congratulations to jones, lichaj, and brek shea on their callups
― con suelo, Friday, 1 October 2010 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
Oct. 9, 2010 U.S. Men vs. Poland 7 p.m. CT Soldier FieldChicago, Ill. Fox Soccer Channel & Galavision Oct. 12, 2010 U.S. Men vs. Colombia 8 p.m. ET PPL ParkChester, Pa. ESPN2 & Galavision
Goin' to the Poland game w/ about 50 or so S8 folx including a bunch of Polish fans, should be fun.
― dan m, Friday, 1 October 2010 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1310662.html?cid=rssfeed&att=
Germany coach Joachim Low is concerned that next week's UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier against Turkey in Berlin could be an away game for his side given the amount of Turks living in the German capital.
hi dere welcome to our world
― con suelo, Friday, 1 October 2010 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
That should be a terrific match - those are two fabulous attacking sides.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 1 October 2010 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
lol thought u were talking abt us and poland for a sec and was like Whut
― con suelo, Friday, 1 October 2010 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.blending-mashine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tumblr_krkj2njh001qzpwi0o1_500.jpg
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 1 October 2010 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
a 4-2-3-1 is intriguing, tho I don't know if they can play like that yet
― dan m, Friday, 1 October 2010 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
would be good to try and get more midfielders out there, our 1 strong suit
― con suelo, Friday, 1 October 2010 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ives had a 4-3-2-1 xmas tree posted with Jones, Bradley, and Edu as the 3... just call that one "the bone-cruncher"
― dan m, Friday, 1 October 2010 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
btw Bradley on the late run to goal is one of my favorite sights to see w/ these guys
yeah
also cosign on the potential of that game
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 October 2010 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
just learned Lichaj's from Chicago and his parents are Polish immigrants
― dan m, Friday, 1 October 2010 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
wish he would grow his hair back outhttp://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-soccer/auto_headshot/573906.jpeg
― mizzell, Friday, 1 October 2010 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
report on Charlie Davies' comeback and some o_O scar pics
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5655430/soccer-us-forward-charlie-davies-talks-recovery-espn-magazine
― dan m, Thursday, 7 October 2010 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
lineup4-5-1 w/ edu at centerback huh
Howard; Cherundolo, Onyewu, Edu, Bocanegra; Jones, Bradley, Holden, Dempsey, Feilhaber; Altidore.
i'll be curious to see how high dempsey plays. and gooch is really ready for this, is he? wanna see lichaj at some point
― avinha, Saturday, 9 October 2010 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
Does anyone else think the US goal was offside? I'm heavily medicated with Nyquil and my eyes are burning but F thought it was.
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Sunday, 10 October 2010 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
from that camera angle it sure seemed so.
― avinha, Sunday, 10 October 2010 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
gooch is driving me crazy, booting it out of the back
― avinha, Sunday, 10 October 2010 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
bedoya for feilhaber, is that all we've got as far as possible forward-looking changes?
^wrote at halftime but could have said it later tbh
huh. jones looked good, physical, except for his fuckup. same with holden, great except for his fuckup. so many chances, both jozy's and the set pieces. thank god for tim howard
― avinha, Sunday, 10 October 2010 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
fun times, good seats, lots and lots of poles
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs368.ash2/64641_444156571895_509986895_5400916_6674090_n.jpg
they looked like a team with a bunch of guys who don't quite know how to play together yet, and I still am not sure if 4-5-1 is something they can pull off. jones/holden were fun to watch tho.
― dan m, Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://worldsoccerreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/JJwhiteboard.png
― avinha, Monday, 11 October 2010 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
What do you guys do with those things?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 October 2010 06:48 (eleven years ago) link
nod sagely
― avinha, Monday, 11 October 2010 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
i'm still trying to learn how to watch the game. i want to understand a midfielder's most common passing locations. i want to see passing lanes before they develop. this was jones' first game with us. does the visual representation match what i saw on tv? what doesn't the chart tell me (in this case, about his physicality) ? if i look at enough of these what patterns will i see? i have so much trouble comparing two players against two different teams, could this help?
― avinha, Monday, 11 October 2010 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
where, how, and who did he link up with? (have to reach to remember the who) what was his average pass length?
i'm american, i love stats and charts, this chart may not tell me much but can we be so sure that the tenth or hundreth chart won't reveal something? we never know where tactical breakthroughs are going to come, who will see the game differently. i will stick to national type and hope it's us lol
― avinha, Monday, 11 October 2010 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
^ could totally get behind this level of analysis for spurs, tbh. the analysis of what players do that works during a game. i bet mourinho is up to his neck in this shit.
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
I assume you meant Allardyce
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 October 2010 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
easy mistake to make, that
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not knocking the concept either btw - if there's going to be some revolutionary development in the game (there only appears to ever have been two so far as I can tell) then I'm pretty persuaded that it'll come from some kind of synthesis of this and set-plays. I'm sure not going to be able to spot it though.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 October 2010 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's fair to speculate that improvement on a systemic level can come from the analysis of repeated actions
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
/banaka
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
what were those two revolutionary developments ismael ?
― Jibe, Monday, 11 October 2010 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
442, sam allardyce
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I've written about them before, but basically:
(i) the Scottish passing game taking over from kick-and-rush around the 1880s; and(ii) the whole pressing/offside trap/possession system of Ajax in the 1960s.
We're basically still exploring the world invented by (ii). There's a terrific book (Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson) looking at the development of tactics through the ages, not sure if it'll've reached your shores Jibe. There are lots of interesting innovations discussed in it, but those two seem to be the big ones. The others usually mostly happen every few years when one guy stands in a slightly different position, and everyone else gets confused
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 October 2010 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
And that's my 10,000th post. It's been a pleasure, I'd like to thank my agent, etc.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 October 2010 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
congrats, it was worthy imo
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
ok thx. that book looks quite interesting, will try and get ahold of it as soon as my finances allow me to.
― Jibe, Monday, 11 October 2010 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
football finances thread
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Monday, 11 October 2010 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
It's a great read, enlightened me to many things + helped me relate my hockey tactical knowledge to similarities on the pitch.
― dan m, Monday, 11 October 2010 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
apparently Spector is starting tonight, should be a lot of other changes too
― dan m, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
also lol @ < 10k tickets sold for this match, wtf
― dan m, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
apparently Spector is starting tonight
GAAHHHHHHHH
― avinha, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
we are mediocre huh. lucky for us colombia is so far too
i love edu's composure on the ball. he doesn't make me start drumming my fingers nervously in possession.it seems like holden out wide takes away a lot of what's best about him: getting involved, cutting into passing lanes. you'd think the idea would be he'd send in crosses from out wide, but i don't think he's had a cross yet.
EJ for jozy? lichaj for spector (hey, he was only burned twice! not bad). any other changes?
― avinha, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
lichaj looked goodummm, other positives?
(we need to put it down on record that our first shot on goal was in the 55th minute)
― avinha, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
I was at the Fire/KC game so I missed this. Doesn't sound like much of note. From the descriptions I've read/heard it sounded like a 4-3-3? Last time I saw that Costa Rica kicked their ass.
― dan m, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i guess it was a 4-3-3, in the first half. jozy was so marooned and alone i'm tempted to call it 4-3-2-1. but i'm bad with formations. brek shea looked okay, not totally outclassed at this level with his first cap, so that's something. EJ came in at HT and edu went out (i think, i missed some) so the formation changed but i'm not sure how. the second half was better, dempsey with some spark, but yeah, you didn't miss much.
― avinha, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
the pronunciation of Lichaj's name sounds exactly the same a "lihai" (厉害) which is a common slang word in Chinese that means "awesome."
― avinha, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
same for (Luis) Figo in Italian (actually 'fico', but close enough) - any other examples?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
PULISIC
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:08 (eleven months ago) link
fucking classless Mexico fans throwing shit at the players
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:09 (eleven months ago) link
Theres no way they can call this
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:14 (eleven months ago) link
oh just watch them
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:15 (eleven months ago) link
garbage call
― Punster McPunisher, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:15 (eleven months ago) link
garbage official. Mexico should have been down to ten men for 20+ minutes
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:16 (eleven months ago) link
Where else was his hand supposed to go
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:16 (eleven months ago) link
hope Horvath punks him
beautiful
― Punster McPunisher, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:18 (eleven months ago) link
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:18 (eleven months ago) link
Fucking hero
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:18 (eleven months ago) link
oh man that shot of the players patting him on the back
This is fucking parody
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:19 (eleven months ago) link
wanted a "fuck you" goal so bad
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:19 (eleven months ago) link
Can’t believe I wasn’t even gonna watch this
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:22 (eleven months ago) link
there were too many good and/or entertaining matches on tonight lol
― Punster McPunisher, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:24 (eleven months ago) link
man. hell yeah.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:25 (eleven months ago) link
That extra time might have been the highest level Concacafing since Jack Warner scalped Trinidad and Tobago's tickets to the 2006 world cup
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:40 (eleven months ago) link
Horvath definitely isn't playing like a backup anymore
― frogbs, Sunday, June 6, 2021 10:53 PM (forty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I don't keep as close tabs on this shit as I used to, but iirc he has been much more consistent starter for his club team than Steffen has been for Man City, albeit Horvath plays in a much smaller league
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 7 June 2021 04:45 (eleven months ago) link
Rewatching that missed penalty kick, was that encroachment from a player on the right? If he made it might it have been overturned? Mexico did so much dirty shit that game
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 05:19 (eleven months ago) link
you will NEVER see that called in a CONCACAF match, lol
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 12:31 (eleven months ago) link
hey I thought the same about that handball but I guess I don't watch enough soccer
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 13:59 (eleven months ago) link
Penalty decisions are always ludicrous in CONCACAF, such as the one in the Panama-Mexico 2015 Gold Cup Semifinal which almost lead the Panama team to rage quit (rightfully so)
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 14:02 (eleven months ago) link
somehow don't expect this to equal the Nations League match. esp given they're more B-squads.
maybe there will be lols? idk
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 00:35 (nine months ago) link
Always good loltential vs Mexico imo
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 2 August 2021 00:58 (nine months ago) link
I tend to think the Mexican Copa Oro squad is better than their Olympic team. I recognize a lot more names at least.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 2 August 2021 01:00 (nine months ago) link
selfishly want Dike not to get subbed in today so he can play on Wednesday for Orlando City.
lol Tesho Akindele played in the Canada match last Thursday and then they put him in the 18 the very next night and he came off the bench against Atlanta.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 01:14 (nine months ago) link
booooooooooooooring
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 01:41 (nine months ago) link
guy named areola aiming for the area surrounding the goal
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 August 2021 01:56 (nine months ago) link
now the Almost Goal Cup
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:29 (nine months ago) link
definitely not boring, but both sides are bottlers
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:31 (nine months ago) link
Zardes finding three different colossal ways to whiff in the lst ten minutes has me howling
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:34 (nine months ago) link
Arriola is so frustrating
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:36 (nine months ago) link
Why did someone bring their infant child to this match
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:39 (nine months ago) link
Zardes and ArriolaWon't score no goal-a
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:44 (nine months ago) link
they said Dike wasn't cutting it and needed new blood. fuck that - Dike woulda buried at least two of those. he doesn't lose control of the ball if you breathe on him, his hold up play is good, and his shot placement is on point.
when Zardes scores, it's cos the ball ricocheted off of his ass.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:46 (nine months ago) link
also someone pls strangle Stu Holden with his mic cord
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:48 (nine months ago) link
Busio with the Carlos Rivas launch
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:51 (nine months ago) link
XP Lalas first, esp since we're getting extra time so he'll get a chance to talk again
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:54 (nine months ago) link
hmm i gotta think of a more sinister end for him
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:55 (nine months ago) link
Hoppe sucks
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:14 (nine months ago) link
they literally talked about the PK match against Mexico from two months ago earlier in the match, then moments ago one of the announcers mentions there's only ever been one PK shootout between Mexico and the US, and references some 1996 Copa America match.
these fucking guys.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:24 (nine months ago) link
wow. too bad it had to be an ATL United player, but nice, Miles!
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:28 (nine months ago) link
Doubt he'll play for Atlanta too much longer
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:29 (nine months ago) link
was a nice visual, all the bench players swarming Robinson after the goal there
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:30 (nine months ago) link
so happy the states won without going into shootouts
― Punster McPunisher, Monday, 2 August 2021 03:34 (nine months ago) link
yeah i wasn't even gonna watch if it went to PKs.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 August 2021 03:37 (nine months ago) link
I just want to say that I'm fine watching games in Spanish, but I'm in a broadcast TV dead zone and can't pick up Telemundo. And all the same, there is a World Cup™ qualifier on and FS1 is showing fucking Rudy.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 9 September 2021 02:46 (eight months ago) link
I take it back, FS1 has a good strategy.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 9 September 2021 03:23 (eight months ago) link
I take it back again, what a second half
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 9 September 2021 04:26 (eight months ago) link