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Ah, Jermain Jones has that continental lookin for the penalty style!
Great layoff by Torres to set it up.
yeah, he's just a step too slow right now. He gets into good positions, though.
They all hate each other over there.
Is he Scottish?
Naw, he's from the Bronx.
Ohh, I'm sure that was the case at 0-0, no?
Noon, EST.
How are you still awake?
Sleep is for the week.
edit: NBC needs google. Kenny Dalglish and Denis Law are Scotland's all-time leading goal scorers, which makes a lot more sense.
1. Klinsy's tactics worked well. The US had the right set up for this one seemingly always having the Scots outnumbered.
2. I liked the way they played together, the US seemed to always know where help was whether defensively or offensively.
3. Not that there was a lot of opportunity but they handled the free kick poorly leading to the goal. Probably the only complaint of the night and tht will be a bigger issue against better teams.
Law and Dalglish tied... at an amazing 30 each.
It definitely showed that we had our most intelligent players out there, bar Dempsey. Brazil, of course, will be another test altogether, though they're playing a very young team with an eye on the Olympics.
Arlo White put it best: that was, indeed, a soccer jamboree.
Yeah, this is the best looking US kit I can remember.
Loved the jerseys except for the numbers.
It's just that the USA hardly ever beats up on anybody, much less a team with at least a couple semi-recognizable players.
I'm surprised so many like the shirts.
The last time I recall a USMNT looking so fluid was the U-23's in their friendly vs. Mexico, prior to Olympic qualifying. I hope the Sr. Nats fare better, as the (Sr.) Nats' performance was good to see.
Not good >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scotland
Lazio's captain Mauri has been arrested along with Genoa's former captain Milanetto, the Sampdoria centre forward Bertani, several Serie B players and a number of "international criminals".
Juve manager Antonio Conte has had his computer and phone seized and has been placed under investigation for acts related to his time at Siena. Domenico Criscito, formerly of Genoa and now at Zenit St. Petersburg, is also under formal investigation and has been told by the FIGC that he will not be selected for the Euros (Criscito was at the Azzurri's pre-Euro training camp when visited by the police).
There's a John Terry joke in there somewhere...
Also, listen for the whistle and look at the ref...the ref actually blew the whistle too early and signaled for a corner, then let the goal stand. I was at the game but didn't hear the whistle through all the crowd noise though surely it was audible on the field and by the AR.
Probably too busy praying the cops don't get onto their own selves.
It's just that the USA hardly ever beats up on anybody, much less a team with at least a couple semi-recognizable players.
This is correct.
In the Bob Bradley era, no matter who the US played, it seemed to end up either 2-1, 1-1, or 1-2. Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis, Equatorial Guinea, Faroe Islands, England, Algeria, Manchester United, Grays Athletic, it didn't matter. Maybe now the options are less limited.
I wish I was kidding.
So far 13 of the MLS teams have played and 7 have lost, including Chicago who lost to a PDL (amateur) team. Salt Lake is one of the teams who paid off the lower division team so they could host the game (USSF allows this), but RSL lost anyway. The Galaxy also lost, to a winless team (Carolina Railhawks) from the NASL (2nd division).
Kagawa to United still "almost" done (€15m+). I'm sure they'll seal that any day now.
And Schalke are being linked with just about everyone under the sun, including Cacau, Dani Alves, and I am sure much to Shooty's delight, Rafael van der Vaart.
Speaking of which, the rumor flying around the Spurs blogosphere is Redknapp may be on the way out. The fact that the club is dragging their feet about signing him to an extension is interesting in the context of those rumors. Vertonghen looks certain to sign, too.
I've been under a rock the last week or so. What did Hazard do that pissed everyone off? No one thought he was going to sign for anyone other than one of the bastard mega clubs, did they?
When hasn't that ever been enough to get everybody up in arms?
I guess my #1263 explains why some have been turned off by him.
It's amazing how much my stress level gets reduced when I stay away from tv and internet!
Other random thought I had the last couple of weeks which I know you're dying to hear...
I think, after watching Bradley for Chievo and how he played against Scotland, I would trade Scott Parker for him in a second. His improvement has been remarkable and I think he could probably play for anyone at this point. That Aston Villa ended up with Jermaine Jenas starting for them in that position last year says a lot about where Aston Villa is right now, unfortunately.
The soccer gods seem to not want me to be able to enjoy Torino in Serie A next season. Because of Al Jazeera I have no idea right now how I'm going to watch the games and now the Italian PM wants to shut the league down which, granted, maybe what they need to clean out the cesspool, but still! It's shocking to see someone at Juventus caught up in something like this...
Lazio, on the other hand, should be getting more, as they are the only club to be involved in every Italian betting scandal: Totonero, Totonero bis, Calciopoli and now Calcio scommesse.
Really? Weren't they relegated like 5 or 6 years ago because of involvement with a match fixing scandal?
Right now, the board of Juventus has Gordon Ramsey preparing the world's last known unicorn, a 3 thousand year old symbol of beauty and wonder, for slaughter in order to appease the demon-lord that granted them this year's title. I will grant them no quarter!
Speaking of Gordon Ramsey...
That's a good Tottenham man, that Teddy Sheringham is.
Brendan Rogers is the man at Liverpool, according to reports from the BBC.
Yes, and stripped of a couple of titles, but this current scandal involving their manager relates to events that happened when he was at Siena in Serie B. I'm sure Juventus couldn't care less what his involvement was, though, except if it means any kind of suspension for him. Evidently the Italian police seized his, Conte's, papers and his computer. It could be Conte didn't have any choice in the matter even if he was involved. Il sistema! It's hard to judge these guys until you've walked a mile in their shoes, etc.
Gordon was supposedly a pretty decent baller as a lad, but he ###### up his knee when he was in his teens.
Since he's Scottish I don't see how that's possible...
Naw, I kid. Evidently he was in the Rangers set up for a while.
It's not paranoia. The England players have been there before (they have drawn almost exclusively Eastern European teams, including Ukraine, the last few qualification campaigns), so they know a thing or two about the backwardness of the locals.
I think these matters are highly politicized, though. "Dope on the table", to quote The Wire. I mean, was it really necessary to raid Criscito's locker room (if I read correctly, he was awaken early in the morning and handed the warrant)? I'm laughing at the notion of Criscito having a folder labeled "Match Fixing, Genoa, 2011 - Details and Contacts", neatly tucked away in his locker. I dunno, maybe I'm just naive. (Which isn't to say that there weren't shenanigans, mind you.)
Heck, even the final pronouncements surrounding calciopoli strike me as strange. I think I remember hearing from Gab Marcotti that phone taps revealed Inter were 'participating' in the same referee-influencing-dealings that Moggi/Juve were, yet they were still awarded the scudetto?
I guess he doesn't like beef Wellington...
That is just too...too...ah I don't even have a word for it.
Of course, he may just have slapped the DVD onto his desk as an attempt at appeasement to the Liverpool higher-ups...
I suppose I'm alone in really disliking the new USA kits. The back of the kit is especially awful to me.
You are not alone.
They are ####### terrible.
How much does he overlap with Gomez in terms of where they like to be on the field?
I can't say I disapprove, if you're throwing a banana at a black guy then this world doesn't need you.
That wasn't known by the football federation at the time, I think that stems from the Moggi trial (I suppose they tried a everybody-did-it defense) so it surfaced way later. There was only a couple of months between the scandal broke and all sporting punishments had to be handed out.
Of course the only
faireffective punishment would have been to dissolve all the involved clubs and continue to do so with errant clubs until the owners got the hint.While I can completely see his POV... If you're the Italian manager, wouldn't you have to be a bit crazy to have Balotelli anywhere near the pitch during the Euros? It like a guaranteed red card just waiting to happen.
This was all true before Balotelli's comments about possible racism at the Euros though.
The City Islanders have a habit of making runs in the Open Cup. In 2007 (beating DC), 2009 (beating the Revolution) and 2010 (beating the Red Bulls) they made it all the way to the quarterfinals as a 3rd division team.
EDIT: Excuse my ignorance, but how is that first name pronounced? Denn-eck? Or do you actually have to force the "zzz" in there?
Oh yes, both the z and the d has to be there.
There are tougher Czech/Slovak names to pronounce though, Vlk for example.
US National team jerseys in all sports tend to be really boring, since every team that ever has or ever will exist is red, white and blue and the USA is too easy to stick on the front. The last good hockey sweater was 1960. I don't think USA Baseball has ever had a non-hideous uniform, although 1984 olympics was ok (if you can stand pullovers). I think basketball has used the same jersey my entire life.
Boo! Although not surprising: what's his longest stop as a coach?
I liked the 1995 and 2008 kits. The 1994 kits were dreadful, and I strongly dislike anything with a sash. All the others are kinda meh.
Like the 2008 kits, I thought the new kits looked terrible by themselves, but in a game I liked them.
Flip.
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