Testify! De Ro Shakes ‘N Bakes into the Sunset
There was a boy from Scarborough, And De Ro was his name-oh! De-Ro-Sario! De-Ro-Sario! And De Ro was his name-oh! – The National Anthem of Scarborough The long and winding road back to Scarborough (Toronto’s eastern inner suburb for our international readers) has finally come to its final curve. While the sun never sets on The 416’s righteous right-side, dusk has fallen on the storied career of the hood’s...
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...
WWC 2015: Poor, poor ecuador. Group E and F preview
Friday started off with Australia vs Nigeria. The Aussies opened the scoring with a very well taken goal from Simon after de Vanna had a long run before passing it off. It should have been offside if the Nigerians were in any way able to maintain a disciplined defensive line, but still, they did well to take advantage of that. Their second goal was even more hapless defending wise, some of them moved up, some of them didn’t and...
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: War Elephants are the best Elephants! Group C and D preview
Thursday’s action started with Germany and Norway, I didn’t see much of it, but the result is definitely a surprise, 1-1, good for Norway and a very nice equaliser direct from a free kick. The Germans picked up another injury to a midfielder that they’ll be hoping isn’t serious, but will still have enough to beat Thailand and the goal difference advantage they have should hold up. Norway have now got to be...
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...
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