Editor’s note: Michael Coroneos, a Toronto FC supporter, will be writing periodically on Canadian soccer for pitchinvasion.net. As your editor discovered himself in May on a trip to Toronto, soccer has taken off this season in Canada. And as Michael explains, the ball is now really rolling.
I woke up this morning in Toronto and […]
Photo credit: axes1979 on Flickr via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
We started off this week with a trip to the Gold Cup final, where we watched as a bewildered neutral while the U.S. won on what felt like foreign soil by Chicago’s lakefront. We then held our first battle of the ultras, as Lech Poznan’s video supremacy was challenged by fellow Polish supporters of […]
The FIFA Under 20 World Cup starts tomorrow in Canada, but it’ll be missing a contingent of Gambian supporters who had planned to travel and watch their team take part for the first time. According to allAfrica.com, 235 out of 250 applications for visas by fans from Gambia hoping to follow their team in Canada […]
Photo credit: milom on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
The Bad Blue Boys of the Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb are rather infamous in European ultras circles, and will be the subject of several posts on pitchinvasion.net in the coming weeks. After all, how many supporter groups can claim to have been part of the start of a war? For the Bad Blue […]
Considering we just covered the dark side of Argentinian football supporters, here’s a lighter side from fans of Boca Juniors, making use of some leftover ship paint.
Photo credit: Dave Amos on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
Note: At Tom’s request, I’m going to try and start doing link round-ups, mostly focusing on MLS and American soccer; links and suggestions are always welcome.
The best way to brand Beckham? Put him in a helmet and shoulder pads. (Check out the video, well worth it.) (Fox Soccer)
Gilbert Arenas will train with DC United in […]
The United States are currently participating in South America’s Copa America tournament in Venezuela. The above picture was taken at a U.S. training session yesterday. The field is about thirty minutes outside the city of Maracaibo, where the hotel they are staying at is located. The U.S. team is always accompanied by armed […]
