I'll preface this entry with the detail that my wife is a Tottenham fan. She tolerates my obsession with soccer, and even is willing to play along. I thought it would be much more fun if she picked a team, so I went through the squads on FIFA 12, and she loved Tottenham's logo, colors, and Garreth Bale. And today she asked, "Who's that?" when Brad Friedel, Spurs keeper, was shown. When I told her, she responded, "He's handsome." Another feather in their. Unfortunately she was disappointed today, as Everton pulled off their third straight victory at home of a top five team, and a third straight shutout to boot. New signee from Rangers, the "Croatian Sensation" Jelavic notched his first goal for EFC and it held as the Toffees defense stood strong in the second half and came away with a 1-0 victory.
The game today was shown on Fox Soccer Channel, and while I can't remember their names, the announcers were tremendous. I love the English commentators, they are honest, not afraid to speak their minds, and, most importantly, hilarious most of the time. My favorite part about watching and listening to them is hearing phrases and sayings we would never hear in America. A couple of examples from today:
- When the ball came out of bounds and David Moyes passed it back to Leighton Baines for the throw-in, "David Moyes with his first touch of the day."
- After the camera showed a couple covering themselves with fleece EFC blankets, "It's just getting cold enough to break out the Everton duvets."
- When Luka Modrich made a run through the middle, the Spurs player, "Introduced Modrich."
- Any use of the word, "Debut". We think of music or entertainment, but today's goal by Jelavic was especially special in his "home debut."
- And finally, when a player takes an less than opportunistic shot from well outside of the box, hopeful of a miracle, "That was an audacious (sometimes optimistic) effort."
I could listen to them all day. And I could definitely listen to Goodison Park rocking like it was today forever. Up the Toffees.
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