General Soccer Thread

[lukethedrifter]

I wish he had a real mentor to talk to to let him know if that was a good idea or not. Stubborn kid though so I don't know if he'd listen.

Brad Guzan, Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel and Nick Rimando are on twitter. You can always try to get them to reply.

Looks like he opted out. I'd have to think he's given up his shot at making the WC side this summer.

apparently not. invited to Toulon for pre WC camp is what I'm hearing.

[thrill]

That's awesome, Luke! I'll be watching.

[stlouie_lipp]

wow! I really wish I had the time and patience to learn this game, because plays like this are pretty damn cool.

http://deadspin.com/robin-van-persies-w ... socialflow

[robbotis]

So, like I said 2 weeks ago, when Bayern Munich knocked out my team, Juventus, they're good.
They beat Barcelona 4-0 today.
This Bayern squad is the best football team I've ever seen...

[thrill]

This Bayern squad is the best football team I've ever seen...

Don't know about that, but it's not a crazy statement to make.

Now watch Mourinho find a way to park the bus and shut them down in the final, lol.

[robbotis]

This Bayern squad is the best football team I've ever seen...

Don't know about that, but it's not a crazy statement to make.

Now watch Mourinho find a way to park the bus and shut them down in the final, lol.

I watched all of last year's undefeated Juventus team, plenty of Arsenal's unbeaten season, and too many overrated Manchester/Chelsea games... Sure, Bayern's lost this year(Bate???), but they've pretty much utterly dominated everyone. They make great teams (Juventus, Barcelona) and very good teams (Leverkusen, Arsenal, Valencia, Lille) look like amatuers.

[TabascoElvis]

[thrill]

Really interesting to see how the incredible fiscal prudence, marketing genius and fan-friendly economic model has paid off for the Bundesliga. After being the best league to be a fan of in Europe for about 6 years now, their two best teams just destroyed what most people thought were the two best teams in the world and the Champions League final will be a barnstormer. That league is the standard everyone else should be chasing, but next year the Premier League will set records for their new TV deal, the big clubs will spend like idiots and they'll continue to do it wrong and get more credit.

[lukethedrifter]

do the Euro leagues have limits on the # of foreigners on their rosters?

[robbotis]

do the Euro leagues have limits on the # of foreigners on their rosters?

Not specifically. There are certain limits (at least in Italy) to Non-EU players. You can only bring in one player per market window from outside the European Union. I believe this is continent wide and has to do w/ work laws or visas, etc...

There may be ways around it, like if the player previously was playing in Spain, and wants to move to Germany, that may not count. But when it comes to bringing over players from Africa, South America, and North America, I believe that each team can only bring over 1 player per window.