The Soccer Thread

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Another match fixing claim in Italy.

[Guest]

Viggo Mortensen gets so excited over an Argentine club match that he almost gets thrown out of Dulles.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viggo-mortensen-stopped-airport-washington-330437

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Euro 2012 Bracket Predictor:

 

Forgot that I created this, must have been after some Chelsea win.

 

Group Name: NSBB

Group Motto: Eat Dicks John Terry

Group Password: dbag

 

http://games.espn.go.com/euro-bracket-predictor/en/group?groupID=134&selGrp=134&entryID=3190

[wolf stansson]

Mario Balotelli, ready to straight murder some racists.

http://deadspin.com/5914214/mario-balotelli-does-thing?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[wvcbxl]

In fine Cubs style :wink: , Liverpool poaches away Brendan Rodgers from Swansea to be their new manager: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18235961

[wolf stansson]

According to a dude on twitter, landon could become international soccer's first 50-50 man this week. 49 goals and like 47 assists or something. That's badass.

[wolf stansson]

Horse [expletive] penalty.

[Guest]

I had almost forgotten that we're the United States, so we get the wrong end of the officiating always and forever.

[wolf stansson]

I didn't realize I was watching a referee show. Thought I was watching a soccer match. [expletive] idiot.

[wolf stansson]

Curious what an in form Holden and Dempsey over Torres and Edu would look like in this game.

[Guest]

Dempsey's coming on at some point as a sub I thought?

[USSoccer]

Curious what an in form Holden and Dempsey over Torres and Edu would look like in this game.

 

Unless he's just shielding the back four, Maurice Edu is completely worthless.

 

None of the CMs have shown up tonight.

 

Welp 2-0. Rufio with a brace.

 

EDIT: My bad. That was Thiago Silva.

 

Gooch is done, btw. He's not international caliber anymore. Too slow, too poor with the ball at his feet.

[USSoccer]

Dempsey's coming on at some point as a sub I thought?

 

Halftime, I'd wager.

[wolf stansson]

Tim Howard, Fabian Johnson and Michael Bradley have looked good. Everyone else is either treading water or drowning.

[wolf stansson]

Gomez needs to have a plan for what to do when he gets the ball. This ain't the Mexican league, he can't just run through traffic cone defenders.

[USSoccer]

Tim Howard, Fabian Johnson and Michael Bradley have looked good. Everyone else is either treading water or drowning.

 

I'd add Herc to that list; his runs are very intelligent and he fights.

[wolf stansson]

Tim Howard, Fabian Johnson and Michael Bradley have looked good. Everyone else is either treading water or drowning.

 

I'd add Herc to that list; his runs are very intelligent and he fights.

He's got zero hold-up game. It's forward or bust.

[wolf stansson]

OH MIKEY

[Guest]

Nice buildup for that goal.

[wolf stansson]

BELLISSIMA!

[USSoccer]

Aaaaaaaaaaand that's why Mo Edu should never, ever get into the final third.

 

Mikey's sequence there summed it up perfectly: Edu biffs a trap and falls over, Mikey picks it up, carries it forward, slots a perfect ball through=goal.

 

Go away, Edu.

[Guest]

Johnson looked like the most dangerous guy with the ball in that half.

[USSoccer]

Tim Howard, Fabian Johnson and Michael Bradley have looked good. Everyone else is either treading water or drowning.

 

I'd add Herc to that list; his runs are very intelligent and he fights.

He's got zero hold-up game. It's forward or bust.

 

Oh, no doubt. Useless as a line leading guy. If we played him on the wing like Santos does, we'd better utilize him and his runs.

[wolf stansson]

Fab Johnson > Chandler.

[USSoccer]

Fab Johnson > Chandler.

 

Yup. Our long national nightmare is over.