One other unique rule of soccer…If a player is ejected from the game (one red card or two yellow cards), the team will have to play the remainder of the game with ten players…one player short.
After reading the whole thing, I found myself going back and forth trying to figure out the new York times examples of offline (?). The only thing I can figure is you can't pass a ball to someone who is in front of the goal? Too easy to (in volleyball) spike the ball maybe?
Anyways, thank you for the information. I didn't get to watch any of the games since it was early in the morning when I watch the news before work.
That's not far from how it works, yeah. It's too much of an advantage for a player to just sort of hang out alone by the goal and wait for a teammate to pass the ball. So a player has to have someone from the other team between them and the goal when the ball leaves a teammates' foot is the essence.
Terrific tutorial and information as always. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting. I now can more appreciate a game than before. Hopefully there will be one on daytime TV and not at 3 am. Gotta draw the line somewhere.
I believe that feature works only when viewing the article on the web, as opposed to in the app or by email, but it is quite handy given our (over-) reliance on footnotes.
Glad you liked the post. Now go watch a game! :-D.
Let me show off my highly advanced knowledge of Portuguese by informing people who don't care that "futebol" is pronounced something like "foochyball."
Only in Brazil - Brazilian Portuguese tends to turn “T” and “D” into “J” sounds. In European Portuguese the T is pronounced and it is more like, “foote ball ”.
Did you know we lived across the street from the national football stadium in Cyprus? We never went to a game, but Christopher went to two. There wasn't enough parking for the stadium and we couldn't leave the neighborhood on a game night because of the traffic and creative Cypriot parking is downright scary to an American the first time you see it. Everyone sounded like they were having a blast at the games though. We could hear chanting and cheering and the announcer, but we didn't understand what he was saying.
Thanks. I stand corrected. I'm learning Brazilian Portuguese as a pastime and know Scott and Amy from another context, so I'm not involved in emigrating to Portugal.
One other unique rule of soccer…If a player is ejected from the game (one red card or two yellow cards), the team will have to play the remainder of the game with ten players…one player short.
Thanks for the addition! Super helpful!
I *think* I knew that, but I'm not 100% sure.
After reading the whole thing, I found myself going back and forth trying to figure out the new York times examples of offline (?). The only thing I can figure is you can't pass a ball to someone who is in front of the goal? Too easy to (in volleyball) spike the ball maybe?
Anyways, thank you for the information. I didn't get to watch any of the games since it was early in the morning when I watch the news before work.
That's not far from how it works, yeah. It's too much of an advantage for a player to just sort of hang out alone by the goal and wait for a teammate to pass the ball. So a player has to have someone from the other team between them and the goal when the ball leaves a teammates' foot is the essence.
And yes, the games are on pretty early in the US.
Thanks for reading the whole thing!
Terrific tutorial and information as always. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting. I now can more appreciate a game than before. Hopefully there will be one on daytime TV and not at 3 am. Gotta draw the line somewhere.
You wrote this and I replied while team USA was playing. Mid morning here, sir. You have no excuses! 😆
Well, enjoy. I know how much you love sports, so glad you are learning this one. Does Amy enjoy it too?
She does, yes. She hasn't watched a game in a while, but we watched some together last fall.
Am I the only one who only just now realized that hovering over a footnote number causes the text of the footnote to appear? Love that feature!
Also, great post. And also, now I have to go watch Ted Lasso for the fourth time.
I believe that feature works only when viewing the article on the web, as opposed to in the app or by email, but it is quite handy given our (over-) reliance on footnotes.
Glad you liked the post. Now go watch a game! :-D.
Enjoyed the post yet again! Thanks for the kind words, folks. Enjoy "o jogo bonito" whenever you can.
Muito obrigado, Tom!
Let me show off my highly advanced knowledge of Portuguese by informing people who don't care that "futebol" is pronounced something like "foochyball."
Only in Brazil - Brazilian Portuguese tends to turn “T” and “D” into “J” sounds. In European Portuguese the T is pronounced and it is more like, “foote ball ”.
Did you know we lived across the street from the national football stadium in Cyprus? We never went to a game, but Christopher went to two. There wasn't enough parking for the stadium and we couldn't leave the neighborhood on a game night because of the traffic and creative Cypriot parking is downright scary to an American the first time you see it. Everyone sounded like they were having a blast at the games though. We could hear chanting and cheering and the announcer, but we didn't understand what he was saying.
I did not know that! And why didn't you get to a game?
That's a good question!
This was an excellent post Scott and Amy! I loved reading the footnotes particularly. That photo of you is priceless!
Are you planning to watch any more World Cup games now that Portugal has been eliminated?
Hopefully! We had 2 showings today and it’s been very busy but I would like to watch Spain and the USA team more.
Boa sorte with the house! And unless the US plays better on Sunday than they have thus far, they may not get another chance in this tournament.
Thanks. I stand corrected. I'm learning Brazilian Portuguese as a pastime and know Scott and Amy from another context, so I'm not involved in emigrating to Portugal.