Jimmy Dunn Never Played at Ebbets Field
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James “Jimmy” Dunn (b.1897-d.1987) was an outstanding American soccer player of the early 20th Century. He scored the winning goal of the 1920 National Challenge Cup final, netting a victory for his hometown Ben Millers soccer club. He was elected to the US Soccer Hall of Fame in 1974. Before tonight, I had never heard [...]
Net Results Soccer: Game Review
In tabletop sports simulation world, replicating the statistical output of a particular soccer team, league or season has proven to be rather easy. There are many soccer games on the market that will crank out results with a few dice rolls. However, at its best, the game of soccer moves with hypnotic fluidity and spectacular [...]
#SE4TTLE
There is a ton of great soccer stuff going on today – not the least of which is the #SE4TTLE Sounders’ run at a 4th US Open Cup Championship in the final today at Livestrong Park versus Sporting Kansas City. It’s their attempt at an historic feat. I was there last year at the final. [...]
In the Movies: Orson Welles Meets Soccer in the 70′s
My bachelor’s degree is in Cinema Studies, believe it or not, and I like to fancy myself as somewhat of a cinephile. That is to say, I love movies and I’ve seen a lot of them. Perhaps my favorite film of all time is Orson Welles’ 1973 documentary F for Fake, which weaves several narratives [...]
APBA Soccer: 2011 MLS Open Cup Round of 16 Results
I haven’t posted about it in a while, but I have been playing my APBA Soccer 2011 MLS Open Cup tournament. It has been great fun. The Round of 16 produced some terrific games. Here is the bracket at the completion of the round: click on the bracket to see it at full-size GAME RESULTS: [...]