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The [Horribly Unpopular] Soccer Thread

Discussion in 'General Chit Chat' started by Reno_eNVy, Feb 23, 2011.

 

  1. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 15, 2012
    Your logic is sound
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    :D
     
  2. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 19, 2012
    I'm taking bets on how long Sporting can keep up the winning streak!


    But seriously, jeez... where did they come from?
     
  3. TTB-J

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    Posted Apr 19, 2012
    Grew up in Kansas City and went to multiple Wizards games, so I do get some measure of joy in seeing KC play well. That being said, I'm hoping the Dynamo, if no one else, knocks them off come July!
     
  4. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 19, 2012
    Well I'm sure it's a bummer for you that Houston's season has started so slow. Until this past weekend you guys hadn't played since March 23rd, right?

    Maybe it'll be like Sporting's 2011 season: rough road trek followed by dominance in a new home.
     
  5. FlyDoctor

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Apr 19, 2012
    Can anyone believe that Barca lost yesterday?!?!?! I have to give the Blues credit for the brute-force defense that kept all of the 24 shots out of the goal, and the amazing work of Cech to keep the few that the defenders missed out of the net.

    I sincerely hope their luck runs out at the Camp Nou.
     
  6. BrewKnurd

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    Posted Apr 19, 2012
    I give chelsea all the credit in the world, but they probably should have lost about 3-1. I do not foresee them holding into their lead at the nou camp. But, stranger things have happened than them maybe squeaking out a 2-1 loss to go through on away goals.........
     
  7. aygov

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    Posted Apr 19, 2012
    They'll get hammered at the Nou Camp....
     
  8. Joker

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    Posted Apr 20, 2012
    All I know is the Timbers better bring it this week, this losing at home crap is getting old. :drunk:
     
  9. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 20, 2012
    Well... who knows, maybe this'll be a super awesome week that makes up for all the others by ending SKC's winning streak.
     
  10. mrgstiffler

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 20, 2012
    Well, it already is heading down that route. Going to be the warmest weekend this year in Portland.
     
  11. BrewKnurd

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    Posted Apr 20, 2012
    That is my suspicion as well.
     
  12. Laughing_Gnome_Invisible

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    Posted Apr 20, 2012
    I didn't see the game, but of course Chelsea will get hammered away from home. Fair play to them though for scraping and possibly cheating their way to making eventual defeat look respectable.
     
  13. Reno_eNVy

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    Posted Apr 21, 2012
    Well, it's official and no longer rumor: the USMNT and USWNT primaries will feature red and white hoops (suck it, FC Dallas :D :D) Numbers/Name will go in the blank patches (which would have been left off, at least the back one)

    [​IMG]


    And the new secondaries are the ones they wore in their win against Italy. Very slick.

    [​IMG]
     
  14. mrgstiffler

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    Posted Apr 22, 2012
    Not sure if that made it through or not.
     
  15. aygov

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 22, 2012
    I'll pat myself on the back for such an astute observation.

    United drop points to Everton meaning that if they lose to City next week City will go top on goal difference.
     
  16. mrgstiffler

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    Posted Apr 23, 2012
    Here are the videos I tried to post last night during the game. Had a FANTASTIC time and am really looking forward to going again.

    About 50 minutes before the game:


    During Timbers warmups:


    Post goal celebration (About a minute after the goal):
     
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  17. FlyDoctor

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Go Barca!!!
     
  18. passedpawn

    Some rando  

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Damned kids in my house are hooting and hollering. Must be some goals.
     
  19. aygov

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    And there goes the Chelsea implosion....
     
  20. aygov

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    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Implosion averted?
     
  21. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Still alive!

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  22. aygov

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    well done!
     
  23. sfrisby

    Well-Known Member  

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Oh boy!
     
  24. mrgstiffler

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Still waiting for my cake...
     
  25. aygov

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    The cake, just like my prediction for the second leg, is a lie...
     
  26. BainbridgeBrewer

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    I've been reading the gamecast on ESPN here at work. This looks like a game I'll have to watch a replay of tonight.
     
  27. aygov

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    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    If Barca let Fernando Torres score then they deserved to lose....
     
  28. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Oh snap. I was going to ask if there's an away-goal rule but I guess that doesn't matter :D
     
  29. FlyDoctor

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Apr 24, 2012
    Wow - the gods were smiling on Chelsea today. Pep will take a beating.
     
  30. BrewKnurd

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    Posted Apr 25, 2012
    There is indeed the away-goal tiebreaker. BUT HOLY JESUS THAT WAS INSANE. That is all.
     
  31. BrewKnurd

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    Posted Apr 25, 2012
    Today and last week. How many shots off the woodwork for Barca?
     
  32. headwes

    New Member

    Posted Apr 25, 2012
    Its been a year and I still get goosebumps thinking about that night...

     
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  33. mrgstiffler

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 28, 2012
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
     
  34. Laughing_Gnome_Invisible

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 29, 2012
    I seem to remember posting a similar video here this time last year when Southampton got promoted......So here is another one of us getting promoted AGAIN! :D

    Back into the Prem after almost going bankrupt and 7 years away from the top flight, we are BACK!! :D

    Edit: yeah, just the one flare....Flares are not really an English thing. ;)




    It was on American TV too :)




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  35. dwarven_stout

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    Posted Apr 29, 2012
    Congrats, LGI!

    Wow, Reno.. I love how Beckham gets a card for pointing out the f$%^ing obvious. I also love how he had his arms up before Noonan's goal even went in. You guys got about as much help from the refs as Portland did this week. We played like crap, but that doesn't excuse the ref.
     
  36. FlyDoctor

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Apr 30, 2012
    CNN article

    CNN today has a story highlighting the Manchester Darby.

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/us/manchester-derby-america/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

    WHen will we finally be able to move away from such an article essentially sounding like "Yes, we know most of you think this is boring, but some american's do follow this stuff..." and part if the news story in fact being about how interesting it is that people in this country care about soccer...

    very little in that piece actually covered the match!!

    Oh well, there is a certain satisfaction at seeing it on the main page at CNN nonetheless.

    Covering last weekends La Liga Classico - which arguably was just as important a game though - would be just too much....after all they don't even speak english...
     
  37. BrewKnurd

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    Posted Apr 30, 2012
    I pointed that out to my wife last night, quite surprised to see it. She smiled and nodded.

    Probably around the time when most american's don't think its boring. :p

    I mean, I'm with you about all that... but it was CNN. Not a sports outlet. So there's a limit as to how much coverage of the match itself should be expected.


    I think there's lots of reason they'd focus more on this than the classico.
    1) Regardless of classico result, real madrid would still have controlled their own destiny, unlike in this game. Winner is in the drivers seat.
    2) I think everyone expected that there would be yet another classico in the CL finals at the time of the liga classico, so that may have taken some of the luster off it.
    3) its actually on TV that a typical viewer can get to. if you hype the classico, and someone actually gets interested in it, they can't actually watch it on TV unless they have some seriously extended cable packages.

    This is the part I would keep in mind. Focus on the positive rather than the negative. There are plenty of NBA and NHL playoff games going on right now and the front page of CNN was SOCCER.
     
  38. Reno_eNVy

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    Posted Apr 30, 2012
    Yeah he seems to be a magnet for frivolous yellows. My favorite is when he asks for 10 yards on a free kick and gets a yellow for delay of game.

    Well at least they got the draw.


    And LGI, congrats! That stadium looks out of control
     
  39. Reno_eNVy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 30, 2012
    Also, interesting stat:

    Only three matches have ended in a 0-0 result, two of which involved Vancouver and two involved DC (first 0-0 match was WCFC v DCU.)

    Is this a sign of improving attack or dissolving defense?
     
  40. mrgstiffler

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 30, 2012
    Well that got a little interesting...
     
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