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Rogue0071 posted:Great news for the US, Zack Steffen has been in top form for Boro since returning from injury a while back and just played a blinder vs Norwich. sean johnson is fine. the us keeper problem is not having a particularly good #1, but we have several #2s so theres that
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Shrapnig posted:He has a combover now. We all get old...... sometimes worse than others. 
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Wrong thread Or maybe this thread can just be completely merged with Weekend Web somehow??
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If rumors are true, Odell Beckham Jr seems like a better fit for the German team
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Steve Nash in a big puffy jacket on the sideline looking incredibly disappointed, I feel.
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This is my 2nd most favorite type of US media soccer content. The first is the over hyping of American players ( 2006's ESPN ad "Ronaldo, Zidane, Donovan, all the soccer stars are in Germany" or something like that was a thing of beauty). Ill never forget how in 2002 after the US lost to Germany Wynalda was on TV saying that if the top American athletes played soccer they'd dominate soccer the same way they dominate basketball (and then the US proceeded to finish 6th in the world basketball championship literally the next month).
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espn deleted the tweet after usmnt twitter had a minor melt down about it
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Thank God
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G-Hawk posted:espn deleted the tweet after usmnt twitter had a minor melt down about it it's so lovely to take your national team and go "could you imagine how good the team would be if it was these guys instead??"
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It's also really really funny because it's ESPN.
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It's funny because ESPN and the like are constantly torn and bouncing back and forth between "actually, American players are among the best in the world" and "yeah, we suck, but can you imagine if Lebron James played soccer?" The stupidity is obvious (the reason Messi in the best argentinean player isn't because they lack 6'10 athletes), but ESPN doesn't know how to sell an event where Americans aren't the overwhelming favorites.
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i guess its progress in u.s. soccer media that it was just a dumb tweet and everyone yelled at them and it got deleted instead of being some giant feature article or whatever. i'd guess espn's coverage of this world cup generally blows with fox having the rights. speaking of, Fox announced their commentary teams for the group stage and they're actually pretty good except for Landon Donovan who has been terrible behind the mic everytime i've heard him. Ian Darke can carry him probably. https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/world-cup-2022-commentator-schedule-on-fox-and-fs1-20221117-WST-405572.html. Strong and Holden aren't my favorite but they're tolerable compared to the horror days of dave o'brien
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Speaking of FOX, https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/18/fox-qatar-world-cup-coverage/ It's a meh commentary teams to really bad compared to what ESPN offered when they had the World Cup. I like Ian Darke and Derek Rae. Jacqui Oatley is decent. John Strong is fine. Not a fan of JP Dellacamera. The co-commentators are pretty bad. Stu Holden is ok at best. Never heard Landon Donovan call matches. Aly Wagner is decent and has a good rapport with Derek Rae. Cobi Jones is awful and same with Warren Barton. Their studio team is bad too. I wish Alexis Lalas is off television and Dr. Joe is a fraud of a ref.
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joepinetree posted:It's funny because ESPN and the like are constantly torn and bouncing back and forth between "actually, American players are among the best in the world" and "yeah, we suck, but can you imagine if Lebron James played soccer?" 
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Since this is the US thread, and I'm sure it's only about discussing the team itself. I'm still gonna ask anyway. Is it the fox sports app that I'll need to watch the matches? Will I need to pay, or are the streams free? I won't be in-front of a TV during the time the matches are going on.
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Ian Darke is great. I watch exclusively dodgy streams from the UK and US, and he’s easily top five out of all the commentators.
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Zotix posted:Since this is the US thread, and I'm sure it's only about discussing the team itself. I'm still gonna ask anyway. Is it the fox sports app that I'll need to watch the matches? Will I need to pay, or are the streams free? I won't be in-front of a TV during the time the matches are going on. FOX has the English language rights. It will be airing on FOX or FS1 pending matches. It will stream on the FOX Sports app but will need cable authenication. The full replay of matches will be streaming on Tubi TV. Telemundo has the Spanish language rights. It will air most matches on Telemundo with a few on Universo. It will stream on Peacock for free for the first couple matches but afterwards it will only be for Peacock Premium members.
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So I can't throw $10 at Fox Sports app to watch it? It needs to be linked to an active cable/ whatever subscription?
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Zotix posted:So I can't throw $10 at Fox Sports app to watch it? It needs to be linked to an active cable/ whatever subscription? Yep. You can pay like $5/month for Peacock. Looks like the first 12 matches are free and then it is paywalled after that. https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2022/11/17/how-to-watch-the-fifa-world-cup-2022-in-spanish/
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Zotix posted:So I can't throw $10 at Fox Sports app to watch it? It needs to be linked to an active cable/ whatever subscription? if you want english based commentary, your best option is probably sling blue for a month then cancel, its 20 bucks (1/2 off the first month) and has fox and fs1 (and other poo poo i guess)
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G-Hawk posted:espn deleted the tweet after usmnt twitter had a minor melt down about it
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As we all know, physical attributes are all that matter in a team sport.
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Zotix posted:So I can't throw $10 at Fox Sports app to watch it? It needs to be linked to an active cable/ whatever subscription? See if one of the streaming providers like Sling or Fubo has a few trial you can take advantage of. Crazy Ted posted:To be fair it takes next to nothing to cause USMNT Twitter to have a minor meltdown. Are they still melting down that there aren't a negative number of MLS players on the squad?
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whypick1 posted:Are they still melting down that there aren't a negative number of MLS players on the squad?
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I just spent a half hour doing research on this. 1. In the US, English-language rights are owned exclusively by Fox. If you can do Spanish, Telemundo and Peacock will have all the games. 2. About half of the games, including all US games, will be on regular Fox. You can get it on your TV without cable. Search Google for Fox’s WC schedule to see which games. 3. From now until Dec 2, the other half of the games will be on FS1. That’s cable. But I’m pretty sure you can stitch together enough free trials from cable streaming services to tide you over. Fubo has a seven day trial. Not sure how long it is for Sling and YouTube TV. Remember to cancel before the trial ends or you’ll be billed the monthly fee. 4. For all games from Dec 3 onwards (knockout rounds), they’ll be on regular Fox. No need for cable. 5. If you’re not a cheapskate and want to pay to stream all the games: you can just subscribe for a month to whatever streaming service you prefer. Just make sure it has FS1 and Fox. 6. For replays, I think you can watch free on Tubi, which is owned by Fox. Vegetable fucked around with this message at 11:05 on Nov 20, 2022 |
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7. Twitter is dying and you can probably find streams pretty easily.
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Please update your Captain America charts: https://twitter.com/USMNT/status/1594308314099236867
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Shrapnig posted:Please update your Captain America charts: Can you imagine the meltdown if Berhalter had named Roldan captain? I wouldn't care if the US lost every game 0-7, the outrage from AO would be amazing.
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whypick1 posted:See if one of the streaming providers like Sling or Fubo has a few trial you can take advantage of. Yeah this is good idea, Sling usually has 7 day trial (I use Sling)
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Sling Blue is the package that includes Fox/FS1. they frequently run promos for Blue + Sports Extra (which has FS2 and a bunch of other channels you might never watch ever). not sure if this is bad form but if anyone needs a referral code, I subbed for NFL Redzone and the code will get you $20 off the first month. without a promo code it's $40/mo for the base Blue package obviously I would get a benefit from the referral too, but if you're just looking to subscribe for a month to watch the US matches then it could be worth it 
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G-Hawk posted:i guess its progress in u.s. soccer media that it was just a dumb tweet and everyone yelled at them and it got deleted instead of being some giant feature article or whatever. Remember Ty Keough? Yeah, me too. 
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Monday, Nov. 21 8 a.m. — England vs. Iran. FS1. — Ian Darke and Landon Donovan 11 a.m. — Senegal vs. Netherlands. FOX. — Derek Rae and Aly Wagner 2 p.m. — United States vs. Wales. FOX. — John Strong and Stu Holden Looks like it'sTelemundo for Estadios Unidos vs. Wales.
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Troy Queef posted:I'm pretty certain the only players coming into this tournament with any sort of form are the Leeds crew and both Tim Ream, the Javier Zanetti of St Charles County, MO, and Josh Sargent, the Lionel Messi of St Charles County, MO. (No, really, they both even went to the same high school.) I'm rooting for ream
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Ah, football. Eleven men on each side fighting it out on the gridiron. The pinnacle of human endeavor. Sadly that's not what this thread is about. You lost me op
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is competing. Yes, my fellow Americans, apparently this is thing. Foreigners with functional governments
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I wish they'd have boycotted. Earn a spot and then tell FIFA to gently caress themselves.
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Crazy Ted posted:You really need to ask that question? Oh I already knew the answer, just highlighting how US soccer fandom is The loving Worst. binge crotching posted:Can you imagine the meltdown if Berhalter had named Roldan captain? I wouldn't care if the US lost every game 0-7, the outrage from AO would be amazing. 
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