Tasman Trails: Day 15: Noch ein Neustart nötig?
Korea Republic 1-1 Germany Translation: Another reboot needed? After Die Mannschaft failing to get out…
Author Dan Gaichas
Dan Gaichas
Dan has covered soccer in Chicago since 2004 with The Fire Alarm and as editor and webmaster of Windy City Soccer. His favorite teams are the Chicago Fire, Chicago Red Stars, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bayern Munich, and Glasgow Celtic.
Tasman Trails: Day 14: One Night in Melbourne
To quote a lyric from Murray Head’s “One Night in Bangkok”, “Not much between despair…
Tasman Trails: Day 13: Not Championship Material
Portugal 0-0 USA Imagine if you woke up sometime after 4am CT and you found…
Rapids Washed Out of Leagues Cup
Toluca 4-1 Colorado Rapids COMMERCE CITY, CO–The Rapids were soundly eliminated from Leagues Cup, 4-1,…
Fire Drop Shootout, Finish Top of Group
Puebla 1-1 Chicago Fire (Puebla win 10-9 on penalties) BRIDGEVIEW, IL—Welcome to Wackyland (aka The…
Tasman Trails: Day 12: Matildas Hop to the Top of Group B
The Australia vs. Canada match would end up determining which team can advance to the…
Tasman Trails: Day 11: Ferns Go Out, Colombia Stuns Germany
Let’s take care of some housekeeping now that Group H is down to its final…
Red Stars Get First Challenge Cup Point, but not yet First Goal
Chicago Red Stars 0-0 Kansas City Current BRIDGEVIEW, IL—The Chicago Red Stars got their first…
Tasman Trails: Day 10: Heading Towards the Business End
Apart from Group H, there is one more match to play and that means for…
Fire Come Back Twice, Get Win
Minnesota United 2-3 Chicago Fire ST. PAUL, MN–One wondered how the Chicago Fire would fare…
Tasman Trails Day 8: It Needs to be Better
USA, Austalia need wins to advance. USA 1-1 Netherlands This match for a long time…
Tasman Trails: Day 6: Up A Hill, Down A Mountain
New Zealand now face likely must-win against Swiss after loss to Philippines New Zealand 0-1…
Football Ferns Stunned by Philippines
New Zealand 0-1 Philippines WELLINGTON, NZL–After experiencing the highest of highs after getting their first…
Tasman Trails: Day 5: Back Home
This reporter is back home from his week in New Zealand and could not say…
Tasman Trails Day 3: Debutants Hanging Tough
None of those who’ve played have scored a goal yet, but they aren’t getting totally…
Leon Top Whitecaps in Marathon Penalty Shootout
Leon 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps (Leon win 16-15 on penalties) VANCOUVER, BC–Leon and the Whitecaps finished…
USA Wins Untidy Match against Vietnam
USA 3-0 Vietnam AUCKLAND, NZL—Not the most efficient of victories, but the most encouraging of…
Tasman Trails: Day 2: More Penalties
Five matches, five penalties given (and three missed!). Three more matches in the books in…
Tasman Trails: Day 1: Victory over Difficulties
Though the difficulties faced by each co-host were vastly different, both overcame them on the…
Australia, without Kerr, Squeak by Ireland
Australia 1-0 Republic of Ireland SYDNEY, AUS–Just before kickoff, it was revealed that Australian forward…
New Zealand Get Historic First World Cup Win at Home
New Zealand 1-0 Norway AUCKLAND, NZL—Rugby is considered religion in New Zealand, but at rugby’s…
Tasman Trails: We’re Going on an Adventure!
AUCKLAND, NZL–Kia ora! As I type, this reporter is in Auckland, New Zealand and have…