FA Cup

this process of defining 'national identity' can also be seen in how country a 'remembers'. With this years failure of qualifying for the World Cup, the main Dutch news broadcast mentions that this brings back memories of the so-called 'the dark 1980s'1 where the article goes into extensive detail when the Dutch soccer team did not qualify for the World Cup either (NOS, 2017, October 11). The language used resembles the idea of collective memory, which is used in creating boundaries of one's…

adopted the game, much like in Brazil, but while in Brazil the first players were of the upper class, in Germany it was the aristocrats who followed the working classes (Wilson). Germany has had almost as much success as Brazil, winning four World Cups (West Germany won three, Unified Germany has only won one), but while the Brazilians are known for their flair and individuality, Germany is all about efficiency, each player doing their…

The football's governing body has reportedly decided to suspend a number of its high-ranking officials, most notably its out-going president Sepp Blatter and the president of UEFA Michel Platini, as the fight to clear football of corruption continues. It was first understood that the FIFA Ethics Committee would suspend only Sepp Blatter, but it now appears clear that the sanctions would also be used against Michel Platini as well as Jerome Valcke, the Secretary General of FIFA. All of them…

I’ve always known I was going to go to college. It seemed that the fact that my mother hadn’t even graduated high school, much less college, made my future plans inevitable – I needed to attend college. With both of my parents degree-less, I have been left to pursue whatever type of career I wished, as long as I did pursue a career. To some people, that may be empowering. However, it made me clueless. For a long period of time, I resented my parents for it – while others had small pushes from…

it talks about their new concept glocalization and how they’re trying to use soccer to help. They use soccer because it is the most popular sport and they’re trying to infuse it with American culture. It also talks about the International Champions Cup (ICC) which is a soccer tournament where big teams from Europe come to the United States to play. They infuse American sporting values into the most popular sport. Club chants turn into pop music playing over the sound system, players are elevated…

To me soccer has alway been about the teamwork and fair play involve with the sport that I love, how ever over the years the game has been more and more about the signal concept of winning. I personal feel that this is an over reach to what the game has been traditionally about. Soccer is a relatively cheap sport, builinding healthy, coordination, speed and stamina for life, and it doesn’t discriminate against any body size or height. youth soccer has become very much entrenched in our…

many people criticized these women for speaking up against this sexism. In 2015, 20.4 million people watched the women’s World Cup Final against Japan, making it the most watched match in history, regardless of gender. It is obviously proven that these hardworking women have the credibility and effort to earn just as much as the men, possibly even more on the years of Cups when they bring in more revenue. Although the men do work hard and deserve a fair amount of money, the difference in revenue…

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But all we know is they are sharing the same love you have for the team and sport. The world cup, the biggest sporting event that happens every four years, think about it, all these countries coming together as one. In the 2010 world cup there was a war going on against USA and Iraq, but the beautiful game of soccer brought them together and they made piece. It was one of the highlights of the 2010 cup… and it just shows how the beautiful game can bring us all…

I remember the feeling of walking out on our soccer field in a uniform line next to my best friends. There was something about knowing that we were going to be the best team our school had ever seen was something truly special. Our school is very well known for our football, wrestling, drill team, and softball. Soccer has never really been a sport that other schools were nervous about playing us in, but we were sure that was going to change this year. Our first game of the preseason went…