talisayNon
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Roma huh, I don't care where he goes honestly so long as he gets playing time.
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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game
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Man, I wish there was done way we could've kept Matias Laba 
TFC played terribly yesterday. Nobody made any runs until Lovitz came in and if they did, the midfield didn't recognize it.
We also need to force Bradley to take a week off to rest. I know he wants to play and help his team, but the man needs some rest.
TFC played terribly yesterday. Nobody made any runs until Lovitz came in and if they did, the midfield didn't recognize it.
We also need to force Bradley to take a week off to rest. I know he wants to play and help his team, but the man needs some rest.
Cornballer
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Yup, my biggest concern is that he gets to play. It's a great place to learn the trade, though, so there's value in that. I'm curious if they see him as a winger or a fullback.
NYCmetsfan
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First of all its 4 years away and I don't see the big criticisms about how this is bad or anything. As long as we don't have lalas
Outdoor Miner
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What kind of surface is it? Doesn't look like natural grass to me.
First I've seen Kansas play in years and holy shit at that stadium and those sell outs. Good on them. Makes Toyota Park look so minor league in comparison lol.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Wow Dwyer.
Outdoor Miner
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Holy shit I had read our central defenders were bad but that is a whole 'nother level of suck.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Don't know if this is really worth a yellow.
Hope you like Gus Johnson because they will be shoving him down our throats every chance they get.
Well at least short term it looks like he will be loaned out to Seattle and then another Italian club, so he should have some time to get regular PT.
And that's the big problem. College basketball, I like him. College football, okay too. Soccer? Not so much.
He kept screaming, "Ronaldo!" every time CR7 got the ball during the Champions League final. We had fun with it and made a drinking game out of it, but it was not something I want to hear every game I watch.
Grover Cleveland
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25 year old Freddy Adu is getting a trial with AZ Alkmaar.
Kevin Bacon + Next Pele strike force for club and country?
Kevin Bacon + Next Pele strike force for club and country?
He's 25? I feel like he's been around forever and hasn't done shit.
He's been in the game for 11 years already.
NYCmetsfan
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Really could care less. I don't think I've ever liked an announcing team. I'll probably be watching telemundo anyways. I'll be watching the post game stuff and fox for US games though
Man, I remember when he was getting hyped up as a kid. Poor guy never went anywhere...
TILL NOW
It'd be nice if he could turn his career around. AZ Alkmaar has been pretty good for US players, here's hoping it goes well.
Wynalda is a big fucking asshole and it is going to be painful to listen to this douchebag in the announcer's booth or in the studio in four years time. I don't see US Soccer giving Fox the same access like they did to ESPN this cycle. Jurgen is not going to stand for Wynalda's bullshit.
I'm okay with him going to any euro club where he can get significant playing time so I can root for him unabashedly.
Cornballer
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ActStriker
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I already feel like Fox is gonna drop the ball and wreck much of the progress done in the past few years.
NYCmetsfan
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^ that reminds me I really want to go to Inter v. Man U (I know its not US soccer) here in DC at the end of the month but I have no friends that want to go. I need to find people who actually like sports here.... ugh
So basically, they want it to be exactly like ESPN's coverage? That's fine I guess, but I kinda want to see what else they can do.
I think people forgot exactly how bad ESPN's WC coverage was until the 2010 World Cup.
It was in 2010 when they decided to stop all the hand holding, Olympic style "personal story" coverage and decided to treat the fans like knowledgeable fans and went for a more "European" style with their coverage by bringing in Martin Tyler and Ian Darke.
Before that, I remember the World Cup being pretty dire on ESPN.
I mean, I feel like the Progress is gonna get wrecked, simply by the fact that the timezone in Russia works against the Western Hemisphere, and, this is not a knock on Russia, but Russia just doesn't bring up the images of soccer like Brazil does. (S. Africa worked because it was the first World Cup on that continent and all that good stuff).
But a good portion of the "progress" that you mention (and I assume here by "progress," you mean the popularity of soccer in the US) can be attributed to Fox itself, and I don't think they're going to drop the ball.
Not to say that I think it'll be perfect either, but they'll have 4 years to get everything ready.
I'd imagine going to a DC United game is your best bet of finding soccer-loving friends.
NYCmetsfan
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Yeah its just I'd have to go there alone to find them and when I'm alone I tend not to be to forthcoming with strangers. Its like a chicken and egg problem...
yup.
I can't see them doing anything good.
The ESPN Radio stuff has been fantastic.
The easiest thing to do would be going to a supporter's group tailgate (I'm assuming they tailgate) since groups actively want more members.
That's how I got stuck with my mess of a team. I just went to one of their tailgates in 2007, they treated me like family and I've been a member since.
You may not get along with everybody in the group but everybody has a common bond and eventually you find the people who share similar tastes outside of the game.
Cornballer
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Whaaat? We've already seen what else they can do! Their Champions League coverage has been dire. Whether it be shoving Johnson and Wynalda in the booth for important games and having to listen to their dreadful commentary, or opting to put a practice session from the freaking third tier of NASCAR (no, I'm not making this up) on Fox Sports 1 over the round of 16 games one day. It's been absolutely wretched, and yes, I'd much rather them straight up copy ESPN's style, which has been superb and catering to fans of the game, than for them to keep the status quo of their subpar and lacking coverage.
Seriously, look at their track record and tell me that you're optimistic for their World Cup coverage with a straight face.
Cornballer
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Will Parchman for Topdrawersoccer: Breaking down Eric Wynaldas gripes about the USMNT does he have a point?
Cornballer
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Dempsey is going to be on Letterman on Wednesday night.
I usually don't agree with the guy but in this case I agree with 90% of Wynalda's criticisms (aside from Were not better off than we were 20 years ago. which is just idiotic), but two dozen analysts from Matt Doyle to Landon Donovan said it already, and better. Without swearing on the radio, calling Klinsmann "un-American", sounding like a pompous dbag, etc. I don't understand how this guy remains employed by Fox, at least he's off Twitter now so we're not subjected to embarrassing late night drunken tirades...
jamesinclair
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Fox isnt the problem.
Comcast buying the Spanish rights over Univision is.
Odds of Comcast having free online streams not requiring cable? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Enjoy football folks, it's about to die.
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