The Footie Fool

Once again, we have been royal screwed by CONCACAF officiating. FFwd 2 minutes in and see how Honduras won the game.
Not even a questionable call.

Unfrigginbelievable.

I don’t have much more to say at this point other than expect my posts to trickle and be sporadic for awhile. This week I began a 2 year Masters program and with a fulltime job, a 5 year old and 2 year old…well. Needless to say something has got to give and it’s looking [...]

A roundup of some stories today of interest to Canadian soccer fans.

Some Canadian Guys Writing About Soccer have uncovered speculation that Simeone Jackson will be leaving Gillingham for the Championship and signing with Leicester City for a tidy sum of cash.
Duane at the 24th Minute is reporting that Tomasz Radzinski is doing his best Energizer [...]

Good news for us basic cable types. We won’t have to resort to watching the Canada Honduras quarterfinal Gold Cup game on our 10 inch netbooks. Sportsnet says they will be carrying the game live on all Sportsnet channels for us to enjoy in all its full screen glory.
Rogers Sportsnet will broadcast Canada’s quarter-final match [...]

A Sportnset story today about the injury situation among MNT players ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final Gold Cup draw against Honduras has me feeling a bit on edge.
“Yes we do (have a lot of injuries),” (Stephen) Hart told Sportsnet.ca on Tuesday. “I am going to have to wait on the medical staff. We have quite a [...]

Portsmouth keeper Asmir Begovic was on Full-Time on The Team 1040 last night to state pretty unequivocally that, while he was approached by Bosnia, Canada is where his future lies.
“I’m happy to stay with Canada, that’s where I see my future… I’ve been approached by Bosnia. There were talks… but I have no intention on [...]

There has been quite a bit of rumour and speculation about the international fate of the as-yet-to-be-capped Canadian keeper Asmir Begovic.
Speculation that he might actually decide to play for Bosnia instead of Canada started swirling last month when the Bosnian coach in a Bosnian paper started tossing Begovic’s name around and linking him with the [...]

The last time Canada went undefeated in Gold Cup group play was 2000. Just saying.
What a strange feeling going into a game knowing you have already secured a spot in the knockout. It’s not something I am used to and I have to say it actually took a bit of an edge off watching it. [...]