- Ed spent his Christmas holiday across the pond in London, where he got to see his beloved Arsenal take down Aston Villa, 3-0, at The Emirates. That was fun. Got some good pictures and a scarf to boot.
- Drew went and had a birthday this week, so happy birthday, Drew. He’s, like, 72 now or something. He’s also suffering through a monstrous heat wave down in Melbourne, apparently.
- Mike, who is also in the heat wave but maybe not suffering, has actually purchased a plane ticket to South Africa. He’s going from 7 June to 3 July, which is a long time. But he’s an asshole, and he owns his own business, so he can get away with that crap.
- Scott, after a brief period of AWOL, went and got married in Taiwan.
In terms of actual football news, here’s where we stand:
- Everyone’s favourite Yankee priss, Landon Donovan, is pissing off Mexicans for appearing in a lottery commercial south of the border. Apparently he sneaks across the border (the other way) dressed in a ridiculous ‘stache and a sombrero and buys lottery tickets. Because it’s easier to win in Mexico than in California, ostensibly. They already hate him for desecrating an actual Mexican football pitch. Oh, and for scoring shitloads of goals against the Mexican side, including one in the 2002 World Cup that knocked them out of the tournament. You know, I’m really beginning to like this Donovan cat.
- Donovan is also doing yeoman’s work across the pond, on loan to Everton. He scored one of the Toffees’ goals in a 2-2 draw with Your Beloved Gunners in his Premier League debut.
- The United States (the country, not the football side), which is bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups (hedging, anyone?), this week announced its proposed host cities for those tournaments. Of special significance to your Four Guys are Dallas (Drew, Mike and Ed have all lived there) and Washington, D.C. (Ed currently lives there and Drew used to). Who got the shaft? Chicago (where Mike is from) for some reason. Probably because they’re getting the Olympics — oh. Wait. Right. Why the hell are they putting freaking Tampa Bay in there and not Chicago? Fail.
- Be sure to check out the nice U.S. World Cup Bid gadget at the bottom of this page. It’s at the bottom because their widget won’t fit in our sidebar. (Note to bid organisers: give me workable blog widget options!)
- Ha, ha, Liverpool got knocked out of the FA Cup by freaking Reading. Reading? Reading! (For the record, Chelski and Arsenal are still in.)
- My home side, DC United, has a new head coach, Curt Onalfo, and has also re-acquired goalkeeper Troy Perkins in a trade that sent midfielder Fred and some cash to the new team Philadelphia Union (whose name is waaaaay too close to United’s). Perkins was solid for the Eagles and we haven’t been as tight since he left.
3 comments:
Ed, Welcome back. Missed your column. Sounds like you had a good time in London. Always good to catch a game live. Landon Donovan - wasnt he the allied forces commander in the Star Wars series?? And who goes off and gets married in Taiwan, seriously?
Anyway, as you know, Australia are also bidding for the 2018/2022 World Cup. What chance the game played by 5 billion people will come to a country of 20 million?
Cheers
Lakun
Fucking Scott Thompson, that's who! :)
Nice to hear from you, Lakun. Hope all's well, mate. Looks like we'll have to take one World Cup and Oz can have the other.
Although those Poms are in the mix.
You're damn straight my beloved toffees played to a draw with your guns...although it was a bad draw watching the game. They had it completely in-hand save your nice last second goal. Ugh. But I'm feeling better about our season finally after last year's great showing. I think Moyes has been kicking some asses finally.
Anyway good to see you people can make it out to SA. I wanted to go for the first time but sadly my funds won't be there yet. I will be reading intently and expect some ugly mug-down pictures.
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