The fatal mistake was the overly strong red card when the score was still 2-0. It seemed like Australia started out strong. It took Germany 10 minutes to make it into the penalty box to take their first shot. Shortly there after they scored their first goal.…
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I get all the channels on my HD receiver except ABC. Apparently they have a weak signal in DFW.
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What happens when you combine gymnastics with soccer? I saw this during my kid’s soccer game and thought it was the coolest trick. Kristie apparently does this often. It is a trick also employed by girls college soccer teams. Imaging the scene.…
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At the beginning of the Texas State UIL 4A High School Soccer Championship SemiFinal game between Mequite Poteet Pirates and the Mansfield Legacy Broncos the two teams paraded out to the center of the field and were introduced by name and number to the audience.…
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Program Guide, November 14-19, 1960
Sixty years ago my father was serving on board the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt in the mediterranean. In his day job he used a Babbage computer to calculate firing solutions. He was also on the ship soccer team. I thought I’d share a page from the ship’s newsletter, “PRESS-I-DENTIAL”, page 10, from May 1960.…
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