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They couldn’t pull of a second miracle this week, but the U.S. Soccer team has nothing to be ashamed about. They beat the #1 team in the World, Spain, and led another soccer powerhouse, Brazil, for most of their game today. In the end though, Brazil had too much firepower and they prevailed 3-2. While a win today would have captured the World’s attention, today’s loss should capture the attention of this country. We have a soccer team that can compete with the best in the World and it is time for the U.S. to give it some attention.

It's the ol' layover-and-flee move: Thirteen players from Haiti's under-17 national soccer team "deserted" their team during a layover at JFK Airport. Six players returned, but seven are still missing. The squad was headed to South Korea to prepare for the FIFA's U17 World Cup, but now it's unclear whether their team will be intact for its August 19 match against Japan.

- Sunday at Keyspan Park, baseball loving ladies can participate in the Ladies Clinic the Cyclones are holding from 9 a.m. - noon. The players themselves will be conducting personal and group instruction on baseball fundamentals like hitting, pitching, and fielding. For $35, participants will get a t-shirt, lunch, and two tickets to the game later that evening. While registration ended on 7/31, there are still spaces available.

-Mets 8 Reds 3: Carlos Beltran became the first player in four years and the first Met since Robin Ventura to hit grand slams in consecutive games. Beltran’s blast broke open a 3-2 game and ensured Mike Pelfry of his second win. Xavier Nady and Jose Valentin also went deep for New York.

- This weekend the Central Park Zoo, which just got a new curator, had its 15 millionth visitor!

Italy has won its fourth World Cup today, during a 1-1 game that went into penalty kicks (the most terrible way to end any major game). We knew the game was over when the neighborhood went crazy - cheering, honking horns, just enjoying the win on a beautiful summer's day. While the Italians should rightly celebrate, the big question will be what the eff was Zinedine Zidane thinking when he got red carded in the final minutes?

- And your last chance to catch World Cup Fever is tomorrow. Who will it be, Italy or France?

Action adventure, animated sci-fi, iconic '80s actresses and French sexual intrigue—this weekend is a good one for movie going in New York. Draw your swords landlubbers, Gore Verbinski's sequel to his bombastic film based on an amusement park ride is out this weekend, . In this installment, shot at the same time as the forthcoming part III, Johnny Depp's brilliant Jack Sparrow searches for Davy Jones's chest to free himself from some sort of curse. There's a boat-load of twisty-turning plot in this 2 hour and a half movie but fortunately there's also tons of great action, Kiera Knightley looking adorable in pirate gear and a huge tentacled man eating beast. So basically, something for everyone.

MOVIES: DUMBO's weekly evening film event, Movies with a View, begins tonight with The Wizard of Oz. Bring your iPod and play "Dark Side of the Moon" while the movie plays, it'll, like, totally synch up if you press play during the 3rd lion roar.

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddy for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bids Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash.

-Yankees 4, Braves 3: With his team trailing by a run, Derek Jeter grounded out to start the bottom of the 12th inning. But Jason Giambi walked and Alex Rodriguez hit a game-winning, two-run homer to let the Yankees escape with a series win over the stumbling Braves. Rodriguez's hit may silence critics who say his performance has declined in critical situations. For those who aren't sure clutch hitting exists, Rodriguez's homer could mean less, but it nevertheless helped the Yankees avoid another disappointing loss.

It’s amazing what you can accomplish under pressure. When that critical moment comes, and you bring the goods, rise to the occasion or score the goal it can be the most exhilarating feeling. Watching the World Cup this week, we’ve sat on the edge of our chair, holding our breath, crossing our fingers, cheering our teams on – waiting for that moment. Saturday’s Argentina vs. Mexico match came down to just that – in overtime, with a tie score of 1 to 1, Argentina pulled through – scoring an amazing goal to win the game and move on in the tournament. Pressure is pretty powerful. It’s the reason some of the most exciting points are scored with just a few seconds left on the clock. It forces you to reach a little further down, and go a little further than you knew you could. It’s also the reason that some of the most expressive and concentrated wines are those created when the vine is under extreme pressure.

-Mets 7, Blue Jays 4: What are the chances the Mets will reach the playoffs? High, according to Baseball Prospectus? Why? Their offense has been excellent and their pitching has kept up. A year after making the fourth-most outs in the history of baseball, Jose Reyes has proved to be something other than an offensive black hole. Carlos Beltran has come close to earning his paycheck, and everyone knows about David Wright. Steve Trachsel has always been adequate, and that's what he was Sunday.

Sampaist is on the scene in São Paulo beginning this week to become the only ist south of the Equator. Editor Leandro M. Pinto leads the paulistanos down there.

And like that, the United States run in the 2006 World Cup is over. Four years of hard work is down the drain as the US Men's National Team scored only one goal in their three-game German experience. Ghana eliminated the United States in group play today by defeating them 2-1 and Italy defeated the Czech Republic 2-0. The lone American goal of the tournament was scored by Clint Dempsey in the 43rd minute of today's game. The game was filled with fouls (nearly 50 for both teams, but Ghana by a 2:1 ratio), including a controversial one towards the end of the first half which resulted in a penalty kick goal for Ghana. The penalty kick proved to be the deciding goal in the US loss.

, led by editor Leandro M. Pinto. While we need to brush up on our Portuguese, we have learned that it's the start of winter down there (!!), subway service is being changed because of the World Cup schedule, and there's even a Critical Mass-esque event to promote bicycle and other non-auto means of transport. So, for a quick trip to South America, visit Sampaist.

-Reds 4, Mets 2: Maybe the Mets want to take another road trip. They're 1-3 on their current homestand after winning eight of nine on their road trip. Tonight, they looked unspectacular against Cincinnati's Bronson Arroyo. Of course, no one expected the Mets to continue the blistering pace of their road trip, and their fans should be pleased with Orlando Hernandez's decent performance against the talented Reds offense. He'll be a useful fifth starter if he can pitch like this, but manager Willie Randolph should be wary of overusing him. He has a history of tiring late in the season.

-Washington 11 Yankees 9: If the Yankees miss the playoffs by one game, this is the one to remember. Fifteen hits and a seven-run lead weren’t enough for the pathetic Yankee pitching as they collapsed down the stretch and gave the Nationals an improbable victory.

Everyone that is following the 2006 World Cup knows that the United States is in trouble. After losing 3-0 to the Czech Republic in the opening game, the Americans are essentially in a must-win situation. While Ghana's huge 2-0 upset of the Czech Republic in earlier Group E action means that the United States can't be eliminated today, a win would certainly improve their chances of advancing. Bruce Arena has already made two lineup changes for the game with Italy - removing DaMarcus Beasley and Eddie Lewis and placing Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey in the starting lineup.

It was never going to be easy for the United States to advance to the next round of the World Cup, but after Monday’s 3-0 shellacking, it looks like it may be impossible. The Czech Republic scored five minutes into the game on a beautiful header by Jan Koller and the U.S. never recovered.

As World Cup fever slowly infects its way across the five boroughs (we can't be the only ones who've found ourselves standing for hours in bodegas staring at soccer matches when we've already bought the beer we came for) the city has announced its own new competition, and we're pretty pumped for it, too! Using one of the few remaining large vacant properties in the city's portfolio, the Bloomberg administration and an architects' group are announcing today "a competition to pick an architect and a developer to build an apartment complex on vacant city-owned land in the South Bronx." (specifically on Brook Avenue and East 156th)

The criteria to be used by the jury of architects, developers and city officials that will select the winning plan will put a premium on design quality, affordability and factors like energy efficiency and the use of renewable resources. Then the city will give the winning team the site, a 40,000-square-foot former railyard, for about a dollar a lot for the two lots involved.

Continue reading "A Development Competition Grows in the Bronx"

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other.

With the 2006 World Cup only a day away, Gothamist thought it was about time to post about where you can watch it (of course, you may have to step away from the office for a bit). The list is by no means comprehensive as a lot of bars and restaurants are sure to show the world's most popular sporting event. A list of establishments that we came across in the extended entry. Feel free to add to the list in the comments.

Yay for the internet! After our post on how NYC and Dusseldorf would swap advertising space to promote each other's cities, An American in Dusseldorf, James, let us know he would take pictures of the NYC-themed ads while we'd stay on our toes for the "Visit Dusseldorf" ones that are supposed to break here later this month. The ads show NYC in all its big building and Brooklyn Bridge glory.

- Giants 6, Mets 4: The Giants and Mets waited out a rain delay before the first game of their single ticket doubleheader before San Francisco picked up the victory. Former Met Armando "Who Let the Dogs Out" Benitez picked up the save in a way that every Met fan can remember - walking two batters before getting the save. Of course, that's assuming he even got the save when he was with the Mets. Barry Bonds was 2-3 with 2 walks, 1 RBI and a run scored.

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scenei. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorrito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers.

If you suddenly start to feel like you're in the mood for Schumann or long for a ride on the Rheinbahn, you're not going crazy, you're just experiencing the effect of an ad swap NYC is doing with Dusseldorf. Starting June 19, the city will devote outdoor space pimping the city on the Rhine - in return, of course, for signage in Dusseldorf, starting May 29. The Daily News says that the city hopes this will "be beginning of advertising swaps with cities around the world."

When Japan advanced to play Cuba in the finals of the World Baseball Classic, the matchup was not what Major League Baseball commissioner had envisioned or set up the tournament to produce. On Monday, Japan won the game 10-6 and the first championship of the World Baseball Classic. As they celebrated, Gothamist was left to wonder whether the tournament can become a fixture in the United States.

Maybe it’s just us, but even with spring’s approach an unusual degree of anomie seems to be hanging over everything, slightly twisting and darkening many of the new season’s shows. Not all of them, of course; it is possible to still to see truly lighthearted fare on stage. So do you want to see something that matches the prevailing mood or challenges it? Here are a few options that go both ways: