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USMNT: The Next [Soccer] Generation
WuShock
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The U.S. handles Costa Rica 2-0 and Deuce ties the USMNT scoring record. (Woo!)
Sporting KC drew with Real Salt Lake (meh), and FC Wichita lost in the NPSL regional semifinal (damn).
Let's talk footy.
Sporting KC drew with Real Salt Lake (meh), and FC Wichita lost in the NPSL regional semifinal (damn).
Let's talk footy.
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I'm not finding it though. It might be long gone now.
Been loosely following the Neymar-to-PSG talk and its fascinating to watch.
Yeah, when I dug down past the Minecraft thread and didn't find it, I figured it was fair play for a new one.
It's nice to see Mexico's run of never winning an international tournament not on its own soil continues unabated. My son, a retired goalkeeper at 14, saw the free kick and said, "Why didn't he keep going? He could have blocked that!"
I'm pretty sure this is PSG's go-to tactic now to get Barcelona to fuck off and leave there players alone. I vaguely recall it happening with Messi while Barce were supposed to be in for Thiago Silva, PSG just play the "We can afford the buy out clause, and we're even willing to foot the tax bill to give the money straight to the player if you make us so stop fucking with us." card and Barcelona quietly go away.
I love it. Football transfer rumours are so dumb, I've seen one tabloid rag claiming that Ronaldo has phoned Neymar to tell him not to go to PSG and instead insist on a transfer to Man Utd. Transfer rumour mongering looks more fun than writing fiction sometimes since you don't seem to have to adhere to any rules of logic at all.
No idea what to expect from Jamaica
im 99% sure every transfer rumour is just the player's agent telling a reporter something so that the player can get a new contract
like how ronaldo to united comes up every year or two, then magically madrid sign a new contract a few months later or whatever
After the Panama game, this seemed like a lot to ask for. Bruce Arena may not be the coach we asked for, but he is the coach we deserve.
At least it was only a friendly. Aupa Eibar.
We had a full roster of defenders tonight, so I got to to play the entire game without a minute in the backline, something that hasn't happened in I think 3 or 4 seasons. Scored a brace and provided 2 or 3 assists, so I'd say I acquitted the faith shown in me. And just had a really enjoyable night, where I played the positions well and enjoyed the spirit of the game. We went into the match tied on points with the other team, but with a better goal difference, so a win for them would have seen them into third and us 4th or 5th, so it wasn't without stakes. But both sides played in a really jovial, fair and honest fashion, where we're all just aware of the fact that we're all there for a good time and love of the game, so it brought the end of the league to a nice close.
There may be a friendly or two left in the season; the sporting calendar has a few more weeks to run, but it will depend on playing surfaces and ground availability so there's no guarantees given. IF there's more games, great. If not, it's been a great year, and I can hope that my body continues to hold together for another go next year.
Everton stays at the top of the table for at least a week! And Liverpool ... doesn't.
I feel like I remember you saying you were thinking of hanging up your boots a year/2 years ago? Glad to see you're still turning out.
My ongoing imminent retirement has become something of a running joke in my football team. I've had one or two bad knocks over the years, and every time I'm forced out for a week or three, I wonder if this is the one that I'm not coming back from. Every year I'm a yard slower, and my turning circles keep getting wider, and my knees definitely are showing their age. Last season was the first one where I really stopped being able to last a full 90 minutes. But I still have vision, a sharp pass and the ability to read the game. And I love it, even as age slowly robs me of the vigour of youth, I still enjoy being out there for every minute I'm on the field. I can't deny that the longer recovery times are becoming more of a weight, but if I can have another year avoiding making heavy tackles and lighter workloads then I might make it to the Giggs/Maldini benchmark of playing into my 40th year.
There seems to be a pattern forming here
But honestly, there's no way that they should not have made it out of the Hex, regardless of manager. The US players just...aren't very good in general atm. Injuries didn't help, obviously.
Bruce Arena had historically led us to one of our worst World Cup group stages before, and has now led us to one of our worst qualifying campaigns too. Obviously a lot of the team has to shoulder the blame as well, but frankly they've already paid the price in that most of them will be too old to be relevant by the time the world cup comes knocking again.
I am drinking Oregon beer and wearing the same shirt I had on during every game of the title run.
PT! *clapclap* FC! *clapclap*
Waffling on whether or not to get 2018 dc united season tickets.
Pullin for the crew to come out of nowhere and take the cup simply fueled by the need to stick it to their owner.
I know it would be great for Columbus fans if they won the MLS Cup right before the team left town, but the owner(s) do not deserve it.
Wherein Christian has some thoughts on US youth soccer, mostly.
wait fuck
It would have been a bit unjust for them to go through with either two goals or on pks, as they had two clear hand balls in the box that didn't garner pks for Sweden.
However their lackluster offense provided no goals so it didn't end up mattering.
Australia?
And probably Ivory Coast over Cameroon, I'd think?
If the Irish win we'd root for Ireland in the cup.
If the Danish win (as they did) we'd root for Denmark, and by that I mean I'll root for debate while my wife will apparently hate them for beating the Irish.
This....this may not have been the best plan.
Just terrible.
My best advice, tell the wife to Google Image Search "Thomas Delaney". Who also has some Irish heritage, so they're kinda represented at the World Cup.
But how can you hate Christian Eriksen, especially after today?
Quite easily, it turns out.