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With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop: GORGEOUS
Randball: This week on RandBall: One big post
Intentional Foul: We Need More of This (US Soccer)
Fanster.com: Because it is just that good…Congrats to Team USA for a thrilling 2-3 defeat to Brazil. Great…
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GORGEOUS
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop —
We’ll get to the details of the U.S. losing to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final tomorrow, but for now, let’s just bask in the first half of the game — and in particular, Landon Donovan’s gorgeous 27th-minute goal. I’ve followed USA soccer closely since the World Cup in ‘94, and I’ve never seen the Gringos score a goal as beautiful as that. And from Donovan! He usually disappears on the biggest stages, but he was tremendous during the last two games against the best in the world.
A counterattack goal in five perfect touches. You ...
This week on RandBall: One big post
Randball —
rabbit.jpg So here’s the deal: we have some nice contributed content from Stu. We have a couple of thoughts of our own. But we also have a disabled timestamp feature on this blog that can’t/won’t be fixed. We also have another week off, only this time we are not cavorting in Milwaukee and watching baseball, then scurrying back to the hotel to transcribe a daily journal in blog form. This time, we are scooting off to a secret hideaway with Mrs. RandBall to celebrate our second anniversary. The pug sitter is lined up. The reservations are made. And there will be no laptops allowed. So prior to our departure, we had a choice to make: put up a lame, one-sentence note that ...
We Need More of This (US Soccer)
Intentional Foul —
Well, it was a beautiful half of soccer for Team USA. Unfortunately, they couldn’t defend against the Brazilian onslaught for two 45-minute intervals — relying on Tim Howard’s brilliance a little too much, perhaps? Nevertheless, the second goal scored by Landon Donovan was a thing of beauty. Off the top of my head, it might be one of the best goals I’ve seen scored by Team USA; although, my love for counter-attack soccer undoubtedly contributes here. Still, the goal had it all:
- Fantastic passing
- Great use of space
- The speed with ...
Because it is just that good…Congrats to Team USA for a thrilling 2-3 defeat to Brazil. Great…
Fanster.com —
Because it is just that good...Congrats to Team USA for a thrilling 2-3 defeat to Brazil. Great match for the underdogs and you know what, it is good for the USA to be the underdog sometimes. Keeps us humble...ha!!!!
