http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/history-ukrainian-will-carpathian-pride-and-the-summer-of-%e2%80%9969/ Soccer as a second language Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/history-ukrainian-will-carpathian-pride-and-the-summer-of-%e2%80%9969/comment-page-1/#comment-81433 Andrii Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:48:03 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2512#comment-81433 Yet another exemplary illustration of how soccer explains the world! Yet another exemplary illustration of how soccer explains the world!

]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/history-ukrainian-will-carpathian-pride-and-the-summer-of-%e2%80%9969/comment-page-1/#comment-81299 Ukrainian will, Carpathian pride and the summer of ’69 « Scissors Kick Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:41:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2512#comment-81299 [...] Ukrainian will, Carpathian pride and the summer of ’69 “Some 30,000 interlopers from the western extremity of the Soviet Union descended on Moscow on 17 Aug 1969 and, in a spontaneous assertion of nationalism, sang Ukrainian folk songs in the heart of the Soviet empire. Following a 20-hour train journey, supporters of FC Karpaty celebrated the temerity of a regional second-division club in making Soviet soccer history. The team known as the Carpathians, from L’viv, defeated SKA Rostov-on-Don, a top-flight Russian side, to become the only Soviet Cup winners from outside the first division.” (The Global Game) [...] [...] Ukrainian will, Carpathian pride and the summer of ’69 “Some 30,000 interlopers from the western extremity of the Soviet Union descended on Moscow on 17 Aug 1969 and, in a spontaneous assertion of nationalism, sang Ukrainian folk songs in the heart of the Soviet empire. Following a 20-hour train journey, supporters of FC Karpaty celebrated the temerity of a regional second-division club in making Soviet soccer history. The team known as the Carpathians, from L’viv, defeated SKA Rostov-on-Don, a top-flight Russian side, to become the only Soviet Cup winners from outside the first division.” (The Global Game) [...]

]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/history-ukrainian-will-carpathian-pride-and-the-summer-of-%e2%80%9969/comment-page-1/#comment-81281 Taras Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:33:42 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2512#comment-81281 Thank you for this historically—and politically—savvy saga of Ukrainian soccer! Thank you for this historically—and politically—savvy saga of Ukrainian soccer!

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