General Soccer Thread

[Fat Strat]

he probably could have done a little better than a diving header to the middle of the field.

Definitely. He was way out of the box and there was a defender right there. A diving header like that can go anywhere and to anyone.

[lukethedrifter]

I definitely concede to real soccer fans like thrill as to the beauty of the particular shot

Here's what the NYT wrote

Quicker than you could shout a warning, Stankovic volleyed the ball right back over the keeper. Some reports described the action as smashing the ball into an empty net.

How disingenuous. There was a lifetime of practice, a cocktail of beauty, technique and instinct in that strike.

Stankovic was born into two soccer families — his mother’s and his father’s — in Belgrade when it was a part of Yugoslavia. In those days, Yugoslav soccer was known as the Brazil of Eastern Europe.

And, yes, maybe Pelé at his finest might have scored that goal.

Stankovic did it by lowering his left shoulder as the ball came toward him and, in a fusion of perfect balance and timing and technique, he clipped the ball before it touched the ground. His shoe was at knee height when he connected; his shot arched, gracefully, deliberately, over Neuer and the remnants of the German defense and caressed the roof of the net as it landed.

Perfection.

[TimeForGuinness]

You have to see this goal: http://deadspin.com/#!5789410/watch-dej ... m-midfield

Saw that this morning on Sportscenter...almost fell off the treadmill laughing.

[G. Keenan]

So they guy who owns the Rams is about to own 62% of Arsenal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13040475.stm

[thrill]

So they guy who owns the Rams is about to own 62% of Arsenal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13040475.stm

I know Wal Mart money is good money to have, but he has over 2.5 billion in Sports ownership stakes now. That's unnecessary.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So they guy who owns the Rams is about to own 62% of Arsenal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13040475.stm

I know Wal Mart money is good money to have, but he has over 2.5 billion in Sports ownership stakes now. That's unnecessary.

Isn't he selling the Rams stake to fund the Arsenal stake?

[thrill]

So they guy who owns the Rams is about to own 62% of Arsenal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13040475.stm

I know Wal Mart money is good money to have, but he has over 2.5 billion in Sports ownership stakes now. That's unnecessary.

Isn't he selling the Rams stake to fund the Arsenal stake?

Is he? I'm not sure why he would. He bought the rams last year but has been in the Arsenal group for more than a handful.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So they guy who owns the Rams is about to own 62% of Arsenal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13040475.stm

I know Wal Mart money is good money to have, but he has over 2.5 billion in Sports ownership stakes now. That's unnecessary.

Isn't he selling the Rams stake to fund the Arsenal stake?

Is he? I'm not sure why he would. He bought the rams last year but has been in the Arsenal group for more than a handful.

In a quick search there were several articles about him doing so, but they were at least a year old so I don't know what changed.

[thrill]

So they guy who owns the Rams is about to own 62% of Arsenal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13040475.stm

I know Wal Mart money is good money to have, but he has over 2.5 billion in Sports ownership stakes now. That's unnecessary.

Isn't he selling the Rams stake to fund the Arsenal stake?

Is he? I'm not sure why he would. He bought the rams last year but has been in the Arsenal group for more than a handful.

In a quick search there were several articles about him doing so, but they were at least a year old so I don't know what changed.

I know the NFL has really strict rules about not owning teams in other leagues so I always figured he'd buy NFL and then Arsenal and not the other way around. Who knows though. I'd be dubious that he'd find a buyer for the Rams any time soon anyway.

[thrill]

Hey Sai, I just was tooling around on the Timbers website and I have to say, you may have the coolest stadium in the league. It looks awesome. The atmosphere sounds like it's going to be insane tonight, so hopefully you guys come away with a win.