HoppyDaze
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So do the Timbers get any sort of benefit for being so bad this year? Like how the last place NFL team gets the first draft pick the following year...
Do you guys have any regular streaming sites to watch games? I was trying to find one to watch the Sounders / Whitecaps game Saturday but couldn't find anything that worked. Its lame that they didn't televise that game on local channels like our normal games.
Big game coming up against the Timbers!
This match is on ESPN I believe. Does your ISP not let you watch ESPN3?
Otherwise, try the suggestions I pm'd to you.
So do the Timbers get any sort of benefit for being so bad this year? Like how the last place NFL team gets the first draft pick the following year...
Huh. Just found this thread since it popped up on "today's posts."
I'm not much of a MLS fan, since we don't have a team in the St Louis area.
soundsandsuds said:You do have one of the strongest sides in the league in Kansas City, though. It’s a little late in the season, but I’d highly suggest a road trip to catch a match next season. Nothing like seeing your regional team kick some ass in front of 18,000 fans.
lgilmore said:That's a real long drive from the Lou to KC. The Lou could probably use a team in the future as there's enough population and I think a good soccer base to support it.
Holy crap, already at 66k? What's the capacity, around 75k right?
Pele's last professional soccer game was played in Portland, OR ....who knew?
Pele "the king" was never man enough to go to play to Europe, only Brazil and a little in the US when he was older I think he was great but a little overrated, Brazil national team had a lot of great players when he was around...
McGarnigle said:Saying Pele wasn't man enough is stupid.
But all this replies just tell me what I somehow already knew: you guys still need to learn a bit about the sport.
First got to tell you that Brazilian fields were (some of them) 120 mts long when averge in Europe was 95 the international standards of field length as you know them today were different at the time and still are if you look at the FIFA web site you'll note that national fields can vary from 90 to 120 and international between 100 and 110 and width range from 45 to 90 (yes twice as much) national and 64 to 75 international. These rules had changes trough history. I wasn't a great player but I did travel a lot (thanks to my uncle actually) when I was a teen between Argentina Uruguay and Brazil and played in Brazilian fields, they are huge and I didn't read this some place I was there... the opposite can be tell about Uruguay their fields are tiny...lgilmore said:"But all this replies just tell me what I somehow already knew: you guys still need to learn a bit about the sport."
And I really don't think you're the guy to teach us as nothing you've said impresses anyone that you possess an exceptional knowledge of the sport.
Every generation in sport has "their" superstar, currently it's Messi. 15 years from now... it will be somebody else. And that's not a knock on Messi, the guy is outstanding and a joy to watch.
And yes, I figured you weren't born when he played, by the way Pele is still alive last time I checked. Just saw him in the London Olympic Closing Ceremony.
Look, There's people who believe Mohamed Ali was the best boxer the world has seen and there's others who don't.
There's people who believe Wilt Chamberlin was the best basketball player ever, or Michael Jordon, or today Labron James. Just depends on what or who you grew up with or where you live.
And yes, you are a troll, or simply lack the understanding that each generation has it's "best" in sport and the media's job is to get you to believe today's star is better than a past star so you'll watch and read their articles.
I do think it's sad that you challenge a person's "manhood" implying he was fearful or weak as the reason he didn't do what you or your dad or grandfather "felt" he should have done. What's really funny is your using field size as a reason or rationale for your point. Let me know when they change the penalty area or goal size in a league and I might believe your point. The "pitch" no matter if it's small or big, is a rectangle with the same goals and PA. It's not like the Brazilian pitches were 50 meters wider and 25 meters longer than Spain's or Englands for example. Maybe check your FIFA laws of the game. The difference between minimum size and maximum size is 10 meters long and wide. So, while you feel you possess some superior knowledge of the game, your comments betray you. Yea, Pele was Pele because the fields in Brazil were 10 meters wider and 11 meters longer.......... So this really is the second argument I've never heard about why Pele was as good as he was... field size?
How old are you? I have this feeling I have studds that are much older than you.
Pele "the king" was never man enough to go to play to Europe, only Brazil and a little in the US when he was older I think he was great but a little overrated, Brazil national team had a lot of great players when he was around...
Punity said:Haha Portland winning the cup almost a laughable prospect.
George Best would have been better than Pele anyway,..........If he could have stayed sober, and maybe turn up for work occasionally.
You do realize that in 1961 the President of Brazil had Pele declared a national treasure? It's kind of hard to go play in Europe when there is a law that says you can't leave the country.
It's alright if you think someone is better than Pele. Not everyone is going to agree on the best footballer in the world. What's not alright though, is saying he wasn't man enough to play in Europe when you have no idea of the circumstances behind it.
that was 1969 seven years after his 2nd world cup... he had offers that he rejected himself confesed later in several interviews: at least Madrid Juventus and Manchester
Well Chicago is going to need to shake off that bad loss if they're going to look good on network tv in a (probably) sold-out red bull arena.
Also, Portland at Seattle on ESPN in front of 66k+ is going to be nuts, with Portland clinching the Cascadia Cup with a win or draw.
Then there's LA vs RSL for the number two spot in the west.
It's a good weekend to be a domestic soccer fan.
So if everything I find says 1961, where do you get 1969?
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