General Soccer Thread

[thrill]

It's becoming evident that if I want to take my soccer devotion to the next level, I have to move the Pac NW.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... -of-insane
Your people are scary devoted, Sai.

[MrSaigon]

It's becoming evident that if I want to take my soccer devotion to the next level, I have to move the Pac NW.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... -of-insane
Your people are scary devoted, Sai.

LOL, and of course a Sounders fan is butt-hurt in the comments below. If you don't hate the Sounders already, spend a little time on Facebook with their fans. Anywhere there is an open Facebook field there is a Sounders fan not getting enough respect.

I got Reserve tickets with my season tickets for next year. Others had them this year. What's crazy is that many teams give them away free to anyone and still aren't drawing.

[robbotis]

Juventus-Chelsea at Samford Bridge today at 1:30.
The Old Lady returns to Champions League action, despite the Italian FA keeping them down the last 4 years.
Forza Juve.

[Richie Allen]

Pretty nice draw for Arsenal at Etihad Stadium this weekend. Big one coming up against Chelsea this Sat. Chelsea is currently in first and they're both tied for the BPL lead with 9 GF/2 GA.

My still ridiculously amateurish thoughts after watching them play 4 times...Cazorla is my favorite player. Mertesacker has been pretty solid since I ragged on him after week one. Gervinho is quick but quickly becoming one of my least favorite Gunners. I was way down on Diaby after week 2 but he's been pretty great since then (to a lesser extent yesterday). I like Podolski quite a bit and I'm hoping Giroud will relax and be better after he gets his first goal. Arteta doesn't seem to make a lot of mistakes. Same with Jenkinson. Mannone has made a couple errors in the last couple games.

One thing I'm loving about this game/league is that it's less predictable than I might have guessed it would be. Players sometimes have bad weeks, even if they're great players. And dominant teams still struggle at times against lesser ones. It may end up the same predictable top four by the end of the year but most games seem to be very competitive. Thank God for this sport because I'm way down on the NFL after tonight.

[robbotis]

Pretty nice draw for Arsenal at Etihad Stadium this weekend. Big one coming up against Chelsea this Sat. Chelsea is currently in first and they're both tied for the BPL lead with 9 GF/2 GA.

My still ridiculously amateurish thoughts after watching them play 4 times...Cazorla is my favorite player. Mertesacker has been pretty solid since I ragged on him after week one. Gervinho is quick but quickly becoming one of my least favorite Gunners. I was way down on Diaby after week 2 but he's been pretty great since then (to a lesser extent yesterday). I like Podolski quite a bit and I'm hoping Giroud will relax and be better after he gets his first goal. Arteta doesn't seem to make a lot of mistakes. Same with Jenkinson. Mannone has made a couple errors in the last couple games.

One thing I'm loving about this game/league is that it's less predictable than I might have guessed it would be. Players sometimes have bad weeks, even if they're great players. And dominant teams still struggle at times against lesser ones. It may end up the same predictable top four by the end of the year but most games seem to be very competitive. Thank God for this sport because I'm way down on the NFL after tonight.

I will never root for Arsenal, unless their playing Milan.
One overrated, Stan Kroenke controlled team is enough.

[thrill]

Juventus-Chelsea at Samford Bridge today at 1:30.
The Old Lady returns to Champions League action, despite the Italian FA keeping them down the last 4 years.
Forza Juve.

How many games in a row undefeated for your people? How is this not a bigger deal? Maybe it is in Italy. You don't hear about it like you would in England or somewhere else with fan boy press coverage. People still talk about Arsenal's "The Invincibles" like they were the biggest thing ever even though they won zero Champions League titles.

[robbotis]

Juventus-Chelsea at Samford Bridge today at 1:30.
The Old Lady returns to Champions League action, despite the Italian FA keeping them down the last 4 years.
Forza Juve.

How many games in a row undefeated for your people? How is this not a bigger deal? Maybe it is in Italy. You don't hear about it like you would in England or somewhere else with fan boy press coverage. People still talk about Arsenal's "The Invincibles" like they were the biggest thing ever even though they won zero Champions League titles.

44 in a row, after a tough draw yesterday against rival Fiorentina.
It''ll be a big deal when Juventus returns to the late stages of the Champions League. A tough 2-2 draw w/ Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last week. People have slept on Juventus the last 4 or so years, due to be fined and exiled to Serie B due to the old management's gambling issues.
As Barcelona and Madrid have taken all the pub the last 4 or 5 years, these young,hipster fans, need to realize, before that Juventus was the team w/ all the superstars. 30 Serie A titles, 7 European titles(of varying titles, EUFA< CHampions League, etc...).

They have a lineup full of studs (Pirlo, Buffon, Chiellini) and young, superstars in the making(Vidal, Marchisio, Asamaoh). They'll be back in the conversation of the world's great clubs by next spring.

[MrSaigon]

Stupid soccer question: What is the penalty if the keeper handles a pass from a teammate's feet? Would it be a PK?

This MU/Dempsey game is wild.

[robbotis]

Stupid soccer question: What is the penalty if the keeper handles a pass from a teammate's feet? Would it be a PK?

This MU/Dempsey game is wild.

Direct free kick I believe.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Stupid soccer question: What is the penalty if the keeper handles a pass from a teammate's feet? Would it be a PK?

This MU/Dempsey game is wild.

My intuition is that it's an indirect free kick, and the first result I found on google agrees with me, so I'll go with that. That is a truly bizarre situation, btw, having an indirect kick inside the box. Lots of weird stuff happens on those plays.