What a stupid Yellow by Altidore at the end of the Costa Rica game. That said, tomorrow is a much, much bigger game for Mexico than the US. If Mexico doesn't get 3 points, they are in serious trouble of not making it to Brazil.
Looks like we're starting (not sure how they are lining up exactly): Howard Fabian - Goodson - Gonzalez - Beasley Jones - Beckerman Bedoya - Dempsey - Donovan GAM Don't like EJ up top. Maybe he'll score off a header w/ his size. I think Beckerman in there means we'll play pretty conservatively to start, hopefully wear them down and then strike in the 2nd half. I guess I can't complain too much with that mentality, considering we gave up a goal in the opening minutes in CR. I'm guessing 2nd half subs of Bacon for EJ (or Dempsey if he looks shitty again) and Mix for Jones or Beckerman. Not sure what the 3rd will be. And for HCP, this game is on at 5 on ESPN
Yeah, yeah, I get it. You don't care and you find soccer boring. Guess what, no one gives a shit that you don't care.
For those who actually care, here are the goals. For EJ, I've said it before, I don't like him as a player. But, if there is 1 thing he does better than anyone else in our player pool, is get up for headers. He really should have put one away in the 1st half, but I can't hate on him too much this game (even though he didn't do all that much other than the headers). Hopefully his concussion isn't too bad. [video=youtube;4GYTXzPYb4M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYTXzPYb4M[/video] Goal by Donovan, assist by Dempsey, but this score was 99% all Mix. [video=youtube;YQEPyv7RtgA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQEPyv7RtgA[/video] Now that we've qualified, time to get guys like Brooks, Aron, Brek, Lichaj, Kljestan and Mix some real burn to see how they'll do.
didnt you know!!! Baseball has ∞ more action than Soccer!! :MARIS61::MARIS61::MARIS61::MARIS61::MARIS61:
Haha. Don't you know, 1-0 in Baseball is a pitchers dual. Dos a cero in soccer is a snoozefest. Looks like some people cared. ESPN broke the single game record for a non World Cup game. The old record was from the game at Azteca earlier this year. I'm guessing this doesn't include whoever had Spanish language broadcasting rights (maybe Univision). Yes the ratings are even close to football, etc, but they are growing and growing in the right demographics. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...rld-cup-qualifier-draws-record-rating-network
It's crap like this that gives soccer a bad name in America. This was Besler's yellow against Costa Rica that kept him out of last night's Mexico game. FWIW, the officiating crew in this game were all from Mexico. [video=youtube;Owtq1YiqwZ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owtq1YiqwZ0[/video]
Yeah, shit like that kills the sport. Too bad football, baseball and basketball players get a pass when they do it coughDerrick Jetercough. To be fair, the ref had a good game. That call is 100% on the assistant ref (well, excluding the player). If the linesmen tells him Besler kicked Campbell (and he trusts his linesman), then he has to give the yellow. Unless there was some preplanned plot, which I guess wouldn't be shocking. I'd love to say the US is above that, but last night Dempsey, our supposed star, was flopping around like a fish. He needs to cut that shit out quick. Oh, and start playing better.
I don't put it on the center official at all, but Campbell is too good of a player for that garbage. CONCACAF and FIFA need to take a lead from MLS and review cards after games on video.
When I first saw this thread I thought it was the new title for the TMNT movie U S Mutant Ninja Turtles
I've just realized that I now enjoy watching/following soccer more than football. Football is so boring.
If soccer is a really major league sport why are you posting about it in a basketball off-topic board rather than a soccer board? Don't they exist? Or are soccer fans too boring for you?
Baseball is a piece of shit sport man, how can you talk about soccer fans being boring? Sent from my banana using Tapatalk 4
