Woody Harrison and his son Reggie have traveled to the last six FIFA World Cups. He¹s been to Korea/Japan, Germany, France, South Africa and is in Brazil for World Cup 2014. The shortest World Cup trip was in 1994 when the U.S. hosted. Games were a reasonable drive from Woody’s home in Wilson, N.C. An […]
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Woody’s Blog #8….June 26, 2014
Possibly the biggest day in US Soccer history, so far, began this morning with downpours of steady rain in Recife, Brasil. Luckily after 30 years as a Boy Scout leader, I dug out my rain suit and put on my boots. My son and many other US fans had no coats at all and trusted […]
Woody’s Blog #9….June 27, 2014
I guess many new soccer fans at home are wondering how you can lose a game and still win and I am equally sure that the talking heads on TV have been all over it. I expect John Stewart, who played soccer at William and Mary, is spoofing it big time. But, it is no […]
Georgia Teams Top USYS R-III Champs
The 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III (South) Championships came to an exciting conclusion In Baton Rouge, La., as 10 teams claimed titles. Not only will the 10 sides leave as Regional Champions, but they join the four previous title winners in securing a most desired berth to the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Championships, […]
U.S. Advances Despite 1-0 Loss To Germany
They called Group G the “Group of Death”, mostly because it contained Germany, Portugal and Ghana, along with the United States. Logic can be deceiving, as Portugal and Ghana are going home and the USA joins Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup’s knockout round of 16. The U.S., which traveled over 9,000 miles for […]
Suarez Put “Bite” In Uruguayan Offense
Luis Suarez just didn’t get the memo. No biting allowed. The star forward for Uruguay appeared to chomp down on the shoulder of Italy’s Giorgio Chinellini in the closing minutes of the teams final World Cup group game. Television replays showed the apparent bite, and Chinellini had the marks on his shoulder to prove it. […]
Woody’s Blog #7….June 22, 2014
On U.S. game day we took a taxi to the hotel of some friends who are staying closer to the central city. We left just after we watched the rerun of the Germany v Ghana match on TV in our room. Several people had said that it was the most interesting match of the Cup, […]
Woody’s Blog #6…..June 20, 2014
After a Day of sightseeing, we made it back to hotel to watch poor England. Now do you believe that Luis Suarez of Uruguay and club team at Liverpool is a scoring genius. He just knows how to be in the right place to score. By the way, it is winter here and gets dark […]
Albert To Be Inducted Into HRSHOF
It was recently announced that former College of William and Mary men’s soccer coach Al Albert will be inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame. The induction will be on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at a banquet at the Norfolk Scope. Albert coached the Tribe for 33 seasons, and was the eighth NCAA coach […]
The U.S. MNT Still Has Paths To Advance
The disappointment was sudden and it was powerful as Portugal snatched victory away from the U.S. MNT with a diving header 30 seconds from the end of five minutes of added time. A 2-1 win over Portugal would have put the U.S. through to the second round of the 2014 FIOFA World Cup. The 2-2 […]