canada sucks

okay, i don't get the physical newspaper, so things may be different there, but i went on to the globe and mail.com today to see where U20 Canada's famous (at least it should be) victory over brazil was, hoping it would be on the front page as it should be front page news. but was it where it should be? nope. instead, globe and mail's top sports story was the edmonton oilers win against anaheim (that's fair. i'm okay with that). then the next story was that the czech republic is going for gold at the world championships of hockey (and i can understant that too because hockey trumps everything in canada). but the last cover story was that the detroit pistons evened up their series. and that's just crap.

canada's boys scored canada's first two goals in the history of games against brazil, and they beat the southa american giants. that is huge! and they get relegated to the back pages of internet news. is it any wonder we can't get our kids playing soccer at a high level. what's teh incentive. even when they do somethign amazing nobody cares. i shudder to think what the attendance at next years U20 world cup is going to have. I for one hope to get to as many games as i possibly can.

not surprised, but very pleased

he's staying. here's what he had to say:

I hope to stay for as long as I can keep running. I could not face leaving the fans. They are like my family. I hope to finalise all the details today. My team showed me I didn't have to leave. They showed me they had heart. Everything was up in the air for a very long time. But at the end of the day, the team raised their game. Don't get me wrong. I love Barcelona. But on Wednesday night, Arsenal showed me they had heart.

see ya mad jens

yes indeed, as my friend brian said mad jens' red card was deserved. law 12 section 5 of dismissable offenses states that a player can be sent off when he:

denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick.

still, i have seen that play let go in the past. the truth of the moment is that the ref should have played advantage and the goal should have stood. with 11 men we could have come back. stop, bananas. there are lots of what ifs.

the point is that we played valiantly. the arsenal can be proud.

please stay, henry. we love you.

it's official

toronto fc has arrived...click here for more details.

yesterday and today

yesterday: i was feeling pretty confident. i have to admit. i looked at the state of our team compared to barca and i thought "we match up pretty well." in fact, i think we come out on top in some of the key battles. four defenders won't be able to control henry. gilberto will beat deco in the midfield. if anyone can handle ronaldhino it is eboue. give me mad jens over valdez anyday. and eto'o will get schooled by toure. i went to bed feeling good.

today: i still feel good, but what if arsenal have a bad day? what then? well...if we have a bad day we lose. simple as that. but i am starting to dread tomorrow. if we win it will be one of the greatest days ever; it will make the world cup a mere sideshow. but the stress i'll have during the game will be overwhelming (yet that's part of what makes being a fan so awesome). anyway, today is a write off, i think. all i can concentrate on are the possibilities for tomorrow.

p.s. i hope you are doing better than I, canadian gooner.