It is time for me to hang up my sack of metaphorical soccer blogging balls (I couldn’t resist just one last bad bawdy pun), and it is with sadness that I say goodbye to you today. I enjoyed sharing my passion for soccer with you on this site, and I hope you enjoyed my Best US Soccer Blogs and my Best World Soccer Blogs. It is now time for me to take my balls and go though (OK, one more), but first I will reveal the best stuff I wrote about anything and everything.
Here are the 10 Best of the Rest of My Soccer Blogs/Series: Read more... (732 words, 2 images, estimated 2:56 mins reading time)
Over the last 30 months, I have provided you with plentiful posts about the world and the way people play that crazy game with your feet all over it. Whether you call it soccer, football, futbol, calcio or kick the kiwi, it is the same beautiful game. Over the years, I have written about all the earth’s major leagues and tourneys, like the Champion’s League and the World Cup, and I have always done so with integrity. Um, wait. Nope, I actually mostly wrote about WAGs.
Here are my 10 Best World Soccer Blogs/Series: Read more... (513 words, 2 images, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)
Over the last 30 months, I have written several hundred blogs about soccer in the US. I have provided you with posts about the history of soccer in the US, and I have produced for you up to date information about the US MNT, the Lady Nats, and MLS. As a soldier of Sam’s Army and an MLS (and MFLS) diehard fan, I have followed the beautiful game here in the US as it has gone from cultural obscurity to its recent relevance. I hope it is now here to stay.
Here are my 10 best posts/series on soccer in the US. Read more... (538 words, 2 images, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)
Ladies and gentleman, the World Cup has come to an end. Across the globe, our brightest soccer light will not shine for nearly four years. I am even more despondent, you see, because – alas – my blogging career is now ending as well. That’s right, the Yank will retire after a mere three more posts. Unlike the World Cup, it is not believed that I will begin blogging again in four years. Nope, I think I am signing off for good. And – it’s for the best – and I will tell you why. Read more... (546 words, 2 images, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)
“Soccer” is defined by some Ivory Tower types as “a game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other’s goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands.” I don’t define it that way though. No, I define it - like many others – with only three words “the beautiful game.” After all, no other sport is capable of producing such majestic moments. Read more... (442 words, 2 images, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)
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2010 World Cup Final Recap: Spain Beats the Netherlands
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Tomorrow, the Netherlands will take on Spain for all the proverbial marbles at the 2010 World Cup Final. They have bested the rest from around the world in order to make it to this match, and the winners will not just become heroes to their fellow citizens, they will become legends before the entire globe. Now, I hope this Final concludes with just as much drama as the 2006 Final between Italy and France, though I do hope it features one less ugly headbutt. Read more... (464 words, 2 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)
Well, other than STO and its sister sites, of course! In all seriousness, the media coverage of the 2010 World Cup has exceeded the exposure of perhaps any other sporting event in world history. Every player, manager and match has been analyzed ad nauseum by journalists and bloggers all over the world. ABC/ESPN has done a great job with their TV coverage, and FSC has offered up some decent analysis despite its inability to use actual game footage. But… Read more... (420 words, 2 images, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)
The 2010 World Cup Final has now been set, and – regardless of the outcome – we will have a first time winner. Of course, neither of the two teams in the Final are historically poor sides. In fact, both have been traditionally dominant but simply failed to win the “Big One.” But, before I preview the Final later this week, let us first take a look back at the two Semifinals, each of which was decided in thrilling fashion by a solitary goal. Here is a rundown of the two games: Read more... (314 words, 2 images, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)
Great Scott, Marty!
It’s me once again, Doctor Emmitt Brown… and I am back… from the FUTURE!
I have recently returned from the year 2014 where I watched the thrilling World Cup Final between… What’s that Marty? You want to know who killed JR on Dallas? But you don’t need to have gone to the future to know the answer to that question! All you need is a DVD player and the final season on Blu-Ray. What’s Blu-Ray? Is that what you just asked me Marty? Jesus H. Christ, Marty, stop interrupting me! Let me just tell you about the next World Cup. OK? Read more... (869 words, 2 images, estimated 3:29 mins reading time)
200 of the 204 teams who wanted to win the 2010 World Cup have now fallen by the wayside. Only four squads still have the unfettered hope to hoist the Jules Rimet, and the question on everyone’s mind now is which one will rise above the others to claim its spot in soccer history. Many of the teams that traditionally win the title are now gone, and it looks like we will have a surprising winner no matter who takes the trophy (well, other than the Red Fury). Read more... (364 words, 2 images, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)
