June 2010

World Cup South Africa 2010, Part Five.

June 27, 2010

America’s problems in this World Cup: 1. The central defense was awful early in the matches. DeMerit and Onyewu got caught too far up in the 4th minute against England: Gerrard slips behind them for a goal. They got caught too far back against Slovenia in the 13th minute: Birsa has room and blasts one [...]

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The Greatest Political Ad Ever.

June 26, 2010

Now on to the games.

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World Cup South Africa 2010, Part Four.

June 23, 2010

I watched this morning’s US-Algeria game at O’Brothers with a buddy. ‘Twasn’t the best game of the Cup so far, but it was certainly the most tense. As that second half dragged on, and as our guys kept missing shot after shot, I thought I’d have to start this entry with something along the lines [...]

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Updates on my health and the blog.

June 22, 2010

I’ve finally finished loading my pre-Part IV entries into the blog, thus fulfilling 2010 Resolution #6. The formatting, spacing and margins may be a little screwed up, some of the pictures and links may not work, and the original comments are recorded in the post instead of in the comment section. But they’re loaded in, [...]

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Protected: Правда.

June 22, 2010

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World Cup South Africa 2010, Part Three.

June 18, 2010

10:52 AM: Good Lord, the US team sucks today. No central defense. No buildup in the midfield, nothing but boom-ball–I’ve got no idea what Michael Bradley is trying to accomplish. Findley and Altidore look lost up top. To be continued. 11:05 AM: HOPE! If Donovan misses that, it’s hit squad time. 11:39 AM: 2-2! Way [...]

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Today’s visit to the ER.

June 15, 2010

What happened: Yesterday, I watched the DVR’ed World Cup matches after my doctor’s appointment. Japan’s win over Cameroon was one of the more entertaining matches. Italy survived a scare against Paraguay by playing more long-ball than I think I’ve ever seen them play. After the games, I typed up yesterday’s entry and posted it. Went [...]

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A serious crimp in the plans.

June 14, 2010

My soccer team had two games scheduled yesterday for 4 and 5 o’clock in the hundred degree heat. The first match was against our arch-nemeses from last season, whom we beat in the regular season and fell to in the championship. I played the whole first half because we had only one sub, and I [...]

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World Cup South Africa 2010, Part Two.

June 12, 2010

USA 1:1 ENG! Proud to say that I correctly predicted Steven Gerrard would score the first goal of the US-England match, and that the US would tie it up. However, the US failed to get around to scoring the other ten goals I predicted. I’m glad we picked up an unexpected point, and I’m especially [...]

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World Cup South Africa 2010, Part One.

June 10, 2010

The best month in sports is back. Hopefully it’ll be as good as the last World Cup, won by Italy. The US is in Group C with England, Slovenia, and Algeria. On paper, it’s the easiest group we’ve ever drawn because we should beat Slovenia and Algeria, and two wins should be enough to advance. [...]

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Black Hawks win.

June 9, 2010

I just finished watching the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup for the first time in my lifetime. The ‘Hawks won this year. The Pens won last year–my two favorite hockey teams won in back-to-back years. I watched the Celtics win two years ago, and the Bulls win six times in the ’90s. I watched the [...]

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