I'm just hoping we can pull out a similar result on our home turf with more of our A squad on the field. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... that was probably the SKC squad we'll see on Friday, right? Everyone else is either injured or in Brazil, I think...
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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game
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jamesinclair
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....with Landycakes?
For fucks sake Donovan, Ive been defending you all month.
Also, the Suarez headline is in every major newspaper, including rags like the NYT which usually bury soccer news. Apparently even NFL TV devoted time to talk about.
Good or bad for the sport?
Probably pretty close to it. Shouldn't be any real differences.
Also, apparently there's a meltdown in the Atlanta Silverbacks and Rapids Open Cup game? 7 red cards issued to players and coaches. Atlanta down 2 men. Somehow still leading 2-1.
well people are talking about soccer in the US media...
progress I guess.
Now we need more people who know what they are talking about.
SKC just didn't have it tonight. Open Cup is the easiest way to get a CCL berth and we didn't have it.
Frustrated_Grunt
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So apparently Atlanta got 3 red cards and still beat Colorado? I feel like watching a replay of that match to see that train wreck.
Jesus that sounds awful.
I can't believe no MLS team has hired him
Sounds like Philly's dream candidate
Cornballer
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Team U.S.A. World Cup jerseys flying off the shelves at top dollar
I assume this means more $$ for USSF...
BBC: Does US really have the most fans in Brazil?
I assume this means more $$ for USSF...
BBC: Does US really have the most fans in Brazil?
Was at the carolina vs galaxy game. Holy shit. First half reminded me of when I play fifa as a championship team vs Barcelona. The opponent is just always a bit faster and constantly felt like your facing 13 men. But, as the game wore on it slowly switched to our advantage. Goodwin in goalie and king in defense played out of their mind.
Was great seeing the casual fans that came to cheer on landon switch to cheering their local team as our momentum grew. Hope a few come back for the next game.
Was great seeing the casual fans that came to cheer on landon switch to cheering their local team as our momentum grew. Hope a few come back for the next game.
Cornballer
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ActStriker
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Germany did look pretty bad in the air vs Ghana...
lastflowers
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Bedoya looked pretty gassed in both games, so I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't going to get the start. Zusi looked pretty terrible on the ball, but he seemed to do well allowing Fabian to bomb forward. If Klinnsman starts him, please God stop letting Zusi do corners.
ActStriker
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Who else would you want to do corners though?
Besides, the Brooks goal came on a Zusi corner.
Brad mothafuckin Davis
lastflowers
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very possible it was just a one game funk from Zusi, but I have not been impressed with him at all through the WC warmups and WC games. Probably just selective memory and simply noticing the bad moments.
Zusi is usually very good with corners, last game seems like an aberration.
NYCmetsfan
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I don't get people who just get a thrill out of saying soccer still isn't popular. The Atlantic article seemed really lazy and not well though out, it made it seem like soccer = MLS not international matches, smaller leagues, Liga MX, Premier League, La Liga, etc. It also doesn't count the fact the MLS has had horrible promotion and TV deals that is changing with ESPN and Fox's new deal. Nee players entering (villa, kaka) It doesn't highlight the popularity of soccer merchandize, the FIFA video game (isnt it second to madden?) Etc. It seems to have had a chosen contrary conclusion and found stuff that fit that
The Culture Vulture
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Yeah Brad Davis if he plays. Usually Zusi is great on corners but choked against Portugal.
Donovan!
Cornballer
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- Jeff Carlisle: Three key USA players vs. Germany
Avon Barksdale
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Ghana Sends Plane With $3 Million to Calm World Cup Team
More at link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...with-3-million-to-calm-world-cup-team-1-.html
More at link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...with-3-million-to-calm-world-cup-team-1-.html
Cornballer
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As a friend of mine quipped, this sounds like the plot of a bad action movie.
Welp, so much for that dream.
Cash though? Seriously? What are they going to do? Buy drugs and hookers? Scrooge McDuck style swimming pool filled with money?
The tag line for this has to be "Tonight, we Ghana get paid."
I guess if you're dealing with corrupt people or organization, money talks. Too many things can "happen" with electronic currency.
Cornballer
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Ha ha. Then call it "Money Plane" and get Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson to star it it.
Cornballer
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Tomorrow's game completely, totally, absolutely terrifies me. There's not a single position on the field where Germany is not stronger than Portugal (maybe Ronaldo, but with his poor showing so far that's iffy). And despite controlling the game against Portugal, we still only emerged with a draw. Not to mention, teams almost never come back from gut punches like that game in Manaus. The past couple days nearly every positive I come up with about this upcoming match can be flipped into a negative.
Positive: The defense has only really had four bad mistakes and the US is unlucky that their opponent has scored on three of them.
Negative: It's not like Germany needs the US to make a bad mistake to score.
Positive: The US beat Ghana and drew Portugal with their most important player, Michael Bradley, not playing his best.
Negative: He's gonna need to be his old incredible self against the likes of Lahm and Khedira.
Positive: The US can get through with a loss.
Negative: That requires Ghana to not blow out Portugal. The same Portugal who looked terrible against Germany and barely much better against the US. I can't imagine Ghana not winning by two goals.
There's one positive for the US that gives me hope though: We should be far more desperate than Germany. They're though and win the group with a draw. If they have the lead late in the game, does anyone really think they're going to be tenaciously defending it? The US will be going full tilt to equalize and I just don't see Germany matching that effort to keep the lead. For the Germans, you'd think it would be more important to save some strength and not risk an injury than to go all out to defend in that situation.
And there's the chance, while remote, that Ronaldo gets pissed at all the adoration Messi is getting (especially after his two goal game today) and decides to assert his dominance over Ghana. For once, I am rooting FOR his arrogance.
P.S. I'm not worried about the "Manaus Curse." The US players are used to playing in conditions fairly similar to those in Manaus in MLS and CONCACAF qualifying. The players didn't look unusually tired at the end of the game. And the other four teams that played there looked bad in every game, not just the one after their game in Manaus.
Positive: The defense has only really had four bad mistakes and the US is unlucky that their opponent has scored on three of them.
Negative: It's not like Germany needs the US to make a bad mistake to score.
Positive: The US beat Ghana and drew Portugal with their most important player, Michael Bradley, not playing his best.
Negative: He's gonna need to be his old incredible self against the likes of Lahm and Khedira.
Positive: The US can get through with a loss.
Negative: That requires Ghana to not blow out Portugal. The same Portugal who looked terrible against Germany and barely much better against the US. I can't imagine Ghana not winning by two goals.
There's one positive for the US that gives me hope though: We should be far more desperate than Germany. They're though and win the group with a draw. If they have the lead late in the game, does anyone really think they're going to be tenaciously defending it? The US will be going full tilt to equalize and I just don't see Germany matching that effort to keep the lead. For the Germans, you'd think it would be more important to save some strength and not risk an injury than to go all out to defend in that situation.
And there's the chance, while remote, that Ronaldo gets pissed at all the adoration Messi is getting (especially after his two goal game today) and decides to assert his dominance over Ghana. For once, I am rooting FOR his arrogance.
P.S. I'm not worried about the "Manaus Curse." The US players are used to playing in conditions fairly similar to those in Manaus in MLS and CONCACAF qualifying. The players didn't look unusually tired at the end of the game. And the other four teams that played there looked bad in every game, not just the one after their game in Manaus.
lastflowers
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Does Stephen believe in the concept of the 'paragraph'? Otherwise some interesting bits in there.
Cornballer
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- Meola and Reyna talking strategy for tomorrow's game (video interview)
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smokeandmirrors
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- MLS Analyst: How USMNT can beat Germany in three simple steps
Damn... Is it dusty in here?
Cornballer
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- Galarcep on Goal.com: U.S. midfielder Beckerman makes most of once unlikely World Cup dream
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