All Entries Tagged With: "Italy"
Les Bleus Turnaround May Be Nigh, Giuseppe Rossi’s Azzurri, and Other International Date Musings
By Neil W. Blackmon Today would have been a USMNT match day but as I noted yesterday, the Federation made the safe and correct call in cancelling the Yanks’ fixture against Egypt in Cairo. There were plenty of FIFA internationals on the menu however, and at least a few storylines worth visiting on this busy [...]
Player To Watch #12: Gigi Buffon
Number 12: Gianluigi Buffon Position: Goalkeeper Country: Italy Club Team: Juventus, Italian Serie A American Based Professional Athlete “Soulmate”: Martin Brodeur, Goaltender, New Jersey Devils World Cup Final. Berlin 2006. It’s the wee moments of stoppage time at the end of one of the most physically grueling, fiercely contested title matches in the history of [...]
Player To Watch #14: Daniele De Rossi
Number 14: Daniele De Rossi Country: Italy Position: Midfielder Club Team: Roma American-Based Professional Sport “Soulmate”: Brian McCann, C, Atlanta Braves Daniele De Rossi is lucky to be alive. No one bloodies Brian McBride’s face with a flying elbow and lives to tell about, except this particular Italian. Yeah, De Rossi is that guy. But [...]
History Of The World Cup (Part Three)
This is the third in a weekly series of World Cup history lessons brought to you by our very own “Professor” Guy Bailey. He is not actually a professor; the only professor on staff is Jamie Clary. Well, sort of. The 1938 World Cup Staging the 1938 World Cup was a tricky affair. Three of [...]
History Of The World Cup (Part Two)
This is the second in a weekly series of World Cup history lessons brought to you by our very own “Professor” Guy Bailey. He is not actually a professor; the only professor on staff is Jamie Clary. Well. sort of. The 1934 World Cup The second World Cup was to be played in Italy after [...]
