The Soccer Thread

[wolf stansson]

Odd choice.

[USSoccer]

Weird. Didn't see that coming.

[shnsajax]

Would be first black manager ever in Serie A. Would be good for Balotelli. Still no managing experience and he hasn't retired yet either. Very strange and risky move.

[Mark Priors Calves]

He should wear the goggles on the sideline too.

Are you thinking of Edgar Davids?

[shnsajax]

He should wear the goggles on the sideline too.

Are you thinking of Edgar Davids?

 

Yes, thank you!

[wolf stansson]

My coaching odds on NYC FC head coach:

Patrick Viera 8-1

Claudio Reyna 3-1

Bob Bradley even

Captain Claudio it is.

[wolf stansson]

Good interview with Timmy Chandler about why he delayed his US call up:

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/3675/alex-labidou/2013/05/23/3998307/stoppage-time-timmy-chandler-opens-up-on-future-and-stalling?ICID=HP_HN_1

[Guest]

Awesome Champions League preview: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9306961/2013-champions-league-preview

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/5R6IsRK.png

 

[shnsajax]

Neymar to Barca appears done.

[USSoccer]

I'm looking forward to the beginning stages of Neymar being exposed, culminating in an amazing crapfest in 2014.

 

Also, go Dortmund.

 

That Robben chart from the Grantland preview was hysterical.

[USSoccer]

Is anyone else getting like a weird, blurry distortion on their screen like there's something off with the feed?

[Guest]

Is anyone else getting like a weird, blurry distortion on their screen like there's something off with the feed?

 

Yes. I notice it when a ball is kicked up the field with any pace.

[USSoccer]

Bayern look terrible. Dortmund need to capitalize on this stretch with a goal

[USSoccer]

Holy hell what a save

[Guest]

Ribery could easily be off. Should have gotten a yellow for that elbow.

[USSoccer]

Ribery could easily be off. Should have gotten a yellow for that elbow.

 

Definitely. I guess the ref didn't want to wreck the game 20 minutes in, but that was intentional.

 

And Arjen Robben is the biggest big game bottler in the history of big game bottlers

[wolf stansson]

Robbie Rogers to LA, Mike Magee to Chicago. Great deal for the Fire.

 

 

ROBBEN YOU FOOL

[USSoccer]

Robbie Rogers to LA, Mike Magee to Chicago. Great deal for the Fire.

 

 

ROBBEN YOU FOOL

 

If Robben has a breakaway in a final, bet on him screwing up somehow.

 

And I'm not sure how the normally incompetent Fire managed to score Magee for a guy who hasn't played in a year.

[USSoccer]

Neuer is having a fantastic game.

[wolf stansson]

Robbie Rogers to LA, Mike Magee to Chicago. Great deal for the Fire.

 

 

ROBBEN YOU FOOL

 

If Robben has a breakaway in a final, bet on him screwing up somehow.

 

And I'm not sure how the normally incompetent Fire managed to score Magee for a guy who hasn't played in a year.

They didn't know who to ask for, then someone was like, "hey, isn't their third string keeper, Mike Magee, from Chicago? " never realizing he's another classic, late-blooming MLS, American goal scorer and that game at keeper was a one-time thing. So blind luck, really.

[USSoccer]

Wolfie, you like Bayern. Does Robben ever, ever use his right foot for anything?

[wolf stansson]

Warren Barton doesn't realize that Robben's right foot is actually a bomb that will explode if he hits a ball with it. He can't use it or he'll die.

[USSoccer]

Robbie Rogers to LA, Mike Magee to Chicago. Great deal for the Fire.

 

 

ROBBEN YOU FOOL

 

If Robben has a breakaway in a final, bet on him screwing up somehow.

 

And I'm not sure how the normally incompetent Fire managed to score Magee for a guy who hasn't played in a year.

They didn't know who to ask for, then someone was like, "hey, isn't their third string keeper, Mike Magee, from Chicago? " never realizing he's another classic, late-blooming MLS, American goal scorer and that game at keeper was a one-time thing. So blind luck, really.

 

Yeah, a cursory check tell me Magee actually wanted and asked to go back to Chicago for family reasons. So no credit for FC Boring.

[Guest]

Wolfie, you like Bayern. Does Robben ever, ever use his right foot for anything?

 

You mean besides walking and running? Doesn't appear so.

[wolf stansson]

I love it when people who only watch the EPL are surprised by how great/fun Bundesliga football is. If there were two teams from any of the other big 3 leagues in the final, it'd be boring as [expletive]. German teams don't do conservative.