Being an American of French descent, I am happy as well. That said, when the game was scoreless late, I was kind of thinking how cool it'd be for unheralded Nigera to knock off France. America loves an underdog!
2014 World Cup (of soccer) thread
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Apparently the Germany / France game has already been canceled. France just surrendered... 
Quoted for giggles...I mean, thats not funny!Apparently the Germany / France game has already been canceled. France just surrendered...
Was a little disappointed last night. I play pick up soccer with a group of Brits and Irish guys a couple nights a week, and the place we play at has a nice pub and sets up for games. We finished 20 minutes prior to game time, and went to watch the game, anticipating a good crowd...and there was only a dozen or so of us. German football fans are so arrogant...if its not the endspiel no one cares...
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I have the perfect replacement to PKs. If things are still tied after the normal OT, sudden death OT and an additional ball is put into play every 10 minutes. The anarchy would be sublime.
Or just no goalie.
You are dead to me.Also eat less bacon
I gotta say... if the two games on the docket for today were any indication of how things are going to go... the next couple weeks are gonna be FUN from a spectator-perspective.
plenty of ppl are dead because fatYou are dead to me.
Communist.
World centered Derper
Sigh...TIMMAY was en fuego...but 38 shots, 18 on target...is ridiculous. US needs a real midfield if we are ever to make the quarter final. Beazley was awesome on the wing, as was Yedlin...Dempsey was a no show, and Bradley was just terrible. Was disapointed Altidore didnt come in as a minute 70 sub...
I guess now I back Netherlands. Hottest fans imho...hup Nederland HUP!
I guess now I back Netherlands. Hottest fans imho...hup Nederland HUP!
Smart man...
I dont really watch any of this football but its a great excuse to sit in a bar and drink beer.
I dont really watch any of this football but its a great excuse to sit in a bar and drink beer.
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Even though I'm a US Soccer fan, I had a strong feeling they weren't going to win the World Cup. I was just hoping that we'd make it farther than last time. Glad we scraped by to make it out of the "group of death" but definitely not a good showing by the US yesterday until the last 15min. You don't win soccer games by playing defense the WHOLE game.
Well, at least the MLS season is still in full swing. Zusi and Besler will return to Sporting Kansas City who is currently sitting in first place in the Eastern Conference. LET'S GO SKC!!!!!
Well, at least the MLS season is still in full swing. Zusi and Besler will return to Sporting Kansas City who is currently sitting in first place in the Eastern Conference. LET'S GO SKC!!!!!
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lucky for us Howard decided to show up and play. i'm not impressed with Bradley at all. he cost them the Portugal game and had similar sloppy play when the game counted with Belgium.
Klinsmann should place howard into a breeding program immediately
Is it over yet?
The US National team has produced some serious keepers (please don't count Tony Meola), but Howard is on a whole new level. If only the US could produce a few mids that could play, damn.
Meola was bad back in the day...you know you had his pictures...
But agree 100%. American keepers are some of the best out there, and are some of the best, most well rounded athletes on the pitch anywhere.
But agree 100%. American keepers are some of the best out there, and are some of the best, most well rounded athletes on the pitch anywhere.
Go France.
With the increasing popularity in the US I think it will only get better as long as they can keep raising the professional level.
They got ROMO'd
except soccer wasn't the byproduct of a marketing meeting.
Not of a marketing meeting between some dudes who couldn't cut it in proper industries, but the world cup is certainly the byproduct of a few corrupt old men colluding in a room and getting filthy rich.except soccer wasn't the byproduct of a marketing meeting.
Which is not what i was getting at all, just saying that footsoccer is increasing in popularity.
america is just finally getting on board with what the rest of the world already knew
I have been all over the farging world, and one fo the only consisitencies is soccer...yet there are those in th SU who deride it as un 'merikuhn™...which really doesnt bother me at all. I love the damn game...playing, coaching or watching.
So you are saying its a good reflection of how the world works
No, Keller was the MAN and they played Meola. Hell, Keller today is better than Meola was then.
But please don't forget 38 shot to our 9. 9 shots on goal? Really?
The problem is they get no better when they play here. If you grow up playing and go to college and play, then go to the MLS, you will never develop to the top level. You have to play with the best in the world to compete against the best in the world.
But the only way you can improve popularity is to keep the good players here where people get to see them play. So you keep your best players home playing against scrubs then expect them to win in the world cup.
Adu is the poster child for this. He should have not played in the MLS at 14, he should have worked with the u-21 team and played overseas at 18. At the peak of his development he wasn't developed. Now people wonder if he ever will.
The level of skill in the MLS has improved greatly over the past few years. They're no longer the minor league of the world. There are several MLS players that played for their home countries in the world cup (other than the US).
People claim that Team USA didn't do well because American soccer is not at that level but only 9 of the 21 members of Team USA actually play in the MLS. The rest play in other leagues around the world. They had the talent to do better but just couldn't pull it together when the time came.
The Premier League is supposed to be this great league and yet Team England didn't make it out of their group. Their entire team was made up of players from 5 different Premier League teams and the best they could do was a 0-1-2 record.
Also fwiw, some have argued that several of the US's best players opted to play in the MLS to make sure they get minutes leading up to world cup competition - vs possibly sitting on the bench or being used only intermittently in euro/Latin league.
That's 'cause large numbers of PL players come from other countries...
Same for Bundesliga, La Liga, etc.
And let's not forget... at the end of the day - it's just a game.
The Italian league is where the corruption is! That's where the talent gets paid. While I would love to have played soccer for a living, no MLS player will ever make Ronaldo level money ($80M/year in salary and endorsements).
...not when they are all under contract to the league itself. It really is the Costco of soccer leagues. Good product, but not great, good prices and selection, but nothing really cutting edge or superty duper...just average...