December 2010 Blog Posts (13)

Happy new year to everybody, i wish all the best my friends!. Make your Dreams come true next year working harder and harder and don´t let anyone tell you the opposite!. 

 

As stated in previous posts, I hate math. I'm so bad at it, I read 1984 and I put the book down convinced that in some cases 2+2=5. However, my teachers, instructors, and others tried to convince me that mathematics was indeed the international language. All countries, all people understood numbers and knew that they could relate to one another with it. I still aruge that if that is the case then why we have conversion issues between borders makes no sense to me.

 

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Marta took a break from national team, playing in the Tournament City of St. Paul, to be officially presented by the Saints on Thursday. The new contract the best player in the world with the fish is only two months and aims to dispute the Interclub Tournament in January, in Araraquara (SP). But the story of…

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Dear Red Stars Fans, After exhausting our options late last night, unfortunately the Chicago Red Stars will not be part of Women's Professional Soccer in 2011. We simply do not have sufficient funds and have not found enough new investors to allow us to commit to 2011. We know you are angry and…

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So...I'm sitting in a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska (population: 400,000). My cousin decided to get married this weekend, so I've braved the elements and have decided to make the drive to Omaha. I'm now stuck in a blizzard, the wind has dropped the temperature outside to roughly -10 degrees F (I'll let you Celcius folks to the converting. I've got a few hours to burn before the reception/party of night begins (this is why I will not be writing tomorrow). Because of this, it's wise to get you…

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In just over a month, the winner of the tenth FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year will be revealed. Only three players have claimed the prestigious honour, and two of these star names are again in the running. Brazil Marta’s has been crowned for the last four years, with Germany’s Birgit Prinz collecting the three previous awards. FIFA.com takes a look at the ten elite female players in contention to be crowned the best… Continue

The contenders for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best player of 2010 and for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2010 award were announced on Monday during a press conference held at the headquarters of the sports daily L’Equipe in Paris, in which Jérôme Valcke, FIFA Secretary General, François Morinière, CEO of France Football, Jean-Pierre Papin, a former winner of the Ballon d’Or, and Christian Karembeu, a member of FIFA’s Football Committee, took part.



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We all know now that Russia will be hosting the 2018 World Cup, but what do we know about women's football in Russia?

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I'm better now.

That of course in reference to this past weeks ideas and speculations of World Cup bids, followed by voting, awarding and leaving the US sitting in the corner like the nerd with no date.

There is a time and a place to be upset with moments like that, usually...regardless of age it involves being on the internet and right after the awkward moment…

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After winning the W-League Championship in 2010, the Buffalo Flash have taken a giant step forward and joined the WPS, the top women's soccer league in the United States.



The new expansion side of Womens Professional Soccer announced today it will be called the Western New York (WNY) Flash. The team also announced its first free agency signing,… Continue

The clouds got a little darker inside the United States of America today, or at least the clouds of my living place. The FIFA World Cup locations were announced for 2018 and 2022 just a few moments ago.

2018: Russia

Once it was leaked that England was knocked out in the 1st round, it became clear that Russia was going to walk away with it. With their enormous size and wealth they were too favored by FIFA, Putin's pouting didn't turn them away, so now the World…

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7:30am CST: It's 7:30am here in the center of the United States. Way...WAY too early for myself to get up, however, I am awake thanks to my wife, and I've got a few hours before the bid is underway. Today we're going to learn the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 Men's FIFA World Cup. I have primary interest in this because the USA is indeed a front running canidate for 2022. Let's take a real quick look at those who are in the running for each World Cup, and hopefully at the end of this…

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