While attending the L.A. Galaxy soccer match last night, a buzz flowed through the crowd near the end of the match.
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Normally known as The Blue Hell for the home colors of its primary tenant Sporting KC of Major League Soccer, on this night it should have been called The Red, White, and Blue Inferno as nationalistic pride in American soccer was on full display.
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Whether it's soccer, a family night board game, or a handheld electronic device-playing challenges us to overcome long odds, tell compelling stories, and work with or against one another.
Spain's defeat wasn't the only surprise on another unpredictable night of Olympic soccer.
Gunmen shot him in the head and chest in Moscow Wednesday night as he left a soccer game between bank employees.
Given the opportunity, the Disney-owned cable channel would happily add the high-profile tourney to an ever-expanding library of sports rights that already includes Monday Night Football, major league soccer and the BCS postseason package.
The hype, after all, is warranted - the steak really is the best in the world, dance halls fill with tango students every night of the week, the soccer matches are intense and passionate, the wine is affordable and delicious.
Unlike the confusion that reigned during the 2005 conclave, the smoke this time around has been clear: black during the first two rounds of burned ballots, and then a clear white on Wednesday night thanks to special smoke flares akin to those used in soccer matches or protests that were lit in the chapel ovens.
One can only imagine what the Lions front office thought watching their 300 pound franchise player scrape his nose on the bottom of the pool during a practice session, but Suh was eliminated in Tuesday night's second round, knocked out by former U.S. women's soccer star Brandi Chastain, as Detroit surely exhaled.
If the jubilation didn't match that expressed the night before, when Greece improbably defeated Russia to earn a berth in the quarterfinals of the European soccer championships, it was, at least, more buoyant than most.
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