Brazil won! After a disappointing 0-0 draw with Columbia, Brazil got it going against Ecuador amidst a delirious homecrowd at the Maracana Stadio in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. Watch the video.
To get on with my never-ending, continuously, long-winded diatribe about soccer (which my dear husband, the yankee that he is, doesn’t [...]
Archive for October 18th, 2007
Brazil Rocks!
Posted in Kaka, Obsessions, Socceroos, Sports, tagged 100 best player in the world, 2010 world cup, brazil football team, british esquire, fourfourtwo, Kaka on October 18, 2007 | Comments Off
For the Socceroos….
Posted in Americana, Socceroos, Sports, tagged america, soccer, team sports on October 18, 2007 | Comments Off
Americans’ continued indifference to the sport worshipped around the world puzzles me. One of the things I can think of as an explanation is, first, as a nation of loony but determined inventors, Americans prefer things they thought of themselves. The most popular sports in America are those they conceived and developed on their own: American [...]