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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Bad Call!
I’ve been writing a bit about WC10 lately but haven’t touched on the refereeing. I can’t think of a world cup where there have been so many stories concerning missed calls; partly because they impacted “our” teams and partly because … Continue reading
Who’s missing?
Dude, check the stats from the NYT recap. When your goalkeeper gets more touches than your star player, you are in a world of hurt: Guess who you don’t see listed? Here’s a big hint:
WC10 half-time recap part 2: Football as Morality Play
Part Two of Three pieces on the World Cup at its midpoint. 2. Order and improvisation, effort and savvy. Like a picnic game where the parents play the kids, you can see the battle of the fit running teams against … Continue reading
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WC10 So Far – Buyers and Sellers
I won’t recap the plentiful sources who report the WC10 news and give play-by-play of the matches, the one I like best include, The NY Times, the Groniad, ESPN, and bigsoccer. And Soccer Power Index from the brilliant Nate Silver … Continue reading
Quotes on today’s USA win
Fernando Fiore, Univisión commentator: “Estados unidos, el país de todos” (“USA, the country of everyone”) & “Home of the brave” “Every contest eventually becomes a headgame,” Clinton said “I like people who don’t quit though. We are not keen on … Continue reading
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“We embody what Americans are about — we can moan about it or we can get on with it.”
End of game update: USA wins 1-0 on a last-gasp Landon Donovan tap-in. If it’d come in the 50th minute, we’d all be saying “nice win.” But the suspense, the thought of going home while Slovenia and England progressed, had … Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, doom and gloom, Flow in sports, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, World Cup
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“If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work.”
What is happening to our beloved World Cup? Typical second game behavior. Teams are past the lid-lifter, and teams that lost know they must win the second game. Fair Play goes out the window as teams are playing for their … Continue reading
She’s a keeper: Ellen Sutton Grieg
Here’s a shout out and good vibes to Ellen Sutton “Heed” Grieg, the first member to hereby be inducted into the International Society of Keepers. Ellen is a couple of days past her due date and as such she is … Continue reading
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It’s not drama until there’s something to lose
It’s half time at USA v Slovenia, our boys are down 0-2. It’s almost certain that we will lose, putting tiny Slovenia on 6 points with England poised to get to 4 if they can get past Algeria. With that, … Continue reading
Jim's a keeper 