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GoFishTN
Footballguy
Wasn't the second foul after the incorrect offsides call? I thought it was a makeup from the refs.
Txns8
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Sounds like French sour grapes about having a 3rd tier league.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Quote of the day yesterday:
"You should have stayed at a real club."
Sung to Fernando Torres by the Liverpool faithful as he was subbed off the pitch.
"You should have stayed at a real club."
Sung to Fernando Torres by the Liverpool faithful as he was subbed off the pitch.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Worth watching though even if it turns out to be nothing. 4-4 is most unusual. Even if didn't happen here, this is clearly one of the hazards of in-game line changing.-QG
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
DC United played a friendly against the Canadian U20 team.
Charlie Davies got the start up front with Ngwenya. Davies had a goal and an assist in the first half. DC was winning 4-0. Ngwenya had a hat trick in the first half.
Davies then played up front with Josh Wolff in the second half and was subbed out I think around the 74 minute.
Charlie Davies got the start up front with Ngwenya. Davies had a goal and an assist in the first half. DC was winning 4-0. Ngwenya had a hat trick in the first half.
Davies then played up front with Josh Wolff in the second half and was subbed out I think around the 74 minute.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
really hoping he can get his game back- it's an amazing story that he's gotten back at all.speaking of u20s... Argentina v Brazil today on ESPN Deportes in the Copa Sudamerica
Eephus
Footballguy
Neymar was pretty impressive vs. Chilereally hoping he can get his game back- it's an amazing story that he's gotten back at all.speaking of u20s... Argentina v Brazil today on ESPN Deportes in the Copa Sudamerica
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Some news and notes from the Twitter world
* Alexi Lalas tweeted that there is a good reason that the MLS schedules is so delayed this year. As we all guessed, it has to do with the unsettled TV situation for a second English carrier for the league (FSC or VS seems to be the ongoing guess)
* Andy Najar, obviously asking for troubled, tweeted asking should he represent US or Honduras. That should provide for some entertaining and combustible replies
* US vs Argentina in late March just broke the 30k ticket sale mark
* US vs Paraguay 3 days later is at the 9500 ticket sale mark
* Alexi Lalas tweeted that there is a good reason that the MLS schedules is so delayed this year. As we all guessed, it has to do with the unsettled TV situation for a second English carrier for the league (FSC or VS seems to be the ongoing guess)
* Andy Najar, obviously asking for troubled, tweeted asking should he represent US or Honduras. That should provide for some entertaining and combustible replies
* US vs Argentina in late March just broke the 30k ticket sale mark
* US vs Paraguay 3 days later is at the 9500 ticket sale mark
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
That dude is the real deal.
Pope Benedict XVI Fan
Footballguy
This page has been taken down and the story is nowhere to be seen on the Telegraph website, nor anywhere else. Maybe someone got a little too excited and posted a rumour on the site before properly sourcing the story.
El Floppo
Footballguy
the real funny looking deal
JMon348
Footballguy
Is he going to Barca?
El Floppo
Footballguy
There was that Chelsea rumor... what- last summer?Does anybody think the EPL would be a good fit for him? I got to watch him play live with Santos vs RedMetros and while he obviously has the skills, he also seemed to get knocked off the ball more often than not- although not as easily it might seem given his size. I think La Liga would be a great next step for him, but can't imagine him playing... pretty much anywhere else- at least until he's shown he can take a rough and tumble league.
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Chelsea is the team that has shown the most interest in the past, but his Brazilian team has made exorbitant demands. Gotta figure with his price tag, he's going to go to a huge club.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
A little digression from the pro talk - what are people's thoughts on this?
As I've mentioned, well, a lot, I do play in the local competitive league. The league has 5 divisions and a promotion/relegation system similar to European leagues, and there are 54 teams total. Some clubs have multiple teams (our club has 2 teams, some have 3) similar to how, say, Real Madrid B play just 2 divisions below Real Madrid). The top leagues are heavy with semi-pro teams, former semi-pro guys, guys who played high level D-1, etc. The lowest division is comprised of, at worst, average/above-average former high school players. Our team (mostly high school/D-3/"club" college former players) recently won the 4th division and were promoted to the 3rd division.
One player on our team has quit our team to join a startup team with a guy he works with. The guy on our team was one of our best players, a former college starter who, to his credit, should probably be playing for a better team in a better league. His new team's captain has put together an apparently impressive collection of talent....and has put in a formal petition of some kind to get his team placed immediately into the top division. Top division and 2nd division teams are protesting - they've battled for years to get to where they are and have earned their right to play in those divisions. The lower division teams are raising questions as well - they don't want to play a game where they know they'll get their asses kicked - it's frankly not fair to put this new team in the bottom division.
Any thoughts? I kinda think they should have to start at the bottom just like everyone else...but what fun is it playing in a league where you win every game by 6 goals? And even worse, no one has fun playing against that team.
As I've mentioned, well, a lot, I do play in the local competitive league. The league has 5 divisions and a promotion/relegation system similar to European leagues, and there are 54 teams total. Some clubs have multiple teams (our club has 2 teams, some have 3) similar to how, say, Real Madrid B play just 2 divisions below Real Madrid). The top leagues are heavy with semi-pro teams, former semi-pro guys, guys who played high level D-1, etc. The lowest division is comprised of, at worst, average/above-average former high school players. Our team (mostly high school/D-3/"club" college former players) recently won the 4th division and were promoted to the 3rd division.
One player on our team has quit our team to join a startup team with a guy he works with. The guy on our team was one of our best players, a former college starter who, to his credit, should probably be playing for a better team in a better league. His new team's captain has put together an apparently impressive collection of talent....and has put in a formal petition of some kind to get his team placed immediately into the top division. Top division and 2nd division teams are protesting - they've battled for years to get to where they are and have earned their right to play in those divisions. The lower division teams are raising questions as well - they don't want to play a game where they know they'll get their asses kicked - it's frankly not fair to put this new team in the bottom division.
Any thoughts? I kinda think they should have to start at the bottom just like everyone else...but what fun is it playing in a league where you win every game by 6 goals? And even worse, no one has fun playing against that team.
El Floppo
Footballguy
No freaking way.Fwiw- I played in the same types of leagues here in NYC and in SF... not sure why I'm blanking on the league here, but in SF it was the exact same relegation/promotion set-up as you, although IIRC, there were a couple more leagues (7 maybe). A bunch of older guys from different High Schools in my county (just outside SF) who had all played Div 2 or 3 ball in college (Humboldt State, mostly) and who had played occasionally for better teams in this league got together a local team to play. Even though they were at the least 2nd division quality in this league based on where they had played individually, they had to start at the bottom and work their way up- which they did without fail, winning their league or at least promotion every year until making the Top League (we just called it Balboa, which was the name of the stadium where the games were held). I moved back there for a couple of years between college and grad-school just in time to play with them in their first year at the top.Now that I think about it, I played in that league for an Italian team for a year when I was a teenager... got brought in with a couple of other guys and my old coach to help them try to fight off relegation (they were mired deep in last place when we got there). We ended up losing a relegation playoff to a Honduran team made up of cats their management had brought up from the mother country to play (and work in the sponsor restaurant)... was told one of the guys had been playing in the Honduran 1st Div but wanted a better life in the states (rumor was he making $1,500/game). So even these flown-in, truly semi-professional ringers had to fight their way up to the top flight.Your old team-mate's team should stop their belly-aching and get busy earning their promotion.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Aren't the foreign teams the best? There are a number of right-off-the-boat teams in our league- Ukraine and Poland being the most notable. Just something funny about watching a bunch of crazy eastern Europeans screaming at each other in Ukrainian when they make a mistake.I agree with you, I guess I just kinda feel bad for the lower division teams that are really just out there to screw around, as they're probably gonna get their asses handed to em. I don't doubt that this new team would beat us as well. I guess I kinda feel bad for my friend, too. He moved back here after college and tried desperately to join a team in a higher league, and no one offered him a spot - although he's certainly deserving of one. Kinda funny, though....these teams afraid to take on players who aren't well-established, don't have any friends on the team....our team picked up 7 starters (myself included) in the past 2 seasons and jumped from 10th (of 12) in the 4th division, 1 spot above relegation, to top of the league and moving up.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I get what you're saying... the bottom leagues in SF didn't seem like they had an end goal other than just having fun and if the byproduct was winning, getting promoted and getting to play better teams, :confetti: . Meanwhile, the upper leagues are far more dedicated and serious- almost business-like... most of the teams that get relegated ended up bouncing right back up.Seems like maybe there should be an A and B set of leagues in place to provide for new serious teams getting a chance to not have to waste a few years... that said- I'm going to change my mind... new teams NEED to sludge through a few years to make sure they're intransigent and/or worthy of playing against teams that have been doing it for a long time.And from what I saw, the cream always rose to the top (my old team and that Honduran team).
El Floppo
Footballguy
Hey Steve... do you know this Rich character? Maybe he can back your team too? Interesting (excerpted beggining of a) story in the NYTimes today...
eta: link to whole story
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
That's not big deal Flops. I'm taking Cockfosters from the 9th level to the Prem as we speak.*
* In Football Manager 2011
* In Football Manager 2011
The Gator
Footballguy
You searched for: ####Unfortunately your search didn't return any results.
I guess when i search for keywords to look back at your posts I need to use the the entire word
El Floppo
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
After Honduras asked Osario to quit his club job immediately to take over Honduras he has officially declined to become head coach of Honduras stating that he believes in fulfilling his contracts.
El Floppo
Footballguy
That was a fun game to watch. Something was in the air last weekend.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
that's the logo for Kappa, an Italian sportswear companyhttp://www.freelogovector.com/gallery/k/Kappa%20logo.jpg
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
With MLS rosters growing to 30 players, the reserve league will play an important role this year for the first time.
Here are some rules
MLS Reserve Division Format:
* Each team will play 10 games (5 home and 5 away), two against each region opponent.
* Reserve teams may only use players from one of three sources: (1) First team; (2) Academy protected-player list; (3) Trialists.
* Suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued in Reserve Division games shall only be imposed for future Reserve Division matches and not for games during the MLS regular season. Conversely, suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued during MLS regular season games shall not apply to Reserve Division matches.
* Any player who receives four yellow cards during the Reserve Division season shall be suspended from the next Reserve Division game in which he may appear.
* The top eight teams will qualify for the Reserve Division playoffs.
Here are some rules
MLS Reserve Division Format:
* Each team will play 10 games (5 home and 5 away), two against each region opponent.
* Reserve teams may only use players from one of three sources: (1) First team; (2) Academy protected-player list; (3) Trialists.
* Suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued in Reserve Division games shall only be imposed for future Reserve Division matches and not for games during the MLS regular season. Conversely, suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued during MLS regular season games shall not apply to Reserve Division matches.
* Any player who receives four yellow cards during the Reserve Division season shall be suspended from the next Reserve Division game in which he may appear.
* The top eight teams will qualify for the Reserve Division playoffs.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Yeah, this got some local publicity maybe 6 months ago when he started backing them. I actually nearly bought a jersey around Christmas-time just for the gimmick of it, but ended up passing on it.The Rich family is very, very well-known locally. Rich Products is HQ'd in town (about a mile from where I live, actually) and is one of the biggest employers here. I'd have to imagine that it's one of the country's largest privately-owned companies - I looked this up, it's #161. As the article states, Bob Rich Jr (company was founded by Bob Rich Sr.) does own the Buffalo Bisons (AAA baseball, Mets affiliate) and you may remember the old name of Ralph Wilson Stadium, where the Bills play.....Rich Stadium.
Very cool to see.
PIK95
Footballguy
I can't get past the fact the guy quoted princess Leia.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
This would get me to watch a little more MLS.
Bayern Munich Striker Miroslav Klose On New York Red Bulls Radar
Bayern Munich Striker Miroslav Klose On New York Red Bulls Radar
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
The Brazil France friendly game is on ESPN2 this afternoon at 3 eastern.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Will the Italy/Germany game be available on ESPN3 "on-demand" tonight?
Eephus
Footballguy
I don't know if these will all be available on demand later, but there's a pretty good lineup of games streaming today
PIK95
Footballguy
Now I gotta figure out what espn3 is?
Txns8
Footballguy
Txns8
Footballguy
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
espn3.comOh andNow I gotta figure out what espn3 is?
DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND!!!
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PIK95
Footballguy
They look pretty dominant. I have watched most of this match. Please nobody mention Brazil as alot of us DVR'd the match.espn3.comOh andNow I gotta figure out what espn3 is?
DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND!!!
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Eric "I have no idea how to spell your last name" Lechai was loaned out to Leeds United today for the rest of the season.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Teenaged Prodigy Goes Pro
This was the local kid I was mentioning many many pages ago. I don't know if he is going to have the physical maturity to play in the league right away but the signs are good in that he has already been moved up from the youth squad to the Revs first team and he is still only 15.
This was the local kid I was mentioning many many pages ago. I don't know if he is going to have the physical maturity to play in the league right away but the signs are good in that he has already been moved up from the youth squad to the Revs first team and he is still only 15.
Txns8
Footballguy
Fixed.
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