The Soccer Thread

[biittner77]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-cup-2014-luis-suarez-may-be-booted-from-tournament/

 

saw this on bookface and thought initially he was out. There will be a hearing before Saturday. Uruguay has until then to present evidence. There best chance is that everyone hates Italy so [expletive] them.

[wvcbxl]

[wvcbxl]

BTW I don't need those - these games are at 6PM and 10PM for me :D

[wvcbxl]

WTF?

 

Ghana airlifts World Cup cash to end player protest

[Vanilla Ice]

And this?

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/muntari-boateng-kicked-off-ghana-team-2014-6

[Guest]

Maximum internal strife for Ghana? Yes please.

[USSoccer]

Maximum internal strife for Ghana? Yes please.

 

I'd prefer enough strife that they lose, but not so much that they get blown out-even with it being unlikely that Portugal can make up 5 goals today.

 

As an aside, KPB is a hack mercenary. I don't get why they even brought him after his "retirement" and convenient "unretirement" from international play.

[USSoccer]

Evidently its raining and flooded in Recife today.

[Banedon]

Evidently its raining and flooded in Recife today.

 

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/recife-is-under-water-before-germany-v-united-states-after-a-biblical-amount-of-rain-overnight-pictures/

[shnsajax]

Meeting till noon today that I can't get out of. Not even going to try to go on an information lockdown.

[apete6]

Meeting till noon today that I can't get out of. Not even going to try to go on an information lockdown.

 

Perfect to go watch the 2nd half over lunch somewhere.

[Guest]

Horrible conditions would seem to favor the US chances, right?

[jersey cubs fan]

FIFA took a bite out of crime

@AP: BREAKING: FIFA bans Uruguay's Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4 months for biting opponent at World Cup.

[shnsajax]

Horrible conditions would seem to favor the US chances, right?

 

Probably would favor a draw. If we are already tired it might wear down the players faster.

[Soul]

BTW I don't need those - these games are at 6PM and 10PM for me :D

 

Yeah, I got back from Denmark Sunday. It was much better being able to watch WC games after work.

 

Now I'm going to miss this match because of a meeting. Sympathy please. :hello:

Edited June 26, 2014 by Soul

[shnsajax]

FIFA took a bite out of crime

@AP: BREAKING: FIFA bans Uruguay's Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4 months for biting opponent at World Cup.

 

I think that's a far ban.

[USSoccer]

Horrible conditions would seem to favor the US chances, right?

 

Poor conditions are usually an equalizer, assuming both teams are going to play this game straight.

 

Ze Germans aren't usually used to playing on poor fields. This is just usual CONCACAF stuff for us.

 

Of course, the poor field also might mean they approach the game with more caution, which is just fine by me as well.

[Banedon]

FIFA took a bite out of crime

@AP: BREAKING: FIFA bans Uruguay's Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4 months for biting opponent at World Cup.

 

I think that's a far ban.

 

I don't know anything about anything about soccer, but wasn't there talk of like a 2 year ban?

[USSoccer]

FIFA took a bite out of crime

@AP: BREAKING: FIFA bans Uruguay's Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4 months for biting opponent at World Cup.

 

I think that's a far ban.

 

I don't know anything about anything about soccer, but wasn't there talk of like a 2 year ban?

 

The max punishment was 24 matches or 24 months. But FIFA are pretty shrewd here; its a long enough ban to seem tough, but not so long as it pushes Liverpool to intervene and turn the thing into a true mess.

 

This way, he's banned til late October, so he'll also miss 9 league games, the start of the Champions League and the League Cup, which he wouldn't have played in anyway but still.

[jersey cubs fan]

They are essentially giving him a multi-month vacation in a sport that doesn't have much down time. I imagine some NHL, NBA or NFL players would love to get involved in a situation where they were "forced" to miss training camp and the first few weeks of the regular season.

[wvcbxl]

but not so long as it pushes Liverpool to intervene and turn the thing into a true mess

 

... or Barcelona (if you believe the rumours) :wink:

[Exile on Waveland]

FIFA took a bite out of crime

@AP: BREAKING: FIFA bans Uruguay's Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4 months for biting opponent at World Cup.

 

I think that's a far ban.

 

I don't know anything about anything about soccer, but wasn't there talk of like a 2 year ban?

 

Two is the maximum allowable; that would have been pretty extreme. Biting is vile (and just so creepy) but we can all think of things that would deserve much harsher punishments.

[jersey cubs fan]

Two is the maximum allowable; that would have been pretty extreme. Biting is vile (and just so creepy) but we can all think of things that would deserve much harsher punishments.

 

The first time, sure. But after multiple versions of the same thing?

[Exile on Waveland]

Two is the maximum allowable; that would have been pretty extreme. Biting is vile (and just so creepy) but we can all think of things that would deserve much harsher punishments.

 

The first time, sure. But after multiple versions of the same thing?

 

Yes. I don't think even three biting incidents are the worst of the worst possible offenses.

[USSoccer]

What the hell? Gonzalez and Davis?