This topic was one I originally intended to tackle, and in much greater depth, months and months
ago. Unfortunately, that would require research I just don't have time for at the moment, and so
you get this fired-off ramble instead of a properly told story. Joy.
I'm fascinated by kit culture.
GolTV announced a new agreement with UNCAF, the Central American Football Union, to be the
exclusive North American broadcaster of the 2011 Copa Centroamericana
Having seen all five of yesterday's 2022 World Cup bid presentations, I have to admit that I am
extremely excited about today's huge announcement. As an American that supports the beautiful game
at all levels and in all nations, any news of an impending World Cup stirs up an enormous amount of
anticipation.
For whom the FIFA bell tolls....
2022 World Cup Round-by-round vote totals (wow):
Round 1: Australia 1 vote, Japan 3 votes, Korea Republic 4 votes, Qatar 11 votes, USA 3 votes
(Australia eliminated)
Round 2: Japan 2 votes, Korea Republic 5 votes, Qatar 10 votes and USA 5 votes (Japan
eliminated)
Round 3: Korea Republic 5 votes, Qatar 11 votes, USA 6 votes (Korea Republic eliminated)
Round 4: Qatar 14 votes and USA 8 votes (Qatar obtained an absolute majority)
Another gut punch: USSF failure to challenge and concede CONCACAF format changes now looks
incredibly poor.
While most of the American soccer community struggles to reconcile FIFA's choice of Qatar to host
the 2022 World Cup, and a few go about the business of tsk-tsk-ing anyone who questions the tiny
country's worthiness, the planet continues to turn. Part of that turning involves weather. It being
winter in this part of the world, things are bit dicey out there.
If you've ever watched American football (throwball) and caught a glimpse of an Oakland Raiders
home game, it can be a very frightening sight. It's a phenomenon called Raider Nation, comprised
mostly of large gentlemen your most upstanding community members, surely dressed up in black and
silver like it's Halloween-meets-bondage several Sundays out of the year, dubbing their abode in
the stadium the 'Black Hole', which is also where their football goes to die.
