Camp cupcake invites are supposedly out…tomorrow. We know one guy already gearing up to cascade past the San Fernando Valley into LAX. Also, we’ll be making the short hop on Virgin down from SFO to take in a practice at some point and talk to the guys. We’ll be at the Chile game as well. [...]
Archive for the ‘World Cup 2014’ Category
1 Dec
Brazil 2014: Soccerex & World Cup 2014
Professor Christopher Gaffney checks in again from Brazil… The Soccerex Global Convention was held last week in the Copacabana Fort, attached to the Sofitel in Rio de Janeiro. The title of the convention, Uniting the Football World, made as much sense as FIFA’s slogan, For the Good of the Game. The world of football is [...]
2 Nov
Brazil 2014: Proposing Alternatives
Read the first part on “The Bastardization of Brazil 2014″ here. The arguments for hosting the World Cup are as thin as the evidence used to support them. The idea that the World Cup brings necessary infrastructure improvements that would not have happened without the mega-event is spurious. In the case of Johannesburg, the Bus Rapid [...]
1 Nov
Brazil 2014: About Our Next Column & Author
The United States is set to learn in just over a month–December 2nd–whether it will be awarded the World Cup in 2022. A huge expected boon for both the economy and soccer adoption in the United States. However, the same may not be able to be said for South Africa which seems to be suffering [...]
15 Oct
Op-Ed: Has 2006 Fallout Warped 2010 Expectations
This is an op-ed by frequent contributor Jay Bell In 2006 U.S. Soccer fans did not know what to believe. The team had just disappointed in another World Cup on European soil after going into the tournament highly ranked. Following the tournament the team was in flux. Bruce Arena left the team, multiple [...]
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