by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 16, 2014 | Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
After nearly a month of epic play, the 2014 World Cup is over. Germany is basking in the glow of victory. Brazil’s football soul has been crushed. And the United States’ love of the beautiful game is ascending. Countless stories have emerged from Earth’s most popular...
by potential | Jun 26, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Last Saturday night, with a level of hype and expectation akin to the lunar landing, a seriously large number of Australians stayed up late to watch the country’s most successful racehorse, Black Caviar, race at Royal Ascot in England. You read right – people lost...
by Kurt Heinrich | Mar 16, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
On a dark and rainy Wednesday, Octopi took to the field in a semi-final match against the undefeated English/Irish soccer squad Nomads FC. It was the same team who’d broken the back of yours and my favorite urban rec soccer team in the first game of the season...
by John Horn | Mar 12, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Editors’ note: Kurt and John are firm believers that Vancouver can and should be the Canadian epicenter for growing the sport and culture of soccer football soccer. This is a self-described healthy community. We can play outside year-round, as fields are rarely...
by Kurt Heinrich | Nov 1, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Pop Culture Career Advice
It was about an hour before game day. The Washington Huskies were taking on the Arizona Wildcats and it was do or die time for the Huskies after being crushed last week by Stanford. At least that’s the story according to the local university newspaper, which had...