Archive for the ‘World Cup’ Category

It’s Like I Have ESPN or Something…

Posted: August 6, 2010 by amyaubrey in Brett Favre, World Cup
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You may have heard of Paul the Octopus.  For some reason, the people of Germany decided it would be a great idea to have an octopus predict who would win World Cup games.  Amazingly enough, this octopus correctly picked the winner of all 8 of Germany’s games.  Paul decided it would be a good time [...]

OOooo LA Landon!!

Posted: August 2, 2010 by NattieLiz in Fans, Uncategorized, USA, World Cup

Hey Ladies! I had a great opportunity to watch Landon Donovan create new moves for the EA Fifa World Cup 2010 video Game. I tagged along with the boss man to get a few little clips for you on my flip…please don’t expect excellence! this was a last-minute thing… and This is an OLD video [...]

World Competition Continues!

Posted: July 15, 2010 by thesank in Uncategorized, World Cup
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If you’re sad to see the World Cup leave us for another four years, and not ready to throw away your love for nations vs. nations competition, look no further than to the Men’s World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England. Teams representing 30 nations around the world will face-off to see who is indeed, the best in [...]

The Reign in Spain

Posted: July 12, 2010 by amyaubrey in Soccer, World Cup
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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

Posted: July 7, 2010 by NattieLiz in Soccer, World Cup

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 [...]

USA vs Ghana, Live from… Vegas!

Posted: June 30, 2010 by NattieLiz in Fans, World Cup

Hey Chasers! Over the weekend I took an amazing girls to trip to none other than, Sin City… Las Vegas, NV. (hence the fact why I didn’t post anything over the weekend). I am lucky enough to have great girl friends that love Sports just as much as I do. So the first stop Saturday [...]

Elite Eight

Posted: June 30, 2010 by amyaubrey in Soccer, World Cup

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…

Posted: June 27, 2010 by amyaubrey in MLB, Soccer, USA, World Cup

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

Posted: June 24, 2010 by NattieLiz in Soccer, USA, World Cup

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!

Posted: June 23, 2010 by amyaubrey in Soccer, USA, World Cup

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 [...]