http://davewalker.org/blog2 Soccer - The Most Important of Life's Unimportant Things Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:34:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm moving the World Headquarters of Footballs Are Round over to BigSoccer.com for new posts, but I'm leaving the Archives here, because they were too heavy to pack in the U-Haul. http://davewalker.org/blog2/2008/06/25/new-home/ Is it just me, or is the human/machine hybrid theme in the new Puma ads just way too creepy and grotesque? http://davewalker.org/blog2/2008/03/16/is-it-just-me/ Spurs win a Cup Final, and I write a prayer: May all of our Joy be as intense as Cup Final Joy, and all our Sadness be as fleeting as Cup Final Sadness. http://davewalker.org/blog2/2008/02/24/two-unlikely-occurrences/ Now that the British government has nationalized Northern Rock in an attempt to save the floundering Home Loan company from insolvency, shouldn't they take the obvious next step and nationalize Newcastle as well?Couldn't hurt . . . . http://davewalker.org/blog2/2008/02/20/a-call-to-action/ Not only am I having serious FC Dallas withdrawals, I don't even have Fox Soccer Channel or GolTV right now, because of the inability of the Dish Network contractor to attach a dish to my house. What gives?Random Thoughts:Sam Allardyce: How do you not give this man at least three ... http://davewalker.org/blog2/2008/01/15/i-hate-off-season/ I don't even know where to begin with this game. I'm not 100% sure there actually was a game. I think it very well could have been a hallucination, dream, LSD flashback, or perhaps some sort of alternate universe cause by Wesley doing experiments in the Holodeck. But whatever it was, it wasn't ... http://davewalker.org/blog2/2007/08/01/stream-of-consciousness-superliga-matchday-3/ First off, I think it's very brave of Pachuca's keeper to be playing so soon after Chemo. What? Clarence Goodson nearly scores in the second minute off of a wicked header. Calero makes a good save and doesn't even muss up his doo-rag. The lovely Cid chimes in with “Oh, look, it's a ... http://davewalker.org/blog2/2007/07/29/stream-of-consciousness-superliga-matchday-2/ I am a huge fan of the "FA Archives" show on Fox Soccer Channel. They show matches from 20 to 30 years ago, and it's worth it just from a cultural wayback machine point of view. Seeing the stadium signage for 3M Diskettes and Sperry Computers, for example. And the ... http://davewalker.org/blog2/2007/07/29/kickin-it-old-school/ Right up there next to Dan Loney's MLS Power Rankings (He's ranked them by elevation above sea level, most college guys, oldest goalkeepers, and, my favorite, alphabetical order), the other really great regular list on the internets of soccer is "The Freezer" over at the DCenters blog. Its 'official' title ... http://davewalker.org/blog2/2007/07/25/other-good-stuff/ Holy crap! Ray Burse, Jr, startin' in goal! I don't say that out of concern, just surprise. I've seen Ray play, and I know the young man gots serious game. I just found out today Darío goobered up his knee, and that Shaka was having back spasms, but I was under the ... http://davewalker.org/blog2/2007/07/24/stream-of-cosciousness-interliga-edition/