May 16, 2007
English Premier League stadiums on Google Earth
Ever wonder where all the English Premier League stadiums are located? Ever wonder how far away Everton and Liverpool's stadiums are? ( 0.8 miles by car)
Launch the following file in Google Earth:
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March 21, 2007
BillG rockin' FIFA with Marquez
what's with the wired controllers? jeez, Bill.
Link to Bill Gates can't play soccer games (or he's a good faker) - Joystiq
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January 16, 2007
more MLS rumors - Ronaldo to New York?
Marca.com in Spain is "reporting" that Ronaldo could be imitating Beckham and leaving to go to the New York Red Bulls in the MSL. Could be an interesting year in the MLS here.
The article also says Ronaldo, who is just called "el gordo" - the fat one,by the Spanish press - could also possibly be going to a Saudi Arabian team that signed Figo.
All I know is there usually is some basis of truth to most rumors.
Link to Ronaldo podría imitar a Beckham e irse a la MSL - Marca.com
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January 11, 2007
It's a whole new Galaxy for Beckham as he heads off to LA in the summer | the Daily Mail
I never thought this would actually happen in a million years. Well, at least for another 3 or 4. Beckham is only 31, and not quite over the hill yet, but the I guess the attraction to Hollywood for himself and Posh couldn't be denied and $250 million bones ain't bad either. Reminds me of when the NASL brought Pele to play for the NY Cosmos in '79. What, you don't remember that? Exactly.
Link to It's a whole new Galaxy for Beckham as he heads off to LA in the summer | the Daily Mail
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November 09, 2006
United may go for Adu trial | the Daily Mail
Wow, looks like Freddy Adu might be playing in the FA Premier league soon. Bad for MLS, but certainly good for American Soccer.
Link to United may go for Adu trial | the Daily Mail
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September 01, 2006
World Cup Solo Goals Top Ten. - Google Video
Wow. Maradona shows you what a little blow on the pitch can do for ya...
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August 14, 2006
YouTube - Fifa 07 Skills
the hippety hop is back! a cool preview of the power moves in Fifa 07.
Link to YouTube - Fifa 07 Skills
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July 11, 2006
play the zidane headbutt game
this made it's way around the office today. it's a bit in bad taste, since la gazzetta doesn't seem to say much about the zidane/materazzi incident.
it didn't stop the spanish from trying to read lips, though.
on to the game:
http://www.gazzetta.it/openxlink.shtml?http://widelec.org/zidane.html
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josé +10 adidas commercials
now that the world cup is over, we no longer have the adidas +10 commercials to watch anymore. they are on with some regularity in Europe, but in the US, no way. i found them entertaining, and with that in mind, below are two youtube embeds 1) the full commercial from beginning to end with no cuts and 2) some behind the scenes footage. enjoy
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June 22, 2006
another world cup goals site
thank deu the french like world cup goals - for any game, click on the score, then click on the spinning balls to see the goals. they click on an adsense ad to help them pay for this!
La Coupe du Monde 2006 de Football en un coup d'oeil
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June 20, 2006
get all world cup goals in iTunes for free
one of our wonderful FeedBurner publishers has been kind enough to provide everyone with a podcast of WorldCup goals.
click on the BrowserFriendly
WorldCup Goals 06 from SLIxxBlog - par FeedBurner
or put into iTunes "subscribe to podcast":
http://feeds.feedburner.com/WorldcupGoals06FromSlixxblog
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June 12, 2006
only Fox could give us...babes of the world cup
click thru for the full slide show.
FOX Sports - World Cup - Babes of the World Cup - Number 1
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June 09, 2006
Subscribe to my World Cup 2006 tab
It was super simple to publish my collection of world cup feeds - here they are:
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World Cup Fixtures on Netvibes
Netvibes has a content module of a Google calendar with all the World Cup '06 games - click below to add. And...there's an ical address underneath if you mac users want to add it to your iCal
FIFA World Cup 2006
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June 04, 2006
go get another DSL line, joe
World Cup streaming to cause network meltdown - Personal Computer World
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BBC to stream live World Cup Games [via Personal Computer World]
hope this works from here!
BBC to show live World Cup games on the web - Personal Computer World
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June 02, 2006
footiefox - soccer / football right inside of firefox
Get all the scores right from in Firefox. 
HPI: FootieFox
[via Tecnorantes]
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May 31, 2006
joga.com - ah, good. MySpace for soccer. why not.
Google and Nike get together to create a social networking platform centered around soccer and Joga Bonito, a Nike branded version of futsol. what is futsol? 3 on 3 soccer on a small hardcourt field, with a slightly heavier ball, made famous by Ronaldinho. There, you learned something new today.
Anyway, another chance to upload funny high school soccer picture.
Joga - home
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May 26, 2006
Windows World Cup Gadget / RSS reader
click through for some cool screenshots
ah, rss and the world cup. that pretty much sums up my life lately.
i *think* that's how they wanted to spell it. thanks to mr. andrew for pointing this out. i actually think this is a ploy by MSFT to find pirated copies of windows since they require you to validate, but it's a great desktop widget nonetheless. you can even add one RSS feed as well. just one, though.
Mondiali 2006 - Gadget
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download world cup 2006 games to Outlook
i never thought i would say these words, but thanks Microsoft!
World Cup 2006 fixture list - download free now for Microsoft Outlook - group and knockout schedule
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April 23, 2006
world cup german - the essentials
useful phrases such as:
"Can you please direct me to the nearest pub?"
Wo ist die naechste Kneipe bitte?
"I strongly disagree with the referee’s decision"
Dem Schiedsrichter stimme ich ueberhaupt nicht zu (can be
abbreviated to 'Dem Schiedsrichter icht blind', meaning 'The referee is
blind!')
Mind your languange in Germany this summer [via Daily Mail]
the Daily Mails World Cup 2006 feed can be found here:
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August 21, 2005
Y! has 2006 World Cup Alerts already
It's pretty cool that Yahoo! already has an alerts system for World Cup 2006. You can sign up for them here.
I can tell you from my days at spyonit - the best alerts are the ones you setup and forget about, and then one day, you get totally surprised. We'll see how these act...
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July 31, 2005
fire vs ac milan
AC Milan played the Chicago Fire last week here in Chicago. AC actually brought quite a few stars - Christian Vieri, Rui Costa, Cafu, and Maldini.
Not as cool as the Real Madrid / Barca double header in Japan yesterday - but I love seeing these friendly games when they come on tour.
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June 08, 2005
Japan wins in empty stadium
This was wild - but it was wild in Tokyo as Japan qualified for the World Cup by beating North Korea 2-0. What was wild about this game as I witnessed on television was that the game was played in an empty stadium in Thailand as a punishment for throwing bottles at the crowd in a game against Iran.
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May 29, 2005
england 2, usa 1
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well, right here in chicago, i got to witness some of the most pathetic soccer i have ever seen by the u.s. squad play that still showed just how far we still have to go in mastering this sport, against an england team pretty much playing their second string, no less.
you can see from the picture above that brits from all around came to see this game, and easily outnumbered those rooting for the u.s. you normally don't get to see the english flag around these parts (most americans would only recognize the union jack) - and i myself didn't know until yesterday that that song they made us sing in grade school every day called "our country 'tis of thee" is just a re-penning of the english national anthem. don't beleive me, go sing these words to it. eery enough was listening to "the star spangled banner" in this environment, at a "friendly", when you realize the whole reason this song was written was to celebrate the separation from england. it didn't quite hit me until right then. all that aside, these people take their football seriously. the guy sitting next to me was wearing the english flag as a skirt, and the number of authentic england kits i saw at $70 apiece would be enough to support a small nation.
back to the game... the u.s. sure had their chances, but just couldn't capitalize. landon donovan missed a couple goals that seemed to have been automatic, and brian mc bride was pretty much a non factor - passing the ball out of bounds on a few occaisions.
england's kieran richardson of manu showed some finesse with two goals - but the clear standout on the field was joe cole of chelsea. he pretty much schooled everyone one-on-one and pretty much controlled the midfield when he needed to.
it was out of pure luck that we even scored at all, but it made the game interesting enough to ignore the missing stars who had to stay home to play for their clubs and otherwise.
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