Articles tagged with "japan"
Japanese Soccer Season Begins With a Pitch Invasion
By Daryl | March 1st, 2008You probably wouldn't expect pre-season cup sponsored by a photocopier to cause a pitch invasion in Japan, but that's exactly what happened today. The Xerox ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Jump for Joy
By Daryl | February 25th, 2008Catching up with the weekend action. Saturday Japan 1-1 South Korea A win for either side guaranteed the East Asian Cup. South Korea took a 15th minute lead ...
Weekend Watch: Comparing Cleats
By Daryl | February 22nd, 2008A few games to keep an eye on this weekend: Saturday Japan vs South Korea The East Asian Cup wraps up this weekend with the final round of ...
It's "Dumpling Diplomacy" for the Japanese Soccer Team
By Laurie | February 10th, 2008Let's say you're Japan. Relations with your huge, powerful neighbor are always a bit strained, but they've become moreso recently since dumplings made by ...
Daily Dose 1.19.2008
By Martha | January 19th, 2008Things to read as you drink your presidential milkshake: "Let's have Harry Redknapp as a cockney Moses and Martin O'Neill as an Ulster Herod." (Guardian Unlimited) High ...
Another Japanese Player for Celtic?
By Martha | January 9th, 2008Just last week, the papers in Japan, Scotland and England were all discussing the possibility that standout midfielder and free kicking maestro Shunsuke Nakamura could ...
Daily Dose: 1.03.2008
By Martha | January 3rd, 2008Things to read with your totally sweet Hello Kitty contacts: The Unfortunate Torpor Of Newcastle United. (200%) The baby-centric celebration has gone (another step) too far. (Guardian) Pato ...
Philippe Troussier's Globe-Trotting Continues
By Martha | December 18th, 2007During the 2002 World Cup, Philippe Troussier was a hero in Japan. He'd coached the national team for four years, leading them to victory in ...
Adding Insult to Injury
By Martha | December 8th, 2007You may recall the news from earlier this week that Ivica Osim, one of football's most magnificent characters, is recovering with near-miraculous speed from a ...
Osim is Back!
By Martha | December 5th, 2007Ivica Osim, the Bosnian coach of the Japanese national team, suffered a stroke on November 16 and fell into a coma. While he was indisposed, ...
Anfield Banter: Anderson tidbit, A new God in Wales, Hansen earns his keep, & I guess it's up to Insua
By Brian | July 22nd, 2007* Paul Anderson, our 18-year-old barn burning winger who is on loan to Swansea, has scored three times in as many matches. The pacey ...
A Fan's View From Saitama
By Nick | July 19th, 2007For the full effect, one might pour a cup of water over one's head to mimic the soggy conditions.
Edwin Van der Sar Gets a Tad Embarrassed in Japan
By Nick | July 18th, 2007Look, I'm not saying I'd could have actually saved the shot -- but I'm reasonably confident I could have done a more effective job of ...
Just in Case You Weren't in Rainy Saitama on Tuesday
By Nick | July 18th, 2007Guess who got the loudest cheer? [hint: it wasn't Darren Fletcher]
United Get Their Kicks in at Last
By Nick | July 17th, 2007After a long Summer of transfer activity, player weddings and me desperately trying to fill this blog with somewhat decent content, not even a few ...
A Few Quick Bits of United News for Today
By Nick | July 16th, 2007*Echoing how we pretty much all feel, David Gill laments the Tevez complications... *Speaking of complications, Heinze's will to leave has Liverpool waiting in the wings... *Bad ...
Scots sent home before the postcards
By Ian Rose | July 7th, 2007The U-20 World Cup has been a huge disappointment for Scotland, but at least now it's over. Three games, three losses. Two goals ...
Scotland faces uncertain future at U20s
By Ian Rose | July 6th, 2007We've made our own bed. The Scottish team at this summer's U-20 World Cup can't blame bad calls or diving for their two painful ...
The trouble with Harry
By Brian | July 5th, 2007After reading this article, I have a new found respect for Harry Kewell. Turns out his injury problems stemming from last year's World Cup ...
Scots get rude awakening at U-20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | July 1st, 2007For the first time in 20 years, Scotland's youth football program is in a major tournament, the Under-20 World Cup in Canada, and today, that ...
Goalkeeper Blunders, We've got Goalkeeper Blunders
By Bob | June 18th, 2007Growing up, your mother probably told you that it isn't nice to laugh at other people's mistakes. Sometimes it is best to ignore mom's ...
Two weeks out, Scotland prepares for U-20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | June 16th, 2007Now that the Scottish senior national side has started its summer break from Euro 2008 qualifying, it's time to concentrate on the lads. For ...
Kemari: Traditional Japanese Hacky-Sack with Fun Costumes
By Bob | May 17th, 2007If you think those cool kids playing hacky sack down on your street corner or the amazing Mr. Woo invented the game of keepy-uppy, think ...
This Honda really swerves
By Bob | May 16th, 2007Undoubtedly you stayed up all night watching the youth teams from Japan and Hong Kong play in an Olympic qualifier so my apologies if you ...
Car Soccer Demolition Derby
By Bob | April 16th, 2007The video above shows my morning commute only instead of a football picture me on a bike. Actually this might be one of the ...
Wenger-san
By Trent | February 6th, 2007Arsene Wenger has evidently convinced himself that he is partly Japanese. Apparently the sumo esthetic appeals to A-Dub's inner Asian. “I am a little bit ...
Scarves on, Goals in
By Bob | November 30th, 2006Everybody, please welcome Jordan to the fast paced, mismatches galore world of international women's football. The Jordanians made their international football debut today and ...
Shunsuke Nakamura: Free Kick Genius
By Bob | November 22nd, 2006Following his outstanding goal yesterday in the Champions League against Manchester United, my eyes have come across more than one reference to Celtic midfielder Shunsuke ...
Doing the Zidane in Japan
By Bob | September 18th, 2006Maybe Sepp Blatter was right after all about the need for a made-for-tv peace pipe smoking ceremony on Robben Island. The Zidane head butt ...
A Name to Remember: Washington
By Bob | August 23rd, 2006His full name is Washington Stecanela Cerqueira, but in true Brazilian football fashion he is simply known as Washington. Perhaps the first player to ...
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