Football (that's soccer for ya Americans..) world cup

[crazycanuck]

I see that we have a football fan in our midst...salsabike....

Anyone else there paying attention to the world cup. I'm not really paying attention but i'm rooting for all the African teams..

The socceroos (australia's team) are playing Brazil on Monday...That should be interesting...People actually believe(perhaps in thier beer) the roos will beat brazil....

Have fun watching...

Bring on the 2007 rugby world cup...

c

[alpinerabbit]

I can't stand the commercialization. Yes I watch a bit, all games are on every night and boyfriend watches - but I could not care less who wins.

I just read that a worker in a sweatshop gets 30 cents (Swiss) for each shirt she makes. They are sold for 100 CHF i stores. Yuck.

Wonder where my bike clothes are made.

[crazycanuck]

I agree...I don't care who wins..can we please just get it over with???

I do notice where bike clothing is made...I am paying attention...

c

[Trek420]

Is there a womens world cup?

Yes I notice where things are made. I've been known to buy stuff just 'cause it's made in USA, or Canada, or Italy (woops, that was the bike, need that ) or... people everywhere need jobs, I'd just like assurance that they were paid fairly and had fair working conditions.

So I'm sitting here at work with my to-go mug of Fair Trade Coffee from Ethiopia with organic soymilk

[salsabike]

Yes, there is a Women's World Cup. Chris and I went to the Rose Bowl in '99 to see the US team play the final against China--a fabulous game with great teams.

Sure, there's commercialization, and all kinds of other imperfections. That's true for the Tour de France, and any event that generates money, especially sporting events. But when they play, it is often still a remarkably beautiful game. I'd just as soon appreciate the good along with trying to do something about the bad.

Maybe the Socceroos will do it--you never know. Upsets happen. Don't think anyone expected France to do what they did in 98.

Rugby is THE thing in Wales too--even more than football. We had a long discussion with our hosts in Usk about why there is so much fan violence in football but so little in rugby. The theory was two fold: a) in rugby the violence happens on the field; b) they score more so fans are less frustrated. They said the atmosphere at rugby matches was totally different, much more family friendly, than at football matches, so if we go again in rugby season they'll take us to a game.

[crazycanuck]

Salsa..the 2007 Rugby world cup is in France next year...If you can get tickets, def go & see either the All Blacks, The springbok (SA) or the wallabies (aust) play...

If you have sattelite TV..you may be able to see the replay of today's NZ-Ireland game..

Or if you want a really cool adventure...just travel to either Aust or NZ & go to a few games...

Right..about where things are made..May i suggest the book "how to end poverty" by jeffrey sachs..

I've just hijacked a thread on football/soccer...thread drift is like that some days.

c

[kelownagirl]

Is there a womens world cup?

I was wondering if there is a Womens Tour de France? (or the equivalent...)

barb

[margo49]

Anything with a camera panning across
row of champions (male or female)
listening to national anthems
gets my vote

A friend of mine's Mother said "Why don't they give each of them a ball; then they wouldn't all have to chase after just the one?" Which is another reason rugby is better - there is a point to the ball (yeah, yeah funny-punny)

[RoadRaven]

I was wondering if there is a Womens Tour de France? (or the equivalent...)

barb

Yes... there is... I have been googling for 15 minutes now... usually google is my friend... but not tonight... I have tried so many combinations... I even found a link to women's events sponsered by TE!!!

I found out that Barbara Heeb of Switzerland was the 1996 women's world champion and a second-place finisher in the 1997 women's Tour de France. (unfortunately her website is in Swiss)

I found that elite Aussie cyclist, Oenone has a link to TE on her website

There is also a women's giro, world cup and so on and so on... there must be a site with a list of these links??? Someone???

[jobob]

Is there a womens world cup?

What, were you living under a rock or sumthin' when this happened?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandi_Chastain

Forgot to add: The Women's World Cup will be held next year, in China

[DirtDiva]

What, were you living under a rock or sumthin' when this happened?

Bwahahahaha. Nice. Illustrated smart arsing. How could you have missed that Trek?

[jobob]

I can't stand the commercialization.

No offense AR, but I had to chuckle at your comment. You should see televised sports in the US, it's all about the commercials !

Someone somewhere commented that soccer/football hasn't really caught on in the US because games are not televised as much as for the other big US sports (US football, baseball, basketball). And why might that be? Probably because there are not all the lengthy timeouts in soccer, where commercials can be stuck in ($$ ka-ching $$) !

Ah, that said, there's lots of coverage of the World Cup right now and I'm getting sucked right in. What amazing athletes.

Just as well. I did a crazed kamikaze housecleaning run yesterday and I'm SORE today*, so all I'm good for is watching TV and wandering outside occadionally to work on evening up my tan lines.

* Proving once again that when you embark on an entirely new physical activity you should take it slow.