By Ollie Irish
In no particular order, Pies presents 20 footy vids we loved in 2010. This is part 1...
Guti's backheel assist cheekier than the Cheeky Girls mooning out of a van, and
the assist of the year, no contest.
PE teacher breaks long throw-in world record Have that, Delap!
The delegations from the nine bidding committees will be making their final presentations to the
FIFA Executive Committee over the next two days and each of the countries have brought along an
impressive lineup. Of course, for the USA, Academy-award winning actor Morgan Freeman, who arrived
into Zurich this morning, will be part of a four-member team that gives USA Bid Committee's
presentation this afternoon at FIFA House, along with President Bill Clinton, U.
In addition to more than 309 000 tourists arriving in South Africa for the primary purpose of
attending the World Cup and a $520 million boost to our economy in terms of spend, the survey shows
that tourists were extremely satisfied with their experience in the country and would highly
recommend the destination to friends and family
It's December, that time of year when we look back on the year that was and try to sum it up as
best we can. In that spirit, here are, in my opinion, the top Houston Dynamo stories of 2010, in
chronological order.
Stuart Holden & Ricardo Clark Head to Europe:
Last December, the matter weighing on the minds of Houston Dynamo fans was whether Stuart Holden
and Ricardo Clark, who were out of contract and fresh off high profile stints with the U.
Best Fan Costume gave voters the chance to decide which outrageous outfit worn by U.S. Soccer fans
in 2010 trumped all challengers in patriotism and creativity. Fans from across the country
submitted photos showing their sartorial support for the team. "South Africa Starting 11," which
featured a group of U.
World Cup years bring all kinds of interesting theories about what explains performance in soccer,
and this year was no exception. This year I found two of them particularly entertaining - in a
silly kind of way. Because they are essentially the same theory, they share SoccerQuantified's
silly theory of the year award: they're the Nutella Curse and the Curse of the Nike Ad.
2010 was one of the great years in the history of soccer in the Philadelphia region with a
bounty of riches across all levels of the game. Some of the reasons why this was such a great year
for Philly soccer are obvious, some less so. Let's start with the obvious.
Professional Soccer
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Big duh, right?
As we close the books on 2010 and go through our retrospectives (including MLS Talk's own
awards) I wanted to take a different look back on the year that was through a different lens: what
if what happened didn't happen, or vice versa. Over the weekend I intend to take four 2010 events
from American soccer and debate what would have happened if they would have turned out
differently.
