Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 6:42 PM | 6 comments |
 

David Akers plays soccer
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I said yesterday that I'd be featuring the U.S. soccer team's 1968 game against Israel in Philadelphia here on the blog today, but I'm going to push that to tomorrow for a reason that I think you'll appreciate.

I went down to the NovaCare Complex this morning for the U.S. team's practice, figuring I'd do some video interviews with Bob Bradley and a few players.

But when I got there, Eagles kicker David Akers was standing next to the field, and it soon became apparent that he was going to do some drills with the soccer players.

Akers got together with Santino Quaranta and Stuart Holden for a round of field goal kicking, then traded the oblong football for the round one.

The results were pretty funny, and pretty impressive too.
Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald @ 6:42 PM  Permalink | File Under: Soccer | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:04 PM, 07/15/2009
    That was fun; nice post; finding a little news on your own instead of just reacting to stuff. Thanks!
    — Icemannj
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:05 PM, 07/15/2009
    Sign those dudes to the practice squad...
    — Phandom
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:07 PM, 07/15/2009
    Good job -- really interesting. Akers seems like a great guy.
    — RichNC
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:15 PM, 07/15/2009
    Akers soccer game is kinda nice.
    — DreamShake
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:41 AM, 07/16/2009
    Next, let's have Sav Rocca show these guys how to play Aussie rules
    — J H
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:37 AM, 07/16/2009
    Holden has a good foot. He showed that against Haiti this past weekend.
    — Ski Fast


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About Jonathan Tannenwald
I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

I write primarily about the University of Pennsylvania and the Ivy League, but I also cover the other basketball and football teams across the city from time to time. In the spring, you'll find coverage of the Penn Relays here.

In addition to all of that, I write Philly.com's soccer blog, The Goalkeeper.

You can contact me by email by clicking here.

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