More than half the Bosnian soccer team debuting in the World Cup fled the country long ago, either during the war or in its aftermath.
In 1998 in the steamy inland city of St. Etienne, England and Argentina played the best half of soccer of the entire World Cup, spoiled in the 47th minute when David Beckham, lying on the ground, had a temper tantrum and kicked at wily Diego Simeone of Argentina.
It was already a week into the soccer season, and half of his team, including Juan and Stephen, still had to pass a required annual medical exam -- they had been scheduled to see the visiting school physician on the morning of the disaster.
Unlike boys of the same age, the girls have to train -- and play -- on a field half the size of a regulation soccer field, and with seven instead of 11 players.
The specific order of the training was half moon, chair, warrior, torso twists, followed by two rounds of the soccer heading and ski jump, and finished with a repeat of the half moon, chair, warrior, and torso twists.
Attendance at LA County beaches and the soccer match between LA Galaxy-Real Madrid soccer game were half of what they would normally be, as were parking revenues from Zuma and Will Rogers Beaches.
Some fans may argue that this is simply capitalism and that cruddy owners "get what they deserve," like Tom Hicks in Dallas, who lost the Rangers, Stars and half of the Liverpool soccer team after he got in over his head.
Who wants to play a real half of soccer?
So this was a statement half of soccer for Brown, but just as much for Colorado.
There are unbroken ones, like bubbles or boils, small ones, ones as big as half a soccer ball.
