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US GAF: Support your national soccer team
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Neffarias_Bredd
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Man, the American announcer on ESPN was so annoying
Avon Barksdale
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Three points is three points.
It was painful to listen to Twellman. What a tool.
sazabirules
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At least Harkes is out of the espn booth.
I feel bad for Ian Darke, he must want to smack him upside the head at least 5 times a game.
I like when Twellman says something stupid Darke just stays silent. I can imagine him turning his head and looking at Twellman with an annoyed face.
true. But, It's sad that as US fans we are ok with this.
And get to breathe that fresh, fresh air.
sneakypete
Member
agreed, no matter how hard he tries twellman will never match john harkes shit-comment-ability
Human_Shield
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I doze off every time I watch a match with English speaking announcers.
sazabirules
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NoRéN;51177780 said:
Okay with what? Why should we not be happy about winning? We practically have a whole squad out injured.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Dirty americans, snow against a caribbean team for shame...
Yikes! Someone needs geography lessons. :-S
This match sucked. Team US isn't at fault, but you just know if the US was down 1-0 at half time or if Mexico was playing against the US, FIFA's match commissioners would've suspended it in a second. Pretty embarrassing.
Oh well. I think Costa Rica put in a great effort, but it's just too much to ask under these ridiculous conditions.
sneakypete
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donovan to pace the side lines with a camelbak of coors light in retaliation
Don't forget the spit.
sneakypete
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The commissioner did try to suspend the match. my understanding was that the ref asked both teams if they wanted to play on. if they did stop, the weather would have been even worse tomorrow.. so?
sneakypete
Member
LOL
but lets be honest donovan doesn't give a shit about USMNT anymore
i know frog, i know ;(
my sideline p-team hopes for donovan are in dire straits
I doubt it could get through the layer of smog.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Actually, as far as our local reporters at the game said, apparently the ref was the one that wanted to suspend the game, but the commissioner said the match would finish one way or another. I understand the difficult weather conditions, be it today or tomorrow, but this is simply no way for a qualifiers match to be played.
It amazes me that such a bad decision was made by the US Federation. It's the last one I would think would make such a stupid move in CONCACAF.
I never thought I would dislike Taylor "Youth Sized Jersey" Twellman more, but then he started talking on ESPN instead of playing
You should've seen the conditions in Columbus during the last Hex when we played Mexico. I was there. It was terrifying. Painful hail/rain/snow.
nobody can foresee winter storms months in advance. Denver got the game because we play at Azteca on Tuesday. The venue was chosen because of the alititude.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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That's more than obvious, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Wouldn't there be a really high chance of this happening anyway? Because of the place and time of the year. I say this because I've read stuff from people in the US mentioning this in a couple of different places.
It's more important to have the crowd on your side than to have good weather. It's probably hard to get this if you live in literally any other country, but there are large parts of the US where depending on who we're playing, we effectively are not the home team. It's why we only play friendlies against Mexico in CA and TX and take them to OH when it counts.
nobody can say that with certainty. below average temperatures for this time of year in 2013 and above avg. in 2012.
Frank the Great
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the game should have been called off either earlier today or yesterday. everyone knew a blizzard was coming, it is simply negligent that the game went forward. the referee should not have been put in a situation where he had to choose between ending a game in the middle of a blizzard or listening to the players and thousands of fans to keep on playing.
i was more concerned with all of the fans having to drive home in that weather than anything. i hope they were safe.
i was more concerned with all of the fans having to drive home in that weather than anything. i hope they were safe.
Funny how Twellman kept getting asked if the match should be stopped. He kept saying no way. Then the other guy asked him if the match should be stopped if Costa Rica were up 1 - 0. He still said no. A few seconds later: "I lied".
Frank the Great
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being a fucking idiot is a key qualification to be a color commentator. otherwise, any former player could do it! they pick the stupidest of the stupid
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
Lol. You may over estimate the federation.
But yeah.. Yesterday was not pretty.. Props to Costa Rica for even continuing on and we got the result which was all that mattered... If we can get a draw at Mexico I'll be happy
Coata Rica plans to file complaint with FIFA regarding the conditions for yesterdays game...
http://m.espn.go.com/soccer/story?s...page-us&lang=EN§ion=soccernetfrontpage-us
http://m.espn.go.com/soccer/story?s...page-us&lang=EN§ion=soccernetfrontpage-us
Great pic
#SnoFro
GoldenEye 007
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I don't get these complaints. I mean, the US team is no better suited for snow and they played on the same field. It also looked like the CR players wanted to keep playing on at least from the highlight I saw.
Should have made the team smoke a pack of cigarettes before the game in preparation for the air quality.
shoplifter
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Playing in the tropics at 105 degrees and 100% humidity = A-OK
Playing in snow in Denver = Not OK
Playing in snow in Denver = Not OK
sazabirules
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NoRéN;51350676 said:
Did you see the picture he posted of the hole in his leg?
Yeah, looks like he got shot.
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