Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Great soccer art

This poster promoting soccer at the 1924 Paris Olympics (seen Chariots of Fire?) has to be one of the greatest examples of classic soccer art. I love the colors and the brilliant design that intentionally cuts off parts of both players but still gives a sense of motion.

So who won the Olympics that year, you ask? Uruguay. They pretty much dominated the 22-team tournament, crushing Yugoslavia 7-0, USA 3-0, France 5-1,  Holland 2-1 in the semis, and Switzerland 3-0 in the gold medal match. Switzerland won the silver medal while Sweden took home the bronze.

Other than the loss to Uruguay, the US played Estonia in the first round. They won 1-0 on a goal by Scottish-born forward Andy Straden.

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