Happy Thanksgiving folks. It is a slow day in the soccer world (thankfully), which will give us all a chance to relax and think about the past week's events in the soccer world.
As you know (or maybe not), Thanksgiving isn't a holiday in England, but this date will go down as The Day After Hell. As expected, England fired Steve McClaren as manager. The list of candidates to replace him is growing by the second. If only England's problems were isolated to the choice of manager.
Here are some other tidbits you may have missed:
Dane Richards played 70 minutes and looked pretty good playing a left wing role for Jamaica in its friendly win against Guatemala on Wednesday. No, he still can't shoot or cross, but he runs at defenders well and makes things happen.
Bouna Coundoul played a half for Senegal in its 3-0 win against Mali last weekend. He is vying for the third goalkeepers slot on Senegal's African Cup of Nations squad.
That's all for now. I wasn't planning to blog much today but you never know when inspiration may strike.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving folks and, as always, thanks for continuing to support Soccer By Ives.
happy thanksgiving ute!!
Posted by: sprool11 | November 22, 2007 at 01:04 PM
nice to hear Coundoul is developing into an international caliber keeper. he is quality.
Posted by: nico | November 22, 2007 at 01:26 PM
happy thanksgiving everyone
Posted by: david | November 22, 2007 at 01:39 PM
Happy Thanksgiving.
Hey Ives, nice game from Peru against Ecuador!
5-1!!!!
Sorry, I just needed to rub it in on a Peruvian because I am Ecuadorian. We haven;t had much to celebrate about in soccer recently. But at least we beat up a little on our neighbors!
Posted by: toucan | November 22, 2007 at 01:59 PM
I am thankful for many things including SBI. It keeps all of us up on what we need to know, Thanks Ives. Keep up the great work.
Posted by: charlie | November 22, 2007 at 02:04 PM
happy thanksgiving day
everyone
Posted by: lakaix15 | November 22, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Posted by: Tim | November 22, 2007 at 03:48 PM
To Ives and the SBI Mafia!
Happy Thanksgiving!
agn
Posted by: ag nigrin | November 22, 2007 at 04:08 PM
Great site, great community.
Thanks-for-giving us this blog!
Posted by: Tony in Quakeland (Tony M) | November 22, 2007 at 04:12 PM
Indeed. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!
Posted by: Moibus | November 22, 2007 at 04:16 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Ives, appreciate this site very much!
Posted by: Dannyc58 | November 22, 2007 at 10:45 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone and thanks Ives for all the great work you do with the blog. It's very much appreciated.
Posted by: Matt | November 22, 2007 at 11:28 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, man. Take a break. We all need one after stuffing ourselves today.
Posted by: Dominghosa | November 23, 2007 at 01:40 AM