Nicholas’ Soccer Blog

The matchup that everyone was waiting for the defending champions Manchester United vs FC Barcelona who has won the championship two out of the last three times. To start off the game both clubs had a lot of chances then finally Samuel Eto’o carved around a defender with a beautiful move and found the back of the net. To start the second half same thing as the starting of the first, lots of chances for both teams especially Manchester in the beginning but unfortunately they just couldn’t finish. And then to “put the game in the bag” an absolutely sensational pin point cross from Xavi was sent to Barcelona star Lionel Messi who finished it with an even more amazing play after scoring on a header. The final score was 2-0

So Manchester had lost there chance of becoming the first team to defend the title in the Uefa Champions League and Barcelona had capitalized on there chance to be the first Spanish league to complete the treble (league champions, cup play champions and Uefa Champions League winners) in one season.

Can’t wait until next years finals and I will probably write a post about it. Leave a comment and tell me you you were going for? I have to be honest, I was going for Manchester.

Photos by azote (Cristiano Ronaldo) and prettyfriendship (Lionel Messi)

The soccer season had finished and now the coaches are going to cut half the team. By cut I don’t mean physically cutting anybody, I mean only keeping half the team. So if players want to make it we will have to step up the intensity. This year in selects the team will get to enter the provincials (if we qualify) and travel all over the place to play other great soccer teams. I really hope I make the team.

Leave a comment and let me know about any teams you want to tryout for. Also where do you travel on your select teams?

Photo by, Jim Rees

Hi Readers,

I don’t think I have ever mentioned my cleats were getting way to small and my dad said he would get me bran new ones. Well, anyways I was looking at cleats on the internet and these nice orange, black and silver cleats got my eye they were Nike total 90 lasers.

I was so excited (they were on sale). I quickly brought my dad over to the internet and told him how much I liked those cleats. My dad ordered them right away. Unfortunately they had to be shipped from the U.S. Yet obviously I was willing to wait.

The exciting thing is they just arrived to days ago! I already wore them to a game and played awesome.

The cleats I have are not the same colour as the ones shown in the picture above. My cleats are mostly black with a silver front and orange swoosh and studs.

This was just a quick post about what’s happening in my life. Leave a comment or write a post and link to this post and let me know about sports equipment you have received or purchased.

Unfortunately…. when there is tons of snow outside it is difficult to play soccer. Even if you can get the ball to roll it is still wet…. not to mention running in snow is difficult.

Do you play soccer in the snow? If so, is there a particular way you do? Do you enjoy playing soccer in the snow better then on the dry grass? I sure don’t!

Photo Credits: Stew pendous

A very young, poor but optimistic boy named Andrio has a dream to become a professional soccer/football player. Andrio plays on a team with other very minimally skilled players. No one in the whole town he lives in is skilled enough to teach him high quality soccer. He works all day long and doesn’t even get a chance to go to school. Yet he still follows his dream. He has been saving up money to go to a soccer camp for years.

The day has come, it is time for him to attend soccer camp. Andrio feels incredible, as if everything was not even reality. It is to good to be true! He realizes he actually isn’t that bad of a player. Since he is playing with people more skilled then him he challenges himself. After a few more training camps Andrio realizes if he wishes to pursue his dream he must tryout for a select team or at least a better team then he is playing on now.

To actually be able to make the team he must first attend a regular house season. Andrio has been improving on a massive scale. Therefore by the end of the season Andrio gets a tryout chance on the select team.

The coaches are strict and they except much more than the house coaches. By the end of the tryouts Andrio believed he would make it. He had put in 110% in everything he did.

Now decision ending day had finally came. The suspense was building in Andrio’s head. He knew to become a pro he needed to make this team. It was like a stepping stone that you only had one chance to try and step on. If you missed it everything would be lost!

Photo Credits- Me

Hey Guys,

I decided to have another servey since survey’s have been really fun so far. This time the survey is going to be about your favourite soccer player. Cast your vote on the link below.

Click Here to take survey
Now that you have left your vote invite your friend to come and vote!

I look forward to the results.

Photo Credits: Wayne Rooney by: sam_herd, Cristiano Ronaldo by: azote, Ronaldinho by: Thundershead

Last week, on Friday, I went to a soccer tryout. The tryout was for the provincial team. It was held in Victoria. If anyone is wondering what Danone means here’s your answer. Danone is a yogurt company that makes all different types of yogurt. At the tryouts there was a mascot and everything. I played my best and did very well. It was extremely exciting. The whole thing was sponsored by Zenedine Zidane. He is a french soccer pro who is know retired.

If anyone else has recently had a soccer tryout or anything they want to tell me about please leave a comment.