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C.D. Guadalajara
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|Full name
|Club Deportivo Guadalajara
|8 May 1906
|Estadio Omnilife
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
|Jorge Vergara
|Carlos Bustos
|Liga MX
|Apertura 2014
Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ ðeporˈtiβo ɣwaðalaˈxaɾa]; often simply known as Guadalajara [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa], and commonly known as Chivas [ˈt͡ʃiβas]) or "los maletas" is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Guadalajara plays in the Liga MX with 11 First Division titles, 7 Campeón de Campeones, 1 InterLiga, 1 Copa Challenger, 4 Copa Oros de Occidente, and 2 Copa México. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Division and along with longstanding rivals Club América, it has never been relegated to the second-tier division. Most recently, Guadalajara is the runner-up of the 2010 Copa Libertadores, a feat tying with fellow Mexican club Cruz Azul in 2001.
Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico to exclusively field Mexican players. The team has constantly emphasized home-grown (cantera) players and has been the launching pad of many internationally successful players, including Javier Hernández, Carlos Vela, Omar Bravo, and Carlos Salcido among others.[1] The team's three colors (red, white, and blue) symbolize "Fraternity, Union, and Sports". The team mascot, as well as their nickname, is the goat or chiva. Chivas is one of Mexico's most successful and popular teams,[2] and holds the Mexican league record for the second longest winning streak at the beginning of a season, with 8 consecutive wins.
- 1 History
- 2 Colors and badge
- 3 Stadium
- 4 Rivalries
- 5 Players
- 6 Club officials
- 7 Copa Libertadores record
- 8 Managerial history
- 9 Honors
- 10 References
- 11 External links
The team was founded by Edgar Everaert, who arrived in Mexico in 1904. Their kit was modeled on that of the founder's favourite team, the Belgian Club Brugge K.V., borrowing the vertical stripes and colour scheme of the Brugge strip in that era (Brugge has since changed their team colours). Some historians assert that the colours came from the French Tricolour because some of the club's first players were French. The first team comprised Mexican, Belgian and French players, named "Union" because of the camaraderie between the players of different nationalities, most of whom were employees of the Fábricas de Francia store, with founder Everaert as coach. A few Spanish and English also became members of the Unión Football Club.[3]
On a tour of Europe, Everaert noticed that European teams named after their respective town or city seemed to generate more support from fans in their communities. So, in 1908, with the approval of Everaert and the players, Club de Futbol Union was renamed as Club Deportivo Guadalajara to engender a sense of loyalty within the city's population. In 1908, it was also decided that the team would only field Mexican-born players because of the growing sense of oppression Mexican nationals felt towards non-Mexican nationals. Following the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, amateur football tournaments throughout the country flourished and Guadalajara was always involved. Between 1906 and 1943 (the amateur era of Mexican football and the Primera Fuerza), Guadalajara won 13 amateur titles, the first in 1908. Also during this period, the oldest rivalry in Mexican football began to form, between Guadalajara and F.C. Atlas.
Professional Era, El Ya Merito 1943–1953[edit]
In 1943 the Liga Mayor was founded after the merging of several regional leagues and the era of professional football began. Guadalajara struggled during the early years, with the exception of the 1948–49 season when they finished third. This same year Guadalajara was given the name "chivas locas" (crazy goats) during a game against Atlas. The name was initially considered an insult, but later adopted as the team's nickname due to the overwhelming popularity of the club. During the 1951–52 and 1954–55 seasons, the team finished as runner-up in the league, leading to the nickname "ya merito" ("almost there!").
El Campeonísimo 1955–1970[edit]
During the 1956 season, players such as Salvador "Chava" Reyes, Jaime "El Tubo" Gomez, Isidoro Lopez, and Jose Villegas were part of what is considered one of the finest teams in Mexican football history, El Campeonísimo. Guadalajara won its first championship during this season due to a last minute goal scored by Salvador Reyes. Led by coaches such as Donald Russ and Javier de la Torre in subsequent years, the team won seven league championships, two cups, three CONCACAF titles and seven Champion of Champions titles. It was the only team in Mexico's football history to win four league championships in a row, during the 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, and 1961–62 seasons. El Campeonísimo became internationally recognized and, in 1964 played several matches in Europe against such teams as FC Barcelona, Werder Bremen, and Lille Olympique, resulting in two victories, four draws and four losses for the team.[4]
The Dark Era 1971–1983[edit]
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Guadalajara struggled. The best they could manage was to reach the play-offs twice, with a fifth place finish in 1971–72 and a sixth place finish in 1976–77.
The Resurrection 1983–1991[edit]
During 1980–81 season, the team reached a third-place ranking. During the 1981–82 season, a tragic road accident took the life of team member José Martínez.[5] The team finished the season in seventeenth place.
The Club then hired coach Alberto Guerra, who had been a player for Guadalajara during the mid '60s. During the 1982–83 season, Guadalajara finished seventh in the league and qualified for the playoffs, going on to eliminate Atlante F.C. in quarter-finals and Club América in Semifinals. The team reached the Finals for the first time since the playoff format was introduced in the '70s, where it would go on to lose to Puebla F.C. in a penalty shootout.[6] Guadalajara would once again reach the Finals in 1983–84, only to lose to America by an aggregate score of 5–4. However they would continue being very competitive the rest of the '80s and early '90s., with their very best performance on the 1986–87 season, where they would finish 1st in the regular season and win the Championship against Cruz Azul in the final. Their best players during this time were Benjamín Galindo, Eduardo De La Torre|Eduardo "Yayo" De La Torre, José Manuel De La Torre, Fernando Quirarte, Javier Aguirre among other.
"La Promotora" Era 1992-02[edit]
By the end of the 1980s, Guadalajara began to experience financial troubles. Team directors decided to create a special financial sector that would be known as La Promotora Deportiva. The team would be "sold" for 10 years starting in 1992 to a petroleum executive named Salvador Martinez Garza, who would be in charge of the Promotora and of team operations.[7] Before Guadalajara began its new era under the Promotora, the team began the 1990s in average form, reaching the Semifinals in 90–91, reaching the Quarterfinals in 91–92, and finishing in thirteenth place in 92–93.
The new directors decided to bring back Guadalajara's champion coach in 1986–87 Alberto Guerra and purchase many players that would become icons for Guadalajara in the early '90s: Missael Espinoza, Alberto "Guameru" Garcia, and Alberto Coyote. The team also decided that it would rely on young talent from its basic training schools. Such talent included Paulo Cesar "Tilon" Chavez and Joel "Tiburon" Sanchez. At the beginning of the 93–94 season, the press and fans dubbed the new and improved team Las Superchivas.[7] However, despite expectations, the team was eliminated early on in the playoffs. The 94–95 season would bring about more change for the team. Guadalajara hired player Ramón Ramírez. Also at the start of the season, directors sold all television rights of the team to Mexican giant Televisa, a move that was heavily criticized by fans because of Televisa's ownership of Club América.[7] Guadalajara would end the 1993–1994 regular season as the leader in the league table, but was narrowly defeated by Club Necaxa in Semis. The 96–97 season saw the exit of coach Alberto Guerra, being replaced by the Dutchman Leo Beenhakker. The team failed to make the playoffs that season.
By 1996, the Primera División de México season format would be changed to two short seasons per year. The first of the seasons, Invierno 1996, saw Guadalajara bring in another coach, Brazilian Ricardo Ferretti. During Ferretti's first season, the team managed to reach third place in the league table, but would be eliminated by Club Necaxa in the Quarterfinals. Guadalajara won its 10th championship under Ferretti in the Verano 1997 season against Toros Neza with the aggregate score of 7–2. Guadalajara would once again reach the Finals in the Invierno 1998 season, only to once again lose to Necaxa. The fans criticized the sale of player Ramon Ramirez to Club América.[7]
Jorge Vergara Era 2002–present[edit]
After its tenth year in charge of Guadalajara, La Promotora was still in debt and finally put up for sale. On 31 October 2002, the team was acquired by a Guadalajara native and self-made entrepreneur, Jorge Vergara.[8] Vergara was the founder of a dietary supplement company named Omnilife. Vergara hired directors that would be in charge of handling business affairs. He also removed all sponsorship from Guadalajara's jersey; the jersey has since had limited sponsorship.
In order to establish funding for the team, Vergara sought to market the Las Chivas name and capitalize on it, placing the name on anything from its own magazine to toothbrushes and its own brand of cola.[9]
For the Clausura 2003 season, Guadalajara hired Eduardo "Yayo" de la Torre, who had played for the team in the 1980s. The Apertura 2003 season would see poor results in the first half of the tournament, putting an end to "Yayo" de la Torre's tenure as coach. Coaching responsibilities would be temporarily assumed by Dutchman Hans Westerhof (who was in charge of the team's basic training school) and the team would barely qualify for a wild card showdown against Club Deportivo Toluca, but was subsequently eliminated. For the Apertura 2004, Guadalajara would display an offensive style of football and managed to place third in the league standings, qualifying for the playoffs. Players such as goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez, Ramon Morales, Omar Bravo, and newly acquired Adolfo Bautista, became instant fan favorites. They defeated Atlante F.C. in the Quarterfinals and Toluca in the Semifinals, but would lose in the Finals against Universidad Nacional in a penalty shootout. Nevertheless, the team had shown, since Vergara's arrival, that it was highly competitive, including in the 2005 Copa Libertadores, where it defeated favorites Boca Juniors 4–0 agg. to reach Semis. Under coach José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre, who was also a player for Guadalajara in the 1980s, the team won its 11th championship. For the Apertura 2006 season, Las Chivas placed eighth in the league table and qualified for the knock-out round (the "Liguilla") by defeating Veracruz 2–1 in Veracruz and 4–0 in the Estadio Jalisco in a wild card series. Guadalajara advanced to the Quarterfinals where it defeated first place qualified Cruz Azul 2–0 in the first leg and tied 2–2 in the second leg (4–2 aggregate), moving on to the semi-finals against rivals Club América.
These wins allowed Las Chivas to advance to the final of the Primera División against Toluca. The first match was played at Estadio Jalisco, in which Toluca and Las Chivas tied 1–1 with goals from Omar Bravo for Las Chivas and Bruno Marioni for Toluca. On 10 December 2006, Las Chivas played at Toluca's home stadium Estadio Nemesio Díez and won 2–1 (3–2 aggregate), thus becoming the Mexican League champions, holding 11 titles, the most titles of any team in the league( Now tied with rivals Club America holding 11 titles). The first goal was scored by Francisco Javier Rodriguez, and the second was by Adolfo Bautista. Bautista dedicated his goal and his team's victory to his mother, who had died shortly before. This championship was goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez's first in his career. After the Apertura 2006 championship the team has gone through a series of changes beginning with the departure of players like Oswaldo Sánchez, Adolfo Bautista, and Omar Bravo who went to play to Spain but returned later, however new faces like Jared Borgetti, Carlos Ochoa who these two left the team later and Sergio Amaury Ponce came to the team. José Manuel de la Torre was fired in the Apertura 2007 tournament and replaced by Efrain Flores who coached until being replaced first by Omar Arellano Nuño who only coached one league game and two Copa Libertadores games, and then being replaced by Francisco Ramirez who had an unsuccessful period as a team coach having the lowest percentage of effectiveness of all the coaches hired in the last seven years. After Ramirez poor results he was fired and replaced by Raul Arias, a former coach of Necaxa and San Luis. Then on 4 November 2009, Raul Arias was fired and replaced by Jose Luis Real. Coach Jose Luis Real lead the team to an explosive start of the Bicentenario 2010 tournament, winning its first 8 games in a row. Nevertheless, their winning streak was broken against a low table team, the Jaguars of Chiapas, losing by a score of 4–0. Las Chivas continues to be a major source for the Mexican national team in recent years. Under Jose Luis Real Chivas saw many young and promising players blossoming even more rapidily than expected.[10]
The Second Dark Era 2011–present[edit]
Since the release of Jose Luis Real as coach in October 2011, Chivas have struggled to maintain form, finding themselves with 6 coaches(Fernando Quirarte, Ignacio Ambríz, Alberto Coyote, John van 't Schip, Benjamin Galindo, Juan Carlos Ortega) in the past 2 years and are now in danger of being relegated to the second division for the first time in history. On November 22, Guadalajara put six players in the transfer list for the upcoming season, including Marco Fabian, Miguel Ponce, and veterans Luis Michel and Hector Reynoso. On November 25, 2013, Jose Luis Real was announced to return to Club Guadalajara as head coach. Real showed improvement in the squad but was soon released after the team lost 4-0 at home to rivals Club America. On April 2, 2014 veteran manager Ricardo La Volpe was appointed as head coach. He was immediately released on April 30 supposedly due to having inappropriate conduct with a female staff member who later took legal action against him.[11] On May 12, 2014, Carlos Bustos was appointed as head coach.[12]
Colors and badge[edit]
Once the team was renamed in 1908 as Club Guadalajara, they used initials, C.G., in the center of the jersey. After a few years of the team's existence, the first proper crest was designed, still using the team's initials. They were eventually placed around a circle. This design would be used in the team's limited edition Centennial jerseys in 2006.
Guadalajara's current crest was designed in 1923 and uses as its base, the crest of the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. The crest was then complemented with a blue circle and the words Club Deportivo Guadalajara, five red stripes and six white stripes, eventual colors that were adopted by the team, and eleven stars representing each championship the team has won. The actual crest design is credited to brothers Everardo and Jose Espinosa, Angel Bolumar, and Antonio Villalvazo, all of whom were players or directors of the team during that time.[13]
- Kit provider:Adidas (Apertura 2011– )
- Sponsors: Bimbo, Scotiabank, Pepsi
Past kits[edit]
|Le Coq Sportif
|Le Coq Sportif
|Eder do Brasil
|Lotería Nacional de México
|nike Sport
|ABA Sport
|Cemento Tolteca
|Cemento Tolteca
- JVC is a brand of property of the team's president, Jorge Vergara (JVC are the initials of his father's name, Jorge Vergara Cabrera), although these are manufactured by Grendene de México S.A. de C.V.
From the 1930s to 1960 Guadalajara played in a small stadium known as "Parque Oblatos". Guadalajara shared the Estadio Jalisco, with their town rivals Atlas. Estadio Jalisco was opened on 31 January 1960. It was host for eight games in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, six for group stage matches, and two for quarter and semi-finals. The stadium was host for nine games in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, six of which were group stage matches, and one was a round of sixteen and the last two were quarter and semifinals. Chivas played in the Jalisco Stadium from 1960 to 2010. Due to the aging structure of the stadium and the desire of Chivas to have an own stadium (Jalisco Stadium was always shared with various teams from the city such as Atlas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Club Oro among others.) Chivas administration with an investment of 130 million dollars began to build a new home.
In 2010, Jorge Vergara opened a new stadium to be used as Las Chivas' new home field. The stadium, named Estadio Omnilife after the nutrition company owned by Vergara, has the form of a volcano with a cloud on top. The idea of the design is to integrate the stadium with nature because of its proximity to a forest area. It is also used for conventions and as a Business JVC Center. Construction of the stadium began in May 2007 and concluded in July 2010. The stadium seats are colored red except for the loge seats which are white. It has a large main entrance and 18 exits. Total seating capacity is 49,850 which includes 330 suites with capacities of 9, 11, 12 and 13 guests. An underground parking lot is available for suite renters which holds up to 850 cars and a parking outside the stadium with a capacity for 8000 cars. The new stadium also has a store, museum, and various food and beverage concessions. A climbing wall and an area for children are planned to be built for a near future. The stadium's opening date was 30 July 2010.[14] The opening match on that day was a friendly between Las Chivas and Manchester United in which Chivas defeated Manchester United 3–2, with the first goal scored by Javier Hernandez.
El Súper Clásico[edit]
Las Chivas has developed two important rivalries over the years. Perhaps its most intense rivalry is with Mexico City-based Club América. Their meetings, which have become known as El Súper Clásico, are played at least twice a year and signal a national derby. Both are the most successful and most popular teams in Mexico. The first confrontation between them ended with a victory for Guadalajara with a score of 3–0.The rivalry began to flourish after the second match when Club América defeated Guadalajara with a score of 7–2. Although the huge defeat sparked embarrassment within Chivas, it was almost two decades before the rivalry became The Clásico. One of the very reasons why these two teams are arch rivals is because in 1983 and 1986 they brawled with each other, raising excitement among the fans. Thus, every time they play it is considered a match that everyone will remember. To this day, El Clásico de Clásicos continues to raise huge excitement in the whole country as well as in other parts of the world where there are fans of either team. The intensity of the game is lived so passionately that every time these two teams play a game, regardless of what position they are in on the charts or what level they show throughout the league, it is always considered the most important game of the season.
El Clásico Tapatío[edit]
The Clásico Tapatío, as it is known, is the oldest derby in Mexican football since its inception in 1916, being a game that is lived with great passion on the part of supporters of both clubs. In the early stages of the rivalry Guadalajara supporters started to dub players of Atlas by calling them "Margaritas". In reaction to the name, a group of Atlas supporters reacted by claiming that their rivals ran like "Chivas Locas" (Crazy Goats) and to the Chivas players it was considered an insult. Over time the meaning of "Chivas" changed due to the popularity of the club and now it is an honor to be named a Chiva. They both shared the same stadium, the Estadio Jalisco, which caused controversies with the fans.
First-team squad[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2014.
Out on loan[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve teams[edit]
- Chivas Rayadas
- Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.
- Guadalajara
- Reserve team that plays in the Tercera División in the fourth level of the Mexican league system.
Retired numbers[edit]
- 8 - Salvador Reyes, Forward (1953–1967, 2008) – posthumous honour [17]
- 12 - Club Supporters (the 12th Man)[18]
- 22 - José Martínez, Midfielder (1970-1981) – posthumous honour [19]
Top goalscorers in domestic league[edit]
Players in bold are still active with the team.
- Salvador Reyes (122)
- Omar Bravo (118)
- Eduardo de la Torre (90)
- Benjamín Galindo (78)
- Maximiano Prieto (72)
- Crescencio Gutiérrez (72)
- Javier de la Torre (70)
- Javier Valdivia (69)
- Francisco Jara (68)
- Ramón Morales (66)
Most appearances in domestic league[edit]
Players in bold are still active with the team.
- Ramón Morales (373)
- Hector Reynoso (360)
- Alberto Medina (323)
- Benjamín Galindo (305)
- Omar Bravo (300)
- Joel Sánchez (282)
- Oswaldo Sánchez (272)
Club officials[edit]
- Management
- Owner: Jorge Vergara
- Honorary president: Angélica Fuentes Téllez
- Chairman: Vacant
- Sporting director: Francisco Palencia
- Chief operating officer: Rafael Puente Jr.
- Director of youth football: Albert Benaiges
- Director of medical services: Dr. Rafael Ortega Orozco
- Director of communications: Eugenia Valdez Flores
- Managing Director: Julio Reyes Méndez
- Coaching staff
- Manager: Carlos Bustos
- Assistant manager: Héctor Islas
- Assistant manager: Fabián Albornoz
- Goalkeeping coach: Luis Valls David
- Fitness coach: Federico Zurbriggen
- Assistant fitness coach: Armando Camacho
- Technical secretary: Jesús Hernández Mejía
- Medical staff
- Court physician: Jesús Alberto Robles Hernández
- Physiotherapist: María Madrigal Valadez
- Osteopath: Jorge Roach
- Masseurs: Alfredo Torres Sánchez, Jaime Castillo Jiménez
Copa Libertadores record[edit]
|Copa Libertadores record
|Group Stage
|Group Stage
|Round of 16
|Group Stage
- Guadalajara withdrew from the tournament following concerns raised over the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico, and later secured a place in the round of 16 for the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
Managerial history[edit]
Amateur era:
- Liga Occidental: (13)
- 1908–09, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1934–35 and 1937–38
- Campeón de Campeones
- 1932–33
- Torneo de una Tarde
- 1929–30
Professional era:
- Primera División: (11)
- 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1986–87, Verano 1997, and Apertura 2006
- Copa México: (2)
- 1963, 1970
- Campeón de Campeones: (7)
- 1956–1957, 1958–1959, 1959–1960, 1960–1961, 1963–1964, 1964–1965, and 1969–1970
- Copa Challenger
- 1961
- InterLiga
- 2009
- Central American Champion: (2)
- Central American in 1959, North Central American and Caribbean in 1962
- Copa Libertadores de America
- Runner-up: 2010
Friendly tournaments[edit]
- I Mexico City International Pentagonal Tournament: 1958
- III Mexico City International Pentagonal Tournament: 1958
- II Jalisco International Pentagonal: 1962
- "Fiestas de Octubre" Quadrangular: 1982
- Copa Internacional Los Angeles: 1982
- Jalisco International Quadrangular: 1994
- "Copa Informador de Futbol" Los Angeles: 1999
- Copa Coliseo: 1998
- Copa Reforma: 1911
- Torneo de Primavera: 1917
- Medalla de la Junta de Festejos Patrios de la Villa de Zapopan: 1917
- Medalla Colón: 1918
- Medalla Caridad: 1918
- Copa Militarización: 1918
- Copa Deportivo Nacional de Torreón: 1919
- Copa Eugenio Pinzón: 1921
- Copa Francia: 1921–22
- Copa Fábricas de Francia: 1924
- Campeonato Oficial de Segunda Fuerza: 1924–25, 1928–29, 1934–35, 1937–38
- Campeonato Categoría Juvenil: 1928–29
- Trofeo Casino Español: 1928
- Copa Presidencial: 1953
- Copa de Oro: 1954–1956
- Trofeo de Don Adolfo López Mateos (4):. 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
- Campeonato de Segunda Categoria de Occidente: 1939
- Campeonato Oficial de Tercera Fuerza: 1928–29, 1937–38.
- Torneo de la Ciudad de Guadalajara: 1961
- Trofeo Campeonísimo: 1961–62
- Copa Presidente Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
- Copa California: 1977
- Campeón 1a. División Amateur: 1983–84
- Copa Europa: 1985
- Trofeo al Equipo menos goleado: 1991–92
- Copa México de Segunda División: 1996
- Copa Estrella del Milenio: 1999
- Campeón Juvenil: 1998
- Copa Pachuca: 2000
- Copa Tecate (2): 1994, 2001
- Copa León: 2003
- Campeón de Filiales de Segunda División: Apertura 2004, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2008.
- Liga Premier de Ascenso: Torneo Revolución 2011
- Campeón de Filiales de Tercera División: Clausura 2005, Apertura 2005, Bicentenario 2010
- Torneo Nacional Sub-15: Invierno 2011, 2013
- Torneo Nacional Sub-17: Apertura 2011, Clausura 2012, Apertura 2013
- Torneo Nacional Sub-20: Clausura 2013
- Copa Diario ESTO: 2006
- Copa Marval: 2009
- Copa 100 años de la UNAM: 2010
- Copa Gol Marketing: 2011
- Copa Jalisco: 2013
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I went over to Whoscored.com and saw some interesting stats that might point at City's playing style this season, our own, and how the Derby might probably pan out. Mind this may be redundant for those of you familiar with both teams this season. If you're like me, however, and ignorant to the sky blues' game of late, this should be fun.
Note that all stats are restricted to United Away and CIty Home.
Shots conceded per game
City: 9.5 (Lowest in league) (Up from 8.8 last year)
United: 12.1 (Down from 13.9 last year)
Fouls conceded per game
City: 12.1 (Up from 10.4 last year)
United: 9.4 (League lowest) (Down from 9.9 last year)
City: 19.9 (Up from 17.8 last year)
City: 14.1 (Down from 17 last year)
Goals scored (OP, CA, SP, P, OG)
City: 9 1 6 3 0 (Scored a total of 10 from SP last year)
United: 10 0 4 2 2
Through Balls Per Game
City: 6 (Down from 9 last year)
Utd: 2
Crosses attempted per game
City: 24
United: 26 (Up from 22 last year)
Attacking Zones (R M L)
City: 36% 27% 37% (Marginally (3%) more through the center than last year, at the expense of the right)
United: 31% 30% 38%
Note: City take more shots inside 18 yard box than any other team. 65% * 18.5 shots per game = approximately 12 shots on goal from inside the 18 yard box
On the attacking side of things, the biggest changes are undoubtedly City's sudden surge in number of goals from set pieces, and drop in number of through balls per game. This, coupled with the small shift in attack away from the right, seems to suggest that for all practical purposes, the 'playmaker' on the right has been in poor form. In any case, the attack isn't quite firing for the Citizens at the moment, and they've had to rely on set pieces to compensate. Of course, this bodes ill for United, who have been conceding left, right and center from set pieces.
A surprising stat from the United side has been an increase in number of crosses attempted - one would think that since our wingers are in woeful form (Even TonyVal has been so-so) we'd be funelling through the center more. However, it seems that we're stuck in our habits, and our wing play has deteriorated in quality but increased in quantity. This is worrying, especially since a bad cross could lead to a counter attack, which we are woeful at defending.
On the defensive side, surprises galore. United have, against our intuition, not deteriorated much as compared to their form last year. Considering that those stats include the 1-0ers in the aftermath of the derby drubbing, we could go as far as to as we have improved our defensive performance from when we let a poor David De Gea get peppered with shots. Hope persists, as with a better Evra and a more mature Rafael/Smalling, our major worry has been set pieces. That should be comparatively easy to iron out.
Probably the story of the data is the marked decline in City's (still impressive) defensive form. Allowing an average of a shot more this season than last, the Ethiad as a fortress may be breached more likely this season than last. A worrying statistic for Mancini is the shift from a proactive (and safer) defense to one that seems likelier to sit back and tackle reactively - there is an opposite trend between tackles and interceptions per game. While this in itself may not be conclusive, the associated increase in fouls conceded definitely points to a less set, more shaky set-up at the back for City.

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Duke senior Henrique Cunha and sophomore Raphael Hemmeler's run in the 2013 NCAA Doubles Championship at the Kahn Tennis Complex came to an end Sunday afternoon in the semifinals.
Cunha and Hemmeler, the second-seeded pair in the field, dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision to No. 4 Jamere Jenkins and Mac Styslinger of Virginia. Cunha and Hemmeler went up two breaks, 5-2, in the first set, before Jenkins and Styslinger were able to break Hemmeler serve the following game. After a one hour and 20 minute rain delay, Virginia's Jenkins and Styslinger were able to come from behind to win the first set, 7-5.
In the second set, Jenkins and Styslinger went up a break at 3-1, before Cunha and Hemmeler responded with a break three games later at 4-3. However, Jenkins and Styslinger were able to close out the match two games later, ending Cunha and Hemmeler's run in the tournament.
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NASCAR parked Kyle Busch after an early incident in Friday evening's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, also calling him to the NASCAR hauler at the conclusion of the event.
The move came after Busch intentionally wrecked championship contender Ron Hornaday Jr. under caution 15 laps into the 147-lap event. The two made contact racing around a slower truck, forcing Busch up the track and into the wall.
After the initial incident, Busch drove down the backstretch and into the back of Hornaday's truck, eventually sending him hard into the outside wall, head-on.
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After watching a replay of the event, Hornaday said the initial incident was just "a racing deal" and called on Busch to be parked for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series event.
"That crap he pulled down there, they parked (Kevin) Harvick for the same retaliation at Martinsville," Hornaday said. "If they don't park (Busch) on Sunday, I'll be really upset. That's just ignorant and stupid. I don't know what you want to call it. He's such a candy-ass, he won't stay around to get a whooping like he's supposed to get. It's a shame. It's not like I did anything wrong."
When asked if he would talk to Busch after the race about the incident, he said he would change out of his driving suit and, "I'm going to find his motorhome.''
Unapologetic about the incident, Busch accused Hornaday of racing too hard too early in the event, saying he "couldn't go up in the dirt."
"If I just lay over and give everything to Ron Hornaday, that's not Kyle Busch's fashion," he said. "I'm out here to win a race just as much as anybody else is. When he races up on my inside, gets loose and takes me up to the fence, I ended up losing my cool. I've been wrecked four weeks in a row and finally I just had enough of it."
Busch added he was "sorry it was Ron Hornaday," considering he was running for the Truck Series championship, but contended "you can't place all the blame on one person."
When asked if he was worried about being parked by NASCAR for the weekend, Busch simply said, "No."
According to Landmark Newpapers' Dustin Long, Hornaday's team owner Kevin Harvick came over the radio and promised to find Busch after the race.
"Kyle Busch is going to get his ass whipped shortly, I hope,'' Harvick said. "He better sit his ass in his motorhome or I'm going to come find him and he's going to have to hold my watch because I'm going to whip his ass. He's the biggest whining little piece of (expletive deleted) I've ever seen in my whole life.''
Moments after the incident occurred, Twitter exploded with comments from Sprint Cup Series drivers and family members, the majority of which called for Busch to be parked for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race.
@DeLanaHarvick What now (NASCAR VP) @odsteve? That can't be tolerated...
@JeffGordonWeb Wow! That was pretty crazy with 33 & 18 in truck race. Really don't think Ron deserved that. Understand why Kyle was upset but really? #JG
@dennyhamlin ok my 1 voice of reason during this time of chaos.. what just happened is not much different then what happened last week 20 times..
@dennyhamlin just higher speeds and a championship contender involved. see my comments on speed channel last week after the race for my opinion.
Harvick eventually went on to score the win in Friday night's race and criticized Busch while in Victory Lane.
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But there is also irrational pessimism. The markets of 2001 and 2009 were great times for long-term investors.
This behavior can also infect individual stocks. Right now I'd say Amazon (AMZN) is going through an irrationally exuberant period. Great company, great growth story, but this is a retailer selling for two times its annual revenue, for which profit is anathema. As Paul Volcker once said to a woman asking for stock tips, "Prices will fluctuate."Then there is the irrational pessimism currently surrounding Apple (AAPL). It's gotten so bad people aren't even talking about it anymore. A trailing earnings multiple of 11.71, minus its cash hoard, which Wired discussed recently, means you now have a technology stock that's cheaper than Gannett (GCI) on a cost-earnings basis. Oh, and the Apple dividend now yields 2%. That's half of Gannett's yield, but still. Yet technical analysts at Investorplace predict a move down on Apple, to $480/share, maybe $460. What gives? The bearish case is that Apple is a manufacturing company in a commodity business, and it doesn't fully control the supply chain. It designs, orders, ships and sells devices that others sell on razor-thin margins, so it's assumed Apple's margins will also, soon, get just as thin. Apple is drawing software margins on hardware, and folks figure it can't last. Then there is the "what have you done for me lately" syndrome. The iPad is four years old, and the product category is maturing. There are continuing rumors of an "Apple TV" that the company keeps knocking down, but the reason those rumors keep appearing is that investors want a new story, they want to feel that Apple is about to up-end another industry as it did music, phones and PCs. At its current market cap of nearly $500 billion, Apple represents about 10% of the Nasdaq's total valuation. If you're not long Apple, as they say, you're short it. The recent fall in Apple -- down nearly 19% in three months -- has thus had a disproportionate impact on many portfolios' performance, leading to a rush for the exits. For Apple to reach a market average P/E of about 14.5, the shares would have to advance about $100 from here. The company now has 54 analysts, whose median earnings estimate for the year is $46/share, slightly higher than last year's $44.30. If the fourth-quarter substantially beat those estimates (and Apple has a habit of doing that), it could easily bring the stock's multiple more in line with that of the market. It is, in the near term, a screaming buy. But Apple will never be the kind of stock it once was. It's just too big for that. You have to look at it based on metrics used for other large, industrial companies. Which means that when it's fully valued, when it gets about $620/share, you lighten up and wait for the next downdraft. Or, like me, you just ignore its fluctuations and know it's good for the long term. At the time of publication, the author was long AAPL. Follow @DanaBlankenhorn This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.
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I was hunched over the computer when an image appeared on-screen that made my pulse race. "You have to see this," I said to my husband, who was already in bed for the night.
Dan groaned. "Come to bed. This habit is getting out of hand."
He was right. Every night, after the kids were asleep, I was drawn to the computer like a moth to a flame. An online shopping addict, you ask? Sort of. But I was surfing real estate. More specifically, Canadian real estate. For the past two years I'd been looking at houses on Prince Edward Island, a clump of some 2,200 square miles of land lying in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
PEI has two claims to fame: red-sand beaches and Anne of Green Gables, the plucky orphan in Lucy Maud Montgomery's novels. The books are great reads, but I treasured PEI for its wide skies and pine-studded cliffs, both of which had kept me coming back for 15 summers. Almost from my first visit I'd fantasized about owning a house there.
"It's too far away," my mom said, noting that the drive from my house in Massachusetts takes about 12 hours.
"You can rent a house every summer for less than the cost of owning one," my brother pointed out. "Why hassle with leaky roofs and failing septic tanks?"
Dan noted, correctly, that with three of our five kids now in college we could barely afford movie tickets, let alone a vacation retreat.
And long before the economy took its current nosedive I knew it was dumb even to think about buying a second home. No matter how strong the American dollar grew against the Canadian, could not justify this as a wise investment. But to repeat the mantra I'd used on Dan: It didn't hurt to look.
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Pop star Justin Bieber and a few other celebrities and athletes are endorsing 1-800-Flowers.com in the retailer's Facebook ads for Mother's Day, as a flurry of brand activity on the social site seems likely to occur heading into the May 13 holiday.
"We'll be running the ads right up till Sunday morning," Chris McCann, president of 1-800-Flowers, told ClickZ on Wednesday.
His brand's Facebook strategy during recent weeks deserves notice.
It's been utilizing existing relationships with celebrities, putting Bieber, NBA player Baron Davis, MLB player Nick Swisher, singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, and rapper-actor Trey Songz into its Facebook ads. Using the site's targeting system, for instance, some Facebook fans/likes of the New York Knicks are being served ads featuring Baron Davis, who plays for the team. The celebrities have significant social media followings, McCann said. It's the first time his brand has employed the tactic in Facebook ads.
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Record-Setting Day for Men's Cross Country
"I feel like they really stepped it up and went out there and competed against some of the best schools in the state and region," said head coach Cassandra Harbin. "It was nice to see our times get better especially against tough competition. It's a huge improvement for the program and what we hope continues throughout the season."
The race host Florida won the event that featured 19 teams from around the state of Florida. The Eagles earned 175 points as six Eagles placed in the top 50 of the 201-member race. FGCU improves on its 2009 finish of 11th and improved its average running time by almost two minutes.
Cruz paced the Eagles with a time of 26:09.42 to finish in 20th. His time broke the top freshman record previously held by Ian McParland (27:15.0) set in 2007 and was just hundredths of a second behind the school record for the men's 8K (26:08.89).
Finishing in 36th, Lanning set the sophomore 8K record with a time of 26:40.12. Current teammate senior Joshua Brooks had the previous record of 27:06 set at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Championship.
Sophomore Matthew Crowe and Chris Rudloff were the next two finishers for the Eagles. Crowe crossed the finish line at 27:04.30 for a 47th-place finish with Rudloff (27:05.83) right on his heels in 48th.
Senior Dino Bozzone and redshirt freshman Gilbert Chemaoi placed 49th and 50th, respectively. The Eagles' top finisher in the first race, Bozzone (27:06.80) took 49th and Chemaoi (27:09.04) rounded out the top 50 finishers.
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Bill Erickson noticed a General Motors ad that had my name and picture associated to it. Yeah, I love my Saturn so I joined their fan page. It'll be interesting to see how companies and people use these ads and whether these turn off Facebook users or not.
One thing that pisses me off? Facebook is making a ton of money on these ads yet I don't get anything for basically endorsing products.
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Golden Era - Dogfish Head Brewery
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Ratings: 322 | Reviews: 296 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by ojiikun:
3.85/5 rDev +2.9%
"A Noble Experiment" Hey, at least it's punny! Always excited to try on one of DFH's canonical brews for size.
Bottle is your typical skinny 12oz-er, with "bottled in 2007", which is quite sufficiently accurate for a beer of this gravity. Poured into the closest thing to the glassware in which you tend to see true Czech pils served - a tall flute.
Body is absolutely medium amber and just shy of crystal clear. Not much head of which to speak, but some lace forms even from the fall of the pour. Big, fat, bubbles trail up from the whole bottome of the glass. Orangey.
Smell is grassy, of wheat bread, and then of what is clearly Noble buds. So grainey it's almost like oatmeal. Chalky yeast that doesn't so much stand on it's own as underneath the grains. No hint at all of the off-smells I associate with 90% of pils. A good start, though gets a bit boozey as it warms.
Taste is hoppy and sweet at first, but falls quickly to a surprisingly malty syrup. Hoptaste is citrusy and soapy. Middle part is an odd combination of liquor and dark german bread. Very finish is seltzer and wild rice. Something like pickled ginger hides deep in the middle.
Mouthfeel is quite tingley, due to one or more of the carbonation, fresh alphas, or booze. Kind sticky in the tongue and throat.
Not all that drinkable, but not much less than I expected. Actually a little better on the cool side than I expected.
Of all the new "imperial" pils I've had, this is the best to date. The other, more hallertau-based ones come off as harsh, this more embodies what a real pils is all about - refreshing, bready. A little heavy on the hops, actually, this could have been better off with a more focused taste.
11-14-2007 04:45:21 | More by ojiikun
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North Carolina
3.7/5 rDev -1.1%
Poured into a pilsner a deep clear rich golden with a large blooming sticky white head that clung to the glass as it settled slowly.Big vinious hop aromas herbal and citric with that green tea element that a few others have noted a bit of iron and residual sweetness as well more like a APA to me really.Hops dominate the palate as well cascade-like citric tones and some soft herbal notes,there is an underlying sweetness wich becomes more prevelent as it warms.Iam a hop head no doubt about it but when I drink a impy pilsner I want more pilsner qualities,Sam Adams version was more raw and not so "Americanized",still not bad.
02-15-2008 12:31:02 | More by oberon
2.98/5 rDev -20.3%
Appearance This is a solid orange in color with a big, off-white growing head.
Smell This reeks of strong grain and orange syrup. I know this is an American take on the German Pils style, but where are the hops?
Taste Ah, theres a bit of hops at the taste, mostly leafy, but this is still a grain bomb with a splash of alcohol.
Mouthfeel This is medium-bodied with surprisingly little carbonation and a heavy feel in the mouth.
Drinkability I was able to mange the 750 ml bottle but will definitely not buy again. WTF?
05-20-2006 02:21:48 | More by RoyalT
4.22/5 rDev +12.8%
Known for my preference for roasty, malty beers over bitter , hoppy beers, I was warned against this beer. But guess what? I tried it anyway! Hahahaha! Ahem. Glad I did give it a try despite the warning, as I found it a very pleasant beer, completely without a bitter aftertaste.
It poured golden, true to its name, with little head. It had a floral aroma, with a bit of fuitiness. At first sip, the hops are prevalent, but before I can react to them, a wave of sweetness takes over. I have a feeling hopheads may be disappointed by this, but I appreciated it. The sweetness was remeniscent of a mead, at least to me. I think my drinking partner disagreed, as he informed me there is no honey in this beer. Yet the sweetness is not overbearing and it finishes very nicely on the tongue. It has an easygoing drinkability despite the high alcohol. But it's not one to chug, it's a great beer to sit and enjoy or take to a BYOB.
06-30-2006 14:12:39 | More by StoutHearted
4.28/5 rDev +14.4%
poured from a 750 from 3/21/2006
A: Orangish gold with a nice, long lasting, foamy, off white head
S: Smells of fruit with some sweet malty tones and some spicy hoppy tones. Has a bit of a boozy smell.
T: Initial taste is of honey and a biscuity malt. Some fruit and caramel flavors build upon this. Ends with some spicy hop flavors that don't take over. A very heavy taste for an imperial pilsner.
M: Full bodied with ok carbonation a thick feel. No bitterness, subtle spice, and not much heat (after 4 years anyway)
D: I have a feel the age has helped alot but at this point it's quite drinkable. It's heavier than your average pilsner and has a decent alcohol content but it goes down quite smooth.
Overall, I liked this one more than expected. I would guess the age is responsible for mellowing this beer down but it really is a charm to drink. The taste is interesting and original and seems to go beyond the limits of an Imperial Pilsner. The sweet malt flavor is definetly dominate and this beer has definetly become something near to a barleywine. Not the best beer in the world, but I'd be lieing if I said I didn't like it.
02-21-2010 01:23:00 | More by tuckevalastin
3.63/5 rDev -2.9%
750ml bottle with the lovely golden shower on the label. Pours into my glass an orange amber hue with a nice healthy inch of creamy white head. Slightly hazy with active carbonation. Aromas of somewhat sweet cereal grains, lightly toasted along with a blast of spicy, grassy hops. Somewhat fruity as well with a bit of alcohol and caramel.
First sip brings a doughy, sweet maltiness that's followed by a rush of hops, grassy, pine needles and somewhat spicy in flavor. Flows down with a sturdy bitterness and a bit of a biscuit afterthought. Finishes with a touch of alcohol and a bit of a slick feel. Doesn't quite pull it all together like I'd like it to.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and and a bit dry with a stingy carbonation on the way down. Somewhat slick but still fairly easy to drink. Overall...it's an interesting double pilsner, but I think it could have been a bit cleaner overall. Seems almost syrupy in a sense. Another new brew from DFH and as always a new experience. I wish they would've stuck with the name Golden Shower though :-).
04-27-2007 03:47:01 | More by orbitalr0x
4.22/5 rDev +12.8%
Bottled-on date of 3/26/06 stamped on bottle. $9.39 / 25 oz bottle. The beer itself is a deep golden color much like the 60 or 90 min Ipa. Good fluffy head in my La Chouffe glass that settles down but doesnt disappear.
Smells overly hoppy, also much like the 60/90 Ipa.
This beer has the same characteristic sweetness/syrupy qualities of several other DFH beers (Midas Touch, 120 min IPA). Actually, I think the sweetness/syrupyness could be compared to that of a double bock. Very interesting.
Absolutely full-bodied, and I would imagine good for drinking in the winter, despite the warm-weather leanings usually associated with pilsners.
Very tasty. Not sure why this beer got the relatively low scores (low, at least, for a DFH beer). I found it very drinkable and enjoyable.
04-16-2006 23:37:47 | More by chOAKbarrell
4.2/5 rDev +12.3%
A capped 750ml bottle dated 3/21/06. Poured into a pilsner glass, it's an orange color with a thick white head. Nicely carbonated. Some lacing.
It has a fresh grassy odor, maybe a touch of floral. A very hoppy taste, slightly sweet, with a nice lingering of hops. A pretty robust beer, will want to have more of it.
04-23-2006 13:25:27 | More by lordofthewiens
North Carolina
3.05/5 rDev -18.4%
This is a dirty brown-lookin' pilsner. The head is purty thick and it impresses me as it sticks to the sides of my pint glass. Had the beer not overflowed upon opening (taken from a cold mini-fridge), I might rate it a 4. Minus 0.5 for spilling on my newspaper.
The smell is weird. Lemon rind, watermelon, cucumber...seriously, those are the smells that come to mind with this one. I know it was originally called "Golden Shower" so perhaps one other smell comes to mind.... Really, the smell is not very appealing to me. It's interesting and unique and, therefore, slightly impressive, but I can't say it smells good.
For a pilsner, this is really thick. The taste, particularly for Dogfish Head, is blah. I don't really sense all of the fruits (and vegetable) I smell. I taste a thick plisner. It's like a double pilsner. Is that what it means by "American Double" on this site? I figured that meant DIPA, but perhaps this is the first double pilsner I've encountered. That makes it more appealing to me, but I'm simply unimpressed with the taste of this one. I'm trying to be fair as I cope with the fact I don't really like pilsners that much so I think, considering that, that this one tastes slightly better than your average pilsner.
The mouthfeel is actually good. If I refrain from looking at, smelling, and/or tasting this beer, and just let it sit in my mouth, it does feel good. It's that aforementioned thickness that just lets it sit well. This is like the fat girl hook-up in college--it feels good but the details are worth overlooking.
Drinkability ain't so good. It's a cool beer because that's what Dogfish does. Still, it's named after piss. That's less cool. I can't imagine ever having more than one. I probably won't buy this one again. Though I like the thick mouthfeel and I admire and respect DFH brews, this one is perhaps the least impressive.
03-25-2009 22:29:12 | More by marvin213
Rhode Island
2.05/5 rDev -45.2%
I remember picking this up back when it first came out, earlier this year and being very indifferent to it. I remember it not stacking up to the Samuel Adams Imperial Pilsner...but not much does. So, I picked up the last straggler at the local beer stop.
Pours a crystal clear deep gold with big fat bubbles rising to the top. Very airy, suddsy-like, white head that sticks around as well.
The smell is rather unimpressive. I can smell some light hops and malts comparavle to the nose of a Narragansett, believe it or not.
The taste shows a lot more than the nose suggests, thankfully...or maybe not? Extremely sweet. Too sweet actually, and that's how I remember this one. Not as hoppy as you would expect it to be as well. Lots of harsh alcohol burn all over the place in this one too. No, I don't like this very much at all. Very syrupy and lively carbonation in the mouth.
I am actually dissapointed that I even picked this one up. I went in to get a four-pack of Koeningshoven Quad, but they were sold out so I said F*ck It and grabbed this one because I probably wouldn't have another chance to try it. I should have left it in the cooler and went with my usual suspects but hindsight is always 20/20.
10-18-2006 20:16:24 | More by Doomcifer
3.9/5 rDev +4.3%
Big capped bottle, as pictured pours a clear, honey golden body topped by a large, offwhite head. Retention is pretty good for a few minutes, but eventually vanishes along with the lacing over the extended duration required to finish this big brew.
Aroma is huge, in the Dogfish Head sense of the word, with lots of soft bready maltiness and huge floral and fruity hops. I could have sworn I was sniffing a variant of the DFH pale ales. A hint of alcohol is noted, but seems more the aroma of a grain alcohol infused, honeydew melon. Only the honeydew carries over to the taste, thankfully.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with appropriate carbonation. An undesirable syrupy feel emerges as it warms.
Taste is huge with malts and hops, typical Dogfish Head. Unlike any pilsner I've met before. Floral, fruity(soft), and bready. Softly bitter with a lot of aroma hops, bready sweet malts. Finishes surprisingly clean and dry.
An interesting adventure here. More like one of the brewery's IPA's than a pilsner, but quite enjoyable. Definitely a sipper, but I've never encounterd a Dogfish Head that wasn't.
09-09-2006 01:57:52 | More by merlin48
New York
4.28/5 rDev +14.4%
Large bottle, bottled on 3-21-06, pours orangey amber, clear with an eggshell (thanks venom) tiny bubble head, leaving plenty of fine and sticky lacing as well as long lasting sheeting. Hope nose with just a hint of alcohol lurking in the rear. Green apple sweetness, grassy hoppyness and definite alcohol warming going on. Strong, heady, flavorful and bold. Probably would benefit from a nice one year rest in a cool dark place, but well worth enjoying now.
07-06-2006 00:58:40 | More by Billolick
3.58/5 rDev -4.3%
Many thanks to Chadbrew for sending this one my way.
Pale gold in color (appropriate) with two and a half fingers of bright white head with a fairly agressive pour...most of it remains for half the pint and leaves some spotty lacing.
Snappy spice up front with a floral hoppiness...a hint of sweetness with a lingering nose.
The taste is much more malt sweetness than what its scent was giving away...and the hops are more juicy fruit than floral...less spice with some banana, citrus, and slight alcohol as it warms.
Quite a huge bittering effect going on here...finishes with much of the same.
Fairly thick mouthfeel with a lot of carbonation.
A bit too sweet to drink any more than a couple pints...tasty, but I'd have to move onto something else after a point.
An enjoyable new offering from the folks at Dogfish...thanks again Chad.
04-23-2006 22:51:36 | More by warriorsoul
4.1/5 rDev +9.6%
My bottle of Golden shower is exactly one year old , time to crack her open.
Appearance: poured a very deep gold , almost amber , lots of carbonation rising a little bit slower than your average pils. Slightly offwhite head that lasted as a thin layer and left a ton of webby lace.
Smell: aroma is fairly malty with a good dose of floral estery qualities , hint at the alcohol , and just a bit of hop aroma.
Taste: Huge malt body in this beast of a pilsener. The smooth and slightly slick body has lots of bready and rich grain flavor , fruity esters throughout , definate alcohol presence that lends a nice warmth, hop bitterness holds off for a bit but eventually sweeps in with a strong bitterness , hint at leafy taste , and light spice.
Mouthfeel: full , smooth , and slick.
Drinkability: A really cool brew imo , unique and expierimental , i like! Great body and an interesting and fairly intense flavor. I would really like to try this one fresh , maybe then it would be a little bit more like a traditional pils. In this tasting , the hops were present , but very mellow , as was the carbonation.
03-20-2007 02:34:19 | More by Byeast
3/5 rDev -19.8%
Purchased at the Foodery in Northern Liberties. Pours with a little head and orange-ish in color. The smell is boozy for a Pils. I don't see the Pils in this at all not quite knowing what a Double Pils is; it reminds me too much of 60 Minute (which I like but I would have bought it if I wanted it). It has too much of an alcohol mouthfeel which affects the drinkability. The Double Pils is a strange style but I am not enjoying this beer. Not a pour but I am glad I only bought one of these.
09-16-2007 20:52:23 | More by SkinnyElvis
4.33/5 rDev +15.8%
Drank the Golden Shower and it was... fantastic. Clear gold with a bubbly white head. The noble hops, saaz, and danky malt aromas are thick and rich with a touch of honey. A full taste of the same, but perfectly balanced with the battle between the sweet pilsner and tart hops at a stalemate. An excellent beer that destroys Sam Adams' version.
12-05-2008 23:32:45 | More by magictrokini
West Virginia
3.85/5 rDev +2.9%
After missing out on the DFH Prescription Pils at the Penn Brew Fest a few year's back, I'm glad to finally track down Sam's interpretation of the Imperial Pils in a 750ml portion. Appearance is Deep golden almost amber transluscent with huge billowing white head seems thick upon the pour retention is great lacing left behind is even and symmetrical in rings with each sip. Aroma contains a great vinous hop character off the bat with herbal and grassy highlights coming through very aromatic but the malt seems heavier handed here than the hops do with big syrupy biscuit malt layers and presence of alcohol tinging the nostrils. Taste is full of unrefined raw malt sweetness infused with raw grassy herbal hop flavors and a bit of citrus fruit. Balance is lost with this one, the malts definitely shine over the hop profile but it's still enjoyable. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied syrupy texture with oily hop resins apparent on the palate. Drinkability...I had not trouble with the 750ml portion I wish that the malt layers would have subsided abit to the hop profile other than that it was a great interpretation of the style, although I preferred Sam Adams version for both taste and value. I spent ten bucks for this one and I don't feel jaded definitely worth the experience especially after looking forward to trying it for so long.
05-06-2006 16:45:43 | More by WVbeergeek
3.4/5 rDev -9.1%
This beer pours a golden yellow color, with a thick, fluffy off white head, with a yellow tint to it. The head fades so very slowly, leaving a thick curtain of laces.
This beer has a grassy aroma. It smells slightly grainy. It has a sweet malty aroma also. The only off thing about it is that it kind of has a soapy aroma. I poured some into a different glass, to make sure that it was not my glass, and I got the same aroma. It is not overbearing, but it is slightly noticable.
This beer has a grassy hop flavor to it. It is sweet. The ABV is hidden well in the flavor. Again, it tastes slightly soapy, and I am positave that it is not my glass. Too bad, because other than that, this beer would be great.
This beer is full bodied. It goes down smooth, leaving a sweet grassy hop aftertaste.
This beer would not be the best session beer. It is a little high in alcohol, and the flavor is a little overbearing after too long.
Overall: Thank you ggaughan, for hooking me up with this beer. Although not my favorite, I am happy to have had the chance to try it. i look forward to trying many more DFH brews.
01-09-2007 03:06:18 | More by OStrungT
3.83/5 rDev +2.4%
Appearance: Clear yellow/gold color. Nice white head. Medium lacing and retention.
Smell: Mild toasted malts, some caramel and citrus/grapefruit notes. Some hops in the background.
Taste: Starts off with the sweet caramel and toasted malts. These are pretty mild. Then comes the citrus followed by a mild hop bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, moderate carbonation and a little sticky.
Drinkability: An interesting pilsner and my first double pils. High abv hurts the drinkability but this is damn tasty.
09-16-2007 02:07:37 | More by stereosforgeeks
3.68/5 rDev -1.6%
(Served in an American pint glass)
A- This beer has a light golden orange crystal clear body with a thick creamy off-white head. There is a nice carbonation of tiny bubbles that keeps the head going.
S- The smell of lightly toasted sweet malt is finished with a soft green bitter hops smell. Is this the right beer in this bottle?
T- The taste of sweet caramel malt with some notes of pale malt are followed by a soft green hop finish with bitter hops and alcohol hanging on the tongue. There is a very soft sulfur note as this beer warms, but I also get some light soft fruit notes from the malt as it warms aswell.
M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel with a slight creaminess to the texture. There is a good alcohol heat in the finish that is a bit fusel.
D- Wow this is a nice little Tripel with sweet malts and faint hops but I was hoping for an Imperial IPA. I think they wasted a lot of money on hops because they don't come through at all. I didn't taste any of the pilsner qualities either. I think some age will really help alcohol settle down but I don't think it will help boost the hop flavors at all.
05-13-2006 16:18:59 | More by rhoadsrage
3.78/5 rDev +1.1%
Poured from 12oz. brown bottle, bottled on 2/2/08.
A: A beautiful clear golden brew with a white head; like a ray of sunshine in my glass. Head fades quick but leaves a layer throughout the beer.
S: The pilsner malts hit the nose first, with a speckling of hops. A caramel sweetness hangs back from the crowd. The 9% ABV is evident in the nose, with a cleansing effect on the balance.
T: An expected dose of hops on the palate jumps out first. It provides a great balance to the caramel sweetness of the malts. Floral accents help the crisp clean finish.
M: A creamy and heavy bodied pilsner. Moderate carbonation enhances the creaminess.
D: I would definitely oder again. Like most Dogfish offerings, it delivers an abundance of flavor.
03-08-2008 23:56:25 | More by FleeVT
3.18/5 rDev -15%
This poured to a bright and clear mix of gold and orange with a small head. Lace is minor.
The smell is a strong mix of malt and hops. The taste brings pale malt and lots of sugar up front and a floral hop flavor in the finish. A light amount of fruit comes through too. The flavor is more like an IPA than a pilsner. The mouthfeel is somewhat light, while drinkability is reasonable.
This just doesn't come together very well.
09-09-2006 16:47:03 | More by watermelonman
4.05/5 rDev +8.3%
I-just-took-a-multi-vitamin-piss colored with a pretty nice offwhite head. Smell is a bit hoppy, but also very sugary... bordering on fruity. Taste is very sweet up front, with lots of light malts, and a nice hop/pine flavor that lingers a little in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel is fairly syupy, but not bad for 9%, but still pretty heavy for being so light in color. The alcohol is really well masked. I've got to say I like it a lot, and I would drink it alot if not for the hefty price. I don't think I've had a double pilsner before, and I would probably like anything else in this style.
05-10-2006 00:07:17 | More by zjungleist
4.2/5 rDev +12.3%
Shared a bottle with my brother at Cooper's in Scranton, PA. What a treat. The beer poured a bright amber color with a good white head and some active carbonation. The aroma is a bit hoppy, a bit citrusy and a bit sweet, all at the same time. The taste is big but also a bit suprising in that it is sweet as well. As others have said, ti reminds you of a 120 minute but not quite that big. Overall this is a very good beer with a nice full body and some good hop and citrust characteristics. Everyone should have a Golden Shower sometime!
04-19-2006 02:16:57 | More by ggaughan
3.2/5 rDev -14.4%
Review from notes. Thanks to Greg for opening this up for us to try.
A: Golden era was a clear copper/brown color with a small, slightly off-white head on top. Decent retention, but minimal lacing.
S: Overloaded with caramel and butterscotch, a bit oxidized. There was a little bit of pilsner malt and some light fruit.
T: Similar to the aroma, but the caramel and butterscotch were not as strong. The pilsner and pale malts came through stronger, also with a little bit of grain and some honey. Slight floral hop presence.
M: Medium bodied with slightly low carbonation, probably due to age.
O: Wasn't expecting too much out of this one, but not bad at all. Would have loved to have tried back when it originally came out.
10-24-2011 20:44:52 | More by mdaschaf
Golden Era from Dogfish Head Brewery
84 out of 100 based on 322 ratings.


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The EndPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
Yesterday was the last day of classes. Exams next week, then commencement.
We have five composers graduating this year. Three are going on to further studies at other institutions – Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Kansas – and the other two are going the free-lance composer route.
A lot is being made of the choices composers have coming out of school these days, with some coming down vehemently against the pursuit of graduate studies. It's a healthy change from days of yore, when the options were graduate school or the end of composition as a pursuit.
I'm a big fan of avoiding the one-size-fits-all approach. All composers have to find their own paths, and the perfect path for one can be a dead end for another.
Here are some problems with continuing studies in composition:
- Debt – without good financial aid, a composer can accumulate a lot of debt paying tuition and expenses.
- Academic pressures – some graduate environments feature heavy academic requirements that can take a double toll: they can take time away from composing, and they can skew your perspective on what really matters to you as a composer.
- Sheltered environments – some programs feed on themselves and avoid exposing their students to any outside influences. Their students can end up with unviable notions of how the rest of the world operates.
- Job market – if your primary reason for going to grad school is to get a teaching job, it's important to realize that there are far fewer jobs than there are graduates. Of course, that's true for a lot of professions these days. Keep in mind that there is a funnel shape in operation: every grad department has a few openings each year, with far more applicants than there are available slots. Very different, narrower scenario in the job market: an institution has one job opening, many applicants, then the position is filled for, like, 35 years.
Since I'm hearing such a clamor against graduate school, though, I want to offer a few reasons why it can be a good option.
- Social construct – some people are more aggressive socially than others. For those who tend to be more passive, school can offer an environment where you are constantly bumping into like-minded people, where you can have conversations about things that are of mutual interest – art, politics, whatever. You are with people who have followed a path to the same destination, and often for similar reasons. Online relationships offer some similar opportunities – but they are not the same as "hanging out" together.
- Structured composition – the academic year can impose an annual rhythm that encourages completing projects in a timely manner. That's not a good thing for everyone all the time, but it is a good thing for some people some of the time, especially at early stages in their compositional growth.
- Higher learning – I know, I know, we are deep in a period of our societal development in which it has become necessary to harp on the evils of higher education, when it has become important to celebrate the accomplishments of the do-it-yourselfers. I understand this, and I don't have an argument with it. However, there are still myriad corners of higher education where wonderful people are delving into fascinating subjects in a way that isn't possible in any other environment. That kind of detailed study is still worth celebrating.
- Teaching jobs – sure, there are fewer than in the past, but if it's something you really want to do, getting a graduate degree is the way to get from here to there.
- Mentors – some teachers take a deep and abiding interest in their students' art and professional well-being, which can be an invaluable boost for a young composer.
- Easier now than later – I've known many, many people who have left the academic world for a number of years, then felt like there was something worth returning for, but found that they were too far removed from earlier studies and their earlier selves to get their bearings and continue. There are exceptions – people who have successfully returned to school after a number of years away – but it's harder than it might appear.
- Experimentation – some grad programs offer a safe environment in which to experiment with your art form, which – done correctly – can be a very healthy process.
To repeat, I'm glad there are more options than in the past. As teachers, we have to be sensitive to the individual directions of our students, and help them achieve their goals. That's why I point with pride to the five students we have graduating this year – 3 continuing their educations, 2 stepping directly into the profession – all of them making the right choices for their particular circumstances. Bottom line: listen to advice, but listen mostly to yourself, and do the thing you need to do.
It's been 27 years since I graduated for the last time. I've seen a lot of composers since then take a lot of different paths. Some have been bitterly disappointed by the results; some have thrived. It doesn't seem to be a simple matter of taking the right path – whichever way you go, results are mostly determined by talent, attitude, relentless work, capital, making good connections and a fair amount of luck.
By the way, where did the dichotomy I often hear about between "academic world" and "real world" come from? Is "real" the same as "commercial"? That would be a bit disturbing, on so many levels.


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Studies of mineral−water interface geochemistry; organic and microbial interactions with mineral surfaces; geochemistry of humic substances; soil chemistry; chemical weathering; hydrology and biogeochemistry of freshwater wetlands; remediation of metal contamination; global climate change; geologic nanoparticles and their interactions with organic matter, microbes, and metals.
B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University M.S. Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College Ph.D. Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Dehner, C.A., Barton, L.E., Maurice, P.A., and Dubois, J.L. 2011. Size−dependent bioavailability of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles to a common aerobic bacterium. Environmental Science & Technology, in press.
Dehner, C.A., Awaya, J.D., Maurice, P.A., and DuBois, J.L. 2010. Use of sideropohores, oxalate, and reductants for iron mobilization from the mineral hematite by the obligate aerobe Pseudomonas mendocina. Environmental Science & Technology, 76, 2041-2048.
Maurice P.A. 2009.Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale. A textbook. John Wiley & Sons. Hoboken, NJ, USA, 491 pp. (search at Amazon.com on title for "look inside"e;).
Hochella, M.F., Jr., Lower, S.K., Maurice, P.A., Penn, R.L., Sahai, N., Sparks, D.L., and Twining, B.S. 2008 Nanominerals, mineral nanoparticles, and Earth chemistry. Science 319: 1631-1635.


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A prankster on YouTube who bought a fake lottery ticket for a homeless man, knowing the man was going to win, has now bought the same homeless man a home to call his own.
Rahat Hossain owns the YouTube channel 'Magic of Rahat.' He usually creates videos of himself performing pranks or illusions.
In March, Hossain "purchased a winning lottery ticket" and gave it to a homeless man. Little did the homeless man know that the lotto ticket was fake and that he was going to win $1,000 regardless. The $1,000 was supplied by Hossain.
Since this event, viewers have reached out to Hossain to provide donations for the homeless man. The goal was to collect $20,000 and the donations ended up doubling that. The total money collected for the homeless man was $44,000.
Hossain used this money to buy a house for his best friend, the homeless man whose name is Eric.
Eric has also recently scored a job.
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