Category Archives: Uncategorized

Thus ends the opening stage of the World Cup.  It’s been a pretty great experience. Sure, there were the concerns about the dearth of goals and the defensive nature of play.  But things have mostly righted themselves.  And if the … Continue reading →

A Europewide Search For Love – Ballboy World Champions no longer, Italy are out.  So are the 2006 runners up.  Spain, England, and Germany were/are in serious danger.  Denmark got thumped by a Japan team that I used to think … Continue reading →

American Tune – Paul Simon America, Fuck Yeah – Team America: World Police USA 1 – 0 Algeria Slovenia 0 – 1 England What a game! What an exciting day to be a fan of American soccer!  I watched the … Continue reading →

Catch A Collapsing Star – The Mendonza Line My predictions have been solid but not great so far, but I’m happy to say I got two spot-on today.  I failed in the first two games, due to continuing to overestimate … Continue reading →

A day of chances taken and opportunities squandered.  Portugal showed the sort of attacking flair and dominance that was supposed to be impossible.  Chile impressed and dazzled – and yet ended the day finding themselves in serious danger of elimination … Continue reading →

I spent most of the day yesterday on a bus from DC to New York.  A bus without air conditioning I might add.  Pretty miserable.  I also don’t have a very good internet connection which means I wasn’t able to … Continue reading →

I wasn’t tremendously excited about any of the games today, but there was a decent amount of action in them to entice even the most neutral viewer.  For all the talk in the opening few days about this year being … Continue reading →

It was a day of terrible injustices, one committed against Germany by their referee, another committed against the US by their referee, and a final one committed by the English national team against their fans.  It’s a real shame because … Continue reading →

So I missed the entirety of the Argentina game (a shame because it featured the most goals so far and, once again, some apparently exquisite play from Messi) and a big chunk of the second game because I was flying … Continue reading →

(Here’s One for You) Underdog – Bedroom Eyes Who said this tournament was boring?  Day six was more full of action and excitement than anything yet as the two South American teams put on a real display of class, while … Continue reading →