Category: football
Today was an amazing day. Vancouver Whitecaps FC had their inaugural match as a newly promoted side to Major League Soccer. Furthermore, they faced their Canadian rivals Toronto FC… and DESTROYED them 4 – 2 in a high energy and physical game. The sun was out and Empire Stadium rang with the cheers (and stomps!) of Whitecaps fans old and new. It was a whole other experience when compared to the matches I attended at Swangard last year.
At 11 this morning I went to Oscar’s to prepare for the match with my fellow Southsiders. We ate, drank, sang and then marched to the pitch. I was seated a bit aways from the rest in the grandstand, seven rows from the touchline. I took some photo and video of the event, but they will never capture the experience of the Whitecaps first victory in the major leagues (and a derby to boot!).
I would love Stojkovic to be my successor, there are a hundred reasons for that. Our ideas are the same and we both strive for perfect football. I knew he was going to have teams playing attacking football with many passes. He has done that, showing he will be a great coach.I told him that if he could transmit his football imagination to his players he would fly high.
Arsene Wenger Wants Dragan Stojkovic To Replace Him
As a Grampus supporter this is cool. Great recognition. But as a Spurs supporter… I don’t want Pixy to become a Gooner.
Liverpool fans, Red Sox fans, what do you think? [spotted at Who Are Ya Designs]
Philosophy Football
The Germans are disputing it! Hegel is arguing that reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside.
Classic Python.
User Manual of the Day: Your Vuvuzela And You: A Step-By-Step Instruction Guide.
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Using Phil Coffman’s PSD I made a Japan World Cup iPhone Wallpaper. Enjoy!
World Cup wallpapers for your iPhone
A lovely set by Phil Coffman. Related, let’s just all agree here and now that Switzerland has the best home jersey of any team. Ivory Coast’s away jersey is a close second.
FYI I think Japan’s home Techfit shirt, with its tasuki highlights is very cool.
ESPN 2010 FIFA for iPhone
Just 10 days until the first game. ESPN’s app is a fairly solid experience for tracking scores, news, schedules, and the like. The New York Times reviewed several other apps, some of which also run on BlackBerry and Android.
… And for iPad? There’s very little available, which is a shame—imagine having an MLB for iPad-like app for the FIFA World Cup.
I was looking around for an iPhone app to track groups and scores and this might just be the thing.
Rooney’s beard is the best! Also: “Ronal… D’OH!” I wonder who directed this?