Monthly Archives: July 2011
Soccer Against the Enemy, Again
On the 30th anniversary of its theatrical release: the case for remaking Victory. As far as I can tell, Vinnie Jones’ magnum opus is dead. If you subscribe to the theory that inspiration is to be found in the … Continue reading
Monkey Business, Part II
Culture functions like a fractal; for every widespread trend or movement, you can look within the movement to see similar trends and movements, and you can look inside those smaller ones for similar trends and so forth. These smaller movements … Continue reading
Root for the Home Team, Part II
Part two in our now three-part (upgrade!) feature on how we choose the teams we root for. Let’s get a couple of preliminaries out of the way off the bat. First, there’s no doubt MLS is here to stay. Right … Continue reading
The Tuesday XI: Real Canadian Hero Edition
Because sometimes the Tuesday 10 goes to XI. We had started playing around with this lineup a few weeks ago, shortly after we did the Real American Heroes. But given last weekend’s introduction of Toronto FC in Kansas City (the … Continue reading
Guest Post: Taking a Deep Breath After Wild WWC Ride
Today’s post comes courtesy of Neal Malone, currently the Public Relations Manager for the NASL’s Atlanta Silverbacks. He has spent most of his post-college life working in sports, covering the Chicago Cubs for a Chicago-area radio station and managing his … Continue reading
Joga Rapinoe
We both thought she was Brazilian. She had so much flair we figured it must be that way. Dummy this, flick that, one-two here, beat this player one-on-one, nutmeg that one. No big deal. The Women’s Professional Soccer match we … Continue reading
The Tuesday Ten
Feelings Experienced During the Women’s World Cup Final. Spoiler Alert: It’s not a happy ending. 1st minute: Frustration (Unable to find parking at the packed-out bar.) 18th minute: Still Frustration (Are these goals regulation size? Are we sure they’re working?) … Continue reading
The Old Man and the Game
The best goal I’ve ever seen in person looked like this: The center forward has gotten free about eight yards from the goal. The ball is on the foot of one of his teammates over by the left touchline, about … Continue reading
On Peaking: The Life Course of a Footballer
There’s a scene in Alexander Payne’s oenophilic film Sideways in which Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Maya (Virginia Madsen), the forlorn lovers who set the romantic action of the plot, discuss the life of a bottle of wine. Miles, a balding, … Continue reading
The Other 87 