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Blue Screen Error posted:Reminder, for about the 5th time, that there are more 30k+ capacity football stadiums sitting unused in Coventry than there are in the entire USA. How many 60k+ stadiums are there? Think with $$$ not your brains
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Babby Thatcher posted:lol that all these hundreds of demands for every world cup to be held in america, with its monopoly on 'big stadiums', stem from all USMNT fans' dads still taking them to Disneyworld in 1994 Babby Thatcher posted:cool lets have another WC in lovely soulless enormodomes that have never held a football match before and are over 9000 miles away from each other, I'm sure the USA won't be the worst world cup hosts in history a second time Blue Screen Error posted:Reminder, for about the 5th time, that there are more 30k+ capacity football stadiums sitting unused in Coventry than there are in the entire USA. Babby Thatcher posted:imagine if England held a World Cup and put half the games in loving Twickenham. Right thread
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On the USMNT's best bet of stopping Ronaldo in the group stagequote:I think you take the fastest/best corner in football today, and get him into the squad, and tell him: he can jam a little and that there's no line of scrimmage. That should do the trick.
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trem_two posted:On the USMNT's best bet of stopping Ronaldo in the group stage hahahahahahaah
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trem_two posted:On the USMNT's best bet of stopping Ronaldo in the group stage jesus christ what is wrong with these people
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May 19, 2014 06:06
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trem_two posted:On the USMNT's best bet of stopping Ronaldo in the group stage holy poo poo
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May 19, 2014 07:01
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I know this is the wrong thread to argue this (and probably the right thread for this post as a result) but you do know that none of those college stadia would be able to get even 3-star FIFA certification, don't you?
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May 19, 2014 07:25
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Agreed, North Korea World Cup 2026
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May 19, 2014 09:05
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The Irish Mens National Team would feel right at home in Beaver stadium, especially the showers
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May 19, 2014 09:12
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trem_two posted:On the USMNT's best bet of stopping Ronaldo in the group stage There's going to be a billion of these kinds of things leading up to the world cup. For some reason a lot of people seem to eat them up and stupid-rear end articles about world-cup soccer are an ESPN specialty. Bill Simmons posted:I like watching anything that lets you say, "Hey, these guys are the absolute best of the best." That's why pro soccer will never catch on here: Nobody wants to watch a bunch of second-rate guys playing a sport that isn't that interesting in the first place. Fundamentally, it can't work. You have a better chance of uncovering a Star Jones-Al Reynolds sex tape. This is a guy who wrote an entire book about how much his favorite baseball team means to the world and the American Dream or something.
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May 19, 2014 10:24
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Makes sense. Americans are definitely second-rate at sports. That's why they only play amongst themselves.
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troofs posted:There's going to be a billion of these kinds of things leading up to the world cup. For some reason a lot of people seem to eat them up and stupid-rear end articles about world-cup soccer are an ESPN specialty. Bill Simmons is a terrible writer but in his defense, I think he is talking about MLS here.
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May 19, 2014 17:06
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Americans don't care about football because they're poo poo at it, and Americans are poo poo at football because they don't care about it. It's a wonderful cycle.
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vyelkin posted:Americans don't care about football because they're poo poo at it, and Americans are poo poo at football because they don't care about it. It's a wonderful cycle. lol remember the extremely busy Women's World Cup thread filled with enthusiastic posters and then the US got knocked out by Japan and there were about 5 posts for the rest of the cup? good times, great memories
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Babby Thatcher posted:lol remember the extremely busy Women's World Cup thread filled with enthusiastic posters and then the US got knocked out by Japan and there were about 5 posts for the rest of the cup? I too remember when the US got knocked out by Japan in the final and wonder why there weren't more posts for the rest of the following games.
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Bobby Digital posted:I too remember when the US got knocked out by Japan in the final and wonder why there weren't more posts for the rest of the following games. lmao whoops, must have been some other tournament against some other team then
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Babby Thatcher posted:lol remember the extremely busy Women's World Cup thread filled with enthusiastic posters and then the US got knocked out by Japan and there were about 5 posts for the rest of the cup? right thread
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The refs and FIFA will never allow a country like the US where soccer is not the #1 sport advance far in the World Cup. Since 2002, they have contended with horrible officiating against them in most games: They have to work extra hard to overcome this. 2002: S. Korea (undeserved free kick) , Poland (disallowed goal to tie), Germany (intentional handball on the goal line late in game not called) , 2006: Italy (two players ejected..at least one wrongfully; disallowed goal for obstructing the goalie), Ghana (phantom PK). 2010: Slovenia, Algeria. It's not the US, but FIFA will ever allowed anyone but a traditional power achieve the final and at least one of them always gets some help along the way. there's really almost no point watching because it's the same every time. It's only interesting watching the first round.
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Same guy Last time the group wasn't so tough, but they ad to work very hard to overcome Slovenia, Algeria and the refs in both games. I think on paper Germany and Portugal are favorites. US hasn't yet learned how to dive (except for one player) because soccer isn't in the US tradition and psyche. That's what helps some of the powers to gain that extra edge. US has another thing going for them lately. They don't fear the traditional powers. Well, FIFA's method of draw was ridiculous as usual, but I agree US would've stood more of a realistic chance in about half or more of the groups.
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quote:I agree with the guys in blazers on this one. Sure, on paper, we are the "Weakest team", but as we all know 1-We don't play on paper, but grass, 2-the group of Death is the Group of Death because WE are in it, and let's be honest, nobody really wants to play the USA either, and 3-there are always two big teams that crash out of the group stage, except in 2002, when there was three, so the point is, the best TEAMS advance in the world cup. Having world-class players is not going to save you from the flames when you have no team chemistry.
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lmao yeah congrats on taking points from unexpected places like football powerhouses Jamaica and Panama. 
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oh my god this is awful 1-We don't play on paper, but grass, 2-the group of Death is the Group of Death because WE are in it
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Obviously wrong thread, come on man
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Hmm, they don't seem to mention Germany anywhere in that post...
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quote:Now, change Clint Dempsey's club to Tottenham Hotspur (Yes, a typical Spurs mistake to lose him), change Bradley's club to Roma (Another big mistake from a club), change Donovan's club to Everton (The only reason why Everton never bought Landon was the fact that he was too expensive), and consider altidore a top scorer in the Eredivisie (We all knew Sunderland was a bad deal). Jermaine Jones is no longer with Schalke, but my point stands---The US players didn't exactly drop out of form (We shall see about Altidore)--especially Dempsey and Bradley, who are certainly playing at the level they were when they were in Europe. Both Dempsey and Bradley would have easily made the 30 for Portugal and Ghana, respectively. This part makes me so angry lol
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Hegay posted:This part makes me so angry lol Haha wow
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Hegay posted:This part makes me so angry lol In their defense, Jermain Defoe has similar thinking as to why he wasn't called up for England
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Hegay posted:This part makes me so angry lol The US players didn't exactly drop out of form (We shall see about Altidore)
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TheBigAristotle posted:Alan Smith? lol
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TheBigAristotle posted:
His career was ruined by a wrecking ball
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Reminder that Alan Smith was just released from a league 1 club
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I know it's low hanging fruit picking on American sports writers but jesus christquote:As each World Cup squad starts to announce their final 23-man roster, the question must be asked, “Who is the best and worst squads at the 2014 World Cup?”
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There is not a single position on the pitch where USA is stronger that France
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