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  1. USSoccer
    The fact that adjustments were made in game was the single biggest revelation of the entire afternoon. I couldn't believe it.
  2. USSoccer
    Deuce on the scoresheet today. 1-1 with Blackburn, but Hughes inexplicably pulled him for EJ.
  3. USSoccer
    If only he would have raised his effing hands when he let in the game winner against us...
  4. USSoccer
    I saw that yesterday; whoever put that together did a great job. Also, it made me bitter all over again about the two disallowed goals. A rested team beats Ghana.
  5. USSoccer
    Glad to see Philly unleashed Vick /badjoke
  6. USSoccer
    I just cant see how you take away a chance to have the lead. Your d makes a huge play for you and gives you the ball at the 1 yard line and you get 0 points from it? It took the Bears until 1:30 left to actually take the lead. They apparently didnt have a huge margin of error. At least that was intelligently aggressive. There was a ton of time left and Detroit's offense hadn't done anything. Against a better offense, or with less time on the clock, sure, kick the FG. There, I don't see it as being so silly.
  7. USSoccer
    I'm sure he's covering the game for someone.
  8. USSoccer
    you don't know the rules. He didn't flip the ball up. It sucks but that is the rule. Better explanation than I could give:
  9. USSoccer
    Suck it, Mascher. x200000000
  10. USSoccer
    It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs. The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld. Give me a break. He caught the ball, hit the ground, and flipped it up. Saying anything else in blatant homerism. I've seen that call many times in college and the NFL. It's not a new rule. This just happened to be an extreme instance of it. Honestly, there's no way I'd interpret that he had control all the way through the ground. Receivers do that all the time. He caught the ball, got both feet/knees down, and flipped the ball up. The play ended when he got the 2nd knee down.
  11. USSoccer
    It's a pretty straight-forward rule. If you don't have possession through the entire completion when you go to the ground, it's not a catch. It's not a new rule and wasn't a terribly difficult call for the refs. The only question, as they said, was whether there was a second move. There clearly wasn't, so the call was upheld. Give me a break. He caught the ball, hit the ground, and flipped it up. Saying anything else in blatant homerism.
  12. USSoccer
    Wow. I hope Detroit scores somehow. That's robbery.
  13. USSoccer
    That should be a touchdown.
  14. USSoccer
    Nice defense
  15. USSoccer
    I didn't see the game, but I saw Clint started at RM. Duff sucks. It's about time. Dembele was playing RM in actuality. Clint was playing off Zamora, and after he went down, Clint was playing the line leading striker. Which is his worst role. He should be at RM or in the hole behind a striker. EJ played well, actually. He's a far more polished player now than he was a couple years ago. Hopefully he can go back to Greece next year.
  16. USSoccer
    Good news for Clint and EJ, bad for England as Bobby Zamora broke his leg today.
  17. USSoccer
    I want Morgan on the Cubs. That guy is awesome.
  18. USSoccer
    Love me some Jac Mac & Mwanga. I have been pimping McInerrney for a while, but I think he's got "it" as far as the striker's gene is concerned. The 4-5-1 is the best fit by far for our team. It can flex into 4-3-3 when needed and maximizes our best players' strengths.
  19. USSoccer
    Here's hoping. He's had a total of 4 halves of competitive soccer since last fall.
  20. USSoccer
    So basically Jack Warner came up with the worst possible qualification scheme just so T&T would have a slightly better chance at qualifying? F this. We will never play Mexico this way unless its the Gold Cup, and we lose the Azteca trip. This also adds to the margin for error, as one bad weekend has us in a playoff with the 6th place team in CONMEBOL. This is awful. We're going to see 6 games of 8-0 in that first round, and then another round of 8-0, and then a tense as hell final round.
  21. USSoccer
    I'm honestly stunned at this. I literally did a double take when I saw the Soccernet byline. I have to think either Klinsmann is the one who backed out or something really changed inside Soccer House to have made this happen. The people I know who should know were adamant that he would not be extended. I am mixed on it myself. USSF again only apparently interviewed two guys...the same two guys from 4 years ago. Bradley had good results and improved, but the track record of 2nd year guys is poor. In this cycle the main tasks are to rebuild the central defense, win next year's Gold Cup, and obviously qualify out of CONCACAF. Ironically, I think Bradley (or Arena, actually) are better suited at that first task than Klinsi would have been. Will Bob evolve tactically from the narrow 4-2-2-2 we used? Will we see Holden used centrally? A flexible 4-5-1/4-3-3? If he learns from his mistakes (as he did from Confeds to WC in regards to subbing), and the players don't tune him out, this could be a good thing. Could.
  22. USSoccer
    I'd let him go in a heartbeat if someone claimed him. He usually looks like he's barely trying. Think he's gone full Roger Dorn. Gives every tough ground ball that ole' bs. Good god, I would pay a lot of money if people could no longer use Bull Durham or Major League as the basis for their inane complaints. But how much would you pay if your third baseman would get in front of a ground ball? Bidding starts at just under $17 million, which means he got paid something around $104,000 to play today. Is that same 3B the guy who's been the best hitter on the team from 2004-2009?
  23. USSoccer
    I'd let him go in a heartbeat if someone claimed him. He usually looks like he's barely trying. Think he's gone full Roger Dorn. Gives every tough ground ball that ole' bs. Good god, I would pay a lot of money if people could no longer use Bull Durham or Major League as the basis for their inane complaints.
  24. USSoccer
    It was so glaringly obvious that hopefully he learned his lesson. I know Clint is a pretty atypical kind of player, you can't always see where he fits in a 4-4-2 because he isn't a classic winger and he isn't a target man, but seriously this has happened 3 times now. Figure it out. It's funny because I thought today Hughes deployed him smartly in the hole as 2nd striker behind Zamora, but yet he was given license to roam and create, and he did that very well. The ball he played to Etuhu in the 1st half was brilliant. I'm hoping it was just Hughes wanting to give the new signing a run out and not because Hughes doesn't rate Dempsey.
  25. USSoccer
    Best player for Fulham through 60 minutes: Clint Dempsey First Fulham player subbed: Clint Dempsey F Mark Hughes. And yeah, Newcastle just pissed all over Villa today. Good on them.
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