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Pelada- Today in Los Angeles… You’re invited!!
Posted by admin on Aug.31, 2010, under Originals No Comments
You are invited to the Los Angeles Premiere of
SXSW 2010 Official Selection and Newport Beach 2010 Award Winner
LOS ANGELES PELADA PREMIERE
with an introduction by Alexi Lalas and Q&A with the directors
Tuesday, August 31st – 8pm
The Royal Theatre – Laemmle
11523 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
To buy $15 tickets: Click here
A feature length documentary about pick-up soccer
in 25 countries around the world
“To get a sense of Pelada’s unique motivational quality, take the gut feeling a killer Nike commercial can evoke and imagine riding that high for 90 minutes.”
-Variety
“Brimming with energy and optimism…an extended love letter to soccer…rings close to pitch-perfect…”
-The New York Times
TF3 interviewed the directors from Pelada last March. The film has created a tremendous buzz around the world, and has struck a chord among all of us who care deeply about football.
Pelada is a documentary following Luke and Gwendolyn, two former college soccer stars who didn’t quite make it to the pros. Not ready for it to be over, they take off, chasing the game. From prisoners in Bolivia to moonshine brewers in Kenya, from freestylers in China to women who play in hijab in Iran, Pelada is the story of the people who play.
Behind the Scenes… USA-Brasil Friendly
Posted by bpalmer on Aug.27, 2010, under The Game No Comments
Brazil 0 – 0 Portugal Highlights – World Cup Group G
Posted by mdavis on Jun.25, 2010, under Highlights No Comments
Brazil 0 – 0 Portugal Highlights – World Cup Group G
Brazil 5 – 1 Tanzania Highlights – International Friendly
Posted by mdavis on Jun.07, 2010, under Highlights No Comments
Brazil 5 – 1 Tanzania Highlights – International Friendly
Pic du Jour – Brazil Training Camp
Posted by mdavis on Jun.02, 2010, under The Game No Comments
Training sessions like this and then they go off and effortlessly breeze past teams. I think football is just in the Brazilian DNA.
Umbro World Championship Collection x WAGS
Posted by mdavis on May.13, 2010, under Fashion No Comments
Umbro has designed these shirts to celebrate the 7 countries that have taken home the World Cup. And in an even better idea they have chosen some of the hottest soccer wives and girlfriends to model them.
Thankfully they got Peter Crouch’s fiancee Abigail Clancy to represent England. While Alice Bregol, girlfriend of Alberto Gilardino represent Italy and Uruguay has Diego Forlan’s wife Zaira Nara. Marcell Jansen’s wife Julia Godicke dons the German colors, and Susana Werner, the wife of Julio Cesar wears the bright yellow of Brazil. Gael Clichy’s wife Charlene Suric shows off the France design, while Luli Fernandez, the girlfriend of Pablo Mouche wears the Argentina uni.
Your summer reading list
Posted by mdavis on May.13, 2010, under Entertainment No Comments
As an avid reader my entire life my mood toward material is constantly changing. Every couple of months I am into something else. Sometimes it can be non-fiction that includes material on great leaders, real life travel journals, serial killer profiles, organized crime; other times it is fiction that includes Paulo Coehlo, Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut, and Truman Capote.
The last few months it has been football books. I have gone through “The Boss” (History of Sir Alex Furgeson), “Mourinho, Anatomy of a Winner” (enough said), and “Season on the Brink” (Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the path to European Glory).
I am now taking on the enormous task of conquering “The Ball is Round, A Global History of the Game” by author David Goldblatt. At 900 pages it is a serious endeavor for a busy person but I have to say that I cruised through the first 100 pages without even noticing. It is great for an American like myself to get a real lesson in the history of how the modern game developed. In reading the book I have found several parallels in the way modern football developed in England and how it is currently developing in the United States.
By pure coincidence I ran across what is a serious summer reading list for any crazed football fan. I know this may not be the summer to take on such a lofty task considering we are all going to be glued to out televisions for a whole month. In that case let’s really call this just a reading list. Check it out.
History:
Forza Italia: The Fall and Rise of Italian Football – Paddy Agnew Here!
Morbo – Phil Ball Here!
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer – David Goldblatt Here!
Tor!: The Story of German Football – Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger Here!
Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics – Jonathan Wilson Here!
Brilliant Orange The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer – David Winner Here!
General Non-Fiction:
Myths and Facts about Football: The Economics and Psychology of the World’s Greatest Sport – Patric Andersson Here!
How Football Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory in Globalization – Franklin Foer Here!
Temples of the Earthbound Gods: Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires – Christopher Thomas Gaffney Here!
Soccer in Sun and Shadow – Eduardo Galeano Here!
The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime – Declan Hill Here!
Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World’s Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power – Simon Kuper Here!
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey–and Even Iraq–Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport – Simon Kuper Here!
More than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid – Chuck Korr and Marvin Close Here!
Seeing Red – Graham Poll Here!
Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America’s Forgotten Game – David Wangerin Here!
Team:
A Season on the Brink: A Portrait of Rafa Benitez’s Liverpool – Guillem Balagué Here!
Barça: A People’s Passion – Jimmy Burns Here!
The Game of Their Lives – Geoffrey Douglas Here!
The Girls of Summer: The US Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed the World – Jere Longman Here!
Once in a Lifetime: Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos – Gavin Newsham Here!
The Italian Job: A Journey to the Heart of Two Great Footballing Cultures: Gianluca Vialli Here!
Biography/Auto-Biography/Memoir:
Mourinho: Anatomy of a Winner – Patrick Barclay Here!
Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff – Frits Barend Here!
Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer’s Fallen Star – Jimmy Burns Here!
Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography – David Beckham and Tom Watt Here!
Scoring at Halftime – George Best Here!
Among the Thugs – Bill Buford Here!
Carra: My Autobiography – Jamie Carragher and Kenny Daglish Here!
The Man Watching: A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever – Tim Crothers Here!
Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer – Chuck Culpepper Here!
Managing My Life: An Autobiography – Alex Ferguson Here!
Gerrard: My Autobiography – Steven Gerrard Here!
Giggs: The Autobiography – Ryan Giggs Here!
Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby Here!
Keane: The Autobiography – Roy Keane and Eamon Dunphy Here!
The Coaching Philosophies of Louis van Gall and the Ajax Coaches – Henry Kormelink and Tieu Seeverens Here!
Back from the Brink: The Autobiography – Paul McGrath Here!
Didier Drogba – Portrait of a Hero: The Biography of Didier Drogba – John McShane Here!
Moments – Cristiano Ronaldo Here!
Torres: El Niño: My Story – Fernando Torres Here!
Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football – Jonathan Wilson Here!
Fiction:
Keeper – Mal Peet Here!
Other Languages:
Alles andere ist nur Fußball – Die Geschichte von Fortuna Düsseldorf – Michael Bolten and Marco Langer Here!
In der Arena – Leben mit Fortuna Düsseldorf – Henning Heske Here!
“Ist doch ein geiler Verein”. Reisen in die Fußballprovinz – Christoph Ruf Here!
Fortuna Düsseldorf. Die Chronik einer 100jährigen Leidenschaft Here!
Los Secretos de la Roja – Miguel Angel Diaz casadellibro
Barça. El millor any de la nostra vida – Jordi Finestres, Miguel Ruiz casadellibro
Viatge d’anada i tornada – Gerard Piqué casadellibro – Catalan casadellibro – Preorder Spanish
Best of those who didn’t make their country’s list
Posted by mdavis on May.12, 2010, under The Game (1) Comment
Making even the 30-man provisional roster for the World Cup is a serious accomplishment. For some countries like Brazil, Argentina and Italy you could almost field two very competitive sides. La Marca has come up with a list of the best that did not make the squad for their respective countries. It is filled with top class players that compete at the highest level in the world on a weekly basis. Check it out.
Porteros: Alves (Almería), Palop (Sevilla), Munúa (Málaga), Renan (Xerez), Robinson (Blackburn).
Defensas: Marcelo (Real Madrid -está incluido en una lista de reservas ante posibles lesiones, pero si no hay novedades no estará en Sudáfrica), Zanetti (Inter de Milán), Wayne Bridge (Manchester City, por sus problemas con Terry), Gaby Milito (Barcelona), Emanuelson (Ajax, Holanda), Tremoulinas (Burdeos, Francia) y Filipe Luis (Deportivo).
Centrocampistas: Cambiasso (Inter de Milán), Gago (Real Madrid), Vieira (Francia), Diego (Juventus), Ronaldinho (Brasil), Reyes (Atlético de Madrid), Guti (Real Madrid), Cassano (Sampdoria), Totti (Roma) Nasri (Arsenal), Hargreaves (Man Utd), Banega (Valencia), Cebolla Rodríguez (Oporto), Joao Moutinho (Sporting Lisboa) y Quaresma (Inter).
Delanteros: Benzema (Real Madrid), Pato (Milán), Van Nistelrooy (Hamburgo), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Luca Toni (Roma), Amauri (Juventus), Fabrizio Miccoli (Palermo), Adriano (Flamengo), Neymar (Santos).
