Talent Search for Soccer

As the game of football ("soccer") becomes more and more popular, the search for talent becomes an industry in itself. Rob Hughes, one of my favorite soccer writers, writes about it for International Herald Tribune. He tells the story of Pele and the recent Galaxy tryouts at $130 per participant. Two were chosen from 800 participants.

Wednesdays

Some Wednesday evenings, after a long day of meetings, I'm playing soccer in Sunnyvale.

Tuesdays

Tuesdays are my lunch-hour soccer day in the MPK campus of Sun Microsystems Inc.

Surprising?

Is it surprising that Portugal beat Brazil in this week's friendlies?

The goals speak for themselves.

Last Second Equalizer Against South Korea

Here is Vahid Hashemian's last second equalizer against South Korea in the Seuol game on September 6, 2006:







Here are the related stories: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The first question to pose

The first question to pose is why did Italy win the World Cup 2006 and not France.

There are many theories behind this.

However, one thing is for certain: It was a very thin line between a win and a loss: a single penalty kick hiting the horizontal ball and falling just before the goal line.

Soccer Signs Rolls

Here, I'll write about issues having to do with soccer, and possibly some other sports.