It began over two years ago with 194 teams competing trying to qualify for 32 spots in the final. After 910 games and more than 2,600 goals, a champion will be crowned here in Berlin this evening. The past month has been a non stop weekend, holiday and party rolled into one for [...]

Football can be the cruelest of games. One minute you are on top of the world and the next you are completely gutted. Such has been the spectrum of emotions here in Germany during the past week. After their team won a dramatic penalty shoot out against Argentina, many Germans had to be [...]

This World Cup has been billed as the most environmentally friendly to date with organizers going out of their way to make it easy for visitors to take mass transit to the games and to do little environmental damage once inside the stadium. One area that hasn’t benefited from the environmental efforts is the [...]

The German capital is the epicenter of the universe today. At least that is true if you are part of the more than one billion people who will watch Argentina play Germany in Berlin and since you are reading this blog I’m wagering you’re going to be one of those billion that tune in today. [...]

I’m standing in the middle of about 75 Brazil football fans and all of them are moving their hips in a way that seems anatomically impossible to my body. Try as I might, the samba beat is not inside me so I resort to my rhythmically-challenged dance moves that I have been using to [...]

Chris and I were lucky enough to grab some world cup tickets for a few USA games months ago. We were at the 3 nil schelacking Czech put on USA yesterday. I can’t say I was surprised that they got their arses kicked up and down the pitch so much. But I will [...]

We are 1 week into the 2006 World Cup in Germany. There are 32 teams playing and fans from each of those countries are here, following their team.

The past couple of days in Berlin have seen rising temperatures and an increasing number of Brazil fans descending on the city. The tournament holders play Croatia here on Tuesday and from what I’ve seen on the streets there should be plenty of samba dancing in the crowd that night. Because we haven’t had [...]

I just took a few minutes to walk around the streets of Berlin and there is a feeling of electricity in the air. People are going about their daily lives, but there seems to be an extra spring in everyone’s footsteps, including my own. Flags are hanging outside of apartment and car windows, [...]

Fan Fest Berlin was a blast. The strip that runs from the Brandenburg Gate was full of people, old and young, all out for a good time.