Tag Archives: soccer

I did a much better job predicting results today. Got Argentina exactly right, predicted an easy France victory, and had the third exactly right until literally the final kick of the game. I’m still underestimating the number of goals, though. … Continue reading →

Four more very exciting games. This has been one heck of a tournament so far. No draws in eight games, tons of goals pouring in, some great skill on display, upsets, great goals, and what is almost certainly the worst … Continue reading →

Tons of goals so far. This is shaping up to be a great, attacking-oriented tournament. Hope it sticks! The big game obviously was the Dutch demolition of Spain, but both of the other games had a lot to hold your … Continue reading →

Brazil 3 – 1 Croatia Croatia has every right to feel extremely hard done-by here. They were excellent and deserved at least one point. In fact, I think you could make the argument that they were the better team over … Continue reading →

Some rambling thoughts, interspersed with some cool World Cup facts that I’ve discovered in the past few days. * Brazil is responsible for 11% of all victories in World Cup history. They’ve won 67 times.  Meanwhile, the 47 least-winning teams in … Continue reading →

World Tour (Weezy, Wale, Dre) – Brenton Duvall Argentina – Tokyo Police Club We’ve waited 1,428 days since Andres Iniesta scored the winning goal for Spain.  And now there are just a couple more days left until Brazil takes the pitch against … Continue reading →

Hi everybody, I’m Jan. First of all, many thanks to Charles for letting me write on his blog. I don’t know nearly as much about music as he does, but as a Euro-boy who has followed every European Championship since … Continue reading →

It’s become a bit of a tradition to turn this blog into soccer-central when the major international tournaments roll around. And while I’m a bit more busy this year, I’ll be attempting to post semi-regularly about Euro 2012. And my … Continue reading →

And you thought the vuvuzela was annoying. Welcome to Qatar 2022, where that buzzing sensation is caused by heatstroke. Seriously, if there was any doubt that FIFA was a broken organization, the decision process for 2018 and 2022 has put … Continue reading →

Spanish Bombs (live at Shea Stadium) – The Clash Okay, so it wasn’t a final for the ages.  In fact it was a pretty dire game all around.  That said, there was a lot of tension in the build-up even … Continue reading →