A couple folks have already picked up today’s article in the Post on the growth of soccer in the States and its an excellent look at the health of the game here. The World Cup is certainly a good time to look at how soccer is doing, it’s enough time to pick out overall trends […]
I’ve updated my world cup rosters map last night to include 17 of the 32 teams in the finals. All the big teams are now mapped including Brazil, Argentina, Italy, France, and Germany among others. Cut me a break, it’s kind of tedious to hunt for stadiums in Buenos Aires and Tunisia. Many thanks to
Everything you need to know about the Portugal-Mexico matchup was predicted years ago by the Simpsons.
I’ve compiled a list of ten phrases tailored for the American soccer fan travelling to Germany this month. Babelfish did the actual translation so I can’t guarantee that the phrases don’t actually mean something completely different. But that’s part of the fun of travelling to a foreign land. Barkeep another beer, pleaseBarkeep ein anderes Bier,
The Washington Post has a great feature on DC’s fiery Alecko Eskandarian who’s learned that "it’s fun to hit defenders". After his two goal game, Jaime Moreno has been named MLS Player of the Week for the second time this season and sixth in his career.
Two posts worth reading, first fallout on the financial repercusion of the Italian Soccer scandal. Shares in Juventus have fallen 40% since the news broke, amid repeated trading halts on the Milan stock exchange. And another on the measureable effect losses have on national economies. …losses in soccer matches have an economically and statistically significant
Posted here to make all the other soccer bloggers jealous. I just received this message from my wife: Ok…so if DC United ever does this….we need to bid on it =) This is better than my autographed t-shirt!http://auction.mlsnet.com/cgi…85084
The Washington Times discusses MLS’s proposed "Beckham Rule" today. Nothing really new, except for a clarification. If you’re not familiar, the Beckham Rule is meant to allow MLS teams to pay a player outside of the communist confines of the $1.6M salary cap (btw, wasn’t it closer to $2M?). Now, we all know that a
When my wife see’s this spot now, all she does is point out how many times Taylor Twellman appears. I don’t know why I like this commercial so much, there’s something very subtle about it. Never mind that it wasn’t until the second time that I saw it that I realized the song being played.