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QUICK FACT: Soccer and the Olympics

August 16, 2010 | The Beautiful Game | No Comments

Did you know that the Olympic committee allowed soccer as a competitive sport for the first time during the London Games of 1908? The countries of England, France, Denmark, Holland, and Sweden competed with England beating Denmark 2-0 in the final.

2010 ESPY Awards

July 15, 2010 | Halftime Report | No Comments

The U.S. Men’s National Team was awarded the 2010 ESPY for “Best Moment” for their 1-0 win against Algeria in the World Cup. Continue reading

2010 World Cup: USA vs Algeria Review

June 23, 2010 | Tournaments | No Comments

USA was coming into this game with a simple goal: to win. In order to make it to the next round, USA needed to beat Algeria plain and simple. Yes the chance that England and Slovenia would end in a tie would be in favor for the United States. However, USA was playing with the soul intention of winning, no matter what happened in the England vs Slovenia game. Continue reading

2010 World Cup: USA vs Slovenia Review

June 19, 2010 | Tournaments | No Comments

For some reason, the United States love to make things hard for themselves in tournament play. The first half of their second game against Slovenia was horrible. By halftime, they were down by two goals. However, they also never give up whatever the situation. Continue reading

2010 World Cup: USA vs England Review

June 12, 2010 | Tournaments | No Comments

USA probably didn’t plan to be one goal down within 5 minutes of the first half. Steven Gerrard found himself unmarked and found the back of the net giving England a quick lead in the game. I think USA woke up after that in terms of defense. However, offensively there was not much being generated. Thankfully, England’s goalkeeper, Robert Green, helped change that. Continue reading

Who has more talent?

June 8, 2010 | Water Cooler | 4 Comments

I came across the following quote from a book I’ve been reading recently: “It takes more talent to score than to stop other people from scoring”. In terms of money, forwards do tend to make more money than defenders. But is it true that those who do the scoring are more talented than those who try and stop the scoring? What are your thoughts?