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US GAF: Support your national soccer team
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution late last week congratulating the U.S. Men's National Team on their performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
House Resolution 1527 commends the entire USMNT, the coaching, training, and administrative personnel, US Soccer and "the coaches and parents of young soccer players around the country for their role in the success of soccer in the United States."
Our elected officials' recognition of soccer's place in America shows how ingrained the beautiful game has become in the United States.
Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana spoke before the House explaining why he and eleven of his peers introduced the bill:
Mr. Speaker, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team proved that the U.S. can compete at the international level with the most elite teams in the world. I am truly proud of the team's players, coaches, training personnel and administrative staff who all worked and competed tirelessly to be the best they could be, and represent our great country to the rest of the world.
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Invite 5 friends to sign the #gousabid petition you'll be entered to win a soccer ball signed by #USMNT http://www.gousabid.com/page/invite/invite5
House Resolution 1527 commends the entire USMNT, the coaching, training, and administrative personnel, US Soccer and "the coaches and parents of young soccer players around the country for their role in the success of soccer in the United States."
Our elected officials' recognition of soccer's place in America shows how ingrained the beautiful game has become in the United States.
Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana spoke before the House explaining why he and eleven of his peers introduced the bill:
Mr. Speaker, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team proved that the U.S. can compete at the international level with the most elite teams in the world. I am truly proud of the team's players, coaches, training personnel and administrative staff who all worked and competed tirelessly to be the best they could be, and represent our great country to the rest of the world.
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Also:
Invite 5 friends to sign the #gousabid petition you'll be entered to win a soccer ball signed by #USMNT http://www.gousabid.com/page/invite/invite5
Ives Galarcep is reporting via Twitter that Jermaine Jones has turned down the call up
Disappointing if true, but at the same time understandable...he's just come back from a year long injury and has started to barely get back on the field. Still, I want to see him play for the yanks!
Disappointing if true, but at the same time understandable...he's just come back from a year long injury and has started to barely get back on the field. Still, I want to see him play for the yanks!
sazabirules
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I know this topic is about the USMNT but it has also sorta become the default US soccer topic. So, on the MLS/US Club Soccer front, US teams are actually representing themselves very well in two international tournaments, at the moment.
In the CONCACAF Champion's League prelim. round, there were three MLS teams (if you count Montreal) vying for spots in the group stage. Two of the three progressed - only LA Galaxy didn't make it, in a shocker. This means there are four MLS teams now in the group stage, which is a record for the league since the competition changed formats a few years back:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010–11_CONCACAF_Champions_League#Preliminary_round
This is a little misleading, since Montreal (and other future Canadian MLS teams) qualify separately from the US MLS teams, basically giving the MLS more qualified clubs. But still, Seattle and Montreal moving on is clearly good news.
And, in SuperLiga play, the New England Revs made it to the finals.
But yeah, the Champion's League is the real news. With four MLS squads in group play, we have a much better chance of the MLS representing itself well. In the past we've never had more than one MLS team make it out of the group stage, and no MLS team has ever progressed past the first elim. round. That should change this year.
In the CONCACAF Champion's League prelim. round, there were three MLS teams (if you count Montreal) vying for spots in the group stage. Two of the three progressed - only LA Galaxy didn't make it, in a shocker. This means there are four MLS teams now in the group stage, which is a record for the league since the competition changed formats a few years back:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010–11_CONCACAF_Champions_League#Preliminary_round
This is a little misleading, since Montreal (and other future Canadian MLS teams) qualify separately from the US MLS teams, basically giving the MLS more qualified clubs. But still, Seattle and Montreal moving on is clearly good news.
And, in SuperLiga play, the New England Revs made it to the finals.
But yeah, the Champion's League is the real news. With four MLS squads in group play, we have a much better chance of the MLS representing itself well. In the past we've never had more than one MLS team make it out of the group stage, and no MLS team has ever progressed past the first elim. round. That should change this year.
shoplifter
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^^^ I expect us to get out of group easily this year. We got a really good draw. We came within 1 goal of advancing over Toluca last time, so hopefully we can turn it on in our 1st knockout draw this year.
It just sucks for the MLS clubs that the knockout phase starts in the preseason. Nothing we can really do about that though, aside from going Fall-Spring, and that really just won't work here.
edit: also, I'm quite pissed that the Gals sucked it up and didn't advance in CCL. I'm almost of the mind to say that they tanked it intentionally. As of now, we have at least *SEVEN* (eight if we make the USOC final) more non-league matches to play than LA by the end of the season, so if we can manage to wrest the Supporter's Shield away that will be quite a feat.
This photo is awesome for multiple reasons:
It just sucks for the MLS clubs that the knockout phase starts in the preseason. Nothing we can really do about that though, aside from going Fall-Spring, and that really just won't work here.
edit: also, I'm quite pissed that the Gals sucked it up and didn't advance in CCL. I'm almost of the mind to say that they tanked it intentionally. As of now, we have at least *SEVEN* (eight if we make the USOC final) more non-league matches to play than LA by the end of the season, so if we can manage to wrest the Supporter's Shield away that will be quite a feat.
This photo is awesome for multiple reasons:
Duane Cunningham
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I'm currently enjoying this soccerball game between the Kansas City Wizards and Real Salt Lake. We (the Wizards) have a forward named Kei Kamara who is clearly very talented, and it's tied, for the moment, at 1 with 15 minutes left. I think KC may win, though, because they're threatening the goal more, and have less penalties.
I'm pretty excited for this friendly against Brazil...it may lack the big names, but this is probably gonna be similar to what the 2014 Brazil team looks like...and between the end of the World Cup and the start of the European season (and the once a week MLS game that I've been trying to watch), the soccer has been pretty dryyyyy.
And after this friendly, I think USA is gonna be playing two more friendlies in October (and trying to get an oversea friendly in November)? If Goff is to be believed, it'll be Poland (aren't we already playing them in Jan?) and Columbia.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2010/08/usa_friendlies_coming_together.html
Does these scheduled friendlies mean that Bob Bradley is probably gonna stay on as manager? They probably wouldn't schedule these friendlies with a manager who's about to be axed right? Or they might just wait till Bob's contract officially ends (Dec. 31, 2010)
And after this friendly, I think USA is gonna be playing two more friendlies in October (and trying to get an oversea friendly in November)? If Goff is to be believed, it'll be Poland (aren't we already playing them in Jan?) and Columbia.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2010/08/usa_friendlies_coming_together.html
Does these scheduled friendlies mean that Bob Bradley is probably gonna stay on as manager? They probably wouldn't schedule these friendlies with a manager who's about to be axed right? Or they might just wait till Bob's contract officially ends (Dec. 31, 2010)
Given that Jose wants to return to the Premier League (many think that he'll be in charge of ManU when SAF finally retires), and after that, he might try his hand on international soccer...he's probably just saying that to please the people of L.A. 
Still, could you imagine the Special One as the USMNT coach? If ever there was a coach who can singlehandedly take a team to the next level, I'd bet that on the Special One. He might not revolutionize the youth system, and we might be playing ugly soccer, but...we'd become a force in the world!!!
Ah, how things would have been different for England had they manage to grab him instead settling on McClaren.
And possibly good news for Altidore and his situation with Villareal...as I'm writing this, he just scored a goal against Turkish club Besiktas (which coincidentally was interested in purchasing him)!!!!
http://watchsocceronline.blogspot.com/2010/08/jozy-scores-for-villareal.html
Still, could you imagine the Special One as the USMNT coach? If ever there was a coach who can singlehandedly take a team to the next level, I'd bet that on the Special One. He might not revolutionize the youth system, and we might be playing ugly soccer, but...we'd become a force in the world!!!
Ah, how things would have been different for England had they manage to grab him instead settling on McClaren.
And possibly good news for Altidore and his situation with Villareal...as I'm writing this, he just scored a goal against Turkish club Besiktas (which coincidentally was interested in purchasing him)!!!!
http://watchsocceronline.blogspot.com/2010/08/jozy-scores-for-villareal.html
Wow...maybe this is the clearest indication yet that Bob won't be back...and maybe Klinsmann won't be our coach either?
According to a small blurb on MLSSoccer.com, USSF was actively trying to get current Chilean manager (and former Argentinean manager) Marcelo Bielsa as the next manager for US MNT. Too bad Chile decided to renew his contract till 2015. That would have been interesting to see Bielsa as US manager...he's been a great manager for Chile.
Kick Off: CCL hopes on the line, Iker Casillas in LA (the blurb is near the end of the article).
According to a small blurb on MLSSoccer.com, USSF was actively trying to get current Chilean manager (and former Argentinean manager) Marcelo Bielsa as the next manager for US MNT. Too bad Chile decided to renew his contract till 2015. That would have been interesting to see Bielsa as US manager...he's been a great manager for Chile.
Kick Off: CCL hopes on the line, Iker Casillas in LA (the blurb is near the end of the article).
According to bookmakers....Bradley has some pretty decent odds at being the next Aston Villa manager...though I wonder if they're basing that on mainly cause the owner of Aston Villa is an American as well (there are even odds on Bruce Arena!). There can't be too many rumors yet, as the Villa thing just happened today...
http://guardian.oddschecker.com/foo.../aston-villa-specials/next-permanent-manager/
A potential candidate for US Manager...Martin O'neill??
I wish...
http://guardian.oddschecker.com/foo.../aston-villa-specials/next-permanent-manager/
A potential candidate for US Manager...Martin O'neill??
I wish...
ShallNoiseUpon
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Brazil game tonight.
shoplifter
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ShallNoiseUpon said:
Wore my kit to work.
sazabirules
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I think we'll do fine as long as we don't concede a goal in the beginning of the game.
shoplifter
Member
No Ricardo Clark will go a long way toward making that happen.
shoplifter
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8 eastern.
ShallNoiseUpon
Member
Sigh. I just realized I have band rehearsal for a gig on Thursday tonight.
A potential to the USMNT defects to Armenia
4 People are getting inducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame today:
- Bruce Arena who led his country to victory in the 1974 World Lacrosse Championships (oh yeah, who also coached US Soccer)
- Thomas Dooley, a German American who played for us...(he was captain for the 1998 World Cup)
- Preki Radosavljević, a Serbian-American who played for us...and helped us beat Brazil in the 1998 Gold Cup and now coaches for Toronto
- Kyle Rote, Jr., one of the few Americans to actually play for the NASL league back in its heyday.
4 People are getting inducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame today:
- Bruce Arena who led his country to victory in the 1974 World Lacrosse Championships (oh yeah, who also coached US Soccer)
- Thomas Dooley, a German American who played for us...(he was captain for the 1998 World Cup)
- Preki Radosavljević, a Serbian-American who played for us...and helped us beat Brazil in the 1998 Gold Cup and now coaches for Toronto
- Kyle Rote, Jr., one of the few Americans to actually play for the NASL league back in its heyday.
sazabirules said:
The USMNT got off to a pretty good start last time they played Brazil :F
daoster said:
Yeah, it would be a hard choice to make. Guaranteed play time or rolling the dice and hoping nothing bad happens until you become eligible.
TONIGHT!
Azzurri
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shoplifter said:^^^ I expect us to get out of group easily this year. We got a really good draw. We came within 1 goal of advancing over Toluca last time, so hopefully we can turn it on in our 1st knockout draw this year.
It just sucks for the MLS clubs that the knockout phase starts in the preseason. Nothing we can really do about that though, aside from going Fall-Spring, and that really just won't work here.
edit: also, I'm quite pissed that the Gals sucked it up and didn't advance in CCL. I'm almost of the mind to say that they tanked it intentionally. As of now, we have at least *SEVEN* (eight if we make the USOC final) more non-league matches to play than LA by the end of the season, so if we can manage to wrest the Supporter's Shield away that will be quite a feat.
This photo is awesome for multiple reasons:
I haven't been to a Crew game in a long time. How is attendance? I know Toronto FC sells out or close to it when they play at BMO Field.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbuIZuTgPDs
I would guess the Brazilian lineup on the video here will be the real thing (as well as the formation we'll be using).
And Brazil will be having a lot of high profile players (though ironically enough, not all of them were in the WC). Silva, Pato, Robinho, Alves, Luiz are some of the players that come to mind.
I would guess the Brazilian lineup on the video here will be the real thing (as well as the formation we'll be using).
And Brazil will be having a lot of high profile players (though ironically enough, not all of them were in the WC). Silva, Pato, Robinho, Alves, Luiz are some of the players that come to mind.
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
What player was standing between Buddle and Donovan during the anthem?
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