The Soccer Thread

[CubInOK]

A local channel picked up the game where I live. \:D/

[wolf stansson]

Charlie Davies is giving Clint a run for his money for coolest dude on the squad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH9yYvkZVyo

Go to 1:55.

[Guest]

Ives seems to think Ching and 'Dolo are going to start. This would piss me off greatly and just prove that Bradley can't get out of his own damn way.

 

Ives' latest lineup has Ching and Davies up top, Donovan, Bradley, Clark and Clint in the midfield, and Bocanegra, Onyewu, DeMerit and Spector across the back.

 

If Bradley's worried about Jozy's fitness, I don't see why he just doesn't start him and tell Ching to be ready around halftime/the 60 minute mark when Jozy runs out of steam.

 

EDIT: Nevermind.

 

A source has told me that Steve Cherundolo will be starting today and Jonathan Spector will be on the bench.

[imb]

is this ish in HD? i'm going to go ahead and guess that mun2 doesn't broadcast in HD.

[CubInOK]

Ives seems to think Ching and 'Dolo are going to start. This would piss me off greatly and just prove that Bradley can't get out of his own damn way.

 

Ives' latest lineup has Ching and Davies up top, Donovan, Bradley, Clark and Clint in the midfield, and Bocanegra, Onyewu, DeMerit and Spector across the back.

 

If Bradley's worried about Jozy's fitness, I don't see why he just doesn't start him and tell Ching to be ready around halftime/the 60 minute mark when Jozy runs out of steam.

 

EDIT: Nevermind.

 

A source has told me that Steve Cherundolo will be starting today and Jonathan Spector will be on the bench.

I do not like this. Why is Ching starting again? Why Cherundolo over Spector? Jozy and Specs have been in great form this summer!

[shnsajax]

Conor Casey is also not dressing, not that that was an actual worry of mine.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

is this ish in HD? i'm going to go ahead and guess that mun2 doesn't broadcast in HD.

 

You guess correctly.

[imb]

is this ish in HD? i'm going to go ahead and guess that mun2 doesn't broadcast in HD.

 

You guess correctly.

 

[expletive] espn. soccer was made for HDtvs

[Prizefight]

Anyone know of a good site I can pop on at work and at least get audio of this? Thanks ahead of time!

[imb]

Anyone know of a good site I can pop on at work and at least get audio of this? Thanks ahead of time!

 

Online Broadcast

terra.com and futbolestelar.tv

The skinny: terra.com will be streaming the Telemundo feed of the game in the United States.

[wolf stansson]

is this ish in HD? i'm going to go ahead and guess that mun2 doesn't broadcast in HD.

 

You guess correctly.

 

[expletive] espn. soccer was made for HDtvs

Telemundo is in HD.

[USSoccer]

Lineup out:

 

Dolo Gooch Demerit Boca

Deuce Bradley Clark LD

Ching Davies

 

Not really happy-'Dolo isn't fast enough to lock down Guardado. Ching makes our counter worse than Jozy.

 

I think Bradley is making a big error here-why not start the same XI that took Spain down?

[Guest]

Starting lineups from Ives:

 

 

---------------Ching----------Davies-----------------

Donovan----------------------------------Dempsey

-----------------Bradley-----Clark-------------

Bocanegra-----Onyewu-----DeMerit-----Cherundolo

 

MEXICO

-----------------Franco---------Blanco--------------------

Guardado---------------------------------------Dos Santos

------------------Torrado------Castro---------------------

Juarez---------Galindo-------Salcido----------Osorio

[shnsajax]

Not real thrilled with Boca over Spector but I can live with it. Hopefully Ching is playing with a chip on his shoulder. Jozy will be coming in a some point, maybe he can exploit a tired Mexican team in the 2nd half.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Well the officiating is not off to a strong start.

[reggiemiller rules]

What a great ball through by Landon. Davies with the finish

[Transmogrified Tiger]

CHARLIE DAVIES!!!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://atdhe.net/8392/watch-mexico-vs-usa

 

That's the best so far for me.

[imb]

http://atdhe.net/8392/watch-mexico-vs-usa

 

That's the best so far for me.

 

lol

[Prizefight]

Wow. amazing shot.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That didn't take long.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Who was that who just tried to dribble the ball from the 18 to midfield? Dumb.

[utkcub]

Decent first half, but it looks like it's going to be an up hill battle in the second. The team is already starting to get heavy legs, they're starting to look tired; with the exception of Davies and Onyewu.

 

Got to love when 3 out of the 4 of your back line have yellow cards going into the second half; what the hell was Bocanegra thinking coming in that hard?

 

I think Charlie Davies looks very good thus far given his chances, I'm a big Onyewu fan so I am a little biased but I think he's played as good as everyone on the field.

 

I still don't understand why Bradley didn't put the same lineup on the field that beat Spain, we've got to get some fresh bodies in for the second half.

[Prizefight]

Decent first half, but it looks like it's going to be an up hill battle in the second. The team is already starting to get heavy legs, they're starting to look tired; with the exception of Davies and Onyewu.

 

Got to love when 3 out of the 4 of your back line have yellow cards going into the second half; what the hell was Bocanegra thinking coming in that hard?

 

I think Charlie Davies looks very good thus far given his chances, I'm a big Onyewu fan so I am a little biased but I think he's played as good as everyone on the field.

 

I still don't understand why Bradley didn't put the same lineup on the field that beat Spain, we've got to get some fresh bodies in for the second half.

 

 

Pretty decent summary. I'm guessing we see Jozy to start the 2nd.

[USSoccer]

So our CM's suck today.

 

It's pretty obvious tactically that Bradley told Deuce to not pinch into the center in the defensive third. He's helping Boca out big time, and on Castro's goal it was the responsibility of (i think) Demerit to step up or Clark to slide over. That didn't happen, and it was a great strike.

 

Davies looks the least affected by the conditions. Great finish, and he's been aggressive all day.

 

Ching has been predictably terrible. Slow, bad, and useless. But at least he's in form.

 

Donovan looks like he's pressing big time.

 

Dempsey has been too defensive, but when Boca is trying to mark Gio, I understand why. He's had some nice touches.

 

Gooch has been MOTM so far. His short time at Milan has really improved his play. He's on another level.

 

I would go Altidore for Ching right now going into the 2nd, Benny F for Charlie at about 60 and Specs for Demerit at about 65, sliding Boca into the center. 3 of our 4 defenders have a yellow, so that's a concern.