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Diving back into things

Heyo!  Welcome back to theheadrush everyone! It has been too long since we posted and what better time than now, after one of the best days in sports? World Cup For starters, I love how people get so pumped up for the World Cup and then the first game has a controversial call and everybody is like “See, THIS is why I hate soccer!” and they just lose interest. Every article I’ve read about the Brazil/Croatia game has had a comment like this at the bottom: “This is why I can’t get into soccer. You wouldn’t see flopping like…

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Dem Soccah Goals Dem

Amidst all the crazy things happening in the NBA, something monumental has happened in the world of Soccer. The under 17 United States Men’s Soccer Team beat El Salvador to get into the 2011 Fifa Under 17 World Cup!! I have no idea what that means!! This video is just pretty funny. The guy commentating is a very nice sounding Haitian man who sounds very excited to be a part of this. They score two goals in the first 10 minutes, and spoiler alert, US go ahead in the 95th and 111th minute. The Salvador’s don’t like this, and…

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US Soccer Signs Another Foreign Star

So, it seems as though the Major League Soccer has become the grazing pasture when former international stars are put out to stud, so to speak.  Earlier today, Thierry Henry signed a contract with MLS’s New York Red Bulls after being cut from Barcelona for scoring a meager 4 goals last year.  Henry has an incredibly impressive resume with Barcelona and his former club team Arsenal.  Aside from winning two Premier League Championships in 04′ and 07′, he also was awarded 6 different trophies in 2009 including the Champions League.  With the international French team, he won one World…

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A Weekend in Recap

Wow, it’s been a crazy weekend.  Lebronathon is coming to a close now that he has officially announced his new team and pissed everyone but Miamians off.  The World Cup Finals were played yesterday, Spain outdiving the Netherlands, and the MLB All-Star break has officially started.   I’m not going to talk about Lebron, mostly due to the fact that everyone else already has, and I think my partner summed it up about as well as one could.  I will say this though:  Lebron, get your ass a speech coach man.  Your were mumbling and stumbling all over the place. …

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