tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266709.post2807562975660318027..comments2023-09-28T02:59:40.152-07:00Comments on Soccermad In America: It's been a year for SMiAsoccermadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12092301404187132929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266709.post-80258204233685139762007-08-01T05:40:00.000-07:002007-08-01T05:40:00.000-07:00Congratulations! You guys write very thoughtfully...Congratulations! You guys write very thoughtfully and I always enjoy reading your opinions.<BR/><BR/><I>Have you ever found yourself sketching potential formations while stuck in a conference call?</I><BR/>I've been doing that in an alarming number of law classes this off season.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807392842004716065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266709.post-86746507051982860482007-07-31T11:12:00.000-07:002007-07-31T11:12:00.000-07:00I was lucky enough to stay at a hotel in Boise tha...I was lucky enough to stay at a hotel in Boise that was taken over by children attending a soccer camp. Listening to some kids check out goals on YouTube on the computer in the lobby, I struck up a conversation with them, and received nothing but blank stares. Kind of made me feel like the guy w/the van that offers kids free candy . . . <BR/><BR/>Kudos to you for not only quizzing third-graderssoccermadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12092301404187132929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266709.post-24952721937265621002007-07-31T10:27:00.000-07:002007-07-31T10:27:00.000-07:00"Or perhaps terrifying a child wearing a replica j..."Or perhaps terrifying a child wearing a replica jersey by asking him in depth questions about new additions to his team's back line?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, I have done this! Last year at an elementary school chess tournament (!!) I found myself quizzing a third-grader on his knowledge of Lilian Thuram because he was wearing a Ronaldinho Barca jersey. I think he was both fascinated and terrified.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266709.post-23896230982009524942007-07-31T10:21:00.000-07:002007-07-31T10:21:00.000-07:00Yours is one of the few soccer sites I visit even ...Yours is one of the few soccer sites I visit even when your topics don't intersect with my own teams. You make it fun to read about the game. (Plus AC shares my Dhorasoo fascination. How many people in the world can I say that about? He seems a decent sort despite being a Coug.) <BR/><BR/>Don't ever stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com