Gold Cup 2013 Schedule: Complete Dates, Start Times & Teams Released
Someone remind me to look up where all of the First Round games are besides the Rose Bowl.
Diego Reyes of MEX celebrates winning the gold medal after victory in the Men’s Football between MEX and BRA
Congratulations, Mexico: now you have that international title. Time to climb the Angel of Independence.
We’re Going for the Gold!
Mexico and Brazil play tomorrow for the Olympic gold medal in football. Although Mexico is the underdog against heavily favored Brazil, the Mighty Mexicans have shown resiliency and have proven the ability to win against the Brazilians in recent matchups.
Look for a tight game with hopefully Mexico standing atop the winners’ stand at the end!
Images via fuckyeahchivas
Wow, did I get some bad information….
Hey
— Ken (@diegueno) August 10, 2012@nbcolympics, did you hear that#MEX won the#Olympics gold in men’s#soccer? I just found out now.#jingoism#London2012
Should I apologize to NBC? Do you think that my tweet broke them down as badly as they built up and dropped Jordyn Wieber to shatter in a zillion pieces?
Pretty much.
There have to be some bad puns with the word “no” and the name “Solo” in them, like Hope Solo: Ms. No
Sorry, I couldn’t resist
Support Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Remaining a Sanctioned League
Remember last summer how the Women’s World Cup was being played in Germany and it got polite coverage from ESPN? At the same time, there were other World Cup tournaments being played elsewhere in the world: there was under-21 and under-17 for boys elsewhere in the world. While my Chilango in-laws were doing cart wheels about the Best High School Soccer Team On Earth, Latin American women were represented only by Brasil. What a difference Title IX makes for a girl in The Americas. But that is just for educational athletics in the USA; it’s the reason that Mexican girls have to be students in the USA to be able to show and develop their talent as as soccer players. But even that much might change for all girls in the US.
For all of the reasons in the linked page and more, all girls need to have the status of this game defended. Of all the sports I follow, the difference between the genders of the players of the game could not be less distinct than in soccer. This is not to say that there are inherent differences in between the sexes when it comes to athletic ability, but on the soccer field those differences get flatter than in any other field of play.
Tell me I’m wrong, but when I watch a program like Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres, I’m not looking at machismo — I get the feeling that I’m looking at a reflection of violence that Mexican women live with day-in, day-out; it’s not something that I need to have better than the half-assed spoken language comprehension to understand. It’s one thing for a society to not be able to get men to stop beating women and another to understand how important it is for their daughters be able to excel and be praised for participation in athletics.
The least that people in the USA do for Mexican girls is to show that there is a place for women to excel in athletics, even if it is on the other side of the fence.
Just an astounding, exasperating game yesterday.
It also showed how inept and corrupt FIFA is from the Top Corner Office to down on the field.
In Dresden, a red card was handed out to Rachel Buehler without a second thought, yet Brasil’s Erika goes through all kinds of histrionics and it doesn’t even draw a penalty.
In Mexico City, Uruguay goal keeper Jonathan Cubero got no help from the officials when a jerk in the stands shines a laser light in to his eyes before an indirect penalty kick. Again, FIFA’s referee would not bring the game to a dead stop until the laser and the idiot pointing it in to the high school age kid’s eyes were apprehended - continuity of the game and assurance of another Mexican victory were more important than the kid’s eye sight.
Sepp Blatter is still a turd.
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What I wanted to say about the MLS in San Diego was...
When I’m using the term corporate welfare, I do mean the state (or some other jurisdiction) contributing to the building of stadia for the super rich.
It’s been an on-going obsession / concern in San Diego for The Chargers; considering the poor economy on top of the poor finances of several local municipalities, there is little appetite nor a capacity to bring an MLS franchise to San Diego.
Semi-pro soccer is good…I like will settle for watching that.
