CONCACAF (soccer)

1-1 at the half, RSL holding their own

finishes 2-2, congrats rsl

Oh shit, I hadn't seen that the Rayados were in the final. Hope they win as they still are the only club whose jersey I own! When is the return leg?

next wednesday iirc

o cool i didn't see the second equalizer. way to go rsl.
yeah i couldn't believe that of these two teams, it's monterey that plays on an american football field.

The field they play on belongs to the Tecnologico de Monterrey, huge university who has the best Mexican American football uni team. I think the rayados are looking to get a different stadium.

That first sentence is very muddled. "which has the best American football university team in Mexico" is what it should say to be clearer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6EeuwQQrY&feature=player_embedded

http://www.usdish.com/images/usdish/REAL/real-infographic.jpg

Oh I have a really silly question, but everytime I see Real Salt Lake written i can't help but wonder how people in the US pronounce it: Real (as in Real Madrid) or real (as in opposite of fake)? Or some other way maybe? Sorry if this sounds really stupid.
Also thanks for the highlights from last week. Loved seeing that stadium and team again.

Good for them but their name irks me. What is there either Spanish or Royal about SLC?

Mormons like gold? idk. Everyone I've ever heard says "Real" the Spanish way. I've seen blogs use it in the opposite of fake way, but in an ironic fashion. Everyone makes fun of it for being ridiculous and mis-placed, "Fake Salt Lake" is the standard dig.

I think they're gonna beat Monterrey tomorrow night tbh. They're pretty much impossible to beat at home. Both teams will missing key players, Beckerman for RSL and De Nigris for Monterrey, but Salt Lake is the deepest team in MLS and I don't think they'll have trouble adapting.

i don't have a problem with the name, mainly cause RSL works as an acronym, plus there are plenty of teams all over the world named for famous football teams (there's an arsenal in argentina, an everton in chile, etc). what confuses me is why they took the real name and the colors of real's biggest rivals.

turned it on just in time for the half, 1-0 Monterrey

#RIP4RSL

Couldn't manage to stay up late enough to watch this game. Way to go Rayados! I'll finally have a club to root for at the club world cup.

bumping for the start of Copa Oro

Costa Rica 5 - 0 Cuba
Mexico 5 - 0 El Salvador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjs5euz_Atg&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H44a1zv-2KM&feature=related

Jamaica v. Grenada & Honduras v. Guatemala later today

Anyone know of a way to find these matches streaming on Roku?

if you are in the americas all the games stream for free on concacaf.tv

http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/4f/74/0,,12813~160847,00.pdf

if not, I don't know, sorry

i'm in the states and i'll probably watch some of them online. thanks.

oh mexico :(

ah, the tainted meat excuse
anyway they recovered enough to beat cuba 5-0. and they should still be able to beat everyone easily except the us.

More believable in this case than in Contador's, tbf.

http://www.omarsantos.info/images/chicharitobimbo.gif

Nice pregame with Eric Wynalda mentioning the Mexico doping, not knowing the name of the substance and then not actually explaining what the situation is. Then I'm pretty sure Cobi Jones referred to Panama as an "island nation."

That's why I like watching on the Spanish channels. They just said "Clarence Goodson -- el hijo bien" and they say shit like that all the time. If they get things wrong/stupid, I probably won't understand.

ok wtf

sssseeee laaaaaa perrrdio

http://www.mlssoccer.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2011/06/pappa_0.jpg

love this guy, europe rumors a-swirlin'

Which league(s)?

spain & holland are the most believable

new one today: newcastle (lol)

Newcastle are picking up some likeable/decent players.

Is tonight's game really important? Debating whether to watch.

yes, it is really important

then why is wondolowski starting?

lol

shit!

us defense a joke

ugh, deuce misses a sitter. come on guys

my tomorrow morning: sitter makes a deuce

deuce shootin like he has an inner ear infection

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/images/items/0811853/0811853683/0811853683_large.jpg

Caught the second half. Dempsey, yikes. Why no Agudelo?

Big Bradley is contractually obligated to keep giving Sacha Kljestan chances, it seems.

Saturday, New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
Costa Rica vs. Honduras, 5 p.m.
Mexico vs. Guatemala, 8 p.m.

Sunday, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Jamaica vs. United States, 3 p.m.
Panama vs. El Salvador, 6 p.m.

Jamaica is like a team full of wingers, it seems. Should be a stronger test than Panama was. Mexico going to roll dis ting of course.

Team looked lazy and completely unambitious against Guadeloupe. How many times did Dempsey manage not to score with an empty net in front of him?

A soccerball comparison doesn't come immediately to mind, but Dempsey's worst miss reminded me of Leon Lett vs. Don Beebe in SB XXVII.

really wish Guatemala had pulled it off vs Mexico

USA/Jamaica looks pretty wide open, both sides have had chances in the first half

lollin' @ german-american jermaine jones pulling the salute after scoring

not lolling at his terrible dive. what a bitch he is.