All Entries Tagged With: "Qatar"
Barcelona’s Handling of Busquets Situation Proves It’s No Longer “Mas Que Un Club”
By Neil W. Blackmon “Mas Que Un Club” – Club Motto of FC Barcelona This article was originally going to run Sunday or Saturday evening, before the announcement by FIFA that Barcelona midfielder and Spanish international Sergio Busquets was cleared of wrongdoing for alleged racist statements made to Real Madrid’s Marcelo in the second leg [...]
Qatar. Americans Should Remember 1994 and Get Over It.
At the risk of sounding like American-hating, socialist-sympathizing, Hispanic-espousing, nothing-new-to-be-saying Paul Gardner…it’s time for U.S. soccer fans to get over it. This decision that FIFA made on the 2022 World Cup: holding the World Cup in a country that could not qualify on its own, a country without a world-class player from inside its borders, [...]
What Now For US Soccer? Easy. Be Champions.
We lost the bid. To a country which (as other writers have eloquently explained) has absolutely no business being in the World Cup, much less hosting the World Cup. I am really, really getting tired, however, of the defeatist attitude of American soccer fans. FIFA is a corrupt, stupid organization which shames the game. We [...]
Puck’s Friday Happy Hour: Russia ? Qatar ?What The Hell Happened Edition ?
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into another Happy Hour. I hope your Turkey day was excellent, but enough of the pleasantries, it’s time to get down to brass tax. Yesterday was clearly the worst day in US soccer since the devastating loss to Ghana last summer. First, a quick comment on the 2018 selection. In [...]
Qatar 2022 The Culmination of Blatter’s Flawed, Corrupt Personal Ambition
“Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out.” –Ernest Lawrence Thayer, from Casey At the Bat The United States lost [...]
U.S. versus Qatar: The Battle for 2022
Steve Martin once did a bit on Saturday Night Live where his single Christmas wish was world peace. When he considered additional wishes, world peace withered in importance. He added money, power and a 31-day orgasm. FIFA is like that when it looks to decide where World Cups should be played. Putting aside those images [...]
