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I think he was joking Hucks but in case he wasn'tEJ: Not playingHill: Not playingTwellman: Missed most of 2008 and 2009 with injuriesWolff: Had an ok year scoring 11 goals in 27 games, good for tied for 10th in scoring but did not help team into playoffsMathis: Still has some good talent but no longer has the mobility to play up top and rarely finds himself as an out and out striker any more in MLS, playing wide midfielder or very withdrawn striker at times.
I agree. Sadly the pool is very very small for candidates and he has earned a shot.
yeah, I didn't want to be a ####, but what little I had seen of those guys(don't watch MLS much) was uninspiring to say the least.
It has to be Dempsey. He is a proven goal scorer. And unlike Jozy, he's good with the ball at his feet. But for whatever reason, he gets lost in the USMNT's MF. Play him like Arsenal used to play Bergkamp.
wowReal officially out of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 win in the 2nd leg leaving Alcorcon winning 4-1 on aggregate.
I had no idea where Alcorcon was but it is a suburb of Madrid. That's gotta feel pretty good. This is from their wiki page:"Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 2, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, with a 3,000 seat capacity."wowReal officially out of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 win in the 2nd leg leaving Alcorcon winning 4-1 on aggregate.
who wasn't playing for Real?I had no idea where Alcorcon was but it is a suburb of Madrid. That's gotta feel pretty good. This is from their wiki page:"Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 2, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, with a 3,000 seat capacity."wowReal officially out of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 win in the 2nd leg leaving Alcorcon winning 4-1 on aggregate.
Dunno. It's hard to get info on these games quickly. van der Vaart scored the goal so he played. Obviously Ronaldo didn't. Otherwise, I'm not sure.who wasn't playing for Real?I had no idea where Alcorcon was but it is a suburb of Madrid. That's gotta feel pretty good. This is from their wiki page:"Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 2, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, with a 3,000 seat capacity."wowReal officially out of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 win in the 2nd leg leaving Alcorcon winning 4-1 on aggregate.
Real officially out of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 win in the 2nd leg leaving Alcorcon winning 4-1 on aggregate.
I was just coming in her to post this. Very sad.Video and photogallery from bild.de. Of course it's in German, but you can still watch it and look at the pics.
+1That is awesome.Real officially out of Copa del Rey with a 1-0 win in the 2nd leg leaving Alcorcon winning 4-1 on aggregate.
Something kind of freaky about this is Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger's piece just one week before on soccernet called Chased by the Black Dog, about depression and football.kblitz said:
I just don't get Adu.I remember summer 07, watching the FIFA U-20 World Cup....he was just amazing. I was at the US/Austria quarterfinal in Toronto, and make no mistake about it - Freddy was far and away the best player on the field. The same game included Erwin Hoffer (scored the winner in ET) and Sebastian Prodl, who've made a few appearances with the Austrian senior team and play for good clubs in Napoli and Werder Bremen. It also includes US starters Altidore and Bradley, along with Robbie Rogers. Freddy Adu was better than all of them.
From what I have seen he is one of the very few American players with skill on the ball. That does not fit into Bradleys style. Bradley will be gone after South Africa if there is any sort of god.Why he doesn't fit into any of the Euro squads is what makes me wonder. Nobody comes out and says he sucks. I've never read anything that makes him come off as a ##### bag. He's small but so are a ton of world class players.
IMO the guy just needs to get on the field. We'll never know what he can or cannot do if hes riding the pine.
Not much time to respond.... but very interesting article that doesn't really tell us much that we US fans don't already know (although the Monaco GM wanting him for marketing reasons vs the coach not wanting him is telling). But very cool to get a brit's perspective on one of ours. fwiw- the article does NOT compare him to Rooney... ah- you were drunk when writng.I watched all the US u-20 games in 07 and I agree with Steve- Adu played fantastic stuff throughout. He and Jozy both looked like guys who deserved to be on the world stage, but especially Adu. I wish the article had gotten into more of what's happening in Portugal this year... it sounds like another case of the club's high expectations not being met by a good player not being great (yet). I sincerely hope he gets in there or can swing a move somewhere... ANYWHERE... else where he can play.
I still maintain his size is not the issue. It is his lack of overall speed and more importantly his first couple of steps quickness is greatly lacking.
Houston and the Galaxy play. I think its still home and home until the Finals, so its still aggregate. Should be a good match, to bad its at 11pm EST. Stupid on MLS's part, but I guess that's the only time ESPN2 had for them.
The semi finals are not aggregates. They are single games, played at the location of the higher seed.The 11:00pm slot is pretty normal with the game being in LA. Over the years the games played at 11:00pm have not done bad at all in the ratings.LA-Houston in LA at 11:00pmEST tonight on ESPN2Chi-RSL in Chicago at 8:00pmEST on Saturday on FSCFinal is in Seattle, Sunday Nov 22 at 8:30pmEST on ESPN
Yeah, you can't be small and slow. One or the other, sure, but not both.
Yes. Tomorrow, 9AM central on FSC. Is ESPN carrying any of the UEFA play-offs? I thought I saw a promo for Russia-Slovenia but it isn't showing up on my guide.
What is it with Germans and committing suicide via train? Doesn't seem like a good way to go.
He played really well against Spain. That was definitely the high watermark for him so far with the senior team.
one thing is very very clear. He does not seem to ingratiate himself with any club coach. And this is not just a single club coach, this is now 5 or 6 in a row that he has failed to impress over the years. In an ironic way, I hope he is still clueless as to how much work and dedication it takes to be a pro because if he has already figured it out, then I am unsure what his upside can be at this point.
He doesn't seem clueless in interviews. I have never read an interview by a coach or teammate that dogs him. I'm not saying they don't exist though. It almost seems like politics somehow said: Adu does not play in Europe.Would it be in his best interest to play MLS next year? My guess is that he is under a contract so that may not be a choice. Can he do a reverse Beckham and go on loan to an MLS team. I just want to see him on the field.
Play on!
LA is dominating play since the blackout but Holden is pretty much single-handedly keeping the game scoreless. GREAT play by Holden.
Holden is the best defender in this game.He has made some pretty nice runs on the other side, too.
the lack of speed and pace hurts but he's stronger than Davies in other areas.
