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Look out Italy! The robots are coming!


Damn. Looks like I missed this years edition of RoboCup in Atlanta. RoboCup is the equivalent of the World Cup…for robots. Their goal is to be able to field a team that can win against the human world champion soccer team by 2050. Hmmmmm…scientists trying to create soccer playing robots. I wonder if that explains [...]

“The only real simple answer, I think, is the core fact and that is the team wasn’t good enough, for this level” Canada U20 Coach Dale Mitchell


Sportsnet has posted an extensive interview with Canadian U-20 coach Dale Mitchell. In the interview, Mitchell offers a very frank and accurate analysis of why the U-20 team performed so poorly at the U-20 World Cup.

Canada on life support at U20 World Cup


Well, there is a slim chance of still qualifying for the knockout stages for Canada, but after losing 1-0 to Austria yesterday it is a very slim chance. And Canada will have to get a ton of help from other teams if there is any hope of moving on. In short, things don’t look good. [...]

Some quality Nigerian trash talk ahead of Scotland match at U-20 World Cup


Dominic Iorfa, board member of the Nigerian Football Association, on facing Scotland Wednesday night in Group F U-20 World Cup action at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria. “We’ll be playing to beat them by at least four. Anything less than three would be disappointing,” said Iorfa. “Scotland will find it very difficult to beat Nigeria. [...]

Scotland stumbles, Nigeria soars and – oh my – was that just a streaker?


Group F of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 Canada opened up at a sold out Royal Athletic Park in Victoria today with 2 matches, Scotland against Japan and Nigeria taking on Costa Rica. Japan 3 Scotland 1 I completely underestimated Japan. And apparently, so to did Scotland as Japan dominated the game and hammered [...]