22 March, 2008
Ouch.
Even if you're not a goalie, or a hockey/sports fan, these two things are kind of a given:
1) Giving up a short-handed (meaning your team has the man advantage) goal is bad.
2) Giving up a goal that was shot from the other end of the rink is really bad.
This? This is #@%^$*!!!#@^&*. Poor Vesa Toskala.
edit to add: h/t to Off Wing Opinion and for clarification.
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18 July, 2007
Back From The Dead. Again.
I've often joked that the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team has died and returned from the dead more times than a soap opera diva. A couple of years ago, the team "died" which, like any soap opera diva worth her weight in cubic zirconia, meant that they were really exiled to a secluded tropical island Houston.
She, uh, THEY are returning next season.
Here's a timeline from the SF Chronicle/SFGate story:
Earthquakes history
1974-1984: The original San Jose Earthquakes played in the North American Soccer League. The league folded after the 1984 season.
1985-1988: The Earthquakes played in the newly formed Western Soccer League. The team folded after the 1988 season.
1989-1992: The Earthquakes re-emerged as the SF Bay Blackhawks and played in the WSL and later the American Professional Soccer League.
1993: Moved to the United States Interregional Soccer League as the San Jose Hawks. Team folded after the 1993 season.
1995-1999: Joined the newly formed Major League Soccer as the San Jose Clash.
2000-2005: After changing name to the Earthquakes, won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003. Team went on hiatus following 2005 season and later became the Houston Dynamo, still of the MLS.
2007: Announced a return to the MLS as an expansion team.
2008: Will begin playing.
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Diva jokes aside, I'm looking forward to seeing Becks play!
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