Nike soccer

Justin was right - this is awesome.  However, this is the longer version (twss):

Some sweet soccer

Check out this video which has some pretty amazing moves:

Top 10 US soccer players

Saw a good post over the weekend about the top 10 US players. It was on this blog. I’ve reposted them below
10. Frank Simek, Sheffield Wednesday – Surprise right off the bat, right? Despite a mug that would place him front and center as a villain in an 80s high school movie, [...]

Rhain Davis

Holy crap - check out this 9 year old.  He just got signed by Manchester United.  Here’s the article
i mean, i used to be this good back in the day.  Riiight

David Beckham Comes to US League for 5 Years

I just read on ESPN (here) that David Beckham who plays for England’s National Team and Real Madrid has signed a 5 year contrack with the MLS for roughly $250 million. This is by far the biggest signing and the best player to ever hit the US league.
Why would he do it? Well [...]

Top Phrases of 2006

Here are the top phrases - some ironic, some funny, and some just great in the way that your grandfather is great. Not because he’s cool, just because he is.

A tie with “Double-True” and “I’m dropping Hamiltons like my name is Aaron Burr” from the best video of 2006, SNL’s Lazy Sunday. Which just [...]

Dartmouth Soccer Scores in Zimbabwe

I played with Methembe my freshman year at Dartmouth and beyond being one of the nicest guys ever, he was a truly amazing soccer player. Called as “the Mayor” on the field ever since his youth when he tore up the Zimbabwe youth league, he also become known as “Captain Hook” to Chris Pedrick [...]

Amazing Story of American Playing in England’s Premiership

This is a great and inspiring story of an American who saved his cash and went to England to try to play soccer. After a few years of earning next to nothing, he’s now, through an amazing series of events, playing for Watford in the Premier League. Here’s the story in Sports Illustrated magazine:
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LONDON [...]

Ideal US Soccer Team - With Non-Soccer Players

I’m a big supporter of US soccer. We’ve got consistently better over the past 20 years and are only going to continue to improve.
However, the US just got crushed by the rest of the world (Ghana and Czech) at the World Cup. It was sad. The other teams looked faster, better, and more experienced. [...]

Beer Belly, the World Cup Blog, and World Cup Power Rankings

First, check out the beer belly, which is an ingenious way for fans to get beer into the stadium. It looks like a great way to get a belly full of brew without having to haul in a bunch of cans - also, with the flexy straw there's no need to remove your hands from [...]