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U17 World Cup: Souleymane Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Well Canada’s gone out after not being able to score a goal against Rwanda but there’s still some good reasons to keep watching the U17 World Cup. First and foremost is the ‘new Drogba’, Souleymane Coulibaly who already has eight … Continue reading →

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U17 World Cup: Canada vs England – commentary

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Some loosely connected thoughts on the game… So a minute in and as you’d expect with U17′s, nerves are trying to be calmed by battering the ball forward with much force and little purpose (sadly, having now seen the whole … Continue reading →

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U17: Canada’s keeper scores from own half, in open play, to tie game

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

I’m working on a longer piece that looks at this game more closely and hope to have it up today but in the meantime…  

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Japan v N. Korea: U17 World Cup goal analysis

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

So let’s start by having a look at the highlights As much as some may make an industry of complicating the game, even at the youth international level, goals are conceded for very simple, and preventable, reasons. 29 seconds in: … Continue reading →

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U17 Women’s World Cup: Spain v Brazil goal analysis

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

I’ll preface this by saying that, as the name of the blog suggests, it’s very easy to be an armchair critic and dissect what went wrong after the fact. Still, I’m going to do it because I think from a … Continue reading →

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