Laughing Cow Preview/African Soccer Update?/SONG OF THE WEEK RETURNS

I know I’m usually relatively conservative on my predictions here, but tomorrow’s match is easy to call. It’s a Quakes win. You may be thinking to yourself ‘Well Sean, how can you say that? We haven’t won a league match since June 7!’ and you may very well have a point, but there only one stat I care about right now:

1.

That’s the number of league matches we won in April, May, June, and July. And we have yet to win one in August. So the time is now. Quakes win. You heard it hear first.

A guess I should say a few words about Kamara, though Ian did swell on covering that yesterday. I think we got away with robbery getting allocation scrill and a first round draft pick. Regardless of the cash money, I would bet that we can/will trade the draft pick for an established vet, hopefully one that can produce a bit more than Kei.

When I think about the Kei Kamara Era in San Jose, the one thing that sticks out is his goal celebration dance. Perhaps it sticks out because I didn’t get to see it very often, so I paid close attention when I did catch a glimpse. So this week’s Song of the Week is dedicated to Kei, his goal celebration, and his entire continent.

I would consider myself a pretty close follower of African soccer. A couple stories that I’m sure have not gotten the attention they deserve:

1) Aresenal defender Kolo Toure has contracted malaria after a trip home. This is serious stuff. Potentially fatal.
2) Newcastle striker Obefemi Martin’s mother was killed in an oil tanker accident. Sad stuff there as well.

So, with my thoughts going out to Toure, Martins, and in bidding farewell to Kamara, our song of the week is none other than a cover of Toto’s “Africa”, done by Detroit-based hip-hop artist Zo! and Phonte of North Carolina-based Little Brother. They have put out an album chalk-full of RnB, synthesizer-filled covers of great songs from the 80s. Been on my rotation all week.

Zo! and Tigallo – Africa (Toto cover)

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