Beckham Gets an Assist for England (and I’ll See You Monday)
By: Laurie | November 17th, 2007David Beckham played yesterday for England in a friendly against Austria and notched an assist. I want to say it was a free kick to Peter Crouch, but I’m having a heckuva time finding anything in the British press this morning. All anybody wants to talk about is how stupid it was for McClaren to play the stars in a friendly this close to a Euro qualifier, since Michael Owen ended up getting injured. So we’ll just say “Beckham notched an assist” and leave it at that.
On an unrelated note, if you read the main page at The Offside (and if you don’t, well, why the hell not?!), you have seen that Bob, the guru and god behind both World Cup Blog and The Offside, is leaving to pursue other opportunities. (I know everybody says that, but in this case it’s true. He’s heading back to his non-profit roots, leaving the rest of us to feel the guilt at devoting our lives to writing about groins and CoJones.)
But fear not. The site WILL go on. In a measure of what Bob accomplished in two years, it’s taking four of us to replace him. I will be joining Martha, Chris and Daryl in making sure that the main page continues with its own unique brand of irreverent soccerphilia. And yes, I’ll be continuing to write this page and my France page as well. And yes, that’s a lot of soccer blogging. (And yes, I do have a life away from the computer. Thanks for asking.)
So in preparation, I’m planning to take the rest of the weekend off and do something a normal person would do. Like, I dunno, read a novel or go to a movie or something. (What is it you normal people do, anyway?) But I shall be back bright and early on Monday morning to finish up my thoughts on the Expansion Draft, etc. etc.
Have a great weekend!
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I tip my hat to you, may we all be as dedicated to soccer as you are.
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Thank you, Marcos. But I don’t know that I’d recommend it.
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You are my blog-spiration. I’ve been neglecting the Socceroos and now they are without a coach again…
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