http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog Soccer as a second language Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Copyright © The Global Game 2011 admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) 1440 http://www.theglobalgame.com/images/dembaksm.jpg http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog 144 144 Soccer as a second language The Global Game The Global Game admin@theglobalgame.com no no http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/far-west-of-the-carpathians-ukraine-unites/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/far-west-of-the-carpathians-ukraine-unites/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:52:53 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=451 Ukraine United and Shakhtar played a friendly, not in the motherland, but on an artificial pitch at Ontario Soccer Centre.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/far-west-of-the-carpathians-ukraine-unites/feed/ 5 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/11/first-among-soccer-nations-beckham-on-vancouver-swing-tries-football-by-canadian-rules/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/11/first-among-soccer-nations-beckham-on-vancouver-swing-tries-football-by-canadian-rules/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:32:35 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=280 Beckham, on Vancouver swing, tries football by Canadian rules Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov 7 | As usual, David Beckham's North American barnstorming circuit—with a stop tonight at BC Place Stadium—to us raises more interest in pre-existing soccer traditions than in the soccer actually being played.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/11/first-among-soccer-nations-beckham-on-vancouver-swing-tries-football-by-canadian-rules/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/soccer-made-in-canada-cbc-schedules-grassroots-broadcast-spanning-bc-and-the-maritimes/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/soccer-made-in-canada-cbc-schedules-grassroots-broadcast-spanning-bc-and-the-maritimes/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:19:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=260 Toronto, Jul 7 | First there was Hockey Night in Canada. Now there is Soccer Day in Canada, a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. production that aims to fill two hours on Jul 8 with reporting on the grassroots game, tied to the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/soccer-made-in-canada-cbc-schedules-grassroots-broadcast-spanning-bc-and-the-maritimes/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/coverage-abroad-in-islamic-world-head-scarves-not-always-compulsory-football-equipment/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/coverage-abroad-in-islamic-world-head-scarves-not-always-compulsory-football-equipment/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:49:16 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=242 Rabat, Morocco, Mar 11 | A cursory survey of women's use of the hijab within football, in both Muslim and non-Muslim lands, shows variance that likely defies a systemic approach.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/coverage-abroad-in-islamic-world-head-scarves-not-always-compulsory-football-equipment/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/02/whose-heads-are-covered-rules-addled-quebecers-keep-hijab-but-not-politics-off-the-field/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/02/whose-heads-are-covered-rules-addled-quebecers-keep-hijab-but-not-politics-off-the-field/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:46:07 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=241 Laval, Québec, Feb 28 | Eleven-year-old Asmahan (Azzy) Mansour walked onto an indoor field at a youth soccer tournament in suburban Montreal Sunday and into the maelstrom of Canada's identity politics.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/02/whose-heads-are-covered-rules-addled-quebecers-keep-hijab-but-not-politics-off-the-field/feed/ 4 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/05/sport-space-ice-hockey-fears-the-sleeping-giant/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/05/sport-space-ice-hockey-fears-the-sleeping-giant/#comments Sat, 20 May 2006 02:16:23 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=158 Riga, Latvia | The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation as well as a major player in the International Olympic Committee, Rene Fasel fears for ice hockey's status in North America. Speaking to Reuters at the IIHF world championships, Fasel says hockey is under threat from soccer.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/05/sport-space-ice-hockey-fears-the-sleeping-giant/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/02/time-to-chill-with-moosemeat-on-the-side-soccer-takes-its-place/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/02/time-to-chill-with-moosemeat-on-the-side-soccer-takes-its-place/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:57:55 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=87 Soldotna, Alaska | Tired of getting clobbered by teams from southern Canada, the Northwest Territories and Yukon in the late 1960s decided they needed a circumpolar alternative to the Canada Winter Games. The Arctic Winter Games began in 1970 and incorporate games of the Inuit, such as head pull, airplane and high kick, and Dena (snow snake and other games), along with Olympic winter sports and basketball, volleyball, table tennis and indoor soccer.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/02/time-to-chill-with-moosemeat-on-the-side-soccer-takes-its-place/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/11/pledge-drive-for-canadians-hours-and-hours-of-soccer-now-a-reality/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/11/pledge-drive-for-canadians-hours-and-hours-of-soccer-now-a-reality/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:12:04 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=93 Toronto | Blessings on the Toronto Star, which reminds us of Guy Caballero's rants on the Second City Television series of the 1970s and early '80s.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/11/pledge-drive-for-canadians-hours-and-hours-of-soccer-now-a-reality/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/11/neighbors-to-the-north-theres-more-than-tundra-up-there/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/11/neighbors-to-the-north-theres-more-than-tundra-up-there/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:57:58 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=116 Toronto | Toronto councillors, as of late October, have approved public financing for a 20,000-seat soccer-specific stadium to host a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in 2007.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/11/neighbors-to-the-north-theres-more-than-tundra-up-there/feed/ 1