CONCACAF (soccer)

Mexico deserved it, they were better - still hoped the US could eke out a lucky win after going up goals while fending off constant Mexican attacks

http://the-alamo-san-antonio.com/diorama/tobeys-battle-of-the-alamo-big.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/astraightupclowning.gif

don't know why that's so small

http://mlkshk.com/r/3YP9

lichaj should've suarez'd it imo

stupid no hands rule

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2011/06/26/tim-howard-tirade-on-spanish-post-game-ceremony-after-mexico-storms-back-to/#ixzz1QUredulT

Howard cursed tournament officials because the post-game ceremonies were in Spanish.

sore loser?

sore racist more like

yeah he seems like a twat

blame it on the tourettes

anyway, this scanned like the total truth to me http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6707994/hard-lessons

Yeah that's a good piece, I guess Simmons has already realized that the other guy who was brought in as designated Grantland soccer writer is awful.

guys howard has tourette's, way to be insensitive

Yes. That was pointed out

shit, scanned too fast

I don't think he actually has the sweary kind anyway.

omg hipster runnoff carles is posting on that grantland blog now

About soccer? Overall the site is horrible - there's a thread on ILHoops - and their Champions League final piece was no exception, so I was surprised the USMNT story linked above was not bad.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6708423/do-love-much-love-chicharito-adu-adu

“I made some comments after the Gold Cup Final that have caused some controversy. I would like to clarify a few points about my comments," Howard said. " First, I would like to apologize for my language. I am the father of young children, and I certainly do not believe profanity is appropriate in public comments. I was caught up in the heat of the moment."

"I also want to stress that I have no problem whatsoever with the use of the Spanish language at international competitions held in the US," Howard said. "I have nothing but great respect for other cultures, and in this case for the Mexican national team and its supporters. On that night, they played a great game and deserved their win. I play in international matches all the time, and multiple languages are used at almost all of them.

"The point I made, which I stand by, is that it is inappropriate and disrespectful for the post-match ceremonies to take place primarily in the language of only one of the participating teams," Howard said. "In any important international match with post-game ceremonies, you would hope the tournament organizers would make sure that the primary language of each participating team is used so that the participants can understand what is being said. To fail to do this is, in my opinion, disrespectful to the players. When this occurs on your home soil, it is particularly insulting.
"We, as American players, were asked to participate in a post-game ceremony at a match in Los Angeles and we are standing there trying to show good sportsmanship and yet the ceremony is going on and we are just looking at one another struggling to understand a word," Howard said. "It was, to be honest, humiliating, and I firmly believe the tournament organizers should not have put us in that position.”

good morning champions league! this is nice, dallas vs toronto w/coffee http://www.torontofc.ca/node/7776

so they had to postpone from last night due to holy shit this: http://wvhooligan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/storm-toronto-580x350.jpg

They're playing this morning? Huh.

I tuned in for the second half last night and the FSC announcing team was apparently forced to keep broadcasting even though there wasn't a single fan left in the stadium.

I watched a little of it last night in spanish, apparently there were tornado warnings, the start was delayed, then the half, and then they said fuck it.

http://theoriginalwinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Chuck-Blazer1.jpg

out

http://www.hexagonalblog.com/2012/02/trinidad-and-tobago-federation-assets-seized.html

The long, long, long dispute between a group of players from Trinidad & Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad and their national football federation reached a new but not yet final phase today when many of the physical assets of the federation were seized by order of the Trinidadian High Court. Court-appointed personnel confiscated assets that were removable and thought to be valuable, such as furniture, match memorabilia and trophies, uniforms, computers, and appliances.

Crates containing unsold copies of Jack Warner's autobiography were left behind.

fuckin took em long enough

Can't imagine the trophies we've won are going to fetch much on the open market.

http://i.imgur.com/5dmA1.jpg

Background: bailiffs, foreground: Anthony Wolfe, striker.

Four of the players went along to help them move stuff.

CONCACAF, Conmebol planning 18-team tournament in 2016

tasty

that would be cool, but 8 teams from CONCACAF seems like a lot.

yeah beyond the big 2 plus like CR and Honduras it starts to get a little thin... tho Jamaica seems to be riding a wave of MLS youth to being a bit of a power again

poor pathetic canada

classy kits, though
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/12/13-kits/canada-1213-umbro-home-and-away-football-shirts.html

The T&T football federation has formally outlined plans to sue Jack Warner for the recovery of money he's accused of misappropriating. The allegations that he made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars meant to go to Haiti after the earthquake look the most damaging.

excited for tonight. tfc/LA CCL and then the main event...sounders/santos. it's supposed to be 37 degrees but clear. wish it would piss down rain, f w/ santos a little

until yesterday i thought i had to work tonight. and then my schedule magically changed and my ticket won't go to waste

i think la takes tfc. not so sure about the sounders tonight...

everyone's saying this is the biggest game in TFC's history, bet they take down LA since they're playing at the Rogers Center (=shitty, shitty turf)

finally, games that matter

tfc/la must be pretty open, 2-1 tfc already, 40 minutes in

what is this color seattle are wearing? hard to tell the 2 teams apart on tv.

http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2011/11-November/Super-Cyan.aspx

http://static2.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/8/6/5/large2/568693.jpg

game got pretty chippy, but seattle look like a solid team

Humberto Suazo again. Great finisher.

OK that one was Messi-esque. Suazo 2-0 Santos.

leg 1 highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb3xQeetdYM

<3 chupete

<3 rayados & suazo ! i think every time i went to their stadium he scored

second leg of the finals tonight, think monterrey is gonna walk this

buuuuuut chupete is ruled out so who knows? de nigris is still a hell of a player in his own right.

also concacaf's website is going to be streaming the match freely, dunno about outside north america though

rayados campeones otra vez