2024 Summer of Soccer - Euro's, Copa America, Olympics, WCQing (1 Viewer)

[NewlyRetired]

France drew with this Canada team just before the two tournaments started. You will never guess the score...

 

[Desert_Power]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match. I'm enjoying this one though

You didn't hit up the match at NRG last night?

 

[NewlyRetired]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match. I'm enjoying this match though

Soccer is full of crazy stuff that makes no sense at times. It can be frustrating unless you lean into and just look at it as extra entertainment and talking points.

 

[El Floppo]

I dunno... Was that a foul?

 

[The Z Machine]

Smart foul unless it results in a goal from the set piece.

 

[Major]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match. I'm enjoying this one though

You didn't hit up the match at NRG last night?

I wanted to see Messi but nosebleed seats starting at $310 seemed a bit rich. Decent seats in low four figures

 

[NewlyRetired]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match. I'm enjoying this one though

You didn't hit up the match at NRG last night?

I wanted to see Messi but nosebleed seats starting at $310 seemed a bit rich. Decent seats in low four figures

I can't even imagine what the WC prices will be....

 

[The Z Machine]

It occurred to me that Canada basically never crosses from the wing. It's all diagonal balls through the middle, trying to quickly get the ball on the feet of their forwards. Something I rarely see the US do.

 

[Zow]

To me those are perfect pks

 

[Desert_Power]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match. I'm enjoying this one though

You didn't hit up the match at NRG last night?

I wanted to see Messi but nosebleed seats starting at $310 seemed a bit rich. Decent seats in low four figures

That sucks. Messi is a huge draw but tickets overall are ridiculous for this tournament.

 

[Zow]

Omg

 

[Desert_Power]

I must be old school, because I love Rincon's penalty. Just get up there and smash it. Keep it low. You don't know where it's going, neither does the keeper.

 

[Major]

I must be old school, because I love Rincon's penalty. Just get up there and smash it. Keep it low. You don't know where it's going, neither does the keeper.

toe punch it

 

[Desert_Power]

Is that maple leaf face-paint a better or worse choice than the fan ending up with black face in the Euros? Tough questions.

 

[Hu-Tang Clan]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match and the penalty kick revelation. I'm enjoying this match though

How about the smaller than regular sized pitches? I think these are U13 pitch sizes.

 

[TripItUp]

Hapy to see Canada advance with Jesse...anything to humiliate the US Federation.

 

[Zow]

Ice cold! Like the north!

I may be high, but that was awesome.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Wow....

 

[The Z Machine]

 

[The Z Machine]

Canada was better on the night. They should have had 3 or 4.

How can the US have so little of "it" while Canada has it in spades?

 

[NewlyRetired]

I am going to enjoy watching this Venezuela team in qualifying. I think they have a chance to qualify for their first ever World Cup.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

I don’t get it- MLS is supposed to be detrimental to national teams. That’s what I was told anyway

 

[NewlyRetired]

Canada was better on the night. They should have had 3 or 4.

How can the US have so little of "it" while Canada has it in spades?

Canada has two elite players and then a bunch of grit and grinders around them.

The team is mostly MLS based but they play better as a team than as individuals. Almost the exact opposite of the US

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

The only thing I don’t like about the Copa bracket is rematches before the final. I get it - they didn’t want Arg-Bra before the final under any circumstances. But still, repeat matches kind of stink

 

[NewlyRetired]

Never a fan of pk's but I do think the team that won was the better team on the night. Canada created many more big chances to score and deserved the win.

 

[NewlyRetired]

The only thing I don’t like about the Copa bracket is rematches before the final. I get it - they didn’t want Arg-Bra before the final under any circumstances. But still, repeat matches kind of stink

I am still leaning for an Argentina Colombia final right now.

And from what we have seen of this tournament, the Colombians have a significantly larger following at the games than Brazil does. In fact I think they (along with Argentina) have the largest support at the games on either side of the Atlantic (not including Germany).

 

[QuizGuy66]

France drew with this Canada team just before the two tournaments started. You will never guess the score...

Dos a Cero?


Sorry that's my guess for every score

-QG

 

[akfaK]

Just because it is Italy’s schtick doesn’t make them less of cunts for doing it though…

Wanker

 

[TennesseeJed]

Canada was better on the night. They should have had 3 or 4.

How can the US have so little of "it" while Canada has it in spades?

Canada has two elite players and then a bunch of grit and grinders around them.

The team is mostly MLS based but they play better as a team than as individuals. Almost the exact opposite of the US

Coaching helps.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Do you know how I know @The Gator could not make it to the Euros this summer?



Aidan Farrelly@aidanfarrelly

One of the quotes of the Euros there from Gary Lineker

Ferdinand: “Ronaldo’s sat down and he’s got 2 masseurs working on him, one on each leg”

Lineker: “Just be glad he doesn’t have 3”


#PORFRA

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

And I liked how the Ven GK was allowed to manhandle the CAn player on the sidelines. Rules and reffing are neat.

It's so frustrating how much of a story the bad referees are in each game I watch.

everything about this tournament is bush league compared to the Euros

I know you want to keep bashing this tournament for what ever reason but the reffing has been just as bad in the Euro's.

I have been harsh on this tourney. Think it started with the ticket pricing and just snowballed from there being capped off by the horrible officiating in the last US match. I'm enjoying this match though

Soccer is full of crazy stuff that makes no sense at times. It can be frustrating unless you lean into and just look at it as extra entertainment and talking points.

We AFCON fans patting you COMNEBOL boys ion the head. “Look at you trying to be eccentric.”

 

[Redwes25]

Good for Canada and glad someone from CONCACAF making a run. There team had been a mess (much more than US) and the switch to March is doing so much for them. Wish we had made that change when we had the chance.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Marsch is going to be insufferable

He's already insufferable. We'll have to invent new words now.

 

[TennesseeJed]

England have switched things up for today - moving to 3 at the back, and moving Saka to LWB.

I think they have bigger worries in the midfield where they have struggled this tournament - but they have a team capable of winning the whole thing.

Let's pray it's not a France v. England final.

 

[gianmarco]

England have switched things up for today - moving to 3 at the back, and moving Saka to LWB.

I think they have bigger worries in the midfield where they have struggled this tournament - but they have a team capable of winning the whole thing.

Let's pray it's not a France v. England final.

Yeah, there's a Hundred Years War joke in there somewhere.

 

[SpurrierisisGod]

Haven't watched much of the euros until today.... no one has grabbed their shin and rolled around for 5 minutes yet. What am I watching?

 

[Mjolnirs]

England have switched things up for today - moving to 3 at the back, and moving Saka to LWB.

I think they have bigger worries in the midfield where they have struggled this tournament - but they have a team capable of winning the whole thing.

Let's pray it's not a France v. England final.

Yeah, there's a Hundred Years War joke in there somewhere.

Silly English kniggits

 

[TennesseeJed]

I let out a little shout, and my wife asked who scored. I told her “nobody, but I was excited when a patch of the wall dried into a lovely shade of grey!”

 

[gianmarco]

I let out a little shout, and my wife asked who scored. I told her “nobody, but I was excited when a patch of the wall dried into a lovely shade of grey!”

Sounds accurate. Not a single shot on goal that half from either side.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Netherlands v Turkeyeay now deemed a "high risk" game by German security. Back when I lived in Germany decades ago I was told Berlin had the second-highest Turkish population in the world behind Istanbul.

 

[NewlyRetired]

England had another 45 minutes with out a shot on goal and also prevented their opponent from any shots on goal.

Jesus this is horrendous.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Feels like Switzerland is blocking so many shots today

 

[gianmarco]

England had another 45 minutes with out a shot on goal and also prevented their opponent from any shots on goal.

Jesus this is horrendous.

I wonder if most neutrals are rooting for Switzerland.....

 

[heckmanm]

England had another 45 minutes with out a shot on goal and also prevented their opponent from any shots on goal.

Jesus this is horrendous.

I wonder if most neutrals are rooting for Switzerland.....

 

[NewlyRetired]

Put in the fire hydrant!

 

[massraider]

Landon Donovan is pretty good today, I must say.

 

[NewlyRetired]

They deserved that. They have played well this half.

 

[gianmarco]

They deserved that. They have played well this half.

I was literally about to type this EXACT post

 

[Desert_Power]

You could see Embolo think through the decision to take his shirt off there.

 

[gianmarco]

I don't think England was banking on the Swiss scoring late like this. They went through the defense there like a knife cutting through cheese.