I don't know where you draw the line, but you can find Pablo Escobar t-shirts at every street corner vendor in Colombia. I guarantee you that you will not spot Hitler gear in your typical Berlin shop. Maybe I was indoctrinated at a tender age by left-leaning professors, but the situation in many Latin American countries, where the CIA regularly intervened to unseat popularly-chosen leaders in favor of dictators aligned with the US, may have caused me to become slightly more sympathetic to the revolutionaries. That said, I don't expect the Quakes to co-opt any of these images for Q-themed merch. Just asking for something a little less dreary than the current offerings. I can't bring myself to spring for this year's jersey, and that's been the case for a few years, with each year's jersey less appealing than the previous year's jersey.
As I suspected, I heard the language barrier is still a major obstacle and factor for Almeyda. Let’s hope he is taking ESL classes!
Based on the broadcast of the game against Dallas, he is. And language barriers are almost always obstacles. I think it gets downplayed a lot. Guys always talk about the language of the game, and this and that. But the reality is that if you don't speak the same language as another person, it's going to be more challenging to work with them than if you did. When you're needing to communicate very precisely and quickly, as you do in soccer, then it can be particularly challenging. Even with Almeyda's limited English skills, the communication has looked pretty good. I've particularly enjoyed seeing players come over to the sideline during down time, talking things over with Almeyda and the assistants. It seems like those discussions are pretty targeted, and the instructions given, very specific. Granted, I can't hear these conversations from where I sit, but compared to many coaching styles I've seen, Almeyda's is something I appreciate.
That was very interesting, especially going from one of the worst to one of the best in this metric: This season, they are one of the most aggressive, allowing just 7.81 opposition passes per defensive action.
I wish there was an English version of that book all about Almeyda's tactics. I'd love to read it. Can't ever imagine a book written about Stahre's tactics... http://lucasmarinelli.com.ar/la-estrategia-de-almeyda/
Short book: The Traffic Cone Defense. It's one page with 11 traffic cones watching a soccer game happen around them. Said the New York Times: "I didn't know traffic cones could be used in other situations!"
Then at the end of the game you gather all the cones together at the center of the field and give them encouragement!
I mean, it's as good a reason to learn Spanish as any. Or you could try your luck with using Google translate if your phone supports it.
How about we do t-shirt spoofs with this guy?! https://www.google.com/search?q=aug...ECA4QAQ&biw=1024&bih=648#imgrc=W2UlcnNZSi5GYM Che is sooooo done, you know? (Sorry, can’t post the pic directly. My internet connection is a little shaky here in Greece.) And I think our marketing department needs to spend an evening drinking tequila with a bunch of Quakes fans. Go Quakes!! - Mark
The very first soccer team i coached was a U-10 team on the Eastside in 1978/9. 20 kids in the center circle, the ball bobbing up and down, like it was in a fountain. And i was all 17 at the time.
Agusto Sandino! Me gusto Agusto!! He’s the guy after whom the Sandinista movement is named. He started the revolution against the US installed puppet government of Nicaragua in the 1920’s. Basically, I posted him to piss off @Beerking, ‘cuz I’m a jerk! Go Quakes!! - Mark
About the same time frame, and in the same area, I helped a friend with an U-12 team. There were a couple of kids who had developed a few skills, but many of them had never played soccer before. We did pretty well, with the kids who had the skills doing most of the scoring. I remember one game when we were threatening the opposition goal (which did most of this particular game), I looked over at one of our fullbacks and he was literally chasing a butterfly. Couldn't help but laugh before we both yelled to him that he needed to be paying attention to the game.
You should send a copy of the team picture to History San Jose for its Soccer Legacy Collection. The collection extends to the entire Bay Area soccer history, professional and amateur. Generally, hard copies of photos and digital images that meet certain dots per inch (dpi) resolution specifications. Anyone interested in sending their youth soccer photo(s) to the museum should PM me and I can give you contact info.
What Matias Almeyda should go to Vegas. Immediately. He told his interpreter and one of his assistants before the game that he thought Wondo would score four goals today. #Quakes74— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) May 18, 2019