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May 24, 2002
World Cup meets the Weblog: How many more will pop up.
Rebecca Blood wrote "the weblog handbook" and there's no comments on her site. Comments are a relative new addition to weblogs, with many of the most popular not using them at all. It's really just personal preference.
posted by justgary at 02:55 PM on May 24, 2002
This by Bill Evans seems to be a more traditional blog (can a blog be traditional?). A citizen of the U.S too. The game is truly global.
posted by Fat Buddha at 09:34 AM on May 25, 2002
Heh, 'Mr Soccer' is my new hero: Mr. Soccer replies: Your question required a lot of research, because I had never heard of Tab Ramos or the MLS. I'm told that MLS is your so-called "Major League" Soccer, and that Ramos is one of that league's so-called "stars." Perhaps the nicest way I can put it is thusly: Being a "star" in "Major League" Soccer would translate to being a reserve-team midfielder on a Sunday morning kick-about team back in England. (Note to editor: Please don't bother me with such drivel again. The only Tab I want to hear about is the kind I mix with Tanqueray, and keep 'em coming, sweetheart.) So bloody true.
posted by etagloh at 06:56 PM on May 25, 2002
Oh, come on now. I know our overall quality of play is rather poor, but i've gotta defend Tab Ramos. He probably could have started for a lower-tier Premiership team at his height. Hell, if John Harkes(who played for Coventry I think, and who I was never very impressed by) could do it, Tab certainly could have. He almost single-handedly kept us in our game with Brazil in WC '94, and was probably the best overall player on our national team for most of the '90's. Also, while MLS is lousy overall, the best teams have beaten European and South American sides in friendlies and in various international club tournaments. It's definitely improving, and is probably on the level of most first division European leagues at this point. Still not great, but not unwatchable, either.
posted by disblfsuspender at 03:08 PM on May 26, 2002
yeah thats cool and all, but i thought you could make comments on weblogs...