Archive for World Cup
Best Way To Cure Post-World Cup Blues
Ben Knight
writes and publishes Onward!
It’s always soccer season somewhere
I remember standing in the back row of a rickety, bare-bones soccer stadium in – of all places – Venice, Italy.
Venezia. La Serenissima. A town where, on many of its winding, warren-like alleyways, the average building is a 16th-century palazzo.
It was 1997. I hadn’t come specifically for soccer, but I wasn’t going to let this dream vacation pass without attending a match.
The Artists And The Villains Revealed
Nigel Reed
writes and broadcasts at CBC Sports
World Cup heroes and villains
A new world champion on a new World Cup continent. An eighth name has been added to those already engraved on the base of the FIFA World Cup trophy. No more monkeys on generations of Spanish backs.
The great underachievers finally lived up to the hype. In a war of attrition with the Netherlands, Spain won the decisive battle and with it the biggest prize in world sport. Mostly it was ugly, but then wars are never for the faint of heart.
It was never going to be a classic. Both finalists knew there was far too much at stake to allow their opponent to play to their strengths. The opportunity to become world champions comes with conditions.
A Shift In Our Attitude Costs Nothing
Paul James
writes James on Soccer at GlobeSports
Canada needs a soccer identity
smarts and determination from all sectors of our soccer industry.
One could write a lengthy document to outline why Canada will not get to Brazil in 2014, but nevertheless, if soccer stakeholders in our country can wake up to some of the true realities of what it will take to be a winner, then at least some building blocks will be in place for future success in World Cup qualifying campaigns, even if Stephen Hart’s current team fails.
Let’s start with three simple areas that require no more than an attitude shift.
