The Soccer Thread

[Exile on Waveland]

Couldn't watch yesterday, can't wait until today's matches! Neither is particularly sexy, though the Germans and Polish do have a heated rivalry.

[shnsajax]

Did I hear Andy Gray's voice last night on ESPN? Today will be entertaining, tomorrow will be great!

[wolf stansson]

Did I hear Andy Gray's voice last night on ESPN? Today will be entertaining, tomorrow will be great!

Yep. They hired a ton of sky guys for the tournament.

 

Btw, Kenny Cooper was added to today's roster, good times.

[shnsajax]

Did I hear Andy Gray's voice last night on ESPN? Today will be entertaining, tomorrow will be great!

Yep. They hired a ton of sky guys for the tournament.

 

Btw, Kenny Cooper was added to today's roster, good times.

 

I wish I got all of the Sky Sports channels and could just watch Euro with them. Maybe they can teach the US guys a thing or two.

 

Good to see on Cooper. Hopefully Bradley will play this game to win, rather than just show up. Wish tonights game was on HD.

[USSoccer]

Did I hear Andy Gray's voice last night on ESPN? Today will be entertaining, tomorrow will be great!

Yep. They hired a ton of sky guys for the tournament.

 

Btw, Kenny Cooper was added to today's roster, good times.

 

The addition of Kenny Cooper=Good. This means that Dempsey gets some rest (although I still expet him to start), and Cooper gets a good run out. Since we need a forward to develop, I'm looking forward to this.

 

However, the US also added traffic cone Drew Moor. So let me know who else is up for the "Watch Leo Messi Toy With Drew Moor" drinking game:

 

Every time Messi turns Moor: 1 drink

Every Time Messi blows past Drew Moor: 2 drinks

Every Time Messi nutmegs Drew Moor: 3 drinks

Every Time Messi Scores: 1 drink

Every Time Drew Moor panics and gives possesion away: 1 drink

Every Time Messi sets up a goal at the espense of Moor: 1 drink

Every Goal that comes as a result of the run of play on Moor's side of the field: 1 drink

 

If you aren't dead by halftime, Drew Moor is having the game of his life.

 

I fully expect a complete beating. 5-1 or so. Unless Agrentina get bored.

 

EDIT:

 

I hope for my sanity's sake that we don't play the empty bucket trying to get a result at home, and just let our guys attack and see if we can actually get some useful experience out of this match. I honestly would rather lose 5-1 or 4-2 and watch us at least attempt to play attractive soccer than lose 2-0 and have 10% possesion.

Edited June 8, 2008 by USSoccer

[shnsajax]

Did I hear Andy Gray's voice last night on ESPN? Today will be entertaining, tomorrow will be great!

Yep. They hired a ton of sky guys for the tournament.

 

Btw, Kenny Cooper was added to today's roster, good times.

 

The addition of Kenny Cooper=Good. This means that Dempsey gets some rest (although I still expet him to start), and Cooper gets a good run out. Since we need a forward to develop, I'm looking forward to this.

 

However, the US also added traffic cone Drew Moor. So let me know who else is up for the "Watch Leo Messi Toy With Drew Moor" drinking game:

 

Every time Messi turns Moor: 1 drink

Every Time Messi blows past Drew Moor: 2 drinks

Every Time Messi nutmegs Drew Moor: 3 drinks

Every Time Messi Scores: 1 drink

Every Time Drew Moor panics and gives possesion away: 1 drink

Every Time Messi sets up a goal at the espense of Moor: 1 drink

Every Goal that comes as a result of the run of play on Moor's side of the field: 1 drink

 

If you aren't dead by halftime, Drew Moor is having the game of his life.

 

I fully expect a complete beating. 5-1 or so. Unless Agrentina get bored.

 

What happens when Messi turns Morre, then nutmegs him, blowing right by him to score?

[USSoccer]

Did I hear Andy Gray's voice last night on ESPN? Today will be entertaining, tomorrow will be great!

Yep. They hired a ton of sky guys for the tournament.

 

Btw, Kenny Cooper was added to today's roster, good times.

 

The addition of Kenny Cooper=Good. This means that Dempsey gets some rest (although I still expet him to start), and Cooper gets a good run out. Since we need a forward to develop, I'm looking forward to this.

 

However, the US also added traffic cone Drew Moor. So let me know who else is up for the "Watch Leo Messi Toy With Drew Moor" drinking game:

 

Every time Messi turns Moor: 1 drink

Every Time Messi blows past Drew Moor: 2 drinks

Every Time Messi nutmegs Drew Moor: 3 drinks

Every Time Messi Scores: 1 drink

Every Time Drew Moor panics and gives possesion away: 1 drink

Every Time Messi sets up a goal at the espense of Moor: 1 drink

Every Goal that comes as a result of the run of play on Moor's side of the field: 1 drink

 

If you aren't dead by halftime, Drew Moor is having the game of his life.

 

I fully expect a complete beating. 5-1 or so. Unless Agrentina get bored.

 

What happens when Messi turns Morre, then nutmegs him, blowing right by him to score?

 

Laughter, then death.

[shnsajax]

Austria has been pretty impressive so far, being that I expected nothing whatsoever out of them. They deserve a result out of this so far.

[Jon]

How has the match looked so far? I'm without a satellite signal and probably will be for a while.

[reggiemiller rules]

Austria has really taken it to Croatia in the 2nd half, they just cant get a goal.

[wolf stansson]

I'm a little hungover, so there is no way I'm playing the left back drinking game. None.

 

I am, however excited to see Jay DeMerit get a big role. I'm interested to see if he is an option going forward. Although going against Messi and Riquelme may not be the best opposition to get a run out against if you want to make a positive impression.

[wolf stansson]

Austria just missed an equalizer in stoppage. Nice cross in and Austrian guy wiffed on the header by being about a second too late. Losing 1-0 on a penalty is a heart breaker.

[Jon]

Austria just missed an equalizer in stoppage. Nice cross in and Austrian guy wiffed on the header by being about a second too late. Losing 1-0 on a penalty is a heart breaker.

A rough weekend for the co-host nations.

 

Croatia will need to walk away from this one viewing it as a wakeup call.

[Jon]

The crowd looks great for this one.

[Jon]

Poland blew a fantastic opportunity just 35 seconds in.

 

And Germany just topped that.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

wow, you have to score there

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Awesome start.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Ballgame.

[Jon]

That was too easy for Germany. That trap didn't work out too well.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Lukas Podolski looks like Andy.

[Jon]

You have to love it when a head referee pulls out the wrong card by accident.

[Butterscup1679666578]

<3 Podolski.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

My feed is garbage right now, it's like comcast is trying to stream it over dial up internet.

[Jon]

Podolski puts this one away.

 

Is that his first goal against Poland?

[Butterscup1679666578]

And ESPN2 goes out for me. Awesome.