FTB - Canadian Pride Edition

Good effort. I got up at 6am this morning to watch the game. It was already 1-0 for the U.S., then the Canadian goalie got inured and had to leave, and then they all left the field because of lightning. That’s all I saw before I left for work.

I know, who really believes I have a job.

Yes, PPP, it’s me. Let’s all get excited now — after a lifetime of nurturing PPP’s Leafs mania [i.e. I sometimes fought less valiantly for the t.v. on a Saturday night], and being on the ground for the original blog, I felt I needed to come just for this comment:

I watched the game after the delay and it was played with guts by the Canadians. Sinclair’s goal was beautiful and I immediately dubbed her a “BEAST”. It was pretty great watching the Americans get so upset because they had been expecting to dominate. I personally stand by the belief that the second goal came from an off-side player, but shockingly the referees did not notice this.

Rowing will dominate, but then, it’s the only real sport that exists.

p.s. I was thinking maybe BabyPPP, and then I thought that might be confusing. Also thought of ReluctantFan, but I stuck with old faithful.

Our health care system is superior, our social programs are better, and most importantly, our hockey is better.

That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all day, thank you.

Good perspective on the NFL invasion. I don’t have a problem with it as long as the Argos can still survive and thrive. With only one or two games a year, that’s quite possible: with four or all eight home games, it might not be. Normally, the fate of one CFL team wouldn’t be as big of a deal as this is, but given that Toronto is the centre of the Canadian business and media landscape, the CFL without a Toronto franchise would not be the league we know and love and it certainly wouldn’t get too much attention nationwide.

On the soccer, you’re quite right that the Canadian team was terrible at the end. Keep in mind that they’d just played two and a half hours of soccer strung out over four hours in downpours, thunderstorms and incredible humidity, though.Also, the injuries forced them to use all their subs earlier, so they didn’t have the fresh legs the U.S. did. It’s still pretty good that they can keep up with the top-ranked team in the world, and like you said, they’ll only get better. The real issue this time around in my mind was not their play today, but their lack of finishing against China and their lack of performance against Sweden: with results in those matches, they don’t face the U.S. until at least the semis and could easily have earned a medal.

Some afternoon reading:

Do Kings fans want Bryan McCabe? Insert your own joke about Californians not knowing a lick about hockey…

Or make the same joke about sens fans. They watched him 24 times in three years and still have an interest?

This guy does research? I guess googling is research.

PPP, Edu to Glasgow Rangers for $5 million…