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Archive for October 18th, 2007

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 [...]

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For the Socceroos….

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 [...]

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