Category Archives: I can’t believe we pulled this off

The miracle hat trick, the last gasp game-winner, the overly ambitious project that turned out better than anyone could’ve imagined.

CSI: Kansas City

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Hoover Dam

I can’t get to every US game. I’ve got a day job, after all, and sometimes non-soccer travel gets in the way, like this past October, when all my pals were heading to Kansas City to close out this year’s … Continue reading →

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BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Hoover Dam
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Brek Shea, Alex Morgan, and tiny horses

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Hoover Dam

I’ve never liked My Little Pony. Even when it first came out and I was a six year old girl, I wasn’t interested. I lived on a farm–if I wanted to play with a pony, there was a real one … Continue reading →

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highlight reel

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Hoover Dam

“MLS wants to do a ‘Supporters’ Week’ where we interview fans around the league about what they do, how they do it, and why. Would you like to participate?” Would I! Hardest part of this was keeping it under wraps … Continue reading →

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uphold our rapinoe

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Hoover Dam

US Soccer announces a men’s game to be played in Paris on Veterans Day. What to do, besides make a bunch of jokes about how the winner gets fourteen points, Franz Ferdinand will sing the national anthems, and security should … Continue reading →

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benny and bamboo

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Hoover Dam

This spring, over the weekend when it was being determined what MLS club would land Benny Feilhaber, it looked for a few minutes like Chivas would be his destination, to the delight of my SoCal based-pal Bamboo. Sure, she’s a … Continue reading →

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always believe

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Hoover Dam

In January, all-time Breakers and USWNT star Kristine Lilly announced her retirement, much to the surprise of the soccer community, who always figured she was a Highlander and could not retire by conventional means. Here’s a player who, in her … Continue reading →

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we went to South Africa: the megapost

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Hoover Dam

If you’ve got the time to kill, here’s the entire 11,000+ word trip report in one gigantic post. It’s the same stuff in the other five South Africa entries, so if you’ve read those, there’s nothing new here–this is just … Continue reading →

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we went to South Africa: epilogue

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Hoover Dam

This here’s the post with miscellaneous observations that didn’t fit into the rest of the trip report, or else I forgot to put them in. Half-assed discussion of social issues included.

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we went to South Africa, part 3

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Hoover Dam

When last we left, we’d spent another week in Johannesburg hanging around watching soccer games. Now it’s the time for the third part of the story, in which we decide it’s a good idea to go on safari with, among … Continue reading →

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