The Catalog of Kimbro's 'More Entertaining Soccer' Pages

 

I'm rejoicing in the fact that this page exhibits that, while my primary position paper:

1.    "Visualize Higher Scoring Soccer"

is admittedly obese, it's just the tip of the iceberg.

But please don't think that this iceberg is intended to sink The Titanic world of professional soccer, as I'm no soccer saboteur.  My intentions are to encourage a change in course toward a more enjoyable and entertaining destination.

All aboard!      [ cue the "Gilligan's Island" theme song   ;~)  ]

 

 

2.  "Who Else Wants More Entertaining Soccer"

 

 

Image Credit: World Soccer Magazine, December 1999 issue, p. 68, by Keir Radnedge, the magazine's executive editor, the title of the article "The Greatest Game of All!"

 

 

 

 

3.  "Mike's Study of Soccer Scoring"

 

European Champ. Qualifying:    2.41 goals per match

Friendly Exhibition Matches:  2.17 goal per match

Proof positive that, even in absolutely meaningless matches, neither the coaches nor the players care enough about the fans to play an entertaining, attacking style of football!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  "The NFL's scoring crisis"

 

 

So how does soccer scoring compare to American football at the NFL, college, or (ha!) even the high school levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  "Johnny O's Impact on Motocross"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach Rick Pitino, Head Coach of the Louisville Cardinals, Photo Credit: University of Louisville athletics web site

 

 

6.  "Foot stomping blues in the Bluegrass"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  "The influence of NASCAR on North Carolina's sports culture"

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credit: Gregory LaGrange (see www.gregorylagrange.com), photo taken from one of the most hotly contested rivalries in all of sport: Grapevine Mustangs v. Colleyville Heritage Panthers, no doubt contested at the Mustang-Panther Stadium in Grapevine, TX.

 

 

 

 

8.  "American Football's "1st and 10 Line" enhances viewing by casual sports fan, and how it will change soccer"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: The Dallas Morning News, Thursday September 14, 2006, page 7C, from an article entitled "Chivas capitaizes on FC Dallas' still play" by Steve Davis. The stats paint a picture of an intelligent and effective FC Dallas defense, yet the center back's role in the match's lone goal totally overshadows whatever contribution the pair provided in holding Chivas to 8 combined shots and corners taken. Such is soccer.

 

9.  "The casual American sports fan"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.  "Hockey Scoring Comparison"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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11.  "Soccer Without Off-Sides"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of Chievo Goolkeeper Cristiano Lupatelli from World Soccer Magazine, September 2003 Issue, Page 69, in an article by Paddy Agnew which announced Lupatelli's transfer to Roma.

 

 

 

12.  "Soccer with Bigger Goals?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: ESPN - The Magazine, June 5,2006 Issue, page 47, from an article by Chris Palmer titled "Double Clutch", about the Detroit Pistons

 

 

13.  "No Zone Defense?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas A&M Shocks No. 7-Seeded UCLA on PKs

UCLA's Women's soccer team falls despite outshooting Aggies, 21-0.

 

14.  "Vision Zero"

 

The Bruins had the advantage in the first half despite the 0-0 score at the break. UCLA outshot the Aggies, 6-0, and took four corner kicks while the Aggies did not attempt one.

Spisak helped keep the game scoreless as she tallied three saves in the first frame.

The second half and the two overtime periods was more of the same from the Bruins and Spisak. The Bruins peppered the A&M goal with 15 more shots and Spisak turned away seven more to keep the game scoreless. The Aggies did not manage a shot in the 110 minutes of play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.  "Unhappy Americans"

 

Source:  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 9, 2002, page 2C

 

 

 

 


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16.  "Arsenal v. Middlesbrough, My Favorite Match"

      and here's the "Dial-Up version" of that same page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 29, 2002 page F1

 

 

 

17.  "The EPL's Ultimate Advantage"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: Brian Homewood's article "Going backwards" on pages 24-25 of the November 2004 issue of World Soccer magazine. It was one of the best soccer articles I've read in a sports magazine.

 

 

18.  "The Future of American Professional Soccer"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.  "Why I'm Willing to Sacrifice Slide Tackling"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit:   The Taipei Times

 

 

 

 

 

20.  "The Humiliation of Soccer's Linesmen"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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21.  "Change Soccer's Red Card?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: The Sweet Sixteen of High School Soccer, thanks to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, week of 4-9-2005

 

 

 

 

22.  "The Evolution of Deviation"

 

 

"So Bizarre, so Bizarre,

Everywhere I look,

It's in my face."

- You know the song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.  "Scottish Soccer Review, with the help of FourFourTwo Magazine"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: The Dallas Morning News, July 20, 2006 Edition, page 8C, article by Mike Heika titled "Depth Shines for FC Dallas"

 

 

24.  "My thoughts on changes to the substitution rules as it relates to youth  soccer in DFW"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo Credit: by Joe Vitti of The Indianapolis Star, "Carmel goalkeeper Emma Gormley is run over by Noblesville's Mary Kreger (9), with Carmel players Kate Hanni (5) and Jessica Rix (14) nearby."

 

 

 

Texas Boys High School Soccer Semifinals for April 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credit: by Joe Vitti of The Indianapolis Star, Noblesville's Allie Vandewater (in white) collides with Carmel High School goalkeeper Emma Gormley. Carmel's Jessica Rix is at right.

 

25.  "A Quick Look at High School Soccer Scoring"

 

from The Indianapolis Star       October 13, 2006

 
Girls soccer sectionals
No. 1 Millers have No. 4 Greyhounds' number
Noblesville ends Carmel's season again, wins 3rd in a row in rivalry by same score: 1-0

By Kristen Leigh Porter  with photos by Joe Vitti of The Star above & at right

 

 

 

 

 

 


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26.  "Thoughts on The Ultimate Striker"

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: The Dallas Morning News, July 9, 2006 edition, page 12c, article by Steve Davis where he praises Owen Hargreaves' guts and guile.

 

 

27.   "Meditations on soccer's Professional Foul and the 4-5-1 Formation"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note the 32 fouls Ghana earned...defining two parts effort!!!

 

 

 

 

 

28.   "An Inspirational Week in Soccer...July 8-15, 2006"

 

                             

 

 

 

Photo Credit: Allen Shope via the International Pinball Database, this is the lower playing surface of the Bally World Cup Soccer '94 Pinball Machine

 

 

 

29.   Solving soccer's entertainment problems via a new scoring system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.  Why they call me 'The Double-Team Demolition Man'...amongst other things...

 


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Image Credit: The Dallas Morning News, October 22, 2006, page 5C

 

 

31.  Let's give Sepp Blatter a clear indication how much we Americans would like the MLS to progress!

 

 

Image Credit: The Dallas Morning News, February 18, 2007 edition, page 9C, from the review of Jane Smiley's book "Ten Days in the Hills"

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.   Do anything to encourage the corner kick, and say good-bye to creative soccer

 

Image Credit: FourFourTwo Magazine, February 2003 edition, page 16, from the article "One on One" by Leo Moynihan, an interview of former England coach Sir Bobby Robson


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Image Credit: Champions Magazine December/January 2007 issue, page 59, from article by editor Paul Simpson called "The Statistical Breakdown"

 

33.  We can't ignore UEFA's Pathetic Cry for Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34.

Hamstring the defense with the 'Sand Box' 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thoughts on the MLS Designated Player Rule

 


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Image Credit: Sports Illustatred, from an article by Grant Wahl from page 57 of the June 12, 2006 issue.

 

 

36.  Derivation of the Formula for Pushing Forward

 

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Image Credit: The Fort Worth Star Telegrapm, Sunday January 7, 2007

Motivational Explanation:  While I'm above concerning myself with tracking of the numbers of visitors to my various pages, I'm very interested in making it as easy as possible for the curious few to find my work.  So, while I realize that the format for this page is kind of goofy, I had to take action after noticing that some of my pages were being placed at literally the very bottom of the last page of some Google searches.  Technically speaking, this page was constructed to eliminate the "cyclical links" which I was told have put my site at a disadvantage in the Google indexing.  Sadly, it didn't work.