WWC 2015: Group stage review, round of 16 preview
Alright then, almost 2 weeks in, everyone’s had a lot of fun (yes you have Ecuador! stop crying!), there’s been 36 games, a just about small enough to be respectable amount of blowouts, the odd surprise here and there, and after all that, we’ve got rid of 8 of the 24 teams. Yay. Now it’s on to the knockout stages, win or go home, extra time, penalties and all that drama, but first a quick review of how we got...
CanMNT win, CanWNT tie. Neither impresses.
So then, Soccer day in Canada was a bit of a let down yesterday wasn’t it? I’ll start briefly with the men’s side of things. First off, thanks to Gavin Day for bringing us a stream to watch in the first place, that more or less held up for the whole game, but also for doing a very good job with the commentating given the game didn’t really give him all that much to work with. Tesho Akindele played and is now...
WWC 2015. Group A and B review and preview. Canada wins, just, and the Elephant graveyard.
4 days down, everyone’s played once, time for a brief look at what’s happened so far before we get into the second round of games. I’ll do this group by group as the games come along over the next few days. Opening ceremonies. A bit dull really weren’t they? These things are often so earnest and sincere that they’re easy to laugh at, and overly earnest and sincere is very much what Sarah McLachlan does at...
After all the narratives, I’m ready to open wide for some soccer. Canada v China kicks off the Women’s World Cup.
The World Cup is here, the world cup is here. Finally some football to talk about as you’ve probably had your fill already of all the narratives fit or unfit to print as a lot of media kicks into big event mode to cover a sport they barely pay attention to on a regular basis. Not having games in Toronto is a disgrace and a huge blunder (sure, but come on now, we’ve known about this for a long long time, find a better way...
Preview: Canada vs England.
So, hey, that World Cup thing’s pretty close. Just over a week and it’ll be underway, I feel like it’s crept up on me quieter than a World Cup should really, but it’s just over a week now. Fun. We’ll be covering it here at the Vocal Minority in our own way, as much as we really can, with a heavy focus on Canada of course, look for that to start up some time next week. For now though, it’s about a...
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