Yeah but honestly it's pretty fun being in that position. The only thing that ever bothered me was that we had so few genuinely exciting/stylish players (Dempsey was about it for the longest). But with guys like Yedlin, Green, and even Johansson in the mix that won't be the case for long.
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Yeah but honestly it's pretty fun being in that position. The only thing that ever bothered me was that we had so few genuinely exciting/stylish players (Dempsey was about it for the longest). But with guys like Yedlin, Green, and even Johansson in the mix that won't be the case for long.
Baconsaurus Rex
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you're god damn right
Our flags match as well (red, white and blue), assuming you are American.
hemo memo
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Americans always obsessed with how athletic someone is. If only LeBron played soccer, right guys.
Maintenance
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I'm talking as a noob on the EU leagues now, is this Jozy that good? Some of the guys that people said that were good on this WC I've heard about in my inner circle or even in the media, but not this one.
"But, but if this one guy on the team wasn't on the team then the team wouldn't have been as good of team!"
Except all real athletes end up playing one of the big 4 sports in the US so those 4,187 are just the B league.
silver.tongue
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That's some strong genes.
Yeah... that's probably a good Idea since I was looking at their roster and I don't know anybody.
Delicious Waffles
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They're not bad. They're not Premier League level but it's still pretty good.
New York already has a club. Red Bulls. ;-)
Also, Premier League isn't too difficult to follow if you have the NBC Sports Network. If it isn't on TV, it's streamed. Just pick a team and follow them throughout.
Skellig Gra
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Well it was a fun ride. Congrats Belgians, you played a clean match without any real diving so I can complain too much.
WonkyPanda
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It's not worth digging up the Austin Powers quote, but hopefully you get the gist.
Bam Bam Baklava
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You're welcome to try. I know I personally could never get into it.
Of course they are. NBC Sports has the rights currently, but MLS just signed a deal with them and ESPN for the next couple seasons. At the very least, there will be two games on every Sunday and essentially every game will be available on ESPN3, and ESPN has his hinted you might not even need a cable subscription to stream them.
That's the best you've got? Doesn't sound very appetizing; not like there's been a deluge of tears or salt. Stay hungry, man.
I don't personally think LeBron would translate well to soccer, even if you subbed soccer into his life for basketball. A LeBron-like soccer talent would have to do the trick, not LeBron himself.
This thread.
If I was a US fan I would be really pissed at the performances the team had the entire tournament. They never looked the better team in any of their matches in the group stage and got results from random moments of individual skill and set pieces rather than good structured play. The Defence was awful in every game they played, they just didn't get punished very often, or Howard kept them in it. They showed great spirit at the end of the match today, but not much else. They absolutely deserved their spot in the second round based on their results, but they never looked convincing in getting them.
I did that when I first came to England. Do you know what that got me?
Sunderland.
The local teams I could have picked had I known wtf I was doing are Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham.
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dsp
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Some of my fellow Americans need to relax on the "but we don't really care about soccer and if we did we'd be blah blah blah" shit. The team we have did well, but not good enough to make it any further. If you want our game to improve then do more to support it in the States, otherwise quit being bitter cunts about it.
If you look at the genesis, it goes back to the late 1800's. College football paved the way for what eventually became what we have now. Realistically, the NFL in it's different forms reaches back to the 1920's. Yes, we are in the Superbowl era, but history existed prior.
Frustrated_Grunt
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That would be wonderful.
He was unstoppable when he was with AZ Alkmaar, he had like 52 goal in the two years he spent with them, but had a horrible first year with Sunderland. He had a bit of a scoreless streak with the US as well, but got a brace against Nigeria right before the game with Ghana. If he didn't go down with that injury I think he'd be having a lot of guys eat crow.
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FootballFan
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It's not all about athletics m8.
Messi can't run more than any other player at the world cup, is short etc but he's still the best in the world.
If soccer was the biggest sport in usa, your best players physique would not resemble LeBron James' for example.
Not sure if I'm making sense her by I'll click 'post' anyway.
His Majesty
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All I want is Belgium - Netherlands. Please.
Delicious Waffles
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A few years ago, he played in Germany and did very well.
Last year, he moved to the Premier League and Sunderland. He had a terrible year, leading up to the World Cup. He wasn't scoring at all. I believe he only scored two goals all year.
Last game of the three friendlies the US had, he scored two goals.
Overall, he's good but he was slumping badly before those two goals. That injury was devastating because everyone thought those two goals were all he needed to get back into the swing of things.
Charles Foster Kane
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We've already got the Red Bulls! Although the stadium they play in is actually in Jersey lol. Not that far from Manhattan.
Since you brought up the other club; does anyone know the status on the proposed stadium in Queens? I haven't heard a peep about it since De Blasio got elected.
WonkyPanda
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I wonder how deep this match-fixing fiasco will go.
Lebron would actually have been great in football considering the little bitch he is.
Somewhat agree. Put any other goalie in, and the results would have been disastrous.
Ever since they opened Spain a new one, I have a hard time rooting against them, even in the Mexico match. I'd like an underdog to win (Costa Rica) but if Netherlands come out I hope they can get what they almost got last WC.
Yeah. Gladly I can watch each Sounders game. Fox should be getting MLS soon (Or was it the world cup, can't remember) so it should be better.
I can't speak for other teams, but going to Sounders games are always a blast. Everyone who lives close to an MLS team should definitely go out.
figadapaura
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He's not. The US just don't have many options.
Sad the US lost, but Belgium played the better game most of the time. Tim Howard was GOAT though. Goddamn. And I was actually starting to believe we were going to have an epic comeback in the last 15 there. Absolutely nuts, and a great game overall. Why the hell didn't we play like those last minutes for the whole second half of the game?
CheDominik
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No he just doesn't fit the role he is playing. He is more of a defensive minded midfielder who is tireless and wins posession in midfield. During his entire career in Europe he wasn't used as a playmaker.
He just has to fill this role due to a lack of other options. He is a quality player though.
Charles Foster Kane
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It's like a child's reaction to losing.
That kind of statement is specially empty in a country with 300 million people.
Pretty much. Hypothetical horseshit.
The argument is that the best American athletes bubble up to the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. If that talent pool was dedicated solely to soccer as it is in other countries, the talent level would rival any country in the world.
That's just one piece of the puzzle though. The coaching has to be on the level as well. Our best coaching minds are in American Football, so they would have to follow suit as well.
The local neighborhood put the kabosh on it, so they'll be playing at Yankee Stadium for the first 3 years until the find a site.
ebullientprism
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Sorry you are out USAGAF. You gave us a hell of an entertaining game though. Now if the remaining matches are half this good, this would have been an amazing world cup through and through.
Dominican Power
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They're planning to play in Yankee Stadium but that's a hot mess until the stadium is build but it's a hot mess.
You don't watch football much, do you?
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