Thursday, July 21, 2011

Alex Morgan women's soccer

PUEBLA, MEXICO - California women's soccer sophomore Alex Morgan earned an assist playing in her first-ever international match, representing the U.S. in the CONCACAF Under-20 World Cup Qualifying Tournament at Estadio Cuauhtemoc in Puebla, Mexico. Morgan received a pass at midfield, turned and played a through-ball to Michelle Enyeart, who put the ball past Trinidad & Tobago net-minder Kimika Forbes in the ninth minute of the match. Enyeart would go on to score two more goals on the day for a hat track.

The U.S. controlled the match from start to finish, but needed a little luck to escape an early scare when two Trinidad & Tobago players got behind U.S. defenders. Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher came off the line and covered the ball before any damage could be done. A few minutes later, Morgan set off scoring for the U.S. with her assist to Enyeart.

The U.S. went up 2-0 in the 30th minute when Enyeart took a pass from team-captain Keelin Winters. The pass set Enyeart up alone facing Forbes, who surrendered her second goal of the day. Two minutes later, Kelly O'Hara put the U.S. up 3-0. In the second half, Enyeart completed her hat trick on an unassisted goal to put the match out of reach for Trinidad & Tobago.

With the win, the U.S. ties Mexico for points in Group A after the first day of matches. The U.S. is in second place however, due to a lower goal differential (+4 to +7). The top two teams from each group will play in the semifinals, and the top three teams in the tournament will advance to the 2008 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Chile. Eleven nations have already qualified for the U-20 World Cup: host Chile; Japan, China and North Korea from Asia; France, Germany, Norway and England from Europe; New Zealand from Oceania; and Brazil and Argentina from South America.

Morgan had a phenomenal freshman year for the Golden Bears, starting in 15 of the 17 games she appeared in. The 5-7 forward helped Cal to a 15-5-1 record and a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament as she scored a team-high eight goals. She also put up two assists and led the team in total points with 18 in her first year on campus. Morgan was a Pac-10 Conference All-Freshman Team selection and earned honorable mention for all-conference honors.




Alex Morgan’s boyfriend Servando Carrasco

Fast Facts


I've Danced This Dance Before. Don't You Lie To Me Theo. Not Today. Not Now

Q: Has Josh Reddick made the decision pretty easy about who should be playing right field right now? TE: You can't deny what Josh Reddick is doing and you can't deny that he's a different player than he's been. Josh Reddick has always had all the talents. From the day that we drafted him, the ball jumped off his bat as well as just about any player in our system and he was always really athletic, always a really good outfielder, always a playmaker out in the outfield, always a pretty dynamic baserunner. It was simply a question with Josh, and always has been, of his plate discipline and going up there and not only repeating his swing mechanics but going up there with a plan, working the count, swinging at good pitches and putting himself in a position where he could let that explosiveness off his bat play and let his natural instincts play up there. You can't put too much emphasis on 100 or so at bats, but the bottom line is he finished up so strong last year at Pawtucket to repeat his swing and swing at strikes and went off and hit for a ton of power. And he's been really good all year, not only up here but when he was in Triple A, I know his batting average was low but he was swinging at strikes, he was walking a lot more, he was hitting for power, so I think this is a different guy and a really exciting piece, not only now but for the future. So, again, Tito makes out the lineup, and I'm sure he's going to have a decision to make on a nightly basis, but I don't want to speak for him, but certainly Josh is somebody who's helped us win games you want to put in a position to have him continue to do that.

I swear to you right now. If Theo ends up trading away Josh Reddick and this whole "exciting piece for the future" talk is all mind games to trick another team then Donahue will start raping 8 year olds, one by one. First it'll be the brunettes and then blondes. Nothing and I mean nothing sets me off more than that doublespeak, dishonest bullshit that so many GMs use. One minute you're talking up your players and the next you're hoping some shmuck like the Mets hears it and they offer you everything but the kitchen sink for him. I actually know a ton of chicks who would be great GMs. Just dishonest, conniving little slut rags who deserve nothing more than to get beat by their fathers. 


P.S. I felt bad about that getting beat by their fathers line right after I typed it. Domestic abuse isn't funny. Unless it's deserved. For example, a dishonest, conniving little slut rag would deserve this.

Ozzie Guillen Gets Nailed in Eye, White Sox Lose, Ozzie Rants - In That Order

Last night was not a good night for Ozzie Guillen. The Chicago White Sox were leading the 40-57 Kansas City Royals 1-0 in the bottom of the 8th inning. Then the Royals tied it 1-1. Then one batter later Ozzie Guillen got nailed in the right eye with a foul ball.



Then in the bottom of the 11th the White Sox lost on a wild pitch. All of those factors added up to another classic Ozzie Guillen post-game rant. Try to keep track of all of Ozzie's F-bombs in this one. Ready. Set. Go!



After the game he tweeted a phrase that translated to "going to the red wine" but apparently it was a reference to the Venezuelan soccer game. He obviously went home after this game and got hammered so I'm going to stick with believing it's the wine translation.

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Gruesome Video of Stephen Drew Sliding Into Home & Breaking His Ankle

Last night in the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers game, Diamondbacks short stop Stephen Drew tried to score from second on a single by Chris Young. Drew slid into home and suffered a gruesome broken ankle that will require season ending surgery. It was a freak accident and the video is brutal yet I can't stop watching it over and over. Now if only this would happen to JD Drew soon.

Killing It and Not Even Trying To

I love it when chicks wear those things. What is it called? Onesie? Romper? Rumper? Jumper? Something like that, right? I don't know what it is but it's working.

Adrianne Curry is Really Good at Twitter...Again

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Adrianne Curry is back to tweeting pictures of herself in barely any clothes this week. She has been going to the pool/tanning/spending tons of time making her nerdy costume for Comic Con and tweeting pictures of it.

Does she realize that she's putting all of this effort into looking hot to go to Comic Con? The people that go to Comic Con only care that you have 2 X chromosomes. Wearing a costume like that to Comic Con will probably get you roofied. To be honest, I'm not totally sure which one she is in the picture on the right below and I'm happy about it.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Spider-Man 4 Trailer Released

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We are on a roll with trailers being released for movies that don't come out until Summer 2012. Last week The Dark Knight Rises trailer was released and now we have the trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. Yeah, you're right. It is sort of a gay title. This movie is a reboot in the Spider-Man series which means you're supposed to forget all of the previous Spider-Man films but I'm not sure even a lobotomy could remove this scene from being etched into my brain.


God that scene was awful. I mean, yeah. Just yeah. I don't even have words to describe it. Luckily the only way to go from there is up. The Amazing Spider-Man will be released July 3, 2012 and stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Peter's hot blonde girlfriend Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as a scientist Dr. Curt Connors who turns into a lizard monster. It focuses on Peter Parker developing his super powers in high school.


Didn't I already see most of this movie 9 years ago? We get it, he gets bit by a spider and gets super spider powers. Oh well, it still looks pretty badass. Especially the part of the trailer where the movie goes into POV. We have 3-D and 1080p with screens bigger than Gabourey Sidibe so we might as well utilize them with sweet POV action scenes of Spider-Man jumping from building to building. Below are pictures from EW and some from on the set. Check them all out after the break.

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Photos: EW.com & Super Hero Hype
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