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Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

I just saw the video of Panama's first "goal". The ball was never even close to getting over the line, it barely made it to the post.

CONCACAF refereeing at its finest.

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Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

CyberPingu posted:

Does CONCAF not use goal line tech?

They do not.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Soulex posted:

Especially considering that A) America is one of the only places that do university football right? Plenty of talent to choose from and B) since foreign people do go to university here, could possibly play for us doing whatever nationalization rule we have.

Except if you're Muslim.

The best team in the NCAA would lose by 10+ goals to the shower of poo poo that played for the US last night.

The standard of college soccer in America is so unbelievably low it's embarrassing.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

CyberPingu posted:

What a fail confederation

I thought we established that.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Soulex posted:

it's still a pool to be able to scout players not good enough (for whatever reason) an academy abroad but good enough here.

Is it though?

Leo Stolz won the MAC Hermann Award as the best NCAA player in the country in 2014. He's a German who came to the US to go to college.

Guess who he plays for now?

No one. The best college soccer player in the US in 2014 can't get a job and you're thinking that's the "talent" pool the US needs to tap?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Trophy

Look at that list, it's a complete joke.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Mr. Mambold posted:

Everyone bitches about that but no one mentions that the Panama guy closest was clearly tripped, shoved- i.e. double foul == automatic goal per concacaf

Oh it absolutely should have been a penalty but the referee chose not to make that call and instead awarded a phantom goal.

Net result probably the same but holy moly it was a bad call for the goal.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Weaponized Cum posted:

What's the big fuzz? There's always the Gold Cuo

Are you having a stroke?

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

poty posted:

Sommer is so bad at clearing high balls, thank god for Rodriguez.

Also lol at Seferovic getting salty because people booed him for being crap. Embolo is pretty good, but Seferovic makes him look like the son of Messi and Pele

Is Seferovic always that bad because hoo boy he was real bad.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Lenin Riefenstahl posted:

Feels like someone's gonna get sent off tonight

Chiellini should be off and Sweden should have had a penalty.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

How much are the Italians paying the referee, he asked, only half-jokingly.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Simone Poodoin posted:

65 minutes of palle blu so far

More like smelly poo.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

RIP Insigne, you never played.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Solid Italian elbow from Chiellini.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Gigi Galli posted:

Well this sucks :(

Actually it's very good.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Eau de MacGowan posted:

*fires up giuseppe rossis twitter and prepares to google 'double loser' in italian*

Lmao.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Sweden's keeper just keeps kicking the ball out of bounds, fucks sake.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Ciao Italia.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Gigi Galli posted:

Might as well be.

Welcome to the darkness friend.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

With Chile and Italy out who will take over the poo poo tattoo crown?

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Moktaro posted:

Considering how they cling to Columbus Day, I'm hoping the answer is "get hosed".

Kill yourself.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Well that's a thing.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

There's no way Ireland score 3.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Seltzer posted:

Why the gently caress is Arena a pundit at fox sports lol. Who thought that was a good idea

That made me very angry.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

KomodoWagon posted:

'Stralia v. Honduras is gonna be decided by some silly bullshit goal, mark my words

Probably scored by Honduras.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

RideTheSpiral posted:

look at the state of this pitch. i thought australia was supposed to be a first world country

Who told you this?

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Dos a cero

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Mile Jedinak hat trick is never a thing I thought someone would say.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005


Brutal.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Unbelievable Jeff.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Shame about the players though.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Lol that Memphis and Babel scored.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

paddyboat posted:

I like psycho aggressive yedlin

He's either going to get sent off or get someone else sent off.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Ka0 posted:

Is anyone going to make a pre-WC thread.

You're in it.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

The captains of the three teams Peru is drawn against in the World Cup have appealed to FIFA to let Guerrero play.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/22/rival-captains-make-case-to-fifa-for-paolo-guerreros-world-cup-inclusion

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

paddyboat posted:

Apparently Loris Karius is Brolivian now??

He's in a state of Bolivian.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

I think this team would have beaten Trinidad.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

sassassin posted:

The beach football pitch has killed Ashley Williams.

Perhaps he's just a huge bitch.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Also he isn't Welsh.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

paddyboat posted:

while I’m hype to watch this USMNT team of players I’ve definitely heard of play France, I’d be lyon’ if I thought we’d win, much less score



They showed one of the benches and I couldn't tell you if it was the France bench or the US bench.

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Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Mean Bean Machine posted:

did they get a trophy for that?

No, but they did get medals and awkwardly long hugs from their busty cougar president.

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