EBOTS Soccer

EBOTS will have Scrimmages on Sat July 1.
Piedmont High
10am - 1pm

A great post, by way of Vasilli …
StrategiesforWorldCupFootball.pps

Germany warned over World Cup sex trade - World - Times Online: “Thousands of foreign women, many from Eastern Europe, will engage in sex work in Germany during the four-week tournament that begins on Friday, according to some estimates.”

I thought we only had to worry about hooligans.

From the USA World Cup Blog.

I guess they must think that the Germans are tough. Or maybe constipated?

Who Ate All The Bratwurst has a great post about the quality of stars in the world cup. Well, the quality of their looks anyway:

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USATODAY.com - On the ball: Scorers like World Cup sphere; goalies give thumbs down: “NEW YORK (AP) — Strikers and midfielders love it. Goalkeepers hate it.

The ball that will be used at the World Cup in Germany probably will be praised as much as it is disparaged. The Teamgeist (team spirit) ball is the last in a line of 10 World Cup balls by Adidas. It features the latest in design and technology.

‘It’s an absolute nightmare,’ D.C. United goalkeeper Troy Perkins says. ‘There’s going to be a lot of goals when the World Cup starts. But I guess that’s what people want to see.’

Major League Soccer and the Argentine first division are the two leagues that have been officially using the Teamgeist since the beginning of the year.

‘It knuckles a lot, especially if it gets anything on it: dirt, sand, water,’ says New York Red Bulls goalie Tony Meola, who has 100 U.S. appearances and is an alternate for the June 9-July 9 tournament.

Statistics provide little support for the ball’s detractors. MLS scoring through mid-May compared with last season is down (2.96 to 2.80). In Argentina, scoring dropped from 2.7 goals a game in the 2005 Clausura championship to 2.3. ‘Whenever we’ve introduced a new ball, goalkeepers don’t like it,’ says Antonio Zea, head of product marketing for Adidas’ U.S. soccer division. ‘They have to react quick”