriot League honors this on Thursday as the team was named the consensus favorite for the upcoming season. Sydney Johnson was honored as the Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year, and Maren Durant was chosen as Patriot League Preseason Defensive […]
By Charlie DeMatteo Liverpool and their manager Jurgen Klopp’s ability to compete in the Premier League with juggernaut Manchester City over the last five seasons has been nothing short of remarkable. While City spends upwards of 100 million pounds in every transfer window, Klopp’s ability to maximize the talent at his disposal warrants applause. With […]
By Charlie DeMatteo When Portuguese manager Bruno Lage was brought in to replace Nuno Espirito Santo at the beginning of the 2021 Premier League season, many had high hopes. After all, the players at Lage’s disposal mainly comprised the same group that finished seventh in the league in back-to-back seasons. However, despite a good start […]
By Charlie DeMatteo Boston University men’s soccer (2-2-6, 0-1-3 PL) came back from down one to earn a 1-1 draw against the Midshipmen of the Naval Academy (4-2-4, 2-0-2 PL) on Saturday in Annapolis, Maryland. “I thought we showed really good character and resiliency,” BU Head Coach Kevin Nylen said. “It was a good point […]
By Charlie DeMatteo The United States Men’s National Team finished up their preparation for the 2022 World Cup with a couple of exhibition matches against Japan and Saudi Arabia this week. With hopes high for this crop of talent, a 2-0 loss to Japan and a 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia didn’t exactly reaffirm confidence […]
By Charlie DeMatteo Boston University Men’s Soccer (2-2-4, 0-1-1 PL) drew 0-0 against Lafayette College (6-2-1, 1-0-1 PL) on Saturday at Nickerson Field. The Terriers came into the clash with Lafayette off of a 0-0 draw in a rivalry game against Boston College, limiting the ACC outfit throughout the game. BU continued their strong defensive […]
By Charlie DeMatteo About a year ago, I began writing a piece titled “Arteta Train Starting to Picking Up Steam at Arsenal.” Now, nobody ever read that hypothetical story because Arsenal and their manager Mikel Arteta quickly ran into a bad run of form after what was a good start to the 2021-22 Premier League […]