When the United States national soccer team defeated the Spanish national team in the semifinals of the 2009 Confederations Cup‚ many sportswriters and fans called the U.S team’s win one of the biggest upsets in modern soccer. Although the United States is known for having dominant sports teams‚ many refuse to admit that the United States has a good soccer team‚ let alone believe that Americans know about the sport soccer. In all fairness‚ even people in the United States do not believe that Americans
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of food to eat. YUMMY. One of my favorite holidays is Thanksgiving because of the traditional food my family cooks every year. My favorite side dish is sweet potato pie‚ nom nom nom. Without question‚ I always end up with a food coma after eating and it is something I do not enjoy very much. I always know when it is time to eat on Thanksgiving because when everything is ready and set in place on the dining table. Each dish takes up a good amount of time and steps before it is ready to be served
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Quotes like this help me a lot when I’m playing soccer‚ especially during a soccer game. This quote is a perfect example of a soccer tournament that my soccer team and I had participated in. For this tournament‚ we went to Madison and the tournament was called Madison Rush Spring Classic 2015. In this tournament‚ there were two brackets and my team was in Bracket B. In my bracket‚ the teams were Croatian Eagles Red U12G (my team)‚ Verona SC U13G‚ Monona Grove SC Cobras‚ and Rush McFarland U12. It
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Sports Studies: Soccer Profesor: Sean Steele Hal Emas April 24 2013 Final Paper The Calciopoli Corruption and money go hand in hand. Money is a motivating factor for corruption‚ and the transfer of money or other special benefits often finances corruption. It is a sad fact of life‚ but you don’t have to look very hard to find some form of corruption in virtually any area of life‚ wherever it is in sports‚ politics or business. Almost on a daily basis can you read about a new case of corruption
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In the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare‚ according to a number of characters‚ there is a prominent aura revolving around the themes of love and hate. It is understandable that during the latter part of the play‚ Shylocks daughter‚ Jessica‚ contradicting her father Shylock‚ is in love with a Christian man named Lorenzo‚ a friend of Bassanio’s‚ whom takes Jessica from her father’s home and escapes to Belmont with her. On the other hand however‚ it is clear that within majority of
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Sarai Fuentes March 10‚ 2013 Professor Crowder English 170 The way a person expresses his or her love to another person should not bother other people. In the article “I Just Called to Say I Love you” by Jonathan Franzen he clearly states that he hates hearing other people saying the words I love you to another person. He believes that the privacy of others should be kept to themselves and their personal feelings should not be said out loud in public places. Although this may be true there
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How I Learned to Play the Guitar Guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments to learn because of its versatility and portability. When I was in high school‚ I had an abundance of leisure time. I wanted to do something meaningful and fun instead of wasting time on playing video games‚ so I decided to learn a musical instrument. Honestly speaking‚ I was a good singer; however‚ singing without a musical instrument to accompany me seemed strange. That is why I made up my mind to learn to play
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community service together‚ however I never really liked to participate‚ instead I preferred to play basketball. While everyone was assigned a specific task on a weekly basis‚ I was never the person who cared about what I did. They would call me from where they were working‚ to get my attention. I heard them and chose to ignore them‚ because I figured that playing basketball would be more fun. However‚ It had never occurred to me that maybe I was not doing what I needed to do as someone my age or was
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Can Soccer Play a Role in Restoring the United States Economy? One thing about Soccer and its History is that its always gone hand-in-hand with Politics. Since the time Benito Mussolini used Soccer to promote the Italian Fascist Party to the infamous “Soccer War” between Honduras and El Salvador‚ soccer was involved. In the relationship between Soccer and Politics‚ players have used Soccer as a vehicle to show their disapproval of the government. One famous incident involved Holland’s great
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AEC BAD FOR THAI FARMERS‚ WORKERS: NGOS Poor farmers and unskilled labourers would feel a negative impact and no benefits from the 2015 launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC)‚ a forum of non-governmental organisations said yesterday. Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members‚ meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive‚ said Witoon Lianchamroon‚ director of BioThai. Thailand’s standing as a regional powerhouse in
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