A couple of months ago, I watched “The Two Escobars,” ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary on the lives of Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar and drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar. It was recommend to me by a non-soccer fan as one of the best documentaries he has ever seen. It is excellent. The film [...]
Archive for the ‘Soccer in America’ Category
10 Feb
What Is American Brand Soccer?
I was reading The Shin Guardian comment section yesterday and a hockey game broke out. Sorry, terrible joke. I’m just trying to give a little bit of love to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Did they start yet? The Winter Games have been somewhat of a financial disaster for Vancouver, a fine city, coupled with off (warm) weather [...]
4 Feb
Late Night Ponderings: We Need Answers
Due to TSG’s full-time employment that takes a good chunk of our waking hours, writing tends to take place late at night. This often leads Matthew and I to engage in Gmail chat that starts with a point, but then meanders its way through the soccer world. Recently, we’ve been ending up with more questions [...]
2 Feb
The Supporter Series: Tony Danza Army
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Yahoo Buzz The Supporter Series on TSG celebrates supporters clubs across the US. Supporters groups aren’t just for big clubs and national teams. In a tiny, but beautiful corner of Los Angeles, a light blue clad army exists, the [...]
1 Feb
The Supporters Series: Celebrating What’s Right
Support for soccer in America is still about quality over quantity. No place was this more evident than the opening match of 2010 for the USMNT when a small, but raucous group of American supporters where outnumbered by the Honduran counterparts by a wide (wide) margin at a friendly in Los Angeles. The TSG community [...]
26 Jan
San Pedro Sula North?…Not In Section 137
The match (and referee) were a disappointment on Saturday evening at the Home Depot Center, but even more disconcerting, though not shocking, was the continued lack of support for the USMNT on their home soil. Regardless of the validity of the overall attendance figures, the crowd was approaching 70 / 30 split between Honduran supporters [...]
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