Posted by Creaven on May 22, 2010 under Champions League, Europe | 
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The Champions League final was a decent kickoff to what should be two months of fantastic soccer. No, Saturday’s final in Madrid wasn’t an instant classic, and other than it being Mourinho’s final match at Inter it probably won’t be memorable 10 years from now. But it was a solid match, and until Milito’s second goal one could convince oneself Bayern still had a chance. In the end, though, the best team and coach won the trophy.
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Posted by Creaven on December 4, 2009 under England, United States, USMNT, World Cup |
This is how lucky the United States got Friday.
After the U.S. was drawn in Group C with England, if I could have handpicked a country from Pot 3 and Pot 4 I would have selected Algeria and Slovenia (if you don’t believe me, I worte it yesterday). For the U.S. to actually draw both those teams there was a 1/64 (1.5 percent) chance. It was the exact same odds a poker player has of hitting a runner-runner straight in Texas Holdem in an internet casino. In other words, the U.S. (and England too for that matter) hit the jackpot.
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