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El Floppo
Footballguy
lol. I forget that my experience only started at age 10. my first game was the first game I'd actually seen live. have no idea how to approach these little cry-babies.In normal circumstances I'd agree, but that ain't happening here. WOOOOF
These guys are still babies at U9 - so I told him to not overthink it and do whatever his gut tells him. If I had my way, I'd make it an A/B too - but I didn't feel right saying it given I can't give an unbiased opinion.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Ned
Footballguy
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Someone calling themselves "YoshidaFan" just started following me on Twitter.
Eephus
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Kafka
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Atlanta has not announced it yet but Middlesboro just did so it looks set now. No word yet on if he will be a DP or not. I think they could get him for TAM type money ($600k to 999k).
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Boro goalkeeper Brad Guzan is set to return to the USA later this year and will join up with Major League Soccer new-boys Atlanta United.
The chance for Guzan to return to the USA and continue his career has presented itself in recent weeks and, recognising the opportunity for him and his family, he will depart in the summer with the best wishes of all connected with Middlesbrough Football Club.
Guzan joins Atlanta on a “multi-year contract” via Major League Soccer’s Allocation Process after discussions between the player and MFC.
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Boro goalkeeper Brad Guzan is set to return to the USA later this year and will join up with Major League Soccer new-boys Atlanta United.
The chance for Guzan to return to the USA and continue his career has presented itself in recent weeks and, recognising the opportunity for him and his family, he will depart in the summer with the best wishes of all connected with Middlesbrough Football Club.
Guzan joins Atlanta on a “multi-year contract” via Major League Soccer’s Allocation Process after discussions between the player and MFC.
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ANTOINE GRIEZMANN TO VOICE SUPERMAN IN FRENCH VERSION OF 'THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE'
Well, of course he would...
Well, of course he would...
Kafka
Footballguy
Ned
Footballguy
https://bsbproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/portals/1062/docs/important_documents/official press release - 2017 fcb camp wilmington.pdf
Hey @AAABatteries - I don't see Atlanta on the list.
DE > Atlanta
@Kafka - want to go halves on the hotel room in Barcelona after our kids are picked to go back with them?
Hey @AAABatteries - I don't see Atlanta on the list.
DE > Atlanta
@Kafka - want to go halves on the hotel room in Barcelona after our kids are picked to go back with them?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Congrats on hosting a camp? 
Kafka
Footballguy
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Kafka
Footballguy
You crazy? I ain't hanging out with all dem crappycrybabykids. No thanks.https://bsbproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/portals/1062/docs/important_documents/official press release - 2017 fcb camp wilmington.pdf
Hey @AAABatteries - I don't see Atlanta on the list.
DE > Atlanta
@Kafka - want to go halves on the hotel room in Barcelona after our kids are picked to go back with them?
Ned
Footballguy
You see how jealous he is?
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Sammy3469
Footballguy
Yeah...I have my Oct U6 in a class with a Red Bulls "coach" now and while he's not the worst, he's definitely in the lower third. He's also the youngest and smallest and is pretty clearly one of the few that doesn't "get" some of the strategy yet (he has the doing 1v1 tag and dribbling games and it's not pretty...hell I would have had trouble getting the ball from this one 6 year old). I don't know when the development within the age groups starts to mesh, but it can't come soon enough.@ "crappy kids". So cold, man...So cold.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I could watch that all day.
incredible to see that skill- and beyond the obvious velcro touch and monkey-moves, it's the positivity of the touches... always pushing aggressively into dangerous attacking space. hasn't changed, and what makes him a different type of player than the rest of the US guys.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
I have to give props to the gangly kid in green who just kicked him. That would have been my reaction the first time he threw that Cruyff turn #### at me.
I could watch that all day.
incredible to see that skill- and beyond the obvious velcro touch and monkey-moves, it's the positivity of the touches... always pushing aggressively into dangerous attacking space. hasn't changed, and what makes him a different type of player than the rest of the US guys.
Sammy3469
Footballguy
There are a couple of U6 in my sons class that aren't far from that (Cruyff's notwithstanding). None have that level of aggression though.
I could watch that all day.
incredible to see that skill- and beyond the obvious velcro touch and monkey-moves, it's the positivity of the touches... always pushing aggressively into dangerous attacking space. hasn't changed, and what makes him a different type of player than the rest of the US guys.
El Floppo
Footballguy
it's amazing to see- and especially at that age I think. there are kids who just "have it". not to say the rest of the kids can't catch up and "learn it"... but those handful of kids...
wish that was something I could have taught floppinho. for that matter- wish he even liked sports at all. he has intrinsic hand/foot-eye skills, but has always been terrified of physical competition (even though he's 99th% height and decent speed). when he played in the DUSC rec league u6 or u7 (entry-level), there was the wide range of ability- the flower pickers, the unathletic kids who tried hard, my son, the athletic kids who didn't try hard, the athletic kids who were a step ahead of the others... and then there was nicholas. that kid looked like a poor-man's CP out there- could go by every kid on the field and score at will... just knew how to get that last burst of speed to win the ball and control his body to dance by the defender. we won every game by such a blow-out (and had some other kids who could playbuncha years later, I wonder what happened to him.
Sammy3469
Footballguy
My guess is he got picked out quickly. I "caught" a more official-ish Red Bull official filming last week's session, so I'm guessing the scouting already has begun.
At least my kids aggressive and athletic, so I think the rest will come, it just sort of sucks he's playing against some boys who are a good head taller than him. It's like he's playing up a level eventhough he's not.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I coached that team and told the director of the league about him right away. sounded like they already knew him, knew his ability and were trying to get him on their more advanced team, but the parents wouldn't commit to it because of time and cost. they were coming in from brooklyn for some reason.
El Floppo
Footballguy
from what I've seen on the playgrounds, athletic aggression is something kids are born with- so that's a good thing in terms of moving forward for sammihno. and obviously size isn't going to matter- even CP was a head shorter than a lot of those kids.
my kids are amazing in lots of ways- but organized sports doesn't appear to be in the cards.
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Kafka
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Ned
Footballguy
I know a few kids here locally on par with what you see in CP's video. They are in the Philly Union academy right now that would put 9yr old CP to the test. It's so friggin' awesome to watch those boys play.
It's the years after this that are going to make/break them. Hopefully they follow a similar path that CP did.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Dark arts, baby. I didn't really get wrecked like that because I was normally content to hold position and not try to tackle the second I got a glimpse of the ball, but I'm pretty sure I was around 10 or so the first time I got pissed at a kid who wanted to dance on the ball when I stood there. So I wiped him out. Nobody needed to teach me to start leaving a little on the flair players. I guess I was just naturally dirty. Like a pre-pubescent Nigel DeJong.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Two Atlanta announcements today
*They announced they passed 27k in season ticket sales and intend to cap at 30k
*Announced the signing on loan of a young Spurs center back
*They announced they passed 27k in season ticket sales and intend to cap at 30k
*Announced the signing on loan of a young Spurs center back
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Charlotte takes the next step. Friday is the big vote I think.
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Mecklenburg County commissioners voted 5-3 Thursday to move forward with investing $118 million in a soccer stadium to replace Memorial Stadium.
The vote, following one hour of contentious debate, roughly followed party lines. Five Democrats voted to move forward with the plan for a $175 million stadium. Two Republicans and Democrat Pat Cotham voted against it. Republican Bill James, who was absent, did not vote.
The county vote came as Charlotte City Council is scheduled to vote Friday on the $175 million stadium. A council majority may vote against the deal. A “no” decision by the city would kill the deal.
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Mecklenburg County commissioners voted 5-3 Thursday to move forward with investing $118 million in a soccer stadium to replace Memorial Stadium.
The vote, following one hour of contentious debate, roughly followed party lines. Five Democrats voted to move forward with the plan for a $175 million stadium. Two Republicans and Democrat Pat Cotham voted against it. Republican Bill James, who was absent, did not vote.
The county vote came as Charlotte City Council is scheduled to vote Friday on the $175 million stadium. A council majority may vote against the deal. A “no” decision by the city would kill the deal.
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Sammy3469
Footballguy
Yeah...I was more than a little surprised on the quality of some of them. There's one in particular that flat out school sammyinho in a dribbling 1v1 drill and sammyinho is usually pretty good at getting his body in the way and if that fails grabbing you. The other thing I noticed is the quality of the instruction is world's better than anything I was ever exposed to...plus I get a free ticket to a Red Bulls game.I know a few kids here locally on par with what you see in CP's video. They are in the Philly Union academy right now that would put 9yr old CP to the test. It's so friggin' awesome to watch those boys play.
It's the years after this that are going to make/break them. Hopefully they follow a similar path that CP did.
El Floppo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
a teammate in college called me the toughest ##### (kitty) he'd ever seen. about right. I was the dancer on the ball kid, but as a self-styled two-way CMF, my defending was more about positioning and awareness of the 2nd/3rd ball and run that it was about breaking shinpads.
that said- I also have an innate and overinflated sense of justice. if somebody messes with me or my teammates, I was the first guy- after waiting enough for the play not be immediate and get me carded for retaliation- to go in with two feet and break some legs. had a year for NCal state team when my new english coach saw some of that and decided I was going to be the enforcer for the team at DCMF or stopper. never was my thing- because I'm more of a creator than a destroyer, man.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Kafka
Footballguy
Yes, unless the purported owner agrees to front the money. I think there is a lot of resistance due to how much the city lost on the stupid NASCAR Hall of Fame. Also he allegedly stole the plans of the Charlotte Independence ownership group for the same site. Sad!
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Understand that I was wiping out 10 year olds who were still watching Voltron cartoons.
berndog
Footballguy
I live in Charlotte and would love to us land an MLS team but there is something off with this plan. Maybe it is my dislike and distrust of Bruton Smith but I'm glad the county is not getting bullied by him.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
St Louis voted down the stadium as well today. I am not a big fan of public financial support of stadiums so even though this might hurt both Charlotte and St Louis's bids, it will really show how serious they are if they turn and do it privately instead.berndog said:
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BREAKING: Vote goes down as 2 Yes and 6 no's vote the MLS Stadium funding bill to be voted down
NewlyRetired
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ok I clearly have no idea what is happening in St Louis
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BREAKING: Ways and Means passes #Mls2stl to full Board of Aldermen after earlier defeat. Vote was 5-4
2:08 PM - 26 Jan 2017
Mike Faulk @Mike_Faulk
Now full Board of Aldermen has to support #mls2stl. Will likely need 2/3rds, to suspend rules and pass to get court filings done #mls2stl
2:09 PM - 26 Jan 2017
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
The group in San Diego has booked the USS Midway and have called for a massive press conference on the ship on Monday. I wonder if they got some assurances that their plan was going to be accepted?
