Archive | soccer

04 February 2009 ~ Comments

25 Random Things About Me

Image via CrunchBase

I got tagged in Facebook to do one of these lists.  I really enjoyed reading some of my colleagues and some of my old friends from high school so i thought i’d put one together.
The rules are that once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, [...]

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19 November 2008 ~ Comments

Soccer – Flip Throws

I hate people who do flip throws. But i also hate people who stand in front of people doing flip throws.  For those of you like me, you’ll like this video:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVAD8Zl5ngg]

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30 April 2008 ~ Comments

Nike soccer

Justin was right – this is awesome.  However, this is the longer version (twss):
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwlpTgbQTE]

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13 April 2008 ~ Comments

Some sweet soccer

Check out this video which has some pretty amazing moves:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjeifJgtno]

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10 October 2007 ~ Comments

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, [...]

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04 August 2007 ~ Comments

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
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=hG47FDenyXw]

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11 January 2007 ~ Comments

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 [...]

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04 January 2007 ~ Comments

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 [...]

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18 November 2006 ~ Comments

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 [...]

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23 October 2006 ~ Comments

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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