lol @ DC in Champions League. MLS teams just don't have the depth to be able to compete in tournaments like this one.
― A bold plan drawn up by assholes to screw morons (dan m), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
A Mexican sports daily is pinning its hopes of beating the United States in a World Cup qualifying match on voodoo — with help from a U.S-based electronics chain. An advertisement in the sports daily Record on Tuesday invited fans to clip coupons and redeem them at their local Radio Shack store for a voodoo-doll likeness of a U.S. player.
― ambassador of france (jergins), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lol I almost posted that yesterday
― I ♥ my dog, I ♠ my cat (dan m), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
it's OK, the pitch in Columbus is ready for them
http://blackandgoldstandard.com/Images/2009/01/p1080047_01.jpg
― I ♥ my dog, I ♠ my cat (dan m), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
the story that won't die
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN6wSlOTtezFO-u0vUFYXQH7JfOwD966FEC00
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Sunday, 8 February 2009 08:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i am taking the day off and walking to 'the kangaroo and kiwi' a bar i've never been to with a charming introductory statement http://www.kangarooandkiwipub.com/ (speakers on). is cheering in a bar always going to be weird? it'll be like 4 pm and i'll be bngripped at a bar on a dingy street, an old hooker street, aurora, with kangaroos and kiwis>?
― a q khan *released* (jergins), Sunday, 8 February 2009 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't wanna predict becauze i don't wanna jinx anything, but i'd be interested in hearing others' predictions
― a q khan *released* (jergins), Sunday, 8 February 2009 10:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Are you asking for bar predictions or game predictions? My bar prediction is that it will be weird but fun, because that has been my usual soccer pub experience.
As for the game... I don't like how overconfident a lot of the pro-USA internet writers and supporters have been. This is the first time there seems to be a consensus that we're favored against Mexico, and that makes me nervous. Still, it's likely going to be a hell of a game. I'm going to say USA 2-1 Mexico, but it'll be down to the wire.
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
also tomorrow:
Costa Rica v. HondurasEl Salvador v. Trinidad & Tobago
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
vaguely intersting photo recap of the top 10 USA/Mexico meetings, including Brad Friedel with lol hair
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/us.mexico/content.1.html
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/us.mexico/images/brad-friedel.jpg
http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/763/763357/christian-cage-interview-20070209032424066-000-000.jpg
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link
is this game on tv in the u.k.? what time is kick-off?
― caek, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
well that was good sloppy fun
― a q khan *released* (jergins), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:26 (fifteen years ago) link
how about that red card? shit got TESTY
― a q khan *released* (jergins), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Man the Mexico fans around us were PISSED OFF about that. I couldn't tell if they were angry at the ref, Marquez, or both.
Chant of the night: Estados Unidos jamas ser vencidos!
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Sven Out
― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
My bar prediction is that it will be weird but fun
bar prediction otm.fun: cute kiwi bartender, she made drinks strongweird: guy next to me after the second US goal, @mexico "yeah, now get THE FUCK out of our country"
― person of interest (jergins), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wait did we win
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
dos a cero
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Thursday, 12 February 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
there was the ever-present crypto-racism (i.e. "mow my lawn") bullshit directed at the Mexicans, but thankfully that stuff is dying and gets shouted down really fast
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Thursday, 12 February 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
also Mexico fans at the airport today want Sven to die, basically
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Thursday, 12 February 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
my favorite tidbitAs with previous encounters, passions ran high after the match, with U.S. defender Frankie Hejduk receiving a slap to the face from an unnamed Mexican official. Hejduk was unscarred and unfazed after the match, calling the altercation "a love tap."
― mizzell, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Friday, 13 February 2009 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Over 50,000 in Montreal tonight for Impact v. Santos Laguna in the Champions League, contrast that with just over 10,000 in the same competition for Houston v. Atlante yesterday.
― -:¦:-•(¯'•omg•'¯)•-:¦:- (dan m), Thursday, 26 February 2009 07:40 (fifteen years ago) link
(in Houston)
― -:¦:-•(¯'•omg•'¯)•-:¦:- (dan m), Thursday, 26 February 2009 07:41 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=1057278.html
THE CHAAMPIONNNNNS
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
kind of getting stoked for tonight
― jergins, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
UARRRGHGH I'm super stoked but the 10.30 start time is going to make it impossible for me to go out to a bar & watch, plus it'd take me an hour to get home after the game. So far, no one I know has admitted to staying home to watch it quietly.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Laurel have you ever used espn360 to watch games? It might be an option.
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks, Dan, but the laptop belongs to my roommate and the wifi belongs to whichever neighboring network we're piggybacking on at that moment, and usually is only good in 40-second chunks before we have to switch networks.
Sorry to shoot down a good suggestion but I basically have no media/electronics options at home. I was fine with that until televised sports became A THING in my life.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, too bad.
Anyway, I'm interested to see who gets a start tonight. I'd really like to see Maurice Edu and Jose Torres get some time because of their recent club successes, but Edu's hurt and this game might be too important to mess around with inexperienced players too much.
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I'm curious whether Gonzalo Segares from the Fire gets to play at all for CR.
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
dan are you going to the qualifier in chicago this weekend?
― jergins, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Per Ives, half the starting XI for CR are going to be card-shy, which combined with really shitty old Astroturf makes me think this could be a hilarious(ly tragic) comedy of errors.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to go to the qualifier really bad, but a good friend is having a housewarming party the same night and I'm trying to save my $. I hear it hasn't completely sold out yet, so I might still cave in and go.
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
(said friend is a fan, so we'll be able to have it on in the background at least)
that fucking suuuuuucked
― classic poopypants (jergins), Thursday, 4 June 2009 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
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― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Thursday, 4 June 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Really though, how much worse could it have been? At least Torres got some time.
If they don't take three points this weekend there'll be trouble.
i went to the usa-grenada game tonight. beckerman stood out, for his play or his hair i'm not sure. adu got manhandled by some mediocre but physical genadans. every time evans touched the ball he got cheers from the sounder faithful. fun night, though it probably should have been 7-0.
― alfanso parker (jergins), Sunday, 5 July 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
the second guadeloupe goal here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGprQs0f18
and both goals but esp. 1:21-1:30:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7W7quxib7Q
go concacaf
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link
USA B- team was really dull except for about 8 minutes in the mid-late second half. Honduras didn't play W. Palacios, or Suazo, or Guevara for some reason.
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:22 (fourteen years ago) link
6 pm cdt FUCKS us west coasters tomorrow thanks guys
― avuenjo, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^the downside of the double-header.
Bummin' I couldn't make it to Soldier Field tonight, but at least I get to watch on Spanish-language TV.
― brash trash talker (dan m), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, it took me a second to figure out that the Palacios on the field for Honduras was not Wilson.
Gonna be real surprised if the USA can pull this one off given that most of the best players have skipped off back to Europe already.
― brash trash talker (dan m), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i am reading along...not really doing it...
― avuenjo, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:34 (fourteen years ago) link
here's a stream if that works for ya
http://www.justin.tv/punxeliminatorias/old
― brash trash talker (dan m), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:37 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks d
― jergins (avuenjo), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
it really is too bad there's not a 3rd place game on sunday. at least icould watch that
― avuenjo, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link