Soccer
I have been watching (I was going to say international, but it is nearly exclusively British) some soccer games lately. I have been confused every time the announcers say that a player earned a cap (as in getting their 35th cap by being used in that game). Believe me, the announcers talk about it all the time: Steve Gerrard has just made his 51st cap for England; the youthful (19 years old!) Wayne Rooney is at 34 caps; and super Defender Ashley Cole has 4 caps in England's under 21 league and 55 caps for the regular national team. No more Beckam, honey, he "was dropped" by the new England national team coach.
Once I figured out that it meant that the player was being used in that game, I have been confused every time about the derivation of the word. I guess the biggest thing that threw me off was that I thought it was an abbreviation. As an abbreviation I was completely stumped, so I finally looked it up. Basically, the article say way back in the day, players who made an appearance were given......... just guess! Yes, a cap. The funny part, one thing that caught my eye was that they were given all matching caps because back then, the players didn't always have matching uniforms like they do today.
But if you look at the lists that are on that article. Even though the US is so insanely disinterested in soccer the US dominates the record holders in a couple ways. For Men, the US has the most men with 100 or more caps (9). And as for the list of women, the top 6 women are US players, by far (hundreds of games difference). Keep it up!
And another thing! It is so funny to see all the players doing their thing on the field. And watching so much of them working, and then to hear an interview with any of them, and their voices (especially Wayne Rooney) never match my expectations.
Once I figured out that it meant that the player was being used in that game, I have been confused every time about the derivation of the word. I guess the biggest thing that threw me off was that I thought it was an abbreviation. As an abbreviation I was completely stumped, so I finally looked it up. Basically, the article say way back in the day, players who made an appearance were given......... just guess! Yes, a cap. The funny part, one thing that caught my eye was that they were given all matching caps because back then, the players didn't always have matching uniforms like they do today.
But if you look at the lists that are on that article. Even though the US is so insanely disinterested in soccer the US dominates the record holders in a couple ways. For Men, the US has the most men with 100 or more caps (9). And as for the list of women, the top 6 women are US players, by far (hundreds of games difference). Keep it up!
And another thing! It is so funny to see all the players doing their thing on the field. And watching so much of them working, and then to hear an interview with any of them, and their voices (especially Wayne Rooney) never match my expectations.
posted by Tim @ 10:12 PM
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