(soccer game tonight)
i was just offered a free owner’s box ticket to the USA v Trinidad world cup qualifier tonight, which is where i’m happy to be in lieu of actually being on the field. if you haven’t been to toyota park...
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now the romance with fall begins and so far we’re still in that make-out stage where we can’t be in the same room together and just decide not to get naughty. we can’t just say let’s watch tv tonight....
View ArticleSoccer Revisited
I was a decent soccer player. I got the nickname Freshman Sensation in highschool because I think the girl who gave it to me wanted to kiss. She called me FS. No else really did. I’m glad Putterass...
View ArticleYou Know Things
I had an interesting conversation this weekend with someone who didn’t know that I blog.* I also had an interesting conversation with someone who didn’t know that I played soccer. Conversations can...
View ArticleAnother Forever Thing
We all wandered into the common area with smooth pine booths along each wall and the standard college-issue knee-high “coffee” tables scattered about, where most of the upperclassmen already had their...
View ArticleShaving Revisited
If you’re not familiar with shaving your face, which I’d expect some of you may not be, let me tell you that it’s one of the most tedious aspects of being a man. I realize that might come very close to...
View ArticleA 12 Yard Shot
I was cleaning my apartment today and I found my journal (the old kind that requires a pen) which I kept while I was traveling with the US National team and sporadically thereafter. I poked through it...
View ArticleThe Game I Care About
I’m a huge soccer fan. I’m moreso, admittedly, every four years when the Cup rolls around. In between I have a hard time following leagues that aren’t on the continent I live on, and as such can’t...
View ArticleShow Up Attitude
My buddy Jay’s been the talk of Vancouver lately and I sometimes forget that it’s happening, because when we grab lunch or beers we rarely talk about this stuff. We have talked about this stuff, in...
View ArticleLessons In Team Culture From Stanford Men’s Soccer
This post is a part of Startup Edition, an awesome blogger collective. A team’s culture is an extension of the people on the team. When Ryan brought up culture as a topic for Startup Edition I...
View Article(sophomore season)
what, you wanted to check out my sophomore year? including the trip we took to scotland? ’99 Stanford Men’s Soccer from Sean Sylvis on Vimeo.
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