http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/11/about-angola%e2%80%a6/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/11/about-angola%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-28659 Heart Necklace Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:14:30 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6385#comment-28659 we can always give food aid to the african countries if we just save some pennies and donate it to them ";. we can always give food aid to the african countries if we just save some pennies and donate it to them “;.

]]> http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/11/about-angola%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-19834 Angola Aside from the Cup: A Different Soccer Story « Scissors Kick Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:06:07 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6385#comment-19834 [...] Angola Aside from the Cup: A Different Soccer Story “During my brief six months working in Angola between 2002 and 2003, a favorite pastime of mine when driving around Luanda was to try to identify the replica team shirts worn by ubiquitous street soccer teams playing in any available space. Brazil’s canary yellow was the most popular, but the range was impressive; I saw complete teams kitted out in the reds of Manchester United, the burgundy of Portugal, the green stripes of Sporting Lisbon, the yellow/orange/black on white design of Germany, even the all whites of Real Madrid—a hopelessly futile choice in the face of the city’s red dirt and grimy haze. I never could quite figure out how Angolan street teams, of both children and adults, managed to procure so many dazzling kits. But it was clearly important—a small, symbolic, daily attempt to claim membership in the community of a global game.” (Pitch Invasion) [...] [...] Angola Aside from the Cup: A Different Soccer Story “During my brief six months working in Angola between 2002 and 2003, a favorite pastime of mine when driving around Luanda was to try to identify the replica team shirts worn by ubiquitous street soccer teams playing in any available space. Brazil’s canary yellow was the most popular, but the range was impressive; I saw complete teams kitted out in the reds of Manchester United, the burgundy of Portugal, the green stripes of Sporting Lisbon, the yellow/orange/black on white design of Germany, even the all whites of Real Madrid—a hopelessly futile choice in the face of the city’s red dirt and grimy haze. I never could quite figure out how Angolan street teams, of both children and adults, managed to procure so many dazzling kits. But it was clearly important—a small, symbolic, daily attempt to claim membership in the community of a global game.” (Pitch Invasion) [...]

]]> http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/11/about-angola%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-19825 Angola’da başka bir futbol « KAFA TOPU Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:12:27 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6385#comment-19825 [...] Guest’in Pitch Invasion’da kaleme aldığı makaleyi okumanızı tavsiye ederim. Bu hafta adı, özellikle futbolda, terörle anılan Angola ve futbol [...] [...] Guest’in Pitch Invasion’da kaleme aldığı makaleyi okumanızı tavsiye ederim. Bu hafta adı, özellikle futbolda, terörle anılan Angola ve futbol [...]

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