i suddenly remember i have a twitter accountThen there's this: http://twitter.com/BobbiEden/status/17871111144
I want to see the bicycle kick to the face! That was brutal.I want to see more gifs of soccer players taking phantom dives.
There's no perfect system, clearly. Honestly, I don't get club football (not really having any top teams in US or Canada. It's so weird for me to see people from Cleveland OH live and breathe by the wins and losses of Arsenal. If I lived in London or Europe for example, it would probably be different.it's only logical, how would it be fair to choose a footballer of the year based on international play in years when there is no world cup? basing their choice off ****ty friendlies? it makes much more sense to base it off of club performance where you get to see them playing 50-60 matches in that year.
I have the same issue. I can catch the occasional game, but I would have to buy some super sports package to get any real coverage. I follow highlights and scores for Chelsea during the season, but that's about it.There's no perfect system, clearly. Honestly, I don't get club football (not really having any top teams in US or Canada. It's so weird for me to see people from Cleveland OH live and breathe by the wins and losses of Arsenal. If I lived in London or Europe for example, it would probably be different.
NASA piles on the Jabulani hate:
"Appalling."
"The guy who designed this ball never played football."
"The worst ball that I have seen in my life."
So says everyone from Iker Casillas to Robinho to Fabio Capello. Former Liverpool striker Craig Johnson even wrote a passionate 12-page letter to Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, on how the Adidas ball "could ruin the game as we know it." Trashing the Jabulani has become something of a sport in its own right, with wildly mis-hit shots celebrated with resounding cries of "Jabulani!" in pubs and living rooms around the globe.
Now it turns out there is a very real scientific basis for all the moaning. NASA's aerodynamics people at the Ames Investigation Centre managed to get some MLS players to kick a very dusty Jabulani around to what sounds like a soundtrack from a 1970s instructional video. The tests confirm what everyone has been saying: Jabulani's scanty 440-gram weight, coupled with the high-altitude conditions in South Africa, means when at speeds of 44 mph or more the ball becomes susceptible to something called the "knuckle effect." That's aerodynamic shorthand for "it swerves all around like crazy at high speeds because of the air flow on the seams and stuff,"
I liked the old school ball from 2002.I kinda wanted to see Beckham bend that thing a bit. I want them to go back to a conventional, 32 (I think...) panel ball. The kind some of us grew up playing with. Of course I played shoeless, w/ a newspaper stuffed sock, in the Sao Paulo ghetto. Uphill, both ways. 7 miles each way.
One would think that FIFA, an organization that seeks to standardize the game internationally, would also seek to standardize the ball.I liked the old school ball from 2002.
The world cup seems to be the only tourney that changes balls. The '06 maxipad ball sucked ass, too.
Adidas writes a fat check, I'm guessing. At least its round.One would think that FIFA, an organization that seeks to standardize the game internationally, would also seek to standardize the ball.
the last pro soccer game i went to....washington diplomats....rfk stadium...
As does Nike to USA Soccer. I said it a long time ago when Nike came aboard, USA Soccer will go nowhere with Nike as a sponsor. The former Secretary General of USA Soccer lived in my hometown...he got Nike to build a sweet field in town, which was quickly co-opted for softball and HS football.Adidas writes a fat check, I'm guessing. At least its round.
Rochester. and it was the NASL, not the NALSName the city this former NALS team played in:
Correct sir. I blame the lack of coffee for the NASL mixup.Rochester. and it was the NASL, not the NALS
A sad truth indeed. Nike has some big names, but I don't think they have done much for the progression of the sport fo sho.As does Nike to USA Soccer. I said it a long time ago when Nike came aboard, USA Soccer will go nowhere with Nike as a sponsor. The former Secretary General of USA Soccer lived in my hometown...he got Nike to build a sweet field in town, which was quickly co-opted for softball and HS football.
Word...I have never honestly had a GREAT Nike product, one that made me want to buy a couple dozen to hold for the future. Nike soccer boots lasted half a season, while Adidas lasted til you wore them out over multiple seasons or outgrew them. A Nike pair of MTB shoes disbonded quickly for me, while I am still wearing a piar of Adidas Durangos from 04-5...I always got the impression Nike a "me too" sports company. Which is not to say that they don't often put out a good product (See: Nike Poohbah)
I can say w/o a doubt that Adidas knows football/soccer from my past experience w/ their clothing, footwear and footballs (and has for the last 50+ years.) Nike, jumped on board about 15 years ago (?) and still doesn't quite seem to get it.
Not in my world...nike jerseys have always been nicer than adidas