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Blog post from the mirror about how big the difference in player development is in England vs the other places. The place in this clip is THE US AMERICA. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/video-of-astonishing-barcelona-usa-under-11-team-1134808?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Barcelona-USA smoked an Arsenal affiliated youth squad. Check out #10. That kid has some [expletive] wheels, some handle and some finishing. Damn. This is a good tactical breakdown of Roma's new manager and how he'll use the General: http://theshinguardian.com/2012/07/05/when-in-roma-michael-bradley-champions-league-hunting/
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Mike Bradley to Roma is done. They'll announce it tonight, per Greg Seltzer. http://www.noshortcorners.com/2012/07/lookin-at-my-gucci-its-about-that-time.html
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The latest Big Soccer rumors is Liverpool, Spurs & New Castle with a Fulham price tag of 10 mil pounds. He's probably most valuable to Liverpool because of his versatility and American marketing appeal.
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Mike Bradley to Roma is almost finalized. Terms have been agreed to and it's just left for papers to be signed. DeRossi-Bradley is stout like Guinness in the center of that formation.
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Remember when we beat Italy...in ITALY? That was fun. I give our boys 99% of the credit for the Italian success. Wake up call.
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Van Persie has left Arsenal.
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Not only do some teams not have academies, but the ones that do have nothing as structured as the historic leagues in Europe and even South America. We're trying to catch up, but in the hierarchy of needs to keep the league growing, they've just in the last few years moved past survival and are now able to invest in infrastructure like state of the art stadiums and academy teams. It's a long way away from Europe's system, but it's getting better. Slowly.
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The Future of US Soccer, part 1: http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/30545/the-future-of-u-s-soccer-part-i-the-high-school-debate
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Also, let's be real, England is a level above the US, but that level isn't a huge leap. Just because a guy gets selected to their team and plays on a big club with a big price tag on his mantle, doesn't mean he's any good. Liverpool ownership pretty much admitted they had no idea who he was when they authorized the funds to buy him. Comolli lost his job because that signing was such a [expletive] up. He's not a good international quality striker. He's Kevin Davies without the heart.
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It's closer than you think. At age 22, Jozy has scored 41 club goals in 154 appearances. At age 23, Carroll has 45 in 159. Carroll has accusations of having the too much too soon athlete syndrome. Jozy has dealt with adversity and seemingly come out on top of it. We've yet to see Carroll start to bounce back from the adversity he faced last year at Liverpool. Those factors, combined with the trend of American players developing at older ages due to the deficit in player development in the US relative to other countries and Jozy's superior athleticism, it's not crazy to think that it's more likely that Jozy is still playing for a big club and contributing to his national team in 5 years than Carroll. Carroll has had the benefit of club and cultural stability to develop as a professional as well as more talented teammates to feed him goals than when Jozy had a stint in the Premiership. That's just one reason it's unfair to compare Jozy's stint at Hull to Carroll's premiership performances. Jozy played on one of the worst offensive Premiership teams in history at age 20. Carroll, at age 23, played on a very talented team. Jozy would have scored more than 9 goals in 47 games playing Carroll's minutes last season at Liverpool.
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Oh geez. I can't pick. Carroll's record isn't close to justifying his reputation and selection to the England team and he's a notorious boozer. Jozy is younger, but has a hard time breaking into foreign squads and has had struggles with petulance in the past. Really tough to pick.
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I think the moves the Bulls make this offseason will be with an eye towards the next offseason. Some real names on this list: http://www.hoopsworld.com/2013-nba-free-agents
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Walcott and the Ox coming on. Time to stretch the field. Hope the Italians can find the lungs to keep up.
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Apparently Carlos Bocanegra is going to sign with Vancouver. That's one hell of a central defense pairing for an MLS team.
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LMFAO @ LMFAO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqZ3u9L6hso&feature=player_embedded Cool, LeBron!
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I think OKC needs another scoring option. I think Ibaka can become that, but I'm skeptical. They need to figure out their cap situation with Harden and Ibaka, but other than that, they just need KD to put enough muscle on to be able to D bigger covers adequately and not get worn down and pushed around as much by physical defenders.
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I also think it is funny that about 2 weeks ago, everyone was talking about blowing the team up (trading wade and or bosh), but now, everything is fine. It was fine two weeks ago. They were a great team whether they lost in the ECF or not. When you are one of about 3 or 4 teams with a legitimate shot to win--and the one most predict will win--you don't need to blow it up. Now the narrative will change from "something has to change" to "how many championships will they win?" Well, really, Thunder get a real coach and figure out their cap & this could be it for Miami. Wade still old and busted.
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Hey ABC, you think maybe people would rather see LeBron lift the trophy than watch Pat Riley talk?
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LeBron's two month poker face just exploded.
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He was also the reason they won Game 1 and even had a shot at the end in Game 2. Durant didn't quit on his team like LeBron did in Cleveland against Boston and didn't no show the entire series like LeBron did last year. I know points are hardly the be all end all, but Durant's worst scoring output this series (25) is still better than LeBron's best in the finals last year (24). Defense is half the game. Edit-don't want to seem anti-KD. Just anti-hater. Wish we could enjoy the game without obsessing over the big picture via small sample sizes. That kind of thinking keeps Skip Bayless in tanning beds and creatine money.
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yea we already talked about that, but don't let it get in the way of your baseless rage. You think other posters are the voices inside your head, right?
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There aren't any adjectives negative enough to describe the Thunder's D that will get through the word filter.
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If LeBron haters are intellectually honest, they can just ctrl-r "LeBron" for "Durant." He no-showed more than once in crunch this series.
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US v Mexico, at Azteca, in August. http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2012/06/mexico-announces-august-us-friendly.html Sunil is really letting Jurgen do his thing. Playing in Mexico is passing up the huge payday that SUM gets when they play v Mexico here.