So, Day 2 in my two-week countdown to my favorite non-December day, July 4th, and seeing as how it's also the World Cup, and there was another thread of Football and...well, Football, or, rather, Soccer, here, let's kick off (pun TOTALLY intended) this discussion of all things Football and Football. Comparisons? Your favorite teams? Moments? (And how big is the US going to win that Cup by? I admit it- didn't care for it at first, but I've caught Cup and Football Fever...)
I'm going to assume that "American Football" will include Canadian football (Otherwise I don't have much to say; I am one of those people who only watches NFL on the first Sunday of February).
Favourite Football team: Celtic
Favourite NA Football team: Hamilton Tiger-Cats (NFL teams: Steelers, Titans, Eagles [girlfriend is a huge fan])
How the US is going to win the cup? Well, they aren't, but they could make it to the next round depending on who they draw. On the world stage USA doesn't just fill the numbers anymore but they are still very much a middling side without that real class and spark that world class teams need.
Favourite Football moment: Being only 21, it has to be when Celtic made it to the UEFA Cup final. Winning the league in 1998 was also huge, but I was too young to fully understand the significance. The best recent moment would be Nakamura's free kick to beat ManU and send us into the Champions League knockout stage.
Canadian Football: No real contest here. The 1999 Grey Cup win. The 2000's have been a very bad decade for the Tabbies.
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Whoops... I just realised the faux pas of posting this about Canadian Football for the most part in a US Independence Day countdown.. at least you get the bump though :)
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