That's right. Videos of the day. Enjoy!
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By Kayla
There's just so many lovely happenings in the world of footy as of late that we can't quite narrow down this post to just one video. Enjoy the smorgasbord of awesome.
How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Rap The Ways
While training with the US Women's National Team at LiveStrong Park in Kansas City, Hope Solo was cornered and subsequently serenaded by Sporting KC striker CJ Sapong. It's hard to watch since he struggles to find his flow in the beginning, but with some encouragement from the crowd and Ms. Solo herself, he finally manages to profess his love to her via rap. He ends his rap by asking for a hug but receives a hug with a bonus kiss. Well played, sir.
If You Spray It, They Will Come
David Beckham is a good sport. His visit to the Ellen Degeneres Show found him playing puppet to Ellen's puppeteer as he poses as a Target employee named Ricky trying to entice shoppers to buy his-er, David Beckham's cologne. One lucky shopper was even encouraged to steal it! David Beckham's no actor, but who can be convincing with Ellen barking orders in their ear? Dance, monkey, dance.
Pirates Vs. Receding Hair Lines
Last year for FIFA 11 we were treated to the throwdown between Steve Nash and Landon Donovan. This year they are back in action, but not against each other. Steve Nash faced off with Hope Solo while Landon Donovan took on Tim Lincecum. Hope Solo is featured in our first video of the day, so it seems appropriate to go with the Landon Donovan & Tim Lincecum matchup. Plus, Donovan is better at trash-talking than Hope. Sorry, Hope. Look at it this way: Donovan isn't being serenaded by strapping young strikers like you.
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
Monday, September 19, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Video of the Day: Jozy Altidore's Golazo Today
Video of the day!
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By Kayla
Jozy, Jozy, Jozy. You sir are racking up the goals for your new club. And we likey. We likey a lot!
Here's Jozy's latest goal, a humdinger not unlike his goal against Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup.
Time to see some more goals like that for the USMNT, yeah?
Video: YouTube
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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By Kayla
Jozy, Jozy, Jozy. You sir are racking up the goals for your new club. And we likey. We likey a lot!
Here's Jozy's latest goal, a humdinger not unlike his goal against Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup.
Time to see some more goals like that for the USMNT, yeah?
Video: YouTube
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Video of the Day: Dating a Seattle Sounder
Video of the day!!!
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By Kayla
Really nothing new here, but a hilarious marketing tool nevertheless. Seattle Sounders wrangled some of their players together to make cheesy dating videos, highlighting their attributes. Below is Jeff Park's contribution, featuring his very adorable co-star. Check out datewithasounder.com for more from the guys in green.
Video: Sounders FC on YouTube
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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By Kayla
Really nothing new here, but a hilarious marketing tool nevertheless. Seattle Sounders wrangled some of their players together to make cheesy dating videos, highlighting their attributes. Below is Jeff Park's contribution, featuring his very adorable co-star. Check out datewithasounder.com for more from the guys in green.
Video: Sounders FC on YouTube
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
Nando Watch: Champions League (Bayer Leverkusen)
Nando Watch is a weekly post chronicling Fernando Torres' performance during his second season at Chelsea. Considering his one goal debut season for the club, the only way he can go during this season is up. Today was Chelsea's first match in their Champions League campaign and Nando & Co. kicked it off with a bang.
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By Kayla
Chelsea started off their Champions League campaign with a bang yesterday as they pulled out a 2-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. For a squad that is constantly accused of being too old, Chelsea controlled the pace of the match and that pace was set to light speed.
Before the match it was rumored that Fernando Torres would be benched due to his recent questionable performances, and reports that he colored his veteran teammates in an unflattering light probably didn't help his case. Despite reports to the contrary, Fernando Torres played the entire match. Again, Nando turned in another scoreless performance, but he certainly stated his case for Andres Villas-Boas. Not only did Fernando assist in both goals scored, the second assist was a result of unselfishly giving up a chance to score by passing to his fellow Spainard Juan Mata, who easily slotted the ball into the net.
It's easy to get caught in the fact that Nando has only scored one goal during his time at Chelsea. The job of the striker is to put the goals in the net after all. However, Fernando's performance yesterday showed flashes of the brilliance he's been lacking for some time. If he keeps playing that way, he'll be back to his goal scoring ways in no time. He doesn't seem to be too concerned since he gave up a chance for his teammate to score, so no one else should be too concerned either.
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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By Kayla
Chelsea started off their Champions League campaign with a bang yesterday as they pulled out a 2-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. For a squad that is constantly accused of being too old, Chelsea controlled the pace of the match and that pace was set to light speed.
Before the match it was rumored that Fernando Torres would be benched due to his recent questionable performances, and reports that he colored his veteran teammates in an unflattering light probably didn't help his case. Despite reports to the contrary, Fernando Torres played the entire match. Again, Nando turned in another scoreless performance, but he certainly stated his case for Andres Villas-Boas. Not only did Fernando assist in both goals scored, the second assist was a result of unselfishly giving up a chance to score by passing to his fellow Spainard Juan Mata, who easily slotted the ball into the net.
It's easy to get caught in the fact that Nando has only scored one goal during his time at Chelsea. The job of the striker is to put the goals in the net after all. However, Fernando's performance yesterday showed flashes of the brilliance he's been lacking for some time. If he keeps playing that way, he'll be back to his goal scoring ways in no time. He doesn't seem to be too concerned since he gave up a chance for his teammate to score, so no one else should be too concerned either.
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
Monday, September 12, 2011
Kayla's Salute: Manchester United
I love football as much as the next guy, but at the base level, I'm still a woman. I appreciate the after-game shirt exchange just as much as the game itself. Kayla's salute is a recurring piece spotlighting the best footballers that also happen to be the best looking. With the first few weeks behind us in the EPL season, one season has been invincible force that has annihilated the competition. Have we really come to expect anything else from Sir Ferg & Co.? Of course not.
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By Kayla
No matter your opinion of the squad, you have to respect Manchester United. Always a tough opponent no matter who they play, Manchester United racked up their 19th league title for the 2010-2011 season and are well on their way to another with their amazing start to this 2011-2012 season. With all wins thus far, Manchester United's most recent outing served Bolton Wanderers with an embarassing 5-0 loss, as a result of a brace from Chicharito and a hat trick from Wayne "Must Be the Hair Plugs" Rooney.
If they keep this up, Manchester United are well on their way to their 20th title, the 12th for Sir Alex Ferguson. There's plenty of season left to play so it's anyone's title (well, realistically, it's up for grabs for four clubs but that's neither here nor there).
Although the whole "gimmick" of this weekly post is saluting outstanding players that are good looking, one might argue this cannot be said about all of Manchester United players. But at the very least, Wazza cleans up pretty nice, no?
Photo: Max Vadukul/The New York Times
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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By Kayla
No matter your opinion of the squad, you have to respect Manchester United. Always a tough opponent no matter who they play, Manchester United racked up their 19th league title for the 2010-2011 season and are well on their way to another with their amazing start to this 2011-2012 season. With all wins thus far, Manchester United's most recent outing served Bolton Wanderers with an embarassing 5-0 loss, as a result of a brace from Chicharito and a hat trick from Wayne "Must Be the Hair Plugs" Rooney.
If they keep this up, Manchester United are well on their way to their 20th title, the 12th for Sir Alex Ferguson. There's plenty of season left to play so it's anyone's title (well, realistically, it's up for grabs for four clubs but that's neither here nor there).
Although the whole "gimmick" of this weekly post is saluting outstanding players that are good looking, one might argue this cannot be said about all of Manchester United players. But at the very least, Wazza cleans up pretty nice, no?
Photo: Max Vadukul/The New York Times
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Nando Watch: Week 3 (Sunderland)
Nando Watch is a weekly post chronicling Fernando Torres' performance during his second season at Chelsea. Considering his one goal debut season for the club, the only way he can go during this season is up. This week we'll cover week 3's match against Sunderland
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By Kayla
Oh, Fernando. Another scoreless week has passed you by. With Didier Drogba out with a nasty injury and Juan Mata selected as the starting striker over Torres, Torres came on in the 73rd minute to replace Mata and turned in another scoreless performance for Chelsea. No worries. John Terry and Daniel Sturridge turned in the goals for this match to bring about a win for The Blues.
Another goalless appearance for Fernando Torres could spell trouble for the striker, as Andres Villas-Boas has clearly stated the Spanish striker will have to fight for his position on the squad. Also being snubbed by Spain's head coach Vincente del Bosque during the international break sends a clear message.
No one loses their talent or skill on the pitch. Torres is suffering a lack of confidence that has been evident through his time at Liverpool, the 2010 World Cup, and since his signing at Chelsea. Torres has struggled to prove his worth for The Blues, but it is early in the season still. We can only hope Torres will receive some sort of confidence boost before AVB decides he is not a valuable asset to the team after all.
Next week is another match and another chance to rack up a goal or two.
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres. Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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By Kayla
Oh, Fernando. Another scoreless week has passed you by. With Didier Drogba out with a nasty injury and Juan Mata selected as the starting striker over Torres, Torres came on in the 73rd minute to replace Mata and turned in another scoreless performance for Chelsea. No worries. John Terry and Daniel Sturridge turned in the goals for this match to bring about a win for The Blues.
Another goalless appearance for Fernando Torres could spell trouble for the striker, as Andres Villas-Boas has clearly stated the Spanish striker will have to fight for his position on the squad. Also being snubbed by Spain's head coach Vincente del Bosque during the international break sends a clear message.
No one loses their talent or skill on the pitch. Torres is suffering a lack of confidence that has been evident through his time at Liverpool, the 2010 World Cup, and since his signing at Chelsea. Torres has struggled to prove his worth for The Blues, but it is early in the season still. We can only hope Torres will receive some sort of confidence boost before AVB decides he is not a valuable asset to the team after all.
Next week is another match and another chance to rack up a goal or two.
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres. Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
The CAB's Video of the Day: The Artist Currently Known as Brek Shea
The first Video of the Day after this odd break. Ch-ch-ch-check it out!
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By Kayla
Anyone who has been closely watching the USMNT since the beginning of the Klinsmann reign has surely noticed Brek Shea, and not because of his above-average stature. The tow-headed midfielder has made the best of his national team call ups by not only assisting in the only goal scored so far in the Klinsmann era but by also remaining one of the few consistent players in the three Klinsmann matches thus far. Plenty of good and bad things have been said of the form of the USMNT under the new German coach, but all good things have been said about this 21-year-old midfielder who has another passion outside of his chosen career. Brek Shea first began painting while at a friend's house and has since gone on to raise a nice chunk of change for the FC Dallas Foundation, which focuses on helping disadvantaged children and giving a leg up to future student athletes, among other things. The video below is of Shea explaining his passion while showing some of his work and also shows clips of the auction where he managed to raise money of the foundation.
And for all that are interested, the lovely painting he did featuring the FC Dallas logo will be available for auction from October 1-14 here.
Video: MLS on YouTube
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres. Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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By Kayla
Anyone who has been closely watching the USMNT since the beginning of the Klinsmann reign has surely noticed Brek Shea, and not because of his above-average stature. The tow-headed midfielder has made the best of his national team call ups by not only assisting in the only goal scored so far in the Klinsmann era but by also remaining one of the few consistent players in the three Klinsmann matches thus far. Plenty of good and bad things have been said of the form of the USMNT under the new German coach, but all good things have been said about this 21-year-old midfielder who has another passion outside of his chosen career. Brek Shea first began painting while at a friend's house and has since gone on to raise a nice chunk of change for the FC Dallas Foundation, which focuses on helping disadvantaged children and giving a leg up to future student athletes, among other things. The video below is of Shea explaining his passion while showing some of his work and also shows clips of the auction where he managed to raise money of the foundation.
And for all that are interested, the lovely painting he did featuring the FC Dallas logo will be available for auction from October 1-14 here.
Video: MLS on YouTube
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres. Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
Apologies for the Break
By Kayla
We've been gone for awhile. We realize a very small handful of people follow this (and we do mean small), but we still feel the need to apologize for the lack of posts as late.
Unlike some of the wonderful footy blogs on the net, we cannot devote the amount of time and attention necessary to really bring great coverage and updates. A full-time job and a full-time life for both of us make it very difficult to devote the necessary time to keep up with the news and goings-on in the footy world. But we try our best. That's all we can do for the time being.
We do this because we love the beautiful game and the wonderful players that participate in it. For anyone that does pay any attention to this, we do ask for your patience when we do take breaks like this. We could easily pump out filler posts to keep the blog consistently updated on days we are not able to really sit down and focus on the work, but we feel it would not be right. We focus more on quality than quantity.
We only ask that you bear with us. We know you understand the time it takes to devote to a full-time job, a full-time life, and a full-time relationship (and being a full-time student for me). We will continue to bring the best of our coverage and thoughts on the footy world, because it is our shared passion and what keeps us sane some days. Please stay tuned!
We've been gone for awhile. We realize a very small handful of people follow this (and we do mean small), but we still feel the need to apologize for the lack of posts as late.
Unlike some of the wonderful footy blogs on the net, we cannot devote the amount of time and attention necessary to really bring great coverage and updates. A full-time job and a full-time life for both of us make it very difficult to devote the necessary time to keep up with the news and goings-on in the footy world. But we try our best. That's all we can do for the time being.
We do this because we love the beautiful game and the wonderful players that participate in it. For anyone that does pay any attention to this, we do ask for your patience when we do take breaks like this. We could easily pump out filler posts to keep the blog consistently updated on days we are not able to really sit down and focus on the work, but we feel it would not be right. We focus more on quality than quantity.
We only ask that you bear with us. We know you understand the time it takes to devote to a full-time job, a full-time life, and a full-time relationship (and being a full-time student for me). We will continue to bring the best of our coverage and thoughts on the footy world, because it is our shared passion and what keeps us sane some days. Please stay tuned!
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