Tag: soccer
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What to do when the World Cup is over, 2018 edition
In 2010, the first World Cup where I really paid attention to my own country’s team and cheered them on in a more-than-casual way, I was crushed after they lost to Ghana in the Round of 16, and I wrote this post about what to do next to keep paying attention to soccer, while being an…
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Why Italy?
On Sunday, after bearing the brunt of an excited explanation of Italy’s glorious victory over England via penalties, including a stunning Panenka from Pirlo, my own wife turned around and asked me why I was rooting for the Azzurri. This was weird, because it’s her fault. (Hey, this is a blog post about soccer. If…
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Cahill, Drogba, Torres, Dempsey. Wait, Dempsey?
Remember when I told you to keep paying attention to U.S. soccer in between World Cups? Well, if you’re paying attention to the English Premier League right now, you might notice Clint Dempsey’s name popping up among some pretty prestigious strikers. You might remember Dempsey from the 2010 World Cup as the guy who put…
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Five ways you can keep supporting USA soccer
Congratulations to the millions of American sports fans who started paying attention to the United States men’s soccer team over the last few weeks at the World Cup! No, really, I’m not being sarcastic this time — you’ve been awesome. Tweeting about the team’s chances, the watershed draw against England, the stunning way they won…
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Totti announces he is retiring from Italy’s national team for good – International Herald Tribune
Hallelujah. Get out of the way, Francesco. Totti announces he is retiring from Italy’s national team for good – International Herald Tribune
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Wabbit season, duck season, conference season, soccer season
I missed Vloggercon and Bloggercon. Gnomedex was too far away. The World Cup – also a bit of distance to cover (Yeah, so we were in Italy for most of it, but who’s counting.). Okay, that wasn’t a conference, and I did manage to watch quite a bit of it, including the final (Forza Azzurri!).…
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ESPNsoccernet – World Cup – World Cup Schedule
The full schedule for the cup, June 9th through July 9th. ESPNsoccernet – World Cup – World Cup Schedule