I'll buy this in part. But the fact that he made the monumental and obvious mistake of even letting Ricardo Clarke in the stadium speaks volumes to me.As for Bradley, for me the last game of South Africa '10 is very illustrative of his career as coach of the USMNT. He had a clearly inferior team of athletes facing superior technical players across the board, but gave his team a chance to win the game due to better team structure and tactics. I'll be surprised if Klinsmann can do much better with this team. I'm more interested to see what he does to improve the outlook for the future of US soccer.
Had a little address problem, so I emailed the site. How can I possibly go wrong dealing with a guy named Sutthirat Prasoetphon?New knockoff Gerrard jersey ordered. Finally decided to replace the Carlsberg one with Standard Charter.
Had a little address problem, so I emailed the site. How can I possibly go wrong dealing with a guy named Sutthirat Prasoetphon?New knockoff Gerrard jersey ordered. Finally decided to replace the Carlsberg one with Standard Charter.
So Oceania means South America, eh? Good draw for Concacaf. Costa Rica-Uzbekistan should be a barn burner as they are fierce rivalsWorld Cup draw today
The 4th place team in CONCACAF gets a team from Asia in the playoffs for WC2014
The Guardian is live blogging it.
ETA: Man, there are a lot of countries in Africa
African groups are always hard to read. There are some pretty ridiculous home field advantages.The only group that jumps out as being tougher than the rest is the one with Ivory Coast and Morocco.Egypt got a pretty good draw. Could this finally be the year?!?!?!?!?!? LOL.Getting ready for the Barca/Man U game!!!! PUMPED!!!!!!
Gareth Bale would look great in a Faroe Islands jerseyWow, didn't realize this:Faeroe Islands moved into Pot 5Wales is all the way down in Pot 6Could finally get that Faeroes vs San Marino battle we all want to see-QG
Ugh - Guatemala again? I know they're not that good, but I just can't stand that freaking team.And now that Carlos Ruiz has abruptly left my Union, I can go back to hating him tooUSA got a favorable draw (such as you can before the hexagonal)Group A:USAJamaicaWinner of (Haiti/Antigua and Barbuda/Curacao/US Virgin Islands)Winner of (Guatemala/Belize/Grenada/St Vincent and Grenadines)Group B is the toughest:MexicoCosta RicaWinner of (El Salvador/Dominican Republic/Suriname/Cayman Islands)Winner of (Trinidad and Tobago/Barbados/Bermuda/Guyana)Group C:HondurasCubaWinner of (Nicaragua/Panama/Bahamas/Dominica)Winner of (Canada/Puerto Rico/St Lucia/St Kitts and Nevis)Gotta figure it's the best chance for Canada to reach the Hex in a while.-QG
They've already won a qualifier I thought - didn't they beat Austria (who btw, they are drawn with this time).Latvia and Lithuania together - interesting.Russia guaranteed a 6-team group as Georgia got drawn into Group I.-QGDon't diss the Faroes, man. They'll burn down Torshavn when they finally win a qualifier.
I don't know, but I think they're like #11 or #12 in the FIFA rankings.What has Norway done to get in pot A?
wow just saw that! ridiculous! And look at their draw: Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus and Iceland!FIFA might wanna see if Norway's paying people offWhat has Norway done to get in pot A?
Beat me to it. Just a dirty, dirty team.Still wishing we had a cleats-first enforcer on the squad for just one cycle.Ugh - Guatemala again? I know they're not that good, but I just can't stand that freaking team.
Had a root canal today. The endodonist was actually heading down to the game right after (4 hour drive). Hope he didn't leave any roots behindHeading out soon to Fedex. Should be a good time as I have seen tons of ManUre and Barca shirts the last few days.
Argentinian playmaker Javier Pastore to PSG for a whopping €43 million.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_7070549,00.html
Im glad Chelsea didnt pony up for him,
Neymar is more of a striker, and I believe he's staying at Santos, at least until January.Argentinian playmaker Javier Pastore to PSG for a whopping €43 million.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_7070549,00.htmlIm glad Chelsea didnt pony up for him, but it makes me wonder if theyre going to make a move at all this summer. Theyre still supposedly in the hunt for a creative attacking midfielder. Modric? Neymar?Along those lines, I wouldnt mind if they limit their signings if they at least commit to the youth movement - bring back Sturridge and give Kakuta more time this season.
Damn.Afellay has a small muscle tear in the back of his left thigh. More tests after the game
Agreed, a great atmosphere. I thought it was funny that every time a Barca chant would start the Man U fans would start booing. When we got back to the hotel and watched the news it was confirmed for us that Manchester was offside on both of their goals.Anyone in here go to Skins games regularly? Is the Metro so overwhelmed for them? It seems the system was completely unprepared for the mass of people attending the match.Great time at the game tonight.Have no idea how it came across on TV but Thiago was the best player out there, you can tell his skill level is elite. He will be a very capable replacement for Xavi one day, but he needs to get on the field this year, too much talent. Sorry but NO CESC!Villa gave very little effort. Barca was frustrated with ManU playing basically 9 defenders most of the game. Nani was terrific.Atmosphere was a lot of fun, would guess a straight 50/50 split between teams supporters.
I don't think they were ever really interested in Pastore, and I'm happy they didn't pony up based on what little I know about him. There's still 4-5 weeks or so left in the transfer window. I expect they are still hot after Modric, who has publicly stated he wants to play for Chelsea, and I would not be surprised if they join the bidding for Mata. Also hopeful that Yossi and McEachran might step up and fill the void for a creative attacking player in the midfield.Argentinian playmaker Javier Pastore to PSG for a whopping €43 million.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_7070549,00.htmlIm glad Chelsea didnt pony up for him, but it makes me wonder if theyre going to make a move at all this summer. Theyre still supposedly in the hunt for a creative attacking midfielder. Modric? Neymar?Along those lines, I wouldnt mind if they limit their signings if they at least commit to the youth movement - bring back Sturridge and give Kakuta more time this season.
I'm sure this is a dumb question, where is the South America draw?'QuizGuy66 said:
No need for a South America draw - South American qualifying puts all 10 teams in 1 group, top 4 advance and the 5th place finisher gets a playoff. Each team plays each other team home-and-away for a total of 18 games.2010 Qualification ResultsI'm sure this is a dumb question, where is the South America draw?'QuizGuy66 said: