The Soccer Thread

[USSoccer]

Klinsmann is the poorest coach I've ever seen.

[wolf stansson]

Alan Gordon is apparently Zlatan Ibrahimovic according to these idiots.

[wolf stansson]

Klinsmann is the poorest coach I've ever seen.

Pretty telling that he's helmed some of our most unprecedentedly good and bad results. No flexibility or creativity. It either fails or succeeds.

[wolf stansson]

A draw against a Sandals resort staff will really teach Jozy his lesson! Jurgen really showed him!

[wolf stansson]

Fat guy can ball!

[wolf stansson]

Fully expecting an EJ brace, so the move works in spite of itself.

You sand baggin sonuvabitch, you!

[wolf stansson]

These ass wipes are gushing about EJ like we're playing Mexico. THIS IS ANTIGUA-BARBUDA. These goals are expected, not revelatory.

[USSoccer]

Only the GAM could play like he usually does in the NT setup, which is to say totally, tactically clueless, and somehow score a brace against a CONCACAF minnow.

 

JK needs to be fired. He doesn't know what he's doing in any sense of the term.

 

Bring Bradley back.

[bukie]

The real interesting match tonight is El Salvador v Costa Rica, as a CR loss eliminates them from the hex.

[wolf stansson]

The thing about why Klinsmann legitimately needs to go is that when the mediocre results came early, there was a hope that he was implementing something new and that eventually it might click and pay off. Instead he's just gotten more conservative and abandoned our strengths. The " national identity" he wouldn't shut up about when he got hired of athletc, fast paced soccer has been replaced by slow, clogging midfield passing. Not to mention the inherent hypocrisy of selling the idea of a unique American style and then calling in a bunch German-developed players.

[Guest]

We're not a World Cup team if we don't win by at least 2 on these bums.

 

Bein Sport's coverage and analysis is a disgrace. This hot chick is standing in a monsoon giving nothing but trivia and no one is going to mention how bad a job Klinsy does against teams we should kill.

 

At one point in the middle of the second half, one of those idiots said the following (I included the full quote but the first line is the focus):

 

"At the end of the day, a point is good enough for the U.S. They’ll have to fight on the last day, which you never want to do. You want to solidify that spot as soon as possible."

 

IT'S ANTIGUA AND [expletive] BARBUDA YOU [expletive]. A tie is absolutely not good enough. I don't care about helping us towards qualification. Anything less than a 3-0 thrashing was unacceptable. I know we're not England and A&B isn't San Marino, but by comparison, England had a 86-14 possession, outshot San Marino 33-1 (20-0 on goal) and a 17-0 advantage in corners. We outshot A&B 11-10 (4-2 on goal) and a 7-2 advantage in corners. Embarrassing.

 

I'm officially out on Klinsmann. Winning in Mexico and Italy in friendlies does not outweigh struggling to even qualify for the Hex and needing a 90th minute goal to beat Antigua and Barbuda.

[Mark Priors Calves]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1190329/asian-confederation-apologizes-for-calling-uae-team-%27sand-monkeys%27?cc=5901

 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Asian Football Confederation has apologized for mistakenly referring to the United Arab Emirates national team as the "Sand Monkeys."

 

The mistake in an article on the AFC website set off a storm of criticism in the Gulf country. The UAE Football Association's Yousuf Abdulla demanded an apology and called the wording an "unfortunate affair" which "revealed some racist acts by some AFC officials."

 

The AFC said Monday it wanted to "apologize for any hurt this might have caused to the UAE Football Association and UAE football fans."

 

The AFC called it a "genuine mistake" inserted by a new writer who saw "Sand Monkeys" wrongly listed as the team's nickname on its Wikipedia page. The team's actual nickname is Al Abyad, or The White, and the Wikipedia page has been corrected.

[wolf stansson]

1914 game played on Antarctica by Ernest Shackleton's crew.

 

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/behold/2012/10/11/Shackleton/Shackleton2_Hurley.jpg

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/10/11/the_photographs_of_frank_hurley_shackleton_s_antarctic_expedition_gone_wrong.html

[bukie]

So much for Canada having a good shot at the hex.

[wolf stansson]

So much for Canada having a good shot at the hex.

Yeah. Ouch. Still underachieving. Looks like the usual suspects in the hex.

[bukie]

Along with what had better be Jamaica, because so help me if the USMNT ends up playing for a draw tonight.

[shnsajax]

Sweden came back from being 4-0 down to Germany for a draw.

 

Klinnsmann claims the US will be attacking tonight and not playing for a draw. Meaning Beckerman will have the freedom to [expletive] things up tonight.

[wolf stansson]

My confidence level is at 7 but I'm still incredibly anxious. I'm thinking we'll see a 2-0/3-1 win.

[Guest]

Sweden came back from being 4-0 down to Germany for a draw.

 

In Germany, no less. Not good for Ireland. Basically going to have to beat Sweden head to head now to get second.

[wolf stansson]

@BrianStraus U.S. Soccer confirms, this is the 20th different starting 11 that Klinsmann has used in his 20 games in charge.

[wolf stansson]

Fire fans, cool article on Stoichkov on Grantland today: http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/39876/hristo-stoichkov

[USSoccer]

Well....at least EJ on the wing at Livestrong means he'll have some space.

[USSoccer]

Well....KC fans were smart enough to try and follow the singer.

 

I still wish they'd just play the music and let the crowd do the rest.

[USSoccer]

Mother. [expletive].

[Guest]

LOL.