Just a “Friendly” Match

Summer 2010 soccer fever continues with the people of Baltimore. Saturday night Charm City and M&T Bank Stadium hosted a soccer “friendly” (or exhibition game) between Manchester City and Inter Milan. The final was 3-0 Inter Milan. While the city loves a good game of soccer, this was also held to try to help the [...]

The Reign in Spain

Well after 30 days & 63 matches, the World Cup is finally over.  Spain is the World Champion for the first time in their country’s history.  Going into the tournament as the favorite, they were upset early on in the group stage by Switzerland so many wondered if this team could live up to their [...]

The “Soccer Model” Curse

It has been said, that it is a curse to be beautiful (which we all know is false, its effin’ AWESOME!)… But when it comes to the boys of the World Cup… It may actually be true! Back in June, Vanity Fair blessed us with their World Cup Edition. There were 12 soccer studs from [...]

Elite Eight

I’m pretty sure they don’t call it the Elite 8 in soccer but that’s what i call it.  The World Cup has been narrowed down to eight teams.  Today was a very big game against Spain & my boyfriend Cristiano’s team, Portugal.  The US is gone & so are some of the early favorites, such [...]

In Case You Missed it…

A few things have happened this weekend in the sports world so in case you missed it, here they are… The 4th (5th*) no-hitter this season was thrown on Friday.  Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson added onto 2010 being the year of the pitcher.  It’s the 2nd no-hitter this year thrown against the Rays, which [...]

The World Reaction

On Wednesday morning, history was made at the World Cup. The USA was dueling it out with Algeria, and nothing seemed to be panning out for either team.  For those of us that watched this game, it was tension filled, and almost painful to watch as shot after shot attempt did not come up successful…that [...]

U-S-A! U-S-A!

Today was the last day of the group stage for the USA.  In order to move on we either needed to win or draw & England to lose or draw.  The games on the last day are played simultaneously so when England scored a goal against Slovenia, everybody knew what had to be done.  The [...]

Oh la la….

You’re either in or you’re ous – At 10AM ET today, the turmoiled French team will play for their survival in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Even though some teams find themselves in this situation, the French have had a whirlwind of a trip and proven to the rest of the world that [...]

Why We Love: Carlos Bocanegra

10. We are all suffering from World Cup fever and he is one of USA’s Team Captains. Whats not to love about that? 9. In his first pro season with the Chicago Fire, he was named the leagues “Rookie of the Year”. 8. For the last 10 years, the California native has held the Carlos [...]

Show Me Your Tweets

Loving the US soccer team?  Follow them on Twitter!  Not all of the team has a Twitter account but here are the ones that do… Oguchi Onyewu – 28-year-old defender – @OguchiOnyewu5 DaMarcus Beasley – 28-year-old midfielder has a new jewelry line called the DaMarcus Collection – @DaMarcusBeasley Stuart Holden – 24-year-old midfielder – @StuHolden22 [...]