World Cup

Hup Holland Hup!

by Carol Browne on July 6, 2010 · 4 comments

in Festivities, General, Photos, Vancouver

I must tell you, today was probably my second favourite lunch break of all time. ALL TIME! The only lunch break that I enjoyed more was that time I ran into Martin Brodeur, Scott Hamilton and Michelle Kwan during the Olympics. My buddy, Catherine, was with me both times. She seems to be my lucky lunch break pal.

I read on the twitter today that the CBC was hosting a big screen TV presentation of the Netherlands vs. Uruguay on Granville and Robson Street. Catherine and I headed up there and were pleasantly surprised. There were plenty of fans there – mostly wearing orange clothes – we did spot one guy wearing the Uruguay flag like cape. Spoiler alert: that was one sad Uruguayan fan after this game.

There were spots to sit on the ground on some astro-turf, so people picnicked and watched the game…
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Picking my soccer favourites

by Carol Browne on June 5, 2010 · 4 comments

in General

Seeing as the World Cup starts next week, I thought I’d pick my favourite teams now. Since I don’t follow soccer any other time, my reasons for my choices are based on random reasons. Here are my favourites:

1) Saudi Arabia – Wait, what? They didn’t make the cut this time? Oh. Crap. I guess they were full up with guys laying down on the field and rolling around with one knee up as soon as the game started. Or at least that’s how I remember Saudi Arabia soccer in the 80′s. That and the announcer screaming, “HATHA GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!”

2) New Zealand – because that’s where the Flight of the Conchords come from, of course. And the All Blacks rugby team. Don’t forget them! I mentioned the All Blacks to one of my friends once, and she thought I was being racist. She doesn’t know about rugby, I guess.

3) Netherlands – Just for the record, that’s Mike’s number 1 choice. For me, I’m choosing them because I love the Amsterdam airport.

4) Slovakia – Ever since I took the photo of some of the Slovakian Hockey Team members during the Olympics this year, I’m a big fan of Slovakia. It also doesn’t hurt that’s where Pavel Demitra is from.

So those are my choices!

And here I thought this wasn’t a sports blog.

A big thank you to Vera for the use of her Cheburashka – the little brown mascot shown above holding the soccer ball. That little guy plays his theme song when you press his hand.

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