Blog Posts For Tag: Soccer

This is how serious the rest of the globe takes the World Cup. After the Nigerian “Super Eagles” failed to win a single match in round robin competition for the third straight World Cup competition, President Goodluck Jonathan banned the national team from playing for the next two seasons.

Two thousand and ten is the dawn of a new decade and the coming teen years of the 21st century appear to be loaded with greatness (LeBron James) and conflict (multiple potential season-ending collective bargaining agreements). So, let’s take a trip to the future after these years of calamity and see what the world of sports is like in the post-apocalyptic date of 2020.

The Monday after the NFL conference championships the football news is pretty scarce. There is some analysis of the Colts victory (they looked bored until the Jets scored their second touchdown, at which point they outscored New York 24-3) and the Saints overtime win (they struggled to win despite winning the turnover battle 5 to 1). In other news, the Pro Bowl replacements have been announced for the four players playing in the Super Bowl. Then, there was a little ditty about the league canceling a second game in Britain next season…and possibly expanding the league with a team in the UK. That’s right; the NFL is publicly championing expanding American football to a country whose sports fan base is upset that we call their version of football soccer.

As of today it seems a bit unclear if David Beckham will be back in Los Angeles playing for the Galaxy or staying in Milan to play soccer. If David had it his way, he would be staying in Milan but unfortunately it is not his choice.  David has been on loan playing for the Italy’s AC Milan team. He has already played seven games for them and would like to continue playing the European circuit. In fact he has even commented that it would be “difficult” and “awkward” to go back to play for the Galaxy since he has made his feelings so well known.  On the other hand he says should he have to return to his LA team he would “be professional and do what he needs to do”.