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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game
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Cornballer
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Coming of Age
Sixteen years after his first World Cup experience as a lonely U.S. supporter, the author traveled with his star-spangled buddies to this years Cup in Brazil and discovered the brave new world of American soccer fandom
Sixteen years after his first World Cup experience as a lonely U.S. supporter, the author traveled with his star-spangled buddies to this years Cup in Brazil and discovered the brave new world of American soccer fandom
sazabirules
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Am I crazy for thinking Lalas had been pretty good in the studio during the WC? Normally I'm annoyed by him.
Haven't been following the US team closely much at all, granted, but this isn't the first time I've had this impression of him. He's always seemed a bit green to me when I watched him in games.
Guess he just had a bad game, but he had a fucking awful game. Couldn't even begin to count how many times he gave the ball away.
And if he's our best player, then god save us. US soccer has a long fucking way to go.
yes, you are clueless.
I have loved the entire crew during the nightly recaps. Twellman is better in the studio then when he is announcing. I feel the same way with Keller. Really not looking forward to a blowhard like Wynalda being on our screens four years from now.
Ok man. Yea, this was the first soccer match I've ever seen and I'm sure I'm supposed to understand how great he is by that catastrophe of a game he had.
Sounds like you did mean to be a dick after all.
well you are clueless if think you can reach a conclusion on the talents of Bradley or the state of US soccer on one game.
Don't worry, we are not god forsaken.
That was just my impression from seeing him a while back and then watching this game(which was awful man, like really bad). Guess I just seem to catch him on bad days.
Lets hope that trend doesn't continue.
Cornballer
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Bradley had a subpar game by his high standards. His passing percentage was around 80% (typically he's up in the 90's depending on how high on the field he plays) and he had more turnovers than anyone else on the team. The latter stat is the more concerning one, but I suspect he'll rebound nicely on Sunday.
there is a reason why he is seen as the one player who is probably irreplaceable. If Bradley plays well, we always a better chance of winning.
I'm not taking any chances. I've watched the whole tournament on Univision except the us game where I was infuriated by taylor
Seconding this. He had a bad game. If you've watched a decent amount of his play before you'd know he's one of the best players on the field.
First full day in Manaus. It IS hot as hell here. Watched part of france bs sui today in a tiny bar with some old ladies. Walked about 8 miles around the city today and drank what feels like a gallon of water. I don't know how you play 90 minutes of soccer here. Just picked up my FIFA ticket for the game and am getting ready for dinner
Grover Cleveland
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The only thing giving me pause about Bradley is that outside of one beautiful ball to Fabian Johnson against Turkey and the first half against Nigeria, he had a very poor send-off series as well.
Maybe he's just in poor form. But the old addage is "form is temporary, class is permanent". Michael Bradley is a class player, he'll find his way back. Hopefully for him and the US it won't be too late.
Maybe he's just in poor form. But the old addage is "form is temporary, class is permanent". Michael Bradley is a class player, he'll find his way back. Hopefully for him and the US it won't be too late.
Still not convinced that he's not just betting on games and throwing matches, but we'll see
Cornballer
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Come on now... No need to be rude.
I would not survive in Brazil haha
Stay safe, have fun, and drink lots of water!
Enjoy the game. I expect to see a NeoGAF banner.
Shouldn't there be tons of other US fans around?
smokeandmirrors
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I'm super jealous Clydefrog.
NYCmetsfan
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Jelly. I want to go to Russia in 2018.
Cornballer
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- Brian Straus for SI: Despite Ghana win, USA, Bradley recognize need for improvement
Was reading the Shin Guardian's preview of the game and he mentioned Bradley had some sort of foot procedure prior to camp. That was the first I had heard of it, but could it be that has been effecting his play these last 4 games?
Next Tuesdays US Open LA Galaxy vs Railhawks match should be fun! LA's bringing their main team, Shame we aren't using our main field due to it being re-sodded.
http://www.lagalaxy.com/blog/beat/2...pecting-be-available-us-open-cup-match-agains
http://www.lagalaxy.com/blog/beat/2...pecting-be-available-us-open-cup-match-agains
They said it was really minor when they announced he was getting it done, but who knows.
Haha no not yet. Just random dogs like Sochi. I did see either a walking leaf bug or an ant carrying a leaf. Oh and trash vultures!
Insane lightning storm out of nowhere right now
Jermaine Jones' instagram video was amazing but it looks like he deleted it... http://instagram.com/p/peyrKOKGW9/
Delicious Waffles
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Dat fist pumpin.
Cornballer
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I heard him do a segment on ESPN radio last weekend, and I was impressed.
I don't want the current crop of players to retire, but I can't wait until they replace all the Harkes/Wynalda/Lalas types...
I have been using ESPN Radio as well. JP is great. There are a lot of MLS commentators working at ESPN Radio for the world cup actually. I recognise a lot of voices since I watch the highlight videos from most MLS games.
gutter_trash
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Portugal is a bipolar team, tomorrow you will either face one of two:
A) a focused team that is in tuned. scoring goals and confident (positive minded)
or
B) a disorganized team, letting emotions get in the way, collapse (negative minded)
I have been watching my team for a long long time.
I won't be mad at you if you win. I will be disappointed at my own team. Did did well in 2006, failed to adjust in 2010, and they must take shit seriously now or else they will join Spain and England back on the plane
A) a focused team that is in tuned. scoring goals and confident (positive minded)
or
B) a disorganized team, letting emotions get in the way, collapse (negative minded)
I have been watching my team for a long long time.
I won't be mad at you if you win. I will be disappointed at my own team. Did did well in 2006, failed to adjust in 2010, and they must take shit seriously now or else they will join Spain and England back on the plane
JP used to do Red Bulls broadcasts with Steve Cangialosi. Great play by play guy, you can tell Cangialosi learned a lot from him.
I'll take him back in a flash over Shep Messing but Shep is hilarious.
NYCmetsfan
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How will Orlando and NYCFC fill put their rosters?
Expansion drafts. Here is the Wiki page about the 2011 draft. Not sure if the next draft will have different rules or not.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_MLS_Expansion_Draft
The Culture Vulture
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How are you guys reading the Germany Ghana game? I'm more confused now then ever.
Cornballer
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It makes the USMNT's job more difficult if Ghana wins this.
NYCmetsfan
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Draw is the best for US as we can advance tomorrow and only need to tie to win the group. German win will still let us advance tomorrow but wed have to win against Germany to win.
The Culture Vulture
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Absolutely it's tied at 2 now. Germany struggling much more against Ghana than Portugal. Ghana has 11 on the field though. I have no idea what to expect tomorrow.
Cornballer
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US presser going on right now. Klinsmann talking. Dempsey is good to go tomorrow.
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