The Soccer Thread

[wolf stansson]

JOZY

WITH THE HEADER

 

THEN SPITS IN THE BOX

[wolf stansson]

Aaaand vagina number two goes off on a stretcher. We better get 6+ minutes of stoppage.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Hejduk redeeming himself with some nice runs.

[wolf stansson]

Two vaginas are down on the field. I like how they don't even send their trainer out.

[Jon]

The entire nation of El Salvador has suddenly been stricken with cramping.

[wolf stansson]

Hejduk redeeming himself with some nice runs.

So far judging by this half, the Beasley to left back experiment isn't a good idea.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Aaaand vagina number two goes off on a stretcher. We better get 6+ minutes of stoppage.

 

There's no maximum, is there? Because we should really get at least 8. And I've only been watching since the 60th minute.

[wolf stansson]

Stretcher number three as Bob Bradley looks on in disgust.

[Jon]

Amazing.

[wolf stansson]

By the way, I'm fine with this crap because all they are doing is bringing their second class players in to hold a lead against a far superior team.

 

 

As I type, another El Salvadoran goes down.

[Jon]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wolf stansson]

FRANKIE!

 

 

REDEMPTION

[wolf stansson]

Mikey got a nice elbow in on that corner too.

 

 

Hey El Salvador, great idea letting all of your best players leave with fake injuries.

[Jon]

Sure looked like Ching took one up high.

[wolf stansson]

Torres and Altidore earned a start Wednesday.

 

Torres has been way more composed in the midfield than Kljestan and Beasley.

[Jon]

Geez. Beautifully set up by Altidore.

[Jon]

oh my god...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

How was that last whistle not a corner?

 

How?

[wolf stansson]

I hate road qualifying so much. Crappy team fucks around all game and gets a result.

[Guest]

We really didn't deserve a tie in that game after playing horrible for 75 minutes and then only waking up after El Salvador went up 2-0.

 

I spent 75 minutes trashing Frankie Hejduk (and rightfully so) and then he comes up with a goal and assist.

[shnsajax]

We really didn't deserve a tie in that game after playing horrible for 75 minutes and then only waking up after El Salvador went up 2-0.

 

I spent 75 minutes trashing Frankie Hejduk (and rightfully so) and then he comes up with a goal and assist.

 

Suddenly my fears of Bob Bradley have come back. They looked under prepared and motived for much of the game, the lineup looked weak, and showed nothing until the Jozy and Torres came in to play.

 

I liked the interview from Jose "The Mouth" Mourinho.

[USSoccer]

The problem was we had 7 guys who sucked hard tonight. Dempsey kept trying to basically play a number 10 type role in the center of the field, only his teammates mostly sucked all night. Donovan was fricking invisible. Completely terrible. Awful. Bad. Beasley was absolute horsecrap. Clint was ok, but was too careless with the ball at times. At least he was trying. You would need players like Clint-creative, attack minded, technically gifted-to break a packed defense and move the ball one-touch. Until Jozy and JFT came in, we had no one for him to play off of, especially when Donovan vanished after about the 20th minute.

 

Bradley and Sacha were awful. Sacha shouldn't start in the center of the pitch anymore if this is going to be his form. He was bad against Mexico, only no one noticed because Bradley was Roy Keane that night. Well, tonight, Bradley was aaaaawful, and we were terrible as a result.

 

None of the back 4, Hejduk included, should feel proud of themselves. NONE of those 4 save Boca should EVER start for us again if we're being serious about being a top team. Califf...cripes. If our 3rd choice CB is a starter in Norway, we're hosed. And WTF is wrong with Bradley? If you have your choice between the recently uninjured EPL defender with skill, the recently uninjured Colaship defender with skill, and the recently uninjured Norwegian defender with no skill, why the hell do you choose the latter? If its based on his performance in the friendly against Argentina...the only thing that kept that game from being 5-0 was Tim Howard, because the central defense was pants that night too.

 

Guzan isn't ready. If Howard is hurt before 2010, Friedel should (and likely would) be our first choice for the WC. He should have saved the 2nd goal (although again, he had a terrible defense in front of him).

 

Jozy and JFT should be starters. Ching had a good game, actually. I thought his hold up play was good and would have been an asset, had anyone but Dempsey been trying to play quick passes.

 

Bradley deserves the blame for this tie. Califf and Pearce shouldn't have been out there. He should have known that the Sallies were going to bunker and pack, and should have started creative players instead of physically 'gifted' ones like Beasley (who's touch sucks).

 

If we do anything but demolish T&T on Wednesday I'm going to be right pissed off. We were LUCKY to get a draw out of a team we should handle with ease.

[Guest]

If we do anything but demolish T&T on Wednesday I'm going to be right pissed off. We were LUCKY to get a draw out of a team we should handle with ease.

 

Exactly how I feel, though I don't as much want us to demolish T&T in terms of the scoreline (though it would be nice) but rather just play good soccer. If we attack well, dominate the play and generate quality chances, I'll be pretty happy. I'd love a 3-0 or 4-0 scoreline, but I'd take a 1-0 with great play over playing crummy but winning 4-0.

[wolf stansson]

In the midst of all the very valid gripes in this thread, I'd like to add in the fact that MLS played a full schedule this weekend.

 

OBSERVE THE INTERNATIONAL BREAKS.

[sethuel1]

It simply amazes me that we went up against an 11 men behind the ball bunker and we couldn't come up with anything more creative than bombing the ball from midfield most of the game.