Some News for Thu Jun 23, 2011
du Nord, June 23, 2011
STARTERSAs you would expect the Gold Cup final is sold out at over 91,000 for Saturday's huge USA-Mexico showdown.dNHuge congrats goes out to Santos for winning the South American - Copa Libertadores - championship last night.THE FIFA SCANDAL STORY NEVER ENDSOwen Gibson of the Guardian gives us more on the leaked FIFA ethics report that damned Jack Warner into resigning.Marina Hyde of the Guardian reminds us that just because Jack Warner is gone there is still plenty of rotten meat inside FIFA.TEAM USAGold CupThere I was sitting at my fave soccer bar The Sweetwater watching the USA battle Panama when I was blown away by the rapture that followed the entrance of Freddy Adu on to the field. The love for this guy no matter how many failures he has is very surprising. He is still seen as the savior. Wow. And those folks got what they wanted when the lil Baby Jesus made that long pass to the Baby Jesus who crossed the ball to the back post for the Anti-Christ to finish. Divine indeed.Surreal moment #2: The USA &
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