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The Flying Dutchmen
Heading into South Africa 2010 the Netherlands are ranked No #4 by FIFA . Total football’s originators always had great tactical game and amazing individual skill sets but were never able to bring the World Cup home.
Advertising School Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam designed a t-shirt series that pays tribute to one of football’s most popular goal ritual. This has to be one of the most relevant and clever tee applications I’ve seen yet.
Now, every goal claimed by the orange army will put the opposing nation to shame.
Tags: Advertising School Willem de Kooning Academie, FIFA, Flying Dutchmen, Netherlands, Rotterdam, South Africa 2010, t-shirt, Total football
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May 31st, 2010 | by max
Haiti
Growing up in the province of Quebec, Canada, I met and played with quite a few Haitians over the years. Honestly, from my very first day at school at the age of 5. All we needed was a crushed soda can, two yard fences as goals and we had a game. The Haitian boys I met were phenomenal soccer players. Their deep passion for the game was contagious. From a young age, they were strong players, clever and fast, quick feet and great dribblers. The recent tragedy at Port-Au-Prince has had a direct impact here in Canada, since many Haitians have immigrated here over the past three decades. I’ve always wanted to post about Haiti and their football, so I’ll take the opportunity now since I have your attention.
I found sad news for the football community of Haiti here, here and here.
Rewind…
In the summer of 2009, the national team of Haiti played two friendly games in Montreal at Saputo Stadium. Haiti faced Syria on June 27th, and the Montreal Impact on July 1st. I missed the event, but dug deep into Haiti’s roster however, looking for Canadian-Haitians that might be selected to play for their country of origin. There are none at this time, unless I’m wrong.
A bit of History…
Emmanuel “Manno” Sanon is one of the most famous Haitian players of all time. Born in Port-Au-Prince June 25th, 1956, he played for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, the Miami Americans and the San Diego Sockers, until a knee injury ended his career in 1983. The striker made history during the 1974 World Cup in Munich, scoring against Italy and Argentina.
Emmanuel “Manno” Sanon (June 25, 1951 – February 21, 2008)
Hope…
FIFA has donated a great sum of 3 million dollars in order to rebuild the football community of Haiti (Federation Haitienne de Football). Founded in 1937, The Division 1 National Championship better known as Digicel D1 is set to kick off in August all through November. Current champion RC Haitien will defend their title versus AS Mirebalais, Baltimore SC, Racing FC, Tempête FC, Victory SC, Aigle Noir AC, AS Cavaly, AS Capoise, As St Louis du Nord, Aspdif Aquin, AS Carrefour, Don Bosco FC, Violette AC, JS Capoise.
Source: www.asmirebalais.com
Tags: 1974 World Cup in Munich, Argentina, Digicel D1, Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon, Federation Haitienne de Football, FIFA, Haiti, Italy, Miami Americans, Montreal Impact, Port-Au-Prince, San Diego Sockers, Saputo Stadium
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Feb 8th, 2010 | by Angelo
Playing surface
The transition from outdoor to indoor football is quite an adaptation. Our outdoor football is played on grass and our indoor football is played on artificial or synthetic turf of the 3rd generation… or what FIFA prefers to call it; FOOTBALL TURF.
Third-generation artificial turf pitches were introduced in the late 1990s, made of long (.40 mm) and much more widely spread fibers of polypropylene or polyethylene filled with rubber granules. For many years it has been thought that turf surfaces were prone to football injuries. New studies demonstrate the opposite. It has been proven that no evidence of a greater risk of injury was found when football was played on artificial turf compared with natural grass (J Ekstrand, T Timpka, M Hägglund, 2006).
For us people of the north, these football turfs have given us the opportunity to play football all year long. My biggest concern is that in order for these articles to be true, the football turfs installed by our government all over Quebec must be placed on properly. By properly I mean all the different layers of the complete designed structure…
Do they save money by putting less layers of components? And if that’s the case, are we as players more prone to injury? If all layers of the turf installment are not properly put, then the shock created by running does affect our body.
Look up the following articles on artificial turf versus natural grass. The first one is a study on risk of injury and the second one analysis football movement patterns.
J Ekstrand, T Timpka, M Hägglund, 2006. Risk of injury in elite football played on artificial turf versus natural grass: a prospective two-cohort study. Br J Sports Med 2006;40:975–980
H. Andersson; B. Ekblom; P.Krustrup. Elite football on artificial turf versus natural grass: Movement patterns, technical standards, and player impressions. J Sports Sci. 2008 Jan 15;26(2):113-22.
Dr. Football “Promoting Football Science” P.F.S.
photo by Jesse Bowden
Tags: artificial turf pitches, B. Ekblom, fibers of polypropylene, FIFA, football injuries, FOOTBALL TURF, H. Andersson, indoor football, J Ekstrand, M Hägglund, P.Krustrup, rubber granules, synthetic turf, T Timpka
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Jan 9th, 2010 | by thanasi
