My thoughts on soccer and…well…. soccer!
Some FIFA Updates:
Ticket draw, take 2
I caught a notice during last night’s Fox Sports World Report that FIFA has re-allocated around 40,000 tickets that went unclaimed during the first draw for tickets for the World Cup. As you may remember, I didn’t get any tickets…
Evan
Next on Glazer’s agenda…
…suing Manchester United fans. Yes, MUFCUSA.com has been threatened with litigation for displaying the club’s crest. Holy mother of god, Glazer is evil….
Evan
Ticket draw, take 2
I caught a notice during last night’s Fox Sports World Report that FIFA has re-allocated around 40,000 tickets that went unclaimed during the first draw for tickets for the World Cup. As you may remember, I didn’t get any tickets…
AP reports that the Oneonta State University women’s soccer team broke a record for the most consecutive conference games without a loss.
Why can’t they just say the most wins in a row? They’ve gotta whip out the double negatives….
Otherwise, a rather impressive feat by a young bunch of ladies. Keep up the good work!
While the President of France, Jacques Chirac, was in the hospital, and impersonator thought it would be funny to well impersonate the President during the national anthem.
Needless to say, the players weren’t too pleased after learning of the hoax.
Here’s an interesting story.
Because of a previous incident where an AC goalkeeper was hit by a flare by Inter fans, the Union of European Football Associations bared fans from attending the teams first four Champions League matches.
It would certainly be odd to play in such an environment!
“You can’t play soccer like this. It’s unbelievable,” Inter coach Roberto Mancini said after the match. “The team was very tense having to play without fans. It’s really absurd.”
Maybe Diego Maradona finally got around to reviewing the tapes from Argentina’s 1986 game against England. Ya know, the time where he handed the ball into the goal.
Or maybe his conscious has caught up to him.
What’s interesting is that him and Pele were choosen by FIFA as history’s best soccer players. Certainly a cheater shouldn’t be considered the “best?”
While modern soccer has its English roots, various derivatives of the sport formed in many different countries.
This article gives a good soccer history overview from varioius regions of the globe.
“While it is undisputed that the origins of modern soccer, or football, originated in Britain, there is a great deal of evidence that points to this beloved game as having an older history. ”
