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Official FootballSoccerFútbol Thread 2008/2009
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I always will but I never know why. Maybe one day, who knows. All I know is that this year has been terrible. I've driven 2 and a half hours on my PROM WEEKEND to watch them lose 5-1 to chicago. I drove 5 hours from Manhattan to Annapolis to watch them lose 2-0 to a USL 2 team. I gave up my job because I got season tickets. In the end it just bit me in the ass. Today was disheartening to watch another home game where I'm outnumbered like 15:1. And yet all I want is for us to beat DC on Sunday.Daigoro said:its gotta get better eventually. keep on supporting brotha.
I wouldn't call "going to three games a year even while the team sucks, buying loads of team apparell, and following the team religiously even while they suck" being an armchair fan. In fact, I think that if there were more people in New England who actually went to see the best team in the league once, you guys might bring in more than 10k per game.Daigoro said:do you even read what you post?
you were calling out Revs "fans" as you put it. i am one. you are an armchair "fan".
thanks for wishing us luck (sarcastic douchebag that you are), at least we'll have a shot.
have fun enjoying your teams hopes end in the playoffs from your fucking couch. twat.
I'm not really sure why you're taking this so personally, I wasn't insulting you or your 15 friends that make up your supporter's section. I mean, I don't like the Revs because they're always good, and their attendance makes the MLS look bad. A guy on the internet doesn't like your sports team of choice. Get the fuck over it.
We do but at the same time it's just like any other league. We don't like each other or we're neutral about each other. Just cuz we're not that successful doesn't mean we're buddy buddy. I was about to deck some dude today because he came in a screaming eagles jersey. That shit is not cool with me at all but there's a ton of security in our section =/h0pper said:
Vassell contributed to City's goal against Celtic (albeit not a ton). I am going to see him play all damn season. ALL. DAMN. SEASON.
On the plus side it looks like Petrov is going to fuck off with the whole setup winger thing and become our poor man's Ronaldo. I don't care if it means no more draws or losses to relegation zone teams.
Stop whining about Cedeo. One person's posts are easy to skip over (I don't skip yours BTW Cedeo because you do analyze United pretty good, albeit with a bit too much hyperbole for me... but then again my club didn't do a double last season) than page long bitch sessions about one poster, especially ones in response to him taking issue with someone clearly baiting him. (I made fun of had's baiting myself when I posted a mythical strike partnership as being one of the best in the Prem. And make no mistake, Adabaday-Van Pussy is exactly that, a mythical strike team.)
And for everyone's bitching, I would rationally disagree with Cedeo about something because I knew I could at least have a rational discussion with him (when he wasn't fucking around with people)... with other posters in here I just walk over to my wall and knock my head against it instead of responding because that's about all I would accomplish with openly disagreeing with them. (1 in particular, but he appears to have departed for greener pastures.)
Hey, I agree. I hate the Revs because they're always good, because they always play well against the Crew, and because they kicked the Crew out of the playoffs in 2004, breaking my heart (Matt Reis saved two penalty kicks, wtf.) I also closely watch attendance in the MLS, so when the #1 team in the league struggles to bring in 10k, its something I notice and worry about, which is why I brought up the ownership, the stadium, and the area.Osorio said:
I don't like the team, and I'll take a piss on them whenever I get I chance, but i really didn't intend to start a pissing match. But when what's-his-face decided that he should prove... something to me by insulting me, telling me the that I'm not a real fan, whatever, it was on.
But whatever, I'm done with arguing with him for the day. We've been having two conversations: I'm talking about attendance and the league, and he's talking about what a terrible soccer fan I am and trying to prove that he's a bigger fan than I am. I don't think we'll get anywhere. If he supports his team, good for him, it's be nice if there were more americans who followed their local soccer teams. Unfortunately for him, I hate his team and everyone who's associated with it, and that's not going to change. And I'll leave it at that for now. (Hey, my Crew-Revs tickets came in the mail the other day!)
My number one concern is the MLS' success. At the same time, we can hate each other.h0pper said:
We do have fun times ahead as MLS fans. Seeing as the league seems fairly safe, we get to watch it unfold. I mean, what EPL fan can say they remember when Chelsea or Arsenal started playing? We get to watch as the league takes shape, as the different clubs and attitudes and rivalries form, and as an elite class of teams emerges. It's so... beautiful.
Cornballer
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Oh how I love living in the land of low-MLS expectations.
So is anyone going to watch the Yankids face off against Japan? I think I'll probably TiVo and watch before my flight tomorrow morning. I have a bad feeling about this whole tournament, though someone pointed out that the US men usually play well when the women are tanking, so perhaps there's a glimmer of hope.
Men's Olympic Soccer vs Japan
TV Schedule Aug. 7
Kickoff: 5 a.m. ET MSNBC/Universal HD/NBC Olympic Soccer
So is anyone going to watch the Yankids face off against Japan? I think I'll probably TiVo and watch before my flight tomorrow morning. I have a bad feeling about this whole tournament, though someone pointed out that the US men usually play well when the women are tanking, so perhaps there's a glimmer of hope.
Men's Olympic Soccer vs Japan
TV Schedule Aug. 7
Kickoff: 5 a.m. ET MSNBC/Universal HD/NBC Olympic Soccer
Cornballer
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The boring part is annoying, considering that the team should be both free scoring and hemorrhaging goals like the Galaxy given their backline woes. Nonetheless, they're managing to put together 0-0 draws, which is pretty close to a worst case scenario (getting hammered 0-5 every match.)
I'm planning on watching the game tomorrow. Should those of us who watch the game use spoiler tags when discussing the game?
I'm cautiously optimistic about the USA's chances. Of course, while I am fully prepared for American dissapointment, I expect nothing less than gold from my Argentines.
I'm cautiously optimistic about the USA's chances. Of course, while I am fully prepared for American dissapointment, I expect nothing less than gold from my Argentines.
Cornballer
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Sounds like the Galaxy might be lining up Cory Gibbs if he makes his return. Not sure how you'd work out the money issues, though.
The weather ain't going to work in our favor tomorrow:
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The weather ain't going to work in our favor tomorrow:
Haze
91°F
Feels Like
104°F
Cornballer
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I don't plan on logging in until I'm done watching. We never use spoiler tags here for football scores - if it's happened, it's fair game.the disgruntled gamer said:
Cornballer
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I don't doubt that at all. There's been more buzz on the Landon to Europe issue recently. A couple rumors floating around that he's not happy in LA and his agent is shopping him around. Not sure how much truth there is to it. I think Lalas is first in line to get canned, but it is an interesting debate if it'll be him, Gullit, or Donovan that abandons ship first.
Cornballer
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He was also linked to Spain and Germany. I think he'd be fine in the Premiership. Obviously it's an adjustment (like it is for Spanish players coming over), but he can adapt.
I think he could be alright in Germany, but he'd get eaten alive in England.
DirecTV still haven't put up the Olympic Soccer HD channel and according to their CSRs it won't be up until 8/8/08 when the tournament starts :lol So that means the Golden Girls loss today didn't count to DirecTV.
DirecTV still haven't put up the Olympic Soccer HD channel and according to their CSRs it won't be up until 8/8/08 when the tournament starts :lol So that means the Golden Girls loss today didn't count to DirecTV.
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gigapower said:
Wasn't he at Bayer Leverkusen?
If the Galaxy was smart, they'd crap can Lalas and get someone in that actually knows business and football. Let Gullit run things for a bit and actually build a team. The interview with Gullit from when he first started were he talked about not having enough money for a practice squad and using office workers shows why this league will never advance and always be the joke of the footballing world.
Cornballer
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I think if Donovan put his mind to it he could compete, but it's an issue of motivation for him. The guy likes hanging out in LA with his wife and his dogs...
Guess it's SD for me.
Supposedly a couple other providers have the the hookup already, but DTV is slacking.gigapower said:
Guess it's SD for me.velvet_nitemare
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Cornballer said:
Primadonovan indeed.
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Cornballer
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Played through the Braid demo. Fun stuff, but I'm sure it's going to break my brain at higher levels. I'll probably pick it up when I get back and pick up some cheap MS bucks next week.
I want the Olympic Triplecast back. Sucks that ABC didn't get the Olympics because then they could show stuff on ESPN8 all night long.Karakand said:
My friend that you met at the game and I always go back to this interview and joke about it.velvet_nitemare said:
"What about my dogs, man? The f**k am I going to do with the dogs?!?!?!"Soccernet from last Summer said:
Oh god, it was so very close call for Dynamo Kiev yesterday. Our defense still sucks and perspectives in the CL are again grim. That Irish club could have scored at the last minutes yesterday and kick us out of the competition. :/ I mean look at this:
http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/CL08Video/dk_drog7.avi
and this:
http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/CL08Video/dk_drog8.avi
Phew.
Well, at least we make it to the 3d qualify and will meet our eternal enemy - Spartak Moscow. You cant imaging how big it is, last time we met in official game the hype got elevated to state departments levels, its like a little eastern European war. there are no bigger enemies in EE then DK and Spartak. There will be blood. I think fans would even forgive if DK will lose all matches in the group stage again if they will humiliate SM in the qualification.
First match in Moscow, so its quite good. Main task is to switch off Pavluchenko, they are very dependent on him.
That Irish club could have scored at the last minutes yesterday and kick us out of the competition. :/ I mean look at this:http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/CL08Video/dk_drog7.avi
and this:
http://us.dynamo.kiev.ua/Media/CL08Video/dk_drog8.avi
Phew.
Well, at least we make it to the 3d qualify and will meet our eternal enemy - Spartak Moscow. You cant imaging how big it is, last time we met in official game the hype got elevated to state departments levels, its like a little eastern European war. there are no bigger enemies in EE then DK and Spartak. There will be blood.
I think fans would even forgive if DK will lose all matches in the group stage again if they will humiliate SM in the qualification.First match in Moscow, so its quite good. Main task is to switch off Pavluchenko, they are very dependent on him.
The Olympic football kicks off in about an hour.
1000-1200: Australia v Serbia, Japan v USA, Brazil v Belgium, Honduras v Italy
1245-1445: Ivory Coast v Argentina, Netherlands v Nigeria, China v New Zealand, South Korea v Cameroon
All of the matches are on BBCi btw. Eurosport are showing two games as well.
1000-1200: Australia v Serbia, Japan v USA, Brazil v Belgium, Honduras v Italy
1245-1445: Ivory Coast v Argentina, Netherlands v Nigeria, China v New Zealand, South Korea v Cameroon
All of the matches are on BBCi btw. Eurosport are showing two games as well.
I saw the Dutch squad play an Olympic warm-up game at Hong Kong Stadium last weekend, and I was pretty impressed with the skill they had in the team.
Especially in the midfield with Evander Sno and Emanuelson.
But, of course, with the Dutch it's never the technical ability that's the problem, and they only few Ivory Coast 1-1.
Especially in the midfield with Evander Sno and Emanuelson.
But, of course, with the Dutch it's never the technical ability that's the problem, and they only few Ivory Coast 1-1.
FeedTheYak
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Maverick said:
Personally I'm not impressed with either Emanuelson or Sno. I'd rather have the likes of Bakkal (on the bench) and Aissati, or Bruins (Feyenoord). Also, the partnership Makaay/ Sibon (both dispensation players) turned out not to work so well, so Babel is taking Sibon's place.
I'd keep an eye out for PSV-defender Dirk Marcellis. Only 20 years old but already a first team player at PSV, and I don't doubt that he'll leave for an even bigger team in a few years. Only problem he has is that he's not very tall.
I'm watching Brazil - Belgium.
Btw, you can watch the games in good quality (no commentary) here: http://os2008.nos.nl/live/wmv/kanaal/1.
Not sure if there are any country restrictions though.
7 of the 11 belgium players play in the Eredivisie btw.
Btw, you can watch the games in good quality (no commentary) here: http://os2008.nos.nl/live/wmv/kanaal/1.
Not sure if there are any country restrictions though.
7 of the 11 belgium players play in the Eredivisie btw.
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