General Soccer Thread

[robbotis]

Ibra. The man.
That was beautiful.

[lukethedrifter]

NCAA soccer not a big deal around here but the Tournament starts today. My nephew's Georgetown team got the overall #3 seed. Was very cool to finally get a chance to see him play on TV last week. More to come I hope.

[MrSaigon]

Oh man. Got super lucky with relocation. Up against 96% renewal we moved from one section off the center row L to the center section row E right in the middle of the row without paying any more (200 level). Timing must have been just right. Most people didn't even have a relocation option worth considering unless they wanted to pay 75% more and from what I'm gathering, even those opportunities were quite few.

[robbotis]

Juventus just trounced Chelsea 3-0 in the Champions League. Hopefully in 2 weeks, it'll be adios defending champs!

[thrill]

The velocity and knuckle Ronaldo puts on this free kick is unbelievable.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/blog/_/nam ... 70?cc=5901

[thrill]

Caleb Porter making moves, Sai. Love the Will Johnson pick up. NYRB people on twitter are bemoaning the loss of Bryan Gallego too.

[MrSaigon]

Our GM isn't the most popular man in Timbersdom (with good reason) but how he got anything, let alone cash and a prospect, for Kimura is pretty impressive.

I like Johnson as a player, but he made an ass of himself against us a couple times, other fans say the same thing. I hope he tones that down a bit, because he's my ass now, I guess.

Anyway, lots of room for improvement, and certainly a lot more changes to be made. I kind of want Feilhaber and think he could do real well on a passing team, but our CM is starting to get crowded depending if Johnson plays wing or CM for us, and of course more moves.

[lukethedrifter]

NCAA College Cup Semis are today at 4 and 630 CST on ESPNU and ESPN3. Georgetown v Maryland and Creighton v Indiana. If Georgetown wins today I'm driving to Birmingham for the Final on Sunday.

[thrill]

2 goals in a minute for the Hoyas. Nice, Luke. Enjoy Birmingham!

[lukethedrifter]

2 goals in a minute for the Hoyas. Nice, Luke. Enjoy Birmingham!

Wow, that was close. Despite G'town being the overall #3 seed, Maryland was an overwhelming favorite apparently. I bet my mom jumped out of her brand new hip when Tomas made that final PK save.

8 total goals was the most College Cup goals since like 1970 or so.