May 16, 2003

Pre-season, post-Saddam friendly.: "You could say that football is the only force for cohesion, the only common language, in a now riven country." Also, former World Cup captain Rad Hamoudi has returned to Iraq after years of exile to prepare the national team for the 2004 Olympics.

posted by kirkaracha to soccer at 04:27 PM - 2 comments

Awesome! I can't wait for Iraq to kick America's ass!

posted by StarFucker at 09:09 PM on May 16, 2003

There is a good article here on life as an Iraqi footballer. There are quite a few Blues players over the years who I wouldn't have minded chucking in chokey for a bit. An Iraqi team made the Observers 10 best games of the season.

posted by Fat Buddha at 07:25 AM on May 17, 2003

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