General Soccer Thread

[thrill]

USA schedule:
June 21: USA vs. Spain – Ali Sami Yen Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
June 24: USA vs. France – Ali Sami Yen Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
June 27: USA vs. Ghana – Kadir Has Stadium; Kayseri, Turkey
All games are scheduled to kick off at 9 p.m. local (3 p.m. ET).

damn, I wish I was going and nephew was playing. Looks like the Group of Death to my untrained eye.

Yeah man, that u-20 draw is a [expletive].

But this team has some serious players. Jose Villareal, Junior Flores, Luis Gil, potentially John Anthony Brooks if he shuns Germany. Jose Villareal is the most exciting prospect for me since Dempsey was up and coming. We can play with those teams. More exciting than Altidore. I loved Bradley but didn't see him until the u-20 world cup and even then didn't think he'd be as good as he is.

[robbotis]

USA schedule:
June 21: USA vs. Spain – Ali Sami Yen Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
June 24: USA vs. France – Ali Sami Yen Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
June 27: USA vs. Ghana – Kadir Has Stadium; Kayseri, Turkey
All games are scheduled to kick off at 9 p.m. local (3 p.m. ET).

damn, I wish I was going and nephew was playing. Looks like the Group of Death to my untrained eye.

Is this the U21 World Cup?

[lukethedrifter]

USA schedule:
June 21: USA vs. Spain – Ali Sami Yen Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
June 24: USA vs. France – Ali Sami Yen Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
June 27: USA vs. Ghana – Kadir Has Stadium; Kayseri, Turkey
All games are scheduled to kick off at 9 p.m. local (3 p.m. ET).

damn, I wish I was going and nephew was playing. Looks like the Group of Death to my untrained eye.

Is this the U21 World Cup?

U20

http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/standings/index.html

[thrill]

FIFA at it again, wants a Germany vs Spain Semi. Fix is in.
Barca-Madrid-Bayern-Dortmund

You might be right, but these are some awesome matchup's. Can't wait.

[robbotis]

FIFA at it again, wants a Germany vs Spain Semi. Fix is in.
Barca-Madrid-Bayern-Dortmund

You might be right, but these are some awesome matchup's. Can't wait.

The CL Semi's always are!
But really, that Dortmund finish raises some eyebrows.
And the Real Madrid-Man U game... That had "FIX" all over it...
Glad Bayern got Barca. They should thoroughly trounce them.
Bayern's the best team in the world. (How else could they knock out Juventus! )

But seriously, every time I watch Barca, I come away w/ two thoughts:
- Man, Messi is the greatest player ever.
- Barca, particularly their Defense, is piss poor. I'm not even talking Mediocre. They are bad at defending.

[lukethedrifter]

Soccer confuses me. How many different leagues and championships are going on at the same time? seems like lots.

[thrill]

- Barca, particularly their Defense, is piss poor. I'm not even talking Mediocre. They are bad at defending.

Their ability to possess in the final third is really the only thing they do above average. It's just so far above average that it covers a multitude of sins. It helps to have 1 mega legend, 2 legends and 3 superstars as offensive options.

Soccer confuses me. How many different leagues and championships are going on at the same time? seems like lots.

Yep. Makes it unbelievably exciting when you understand the scope of what's going on.

[greenback44]

I know jim was worried about RVP's goal drought, which ended during ManU's victory over Stoke City.

[MrSaigon]

Timbers play San Jose again this weekend. San Jose is the worst. The worst. Not only do they build their game plan around beating the [expletive] out of you and flopping in exploiting the incompetent refs in this league, but they also whine to the refs every dead ball like Kobe. Houston and KC have similar game plans but at least they don't do that... as bad. Also their fans assaulted and stole from Timbers fans in Portland last week in roughly ten different incidents. This team and these fans were made for each other. [expletive] San Jose.

[thrill]

Yeah, some disturbing stuff off the field came to light last time they played. Euro Ultras culture is distressing there, it's downright pathetic here. You're American soccer fans, eat some nachos, drink your orange slice and chill the [expletive] out.