The Footie Fool

Okay, the hype is finally hitting overdrive here in Canada for the U-20 World Cup. Ticket sales are close to 1 million, the teams are all here and, after anticipating this moment for 2 years, we’re finally going to see some action.
I’ll be taking in all the games here in Victoria, starting with the Sunday [...]

All 24 teams taking part in the U-20 World Cup finalized their rosters over the weekend. A complete list of all players has been posted at FIFA.com.
Work is wrapping up on Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia, home to Group E (Zambia, Spain, Uruguay and Jordan). Zambia arrived Wednesday without money for food and accommodation. [...]

Oh my goodness. I really never thought this would happen. It has been a rumor for 2 years and he has always denied it. But today, Thierry Henry is going to Barcelona for a fee reported to be in the region of €23.8m.
This a sad day for a gunner fan.

It was a heartbreaking way to end a fantastic run by Canada at the Gold Cup. Robbed of the possibility of going to extra time by an unfortunate offside call by an officiating team that, up until the final moments of the game, had been doing a pretty good job in a chippy match.
However, rather [...]

Dale Mitchell has named the squad he will be taking into the U-20 World Cup in 9 days.
Not a heck of a lot of surprises with Mitchell building the team around a core of returning players from the previous FIFA U-20 World Cup: Andrea Lombardo, Asmir Begovic, David Edgar, Jaime Peters, Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault and Will [...]

I received my tickets to the FIFA U-20 World Cup and was a bit surprised to see that there is a no reentry policy in effect. With 2 games per day happening in the Group stage, this means that once you enter the stadium you are there for the day.
Now, I was planning on [...]

Meanwhile over at Premiership Today they’ve compiled an entertaining list of the 25 Most Stupid Footballers Quotes… In The World…Ever. Personally, I think you could build a list with nothing but quotes from the Yogi Berra of soccer, Sir Bobby Robson.

What has surprised me the most about Canada’s great run at the Gold Cup so far has been how much fun I have been having watching Canada play. The last time I had a chance to see our boys playing together internationally was in WC 2006 qualifying and it was a hugely frustrating affair. From [...]