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Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: April 28 13, 4:13 am
by MrSaigon
So the Timbers are good. Not totally convincing the way they closed out the last two on the road but they brought home points and played very well for stretches. Just played 5 straight against top clubs and earned 10 points. Far more fortitude than last year's squad. And more fun to watch. Probably some more growing pains to come but looks pretty good so far.

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 9 13, 10:06 am
by thrill
The European club manager who has signed the most American players in European football history is now the manager at Manchester United. David Moyes really deserves this shot and I like Man United 100% more than I did yesterday. Obviously his love of the American player had more to do with getting bang for his buck on an extremely limited budget and now that he has United's resources he won't have to bargain hunt in the transfer market, but it's still exciting.

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 13 13, 8:39 am
by lukethedrifter
lukethedrifter wrote:
lukethedrifter wrote:
bob thrill wrote:
lukethedrifter wrote: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.
and my mom is a lousy source. Anyway, he is apparently on the provisional roster, goes to Turkey if one of the other 3 GKs get injured- or whatever. Unsure if he'll go to the pre WC camp.

Quite sure opting out of CONCACAF qualifying (to stay in school) hurt him in Ramos' eyes but apparent not enough to be completely out of the picture.

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 19 13, 8:07 pm
by jim
Tottenham beat Sunderland 1-0 today. Who saw THAT coming?

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 20 13, 6:09 pm
by Richie Allen
jim wrote:Tottenham beat Sunderland 1-0 today. Who saw THAT coming?
Last ten minutes of that game, along with the Arsenal game with the Champions League in the balance, was unbelievably exciting.

Rant: Soccer

Posted: May 23 13, 8:03 am
by Freed Roger
Last night, Chelsea was on the Pitch practicing for the Match.
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http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia ... f502d.html

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 24 13, 8:56 am
by thrill
Really good rundown on tomorrow's Champions League final for those who want to get in the mood: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/930 ... ue-preview

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 24 13, 11:01 pm
by MrSaigon
Robbie Rogers is back. Did not think LA would have to give up that much to get him. Wow.

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 25 13, 1:41 pm
by thrill
MrSaigon wrote:Robbie Rogers is back. Did not think LA would have to give up that much to get him. Wow.
Yeah, awesome deal for Chicago. The Galaxy do need width though. Tough to give up a goal scorer and big game guy like Magee for someone who hasn't played in a year though.

Re: General Soccer Thread

Posted: May 25 13, 2:30 pm
by thrill
OH MY GOD THIS 1-1 GAME IS SO BORING.

OH WAIT, NO, IT'S THE GREATEST.