The Soccer Thread

[Chrispy]

 

[Chrispy]

US looks awful, no attacking, all defending

 

[Chrispy]

This fucking ref sucks

 

[soccer]

This fucking ref sucks

Agreed, but in the end it's a friendly, so whatever.

Also, who the hell dropped a firecracker in Donovan's shorts in the last 20 minutes? I don't think I've seen him this aggressive in a long while.

 

[Chrispy]

Agreed, but in the end it's a friendly, so whatever.

Also, who the hell dropped a firecracker in Donovan's shorts in the last 20 minutes? I don't think I've seen him this aggressive in a long while.

yeah, i know, but it still sucks

The first half they played like shit then in the second half they turned it on.

 

[calgaryballer]

Image hosting is being a bitch

GK - Hart, Al Habsi
Def - J Enrique, Hangeland, Samba, Jagielka, Shawcross
Mid - Jarvis, N'Zog, Murphy, Silva, Brunt
ST - Odemwingie, Suarez, Gyan

 

[FirstTimer]

From about the 36th minute on the US played great soccer. Really nice to see. Shea, Donovan, and Agudelo dominated when they played together.

Castillo in the back was REALLLY shaky.

Oh yeah and that official was awful........

 

[Rudi]

What a terrible call. Thats gotta be a red. Oh well, we looked improved.

Here my squad

 

[Chrispy]

Shea looked really good. Roberts was also good.

Can't wait to see how the team plays when we have everybody.

 

[1ke]

Brek Shea = Generation Addidas.

He will be in Europe in 2 years max.

I like Jurgy K. Alot. When asked what the chances were that US wins a WC, he said none. Lol Finally the thing that people needed to hear the most.

Also, I had to LOL at Lalas' stupid ass. Bob Ley asked him how close America was to Mexico. He said they are not that far away. Hmmmmm, lets see. Mexico just beat that ass in the Gold Cup, are in the Final rounds of the U-20 WC, and just fucking Won the U-17's. Stupid ass.....

 

[FirstTimer]

Brek Shea = Generation Addidas.

He will be in Europe in 2 years max.

I like Jurgy K. Alot. When asked what the chances were that US wins a WC, he said none. Lol Finally the thing that people needed to hear the most.

Also, I had to LOL at Lalas' stupid ass. Bob Ley asked him how close America was to Mexico. He said they are not that far away. Hmmmmm, lets see. Mexico just beat that ass in the Gold Cup, are in the Final rounds of the U-20 WC, and just fucking Won the U-17's. Stupid ass.....

Brek Shea is my guy now ha.

I don't think the US can win the WC but I think they have the ability up top with guys like Shea, Donovan, Bradley, Altidore, Agudelo to do damage down the line. The problem is the US is REALLY weak in the back.

 

[1ke]

^^^^ Damage sure, but by time that happens, Donovan, Bradley, and anyone over the age of 22 will have no part of it. US needs a solid 6-8 years to catch up. Just a fact of soccer in this country. The U-20's didnt even make the WC. Talk about being behind the 8-ball.

 

[FirstTimer]

^^^^ Damage sure, but by time that happens, Donovan, Bradley, and anyone over the age of 22 will have no part of it. US needs a solid 6-8 years to catch up. Just a fact of soccer in this country. The U-20's didnt even make the WC. Talk about being behind the 8-ball.

By down the line I mean more along the lines of the next WC and 3-5 years or so. While the US is trailing in the lower levels I think what the US does have is a massive base of athletic talent to pull from in the country and if Jurgen can do anything at the youth level and truly get a system and program going he will have the raw materials to do so.

Then again you could say that about any US coach in recent memory..except I think Jurgen has the chops to do it.

 

[FirstTimer]

I keep getting horrible flashes of Castillo playing in the back in tonight's game....it was awful...

 

[1ke]

By down the line I mean more along the lines of the next WC and 3-5 years or so. While the US is trailing in the lower levels I think what the US does have is a massive base of athletic talent to pull from in the country and if Jurgen can do anything at the youth level and truly get a system and program going he will have the raw materials to do so.

Then again you could say that about any US coach in recent memory..except I think Jurgen has the chops to do it.

Your post is 90% correct, except for that part.

By down the line, I was thinking 4-8 years. At least 2 WCs, and if they ever do get there, I will be interested to see if Jurgy is still in charge.

He is very smart, and if there was anyone to do it, it would be him. But he is going to neeeeeed time.

 

[1ke]

Shea - Agudelo - Torres - Hamid - Chandler will be the future.

Also, they need to get the Americans to actually play for America. Fuck the shit that is Guiseppi Rossi going to play for Italy after being born and raised in Jersey, or Nevin Subotic going to play for Serbia after coming up and playing in the USMNT youth teams.

 

[mgoblue2290]

As others have said Brek Shea was pretty good tonight. I only caught the last 25-30 minutes but he looked good as did Donovan and Agudelo. I think Robbie Rogers provided really good energy off the bench and I think he could do well as a sub late in games where he comes on and basically plays how he did today.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Good recovery from the US, going to be interesting to see how the team shapes up with Dempsey, Holden, Altidore, Edu and Chandler.

Waiting for Ben Arfa and Suarez to get fit, then switching them for Barton/Carroll.

 

[Obst]

 

[Obst]

Btw Brek Shea was brilliant off the bench tonight, he really sparked the teams offense and was making some good runs. Kyle Beckerman looked pretty good too, I was happy with his performance. On the other hand Edgar Eduardo Castillo played horrible at left back, he made some really terrible decisions tonight, left a lot of us scratching our head. Michael Bradley looked pretty bad too, he didn't move around and just looked lost with the ball. Overall I was pretty impressed considering we didn't have Dempsey, Altidore, Adu, and some others. Jurgen really made them press in the second half and they looked clearly better than Mexico.

Also Mexican fans are so fucking classless. After Rogers scored, a Mexican behind us started throwing beer on everyone and flipping us off. And when Donovan was leaving the field, he was clapping and looking at the US fans and a Mexican fan threw a bottle right off his head. Fuck them.