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Looking for a soccer game for the xbox. Something where family can play each other on the same screen. Sometimes on the same team and sometimes together if possible.

What say ye Soccer nerds?

TIA
FIFA 13 is the best. If you want something cheaper and don't care about online play, you can probably find a used copy of World Cup 2010 at a GameStop or on eBay.

 
Looking for a soccer game for the xbox. Something where family can play each other on the same screen. Sometimes on the same team and sometimes together if possible.

What say ye Soccer nerds?

TIA
FIFA 13 is the best. If you want something cheaper and don't care about online play, you can probably find a used copy of World Cup 2010 at a GameStop or on eBay.
Or PM my your address and you can have my '12, '11, '10..... Think I still have them buried somewhere.

 
Congrats Z! Twins and a Copa del Rey! You should play the lottery
No just a win in the Copa, but a win in which Real were gifted home-field advantage, Ronaldo was a diving, cheating ##### who was sent, off and Diego Simeone was prepared to kill Pepe.

Twins, a win, and great shame heaped on your rival team and their best player. That's pretty good.

Congrats Z!

ETA: and their coach! Didn't know Mourhino was sent off earlier. Man that's a fun win.

 
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Congrats Z! Twins and a Copa del Rey! You should play the lottery
No just a win in the Copa, but a win in which Real were gifted home-field advantage, Ronaldo was a diving, cheating ##### who was sent, off and Diego Simeone was prepared to kill Pepe. Twins, a win, and great shame heaped on your rival team and their best player. That's pretty good. Congrats Z!
The treble in Z.
 
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It's hard to believe that after the next week my addiction is going to have to be satisfied by some friendlies and the, wait for it . . .

FIRE!
 
"Good said:
I'm glad you posted this. I was going to look for a copy tonight to post.

What a goal and what a match to close out the league. Bayern go down 1-0 in the 4th minute, 2-0 in the 5th, pull 1 back in the 7th then give up a 3rd in the 10th. An 18th minute goal made 3-2 in favor of Gladbach at the half.

Bayern had allowed 15 goals in the first 33 matches and gave up 3 in the first 10 minutes!

Ribery's amazing goal followed by one from Robben made the final 4-3 to Bayern and a final record of 29-4-1 for the season.

 
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As expected, the German squad coming to the states will be missing quite a few big names:

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Germany will embark on their brief United States tour at the end of the month without any of the big names from Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, coach Joachim Loew said on Thursday.

With the German Bundesliga rivals meeting in London's Wembley stadium on May 25 and Bayern taking on VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final on June 1, Germany coach Joachim Loew opted for a mix of youth and experience as well as a handful of newcomers.

The Germans will face Ecuador on May 29 in Boca Raton and the United States in Washington on June 2 in their two friendlies.

The 23-man squad includes four newcomers with Freiburg's Max Kruse, Philipp Wollscheid and Sidney Sam from Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05's Nicolai Mueller.

"All four have been very convincing throughout the season with their clubs," Loew told reporters. "Now they have a chance to present themselves and I look forward to seeing how they deal with it."

Apart from half a dozen Bayern players and Dortmund's Mats Hummels, Ilkay Guendogan and Marcel Schmelzer, the squad also does not include Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira.

Two Dortmund players, Sven Bender and Kevin Grosskreutz are set to join the team after the final next week, while top striker Miroslav Klose, back in action for Lazio after a lengthy injury break, will also join them after Italy's Cup final on May 26.

The numerous absences forced Loew to recall several players who have not played for Germany for some time, including Andreas Beck and Aaron Hunt who both last played for Germany in 2010.

Squad:

Goalkeepers:

Rene Adler (Hamburg SV), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hanover 96), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Borussia Moenchengladbach).

Defenders:

Dennis Aogo (Hamburg SV), Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg SV), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Heiko Westermann (Hamburg SV), Philipp Wollscheid (Bayer Leverkusen).

Midfielders:

Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (Schalke 04), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen), Nicolai Mueller (Mainz 05), Roman Neustaedter (Schalke 04), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Stefan Reinartz (Bayern Leverkusen), Sidney Sam (Bayer Leverkusen), Andre Schuerrle (Bayer Leverkusen).

Forwards:

Max Kruse (Freiburg), Miroslav Klose (Lazio)
 
Torres scores for Chelsea - puts them in the drivers seat for 3rd.

Still looking for a Newcastle goal to make these last ten minutes exciting!

 
One point below Arsenal again. Ugh.
Their starting 11 isn't that great, but they have a deep squad and Wenger uses it well. They only won one game in the top six (1-5-4), but they avoid dropping points to weak teams where other top squads slip up.

For some reason they still simply refuse to invest all the money they are sitting on so they aren't going to compete for titles anytime soon, but Kroenke has to love this money-making machine he has.

 
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One point below Arsenal again. Ugh.
Their starting 11 isn't that great, but they have a deep squad and Wenger uses it well. They only won one game in the top six (1-5-4), but they avoid dropping points to weak teams where other top squads slip up. For some reason they still simply refuse to invest all the money they are sitting on so they aren't going to compete for titles anytime soon, but Kroenke has to love this money-making machine he has.
Yeah, the games against Wigan, Fulham, etc. seem to haunt Spurs each season.
 
One point below Arsenal again. Ugh.
Their starting 11 isn't that great, but they have a deep squad and Wenger uses it well. They only won one game in the top six (1-5-4), but they avoid dropping points to weak teams where other top squads slip up.

For some reason they still simply refuse to invest all the money they are sitting on so they aren't going to compete for titles anytime soon, but Kroenke has to love this money-making machine he has.
This year is different. They've got a new sponsorship, and a new jersey sponsor next year. The stadium debt is getting closer to being paid off. They're turning a financial corner.

People are focused upon trophies, and understandably, but they've taken a step back to take two and more steps forward. It's taken a decade but I think they're going to start competing for the PL title now.

COYG

 
Thanks for all the well wishes guys. I finally got a chance to watch the game yesterday on DVR (took me nearly an entire day to watch the match). Obviously I'm pretty excited about the recent events, but I'll focus on the match here.

I think we all saw what Simeone brings to the team as a manager. It's pretty obvs that the players like his style and substance on the pitch. All activity and encouragement, like he's a 12th player for them. He also showed a nice tactical side by leaving Costa up high a lot of the game and asking Arda to play 100+ minutes was pretty brilliant.

... Will write more later...

 
Scored:Manchester United 86Chelsea 75Arsenal 72Liverpool 71Manchester City 66Tottenham Hotspur 66Everton 55West Bromwich Albion 53Fulham 50Southampton 49Swansea City 47Aston Villa 47Wigan Athletic 47West Ham United 45Newcastle United 45Reading 43Norwich City 41Sunderland 41Stoke City 34Queens Park Rangers 30Conceded:Manchester City 34Arsenal 37Chelsea 39Everton 40Manchester United 43Liverpool 43Stoke City 45Tottenham Hotspur 46Swansea City 51West Ham United 53Sunderland 54West Bromwich Albion 57Norwich City 58Fulham 60Southampton 60Queens Park Rangers 60Newcastle United 68Aston Villa 69Wigan Athletic 73Reading 73Fourth in goals scored, six in conceded -- seventh in the league. :shrug: :bs: :hangover: :kicksrock: :yucky:

Good news is that the same +/- would probably see them finish higher next season and they're "only" +8-10 goal difference from contending.

 
Scored:Manchester United 86Chelsea 75Arsenal 72Liverpool 71Manchester City 66Tottenham Hotspur 66Everton 55West Bromwich Albion 53Fulham 50Southampton 49Swansea City 47Aston Villa 47Wigan Athletic 47West Ham United 45Newcastle United 45Reading 43Norwich City 41Sunderland 41Stoke City 34Queens Park Rangers 30Conceded:Manchester City 34Arsenal 37Chelsea 39Everton 40Manchester United 43Liverpool 43Stoke City 45Tottenham Hotspur 46Swansea City 51West Ham United 53Sunderland 54West Bromwich Albion 57Norwich City 58Fulham 60Southampton 60Queens Park Rangers 60Newcastle United 68Aston Villa 69Wigan Athletic 73Reading 73Fourth in goals scored, six in conceded -- seventh in the league. :shrug: :bs: :hangover: :kicksrock: :yucky:

Good news is that the same +/- would probably see them finish higher next season and they're "only" +8-10 goal difference from contending.
I'm fascinated that Arsenal, with their sieve center-backs, losing Alex Song and replacing him with a somewhat-out-of-position Arteta, and GK carousel during the second half of the season finished 2nd in goals conceded. Really a testament to what Steve Bould has done for the team this year.

 

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