About

Football mad Brit, living in the States, trying to spread the good word of "soccer."

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres, David Beckham, Petr Cech, Jimmer Fredette, Jimmy Anderson, Alistair Cook, Stuart Broad, Jessica Ennis, Novak Djokovic

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chelsea, England (football, rugby, cricket), BYU football and basketball, the Boston teams (Celtics, Sox, Pats)

  • Favorite Coaches

    RDM, The Special One

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Chelsea winning the League for the first time since '55, Rugby World Cup final 2003, Drogba scores winning penalty in Champions League final, David Beckham's free kick against Greece, and his penalty against Argentina, Super Saturday at London 2012. OK, so there are my momentS...

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Chelsea versus FC Porto in the Champions League, BYU v. Utah football 2007

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Bolt's 100m, except by himself.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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  • Allan Oloo posted 14 days ago

    Allan Oloo

    Do you think Jose mourinho will join Man U instead of Chelsea

  • Maximus Prime posted 21 days ago

    Maximus Prime

    believe in torres. :)

  • Hoang chelsea posted 58 days ago

    Hoang chelsea

    there isnt any gud article from u recently!!!!!!

  • Steve Goveaz posted 62 days ago

    Steve Goveaz

    Torres still havin' the super season you predicted he would have, at the start of this campaign?

  • Steve Goveaz posted 62 days ago

    Steve Goveaz

    mmhmmm..Fernando Torres listed as a favorite athlete; right behind Super Frankie Lampard??..Says everythin', really.

  • DYRO posted 64 days ago

    DYRO

    I have fanned you because the banter on ur articles is awesome.

  • Vince Siu posted 78 days ago

    Vince Siu

    Hey Rachel: Saw your piece on Rafa's crazy quotes. Just did an assignment on Brendan Rodgers' at Liverpool (and linked to yours as well!). Love it if you could take a look: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1553898-brendan-rodgers-6-most-head-scratching-quotes-by-the-liverpool-manager. Cheers.

  • khanh hoang Ho Nguyen posted 96 days ago

    khanh hoang Ho Nguyen

    gud article!

  • Elikem Dorbu posted 150 days ago

    Elikem Dorbu

    I hope your articles on Torres' form prove true, and this does turn out to be a landmark season for him. I think he deserves it now. The past games, when he was on a mini-goal run, gave him goals that always tended to have a strong smell of fortune to them. Oh, he just happened to be there at the right time. Oh, the goalkeeper was lax. But now, with Benitez, his attitude, composure, and play seem so much more lively than before. He can't play like the Liverpool or Atletico Torres, due to his knee, but he's in the process of reinventing himself as a striker, and he's going through it pretty well, if I do say so myself. Your opinion articles, like others, were very entertaining to read, and I hope you continue making them, hopefully with a, "I WAS RIGHT ABOUT TORRES GUYS" page at the end of season ;)

    P.S.: How long do you think he will stay at Chelsea if this season sees him with 20 goals?

  • Blue is the colour posted 157 days ago

    Blue is the colour

    Good piece on Lampard Rachel.