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notsouglyamerican

in football you need to be strong, train hard, go to bed early, be careful what you are eating, what

About Me

I'm a football-crazed (football being what Americans call soccer), coach, reader, Fox Soccer Channel devouring, Winning Eleven 8 and FIFA World Cup 2006 on the PlayStation playing,lad that just wants to talk about football.

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My Interests

Football and football and football, Manchester United, football, Total Football...and that's about it

I'd like to meet:

David Beckham, Eric Cantona, Clint Dempsey, Sir Alex, Martin Jol, Louis van Gaal, Wayne Rooney, Jose Mourinho,

Music:

U2, Led Zepplin, background music cuts for Joga Bonito commercials are pretty cool....all this seems to stay in my head when I'm on the pitch

Movies:

Victory, Manchester United season reviews (especially the Treble), Weil Courver instructional tapes

Television:

Fox Soccer Channel and ESPN 2 for UEFA Champions League

Books:

Teambuilding by Rinus Michels, The Coaching Philosophies of Louis van Gaal and the Ajax Coaches by Henny Kormelink and Tjeu Seeverens, Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, Fever Pitch by Nick Hornsby

Heroes:

Anyone with the number 7 from Manchester United: George Best, Eric Cantona, David Beckham, reserving judgment on Ronaldo (he's just 20 years old); Michel Platini

My Blog

Unlucky

"Football, bloody hell" -Sir Alex Ferguson after winning the 1999 UEFA Champions League  "just when we needed a bit luck, which you always need in football, we didn't get it" - Sir Alex reflectin...
Posted by notsouglyamerican on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:49:00 PST

World Cup predictions

Every four years one game changes everything...amen to that!  It's World Cup time and the solid performers at this stage look to be some of my pre-tourny favorites: Argentina, Germany; ...
Posted by notsouglyamerican on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:20:00 PST