Soccer Thread 2008-09 {R} - Page 4

SirFozzie · 09-26-2008, 12:21 AM

Looks lke the next target of the ManCity Borg has been identified (love the player in FM08)

From BBC's News and Rumors:

Manchester City are ready to bid £48m for Atletico Madrid's Argentine star Sergio Aguero to trigger a release clause in his contract. (Daily Mirror)

City were due to have two scouts watching Aguero play against Getafe on Wednesday and will bid £40m for him in January. (Daily Star)

Critch · 09-26-2008, 08:28 AM

Joe Kinnear is the new Newcastle manager. You've got to hand it to Ashley, he's really playing it for laughs now.

Only interim, but still funny. His longball style will make them look back on Allardyce's team as free flowing total football.

BishopMVP · 10-01-2008, 04:27 PM

Some nice goals in the Liverpool game. Robbie Keane gets his first with a real nice touch of a Torres cross and Gerrard hits a rocket for his 100th. 3-1 Liverpool over PSV late (83rd).

For the life of me I just can't figure out how a ball can be struck that hard. I've played baseball with guys that can throw 90+, and I've played a lot of soccer over the years. Guys that can do tricks, guys that can curve a ball around/over a wall into a corner. Never seen a guy kick a standing ball with the force of one of those free kicks.

Cringer · 10-02-2008, 12:17 PM

In important soccer news:

The Houston Dynamo managed a 4-4 draw with Pumas in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, in Mexico City. The first MLS team to ever get a competition point in Mexico. The win would have been nice going up 2-0 in the first 13 minutes, but from what I understand the game was pretty wild.

Two out-of-country road draws for Houston at Pumas and at San Francisco FC has them set to advance if they can take advantage of being at home against the same two teams to finish the group stage.

BishopMVP · 10-07-2008, 08:57 PM

The actual roster on the field for this Saturdays USMNT game vs. Cuba probably won't be much different, but if they clinch there the next one against T&T should be great.

Jozy Altidore, Freddy Adu, Michael Orozco, Charlie Davies, Danny Szetela and even Jose Francisco Torres got called up to the 23 man roster for the next 2 qualifiers.

Flasch186 · 10-16-2008, 03:04 PM

Welp Marc, I think I jumped the shark:

I'm reffing High School soccer this year

Big Fo · 10-16-2008, 05:46 PM

Seven cities bid for two MLS expansion teams

Quote:

NEW YORK -- A group that includes two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash submitted a bid Wednesday for a Major League Soccer franchise in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the family of Liverpool co-owner George Gillett applied for a team in Montreal.

Seven cities bid for two expansion teams, which the MLS said will be selected by the end of March. Also applying were Atlanta; Miami; Ottawa; Portland, Ore.; and St. Louis.

soccernet.com link

I'd like to see St. Louis get one of the teams, maybe Portland for the other. I know they'd like a team in the Southeast but I'm not sure an Atlanta team would draw well enough and Miami already had one team fail.

BishopMVP · 10-17-2008, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Fo

I'd like to see St. Louis get one of the teams, maybe Portland for the other. I know they'd like a team in the Southeast but I'm not sure an Atlanta team would draw well enough and Miami already had one team fail.

Miami's being bankrolled by Barcelona this time, and last time their stadium was miles away from downtown. Montreal would be great too, superior fanbase and a real European culture there. But yeah, St Louis should definitely have a team - the only problem is they should have the one instead of Kansas City, but out of respect for Lamar Hunt they won't move from KC.

bulletsponge · 10-17-2008, 11:45 AM

Miami and Atlanta are the 2 worst pro sports towns in America, best to avoid them

Critch · 10-30-2008, 08:16 PM

The FanZone for last night's Arsenal v Tottenham game. It's spoiler laden, obviously.

Ryan S · 10-30-2008, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Critch

The FanZone for last night's Arsenal v Tottenham game. It's spoiler laden, obviously.

The last 30 seconds of the video are disturbing...

SirFozzie · 10-30-2008, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan S

The last 30 seconds of the video are disturbing...

Just the last 30 seconds? I'm going to have nightmares about that whole thing

path12 · 10-31-2008, 12:14 PM

Sounders FC signed Freddie Ljundberg as their designated player. Woo! I am so looking forward to next year......

BishopMVP · 11-04-2008, 11:57 AM

You want to see some goals? Everybody's talking about Del Piero's free kick - Soccer By Ives: SBI European Goals of the Week , but for my money Mareval's shot in the Marseille game was the hardest I've seen in awhile. As someone who loves to hang back and poach outrollers off corner kicks, this is in a different league - asiaplateTV.com header . Bakary Kone's equalizer isn't half bad there either.

And of course, for our US-centric fans, Jozy Altidore scores the first American goal in La Liga for Villareal 16 seconds after coming on - YouTube - Jozy Altidore's first goal

In other US soccer news, myself and some friends were going to try to and go to the Revs playoff game, but between only having 3 days and it being 30 degrees at night we never made it. Apparently we weren't alone, as less than 6,000 showed up. This charade needs to end - you can't keep holding the most important games of the year at night in November north of say, Washington DC. Fans won't show up and it ruins the quality of play for those who do watch. Football, which is the only sport more suited to cold/snowy weather, realizes this. Why can't soccer?

BishopMVP · 11-05-2008, 03:13 PM

I realize ESPN has a man-crush on showing all things EPL and Celtic, but I'd appreciate it if they didn't tease me by listing Juventus-Real Madrid before showing Man U-Celtic.

NoSkillz · 11-05-2008, 03:52 PM

Gosh, shows how busy I am but I just noticed that Watford sacked Aidy Boothroyd the other day.

Damn...I liked his managerial style.

cthomer5000 · 11-09-2008, 03:59 PM

New York is halfway to pulling off a HUGE upset against Houston in the MLS playoffs. 2-0 at the half in Houston after a 1-1 draw in the first leg. I'm absolutely stunned, and would still only put the NY chances of victory at about 50%.

SirFozzie · 11-09-2008, 04:20 PM

God. Talk about a no win situation. Either root for the team that beat us in the last two MLS Cups. Or root for Red Bull New Jersey.

Can I root for a meteor strike, instead?

Cringer · 11-09-2008, 08:31 PM

Well crap. 3-0 loss at home to a team who had not yet won in Houston.

My daughters team loses 2-1 on an own-goal.

Packers lose in crappy fashion.

Dynamo lay an egg at home to drop out of the quest for a 3rd straight.

That there is called one crappy weekend in sports.

path12 · 11-10-2008, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cringer

Well crap. 3-0 loss at home to a team who had not yet won in Houston.

My daughters team loses 2-1 on an own-goal.

Packers lose in crappy fashion.

Dynamo lay an egg at home to drop out of the quest for a 3rd straight.

That there is called one crappy weekend in sports.

The weekend before last the total score for the two major college teams and the one pro team in the state was somewhere in the range of 139-7. THAT is a bad sports weekend, my friend.

Butter · 11-13-2008, 04:24 PM

Let's go Crew!

SirFozzie · 11-13-2008, 06:45 PM

God. My personal definition of hell.

"Columbus Crew! New York Red Bull! MLSCUP, starts NOW!"

SirFozzie · 11-16-2008, 01:42 AM

Michael Bradley with the tying goal today in a 2-2 draw for Machengladbach vs Bayern Munich:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1767460/

(I dunno, there's something cooler about soccer when the announcer isn't speaking English)

cthomer5000 · 11-16-2008, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

God. My personal definition of hell.

"Columbus Crew! New York Red Bull! MLSCUP, starts NOW!"

I'm pumped. New York pretty much got throughly outplayed int he 2nd half last night, and insanely lucky... but they won the game. In the end that's all that matters.

I'm considering the trip to LA for the final. They've played well against Columbus this year. It's a winnable game.

SirFozzie · 11-19-2008, 12:37 AM

Remember how we were giggling and asking why they needed Riot Police in South America?

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Uruguay violence halts matches

This is why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0zmvRkfZOI

(youtubeity if you can't see the BBC Video)

sovereignstar · 11-19-2008, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Remember how we were giggling and asking why they needed Riot Police in South America?

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Uruguay violence halts matches

This is why.

YouTube - incidentes nacional vs danubio por www.papanacional.piczo.com

(youtubeity if you can't see the BBC Video)

oh I saw that yesterday on the discovery channel. it just involved monkeys instead...

Young Drachma · 11-19-2008, 03:48 PM

I just noticed the way the MLS had changed their playoffs. Interesting now the wild card positions are done on overall points and if more than 4 teams from a conference qualify, they swap the worse teams and shift them to the other conference.

I think I like it, though. Hence why New York won the Western Conference championship.

Icy · 11-19-2008, 05:10 PM

Curious goal yesterday in Spain.

It was a foul kick close to the penalty area, one of the attacking players placed himself behind the defensive wall. Just before the ball was kicked, that attacking player put his pants off, showing his ass to the goal keeper.

The goal keeper got surprised and looked at him, while the otter attacking player kicked the ball for a great goal without the keeper noticing it.

The referee didn't notice it because the defensive wall was covering it, so the goal counted. The goal keeper started to complain while the player who put his pants off was laughing and celebrating the goal.

It was a weird but fun situation for sure

Critch · 11-19-2008, 07:21 PM

Curious goal from Argentina at the weekend too:

VXV.com :: Arquero barrabrava :: nestordevicente

Get to about the 30 second mark for the best view of what happened.

The mooning the keeper at a freekick trick was done by Catania at the weekend too, 3 players mooned the keeper. So I'm sure refs will be looking out for it now it's spreading

MIJB#19 · 11-19-2008, 07:45 PM

So, is that the new trend in soccer: pulling your pants?
That should be an instant yellow card, just like with jersey-off celebrations.

Big Fo · 11-20-2008, 06:15 AM

It was nice to see Adu get his first international goal last night.

MrBug708 · 11-20-2008, 09:53 PM

Donovan is going back to Germany

DaddyTorgo · 11-21-2008, 12:05 PM

Quality win by the U.S. Nice to see Adu get off the mark for the senior squad with that nice FK.

BishopMVP · 11-21-2008, 06:06 PM

Jozy with a nice ball into the box for an assist to Cooper too.

BishopMVP · 11-21-2008, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Remember how we were giggling and asking why they needed Riot Police in South America?

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Uruguay violence halts matches

This is why.

YouTube - incidentes nacional vs danubio por www.papanacional.piczo.com

(youtubeity if you can't see the BBC Video)

Shit, if we had fans you'd need them up here too. I had a sunday coed league game called up 1-0 with ~10 minutes left when the opposing, obviously latin american, goalie tried to fight the referee (who was 6 inches and 50 pounds bigger). His surreal complaint? My teammate was offsides when he scored off a corner kick. I can play pick-up games in the park and if a guy is speaking Spanish there's a good chance he'll be diving and bitching soon enough.

SirFozzie · 11-22-2008, 03:13 PM

The schedule for the US in the hex (final round of WCQ)

(home team listed first)

WED FEB 11: USA-MEX
SAT MAR 28: ELS-USA
WED APR 1: USA-T&T
WED JUN 3: CR-USA
SAT JUN 6: USA-HON
WED AUG 12: MEX-USA
SAT SEP 5: USA-ELS
WED SEP 9: T&T-USA
SAT OCT 10: HON-USA
WED OCT 14: USA-CR

Mexico at home to start, betcha they play it in columbus again

But that return leg.. Middle of August. Mexico City, Mid Week (ie, the highest smog you'll see all week). Good luck.

SirFozzie · 11-22-2008, 03:23 PM

In other USMNT news, the Confed Cup was drawn today

Group A
New Zealand
South Africa
Iraq
Spain

Group B
USA
Egypt
Italy
Brazil

FAAAAAAAHHHK YOU, FIFA...

illinifan999 · 11-22-2008, 06:13 PM

Fuck yes, Inter beats Juve. Especially nice that Stankovic had a nice game after the Juve fans made a petition not to sign him.

Critch · 11-24-2008, 07:45 AM

It's a pity we scared away the Arsenal talk, cos it would be getting funny round about now

Cringer · 11-24-2008, 01:59 PM

Congrats to the Crew on their first MLS Cup title. Not a bad game yesterday from what I saw, which was most except the two goals from each team early in the 2nd half. Bad timing on my part.

Two more days and the Dynamo season continues with their Champ League game against Firpo. Must win I guess, so I hope they pull it off. It's a home game so I certainly hope they do.

Cringer · 11-27-2008, 06:01 PM

Dynamo won 1-0 over Firpo to jump them in the group standings and get into the Quarter Finals.

"and the team finished the 2008 slate with 19 wins, nine losses and 20 ties in all competitions."

Not a bad record, though taking out the Red Bulls would have been nice. Hopefully they can stop with the slow starts next season but I doubt it. One of these years the slow start will turn into a slow full season.

sovereignstar · 12-13-2008, 04:02 PM

Barca-Real Madrid on GolTV = nice!

DaddyTorgo · 12-15-2008, 09:53 AM

FUCKIN AWESOME win by Juve against AC Milan yesterday. FUCKIN KICKASS!!!

Great to see Marchisio and de Ceglie getting integrated into the first team too. Hopefully a beginning of somewhat of a "changing of the guard" can happen and it can be figured out if there's a long-term place for those guys (well for Marchisio - I think de Ceglie is a definate lock to stick around)

DaddyTorgo · 12-15-2008, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

Barca-Real Madrid on GolTV = nice!

That was a nice game too. Color me upset about the result, but with the blancos being so injury-ravaged I think it was somewhat of a foregone conclusion.

My biggest takeaways from watching Real Madrid all year:

1) Casillas may very well have overtaken Buffon as the best keeper in the world - he's certainly the one I most enjoy watching. Fucking awesome at the back.
2) Royston Drenthe has a fucking motor. Guy goes nonstop for 90 minutes and has great touch. He needs to be starting.
3) Love seeing Sneijder coming into his own. I was telling SackAttack that I discovered him in FM years back and used to build midfields around him.

BishopMVP · 12-16-2008, 12:15 AM

Casillas has been better than Buffon for the past year.

In MLS news, no mention of DeRosario being traded to TFC for Julius James and ~$175k allocation money?

DaddyTorgo · 12-16-2008, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Casillas has been better than Buffon for the past year.

In MLS news, no mention of DeRosario being traded to TFC for Julius James and ~$175k allocation money?

bah. Gigi is still great. Doesn't help that he seems to have this nagging back injury though. But Casillas is certainly amazing (actually saw him play at Giants stadium when Real was in the US a few years back)

BishopMVP · 12-16-2008, 01:49 AM

Buffon is still the 2nd best in the world, but with the injury in particular Casillas has been better overall the past year+

Critch · 12-16-2008, 06:55 AM

Normally I don't care who wins when Real Madrid and Barcelona play cos I dont like either of them, but this time I was happy when Barcelona finally grabbed the lead. Real Madrid's tactic of defend deep and take turns kicking Messi didn't deserve reward, even with their injuries.

Their treatment of Messi looked more like a lower league team who knew they couldnt stop him than a supposed league championship challenger.

Critch · 12-16-2008, 08:31 AM

dola....

Sid Lowe's blog sums it up for me:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...-sid-lowe-blog

DaddyTorgo · 12-16-2008, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Buffon is still the 2nd best in the world, but with the injury in particular Casillas has been better overall the past year+

*nods* no disagreement here really. i just thought he's played particularly well this year - i've seen him make some great saves

09-26-2008, 12:21 AM	#151
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10-02-2008, 12:17 PM	#154
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09-26-2008, 08:28 AM	#152
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	Joe Kinnear is the new Newcastle manager. You've got to hand it to Ashley, he's really playing it for laughs now. Only interim, but still funny. His longball style will make them look back on Allardyce's team as free flowing total football.

10-01-2008, 04:27 PM	#153
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Some nice goals in the Liverpool game. Robbie Keane gets his first with a real nice touch of a Torres cross and Gerrard hits a rocket for his 100th. 3-1 Liverpool over PSV late (83rd). For the life of me I just can't figure out how a ball can be struck that hard. I've played baseball with guys that can throw 90+, and I've played a lot of soccer over the years. Guys that can do tricks, guys that can curve a ball around/over a wall into a corner. Never seen a guy kick a standing ball with the force of one of those free kicks.

10-07-2008, 08:57 PM	#155
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	The actual roster on the field for this Saturdays USMNT game vs. Cuba probably won't be much different, but if they clinch there the next one against T&T should be great. Jozy Altidore, Freddy Adu, Michael Orozco, Charlie Davies, Danny Szetela and even Jose Francisco Torres got called up to the 23 man roster for the next 2 qualifiers.

10-17-2008, 11:45 AM	#159
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	Miami and Atlanta are the 2 worst pro sports towns in America, best to avoid them

10-30-2008, 08:16 PM	#160
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	The FanZone for last night's Arsenal v Tottenham game. It's spoiler laden, obviously.

11-04-2008, 11:57 AM	#164
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	You want to see some goals? Everybody's talking about Del Piero's free kick - Soccer By Ives: SBI European Goals of the Week , but for my money Mareval's shot in the Marseille game was the hardest I've seen in awhile. As someone who loves to hang back and poach outrollers off corner kicks, this is in a different league - asiaplateTV.com header . Bakary Kone's equalizer isn't half bad there either. And of course, for our US-centric fans, Jozy Altidore scores the first American goal in La Liga for Villareal 16 seconds after coming on - YouTube - Jozy Altidore's first goal In other US soccer news, myself and some friends were going to try to and go to the Revs playoff game, but between only having 3 days and it being 30 degrees at night we never made it. Apparently we weren't alone, as less than 6,000 showed up. This charade needs to end - you can't keep holding the most important games of the year at night in November north of say, Washington DC. Fans won't show up and it ruins the quality of play for those who do watch. Football, which is the only sport more suited to cold/snowy weather, realizes this. Why can't soccer?

11-05-2008, 03:13 PM	#165
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11-09-2008, 08:31 PM	#169
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	Well crap. 3-0 loss at home to a team who had not yet won in Houston. My daughters team loses 2-1 on an own-goal. Packers lose in crappy fashion. Dynamo lay an egg at home to drop out of the quest for a 3rd straight. That there is called one crappy weekend in sports. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

11-13-2008, 04:24 PM	#171
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11-16-2008, 01:42 AM	#173
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Michael Bradley with the tying goal today in a 2-2 draw for Machengladbach vs Bayern Munich: http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1767460/ (I dunno, there's something cooler about soccer when the announcer isn't speaking English) __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

11-19-2008, 12:37 AM	#175
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Remember how we were giggling and asking why they needed Riot Police in South America? BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Uruguay violence halts matches This is why. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0zmvRkfZOI (youtubeity if you can't see the BBC Video) __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com Last edited by SirFozzie : 11-19-2008 at 12:39 AM.

11-19-2008, 03:48 PM	#177
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I just noticed the way the MLS had changed their playoffs. Interesting now the wild card positions are done on overall points and if more than 4 teams from a conference qualify, they swap the worse teams and shift them to the other conference. I think I like it, though. Hence why New York won the Western Conference championship. __________________ Current dynasty: OOTP25 Blitz: RTS meets Moneyball \| OOTP Mod: GM Excel Competitive Balance Tax/Revenue Sharing Calc \| FBCB Mods on Github

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Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	Curious goal yesterday in Spain. It was a foul kick close to the penalty area, one of the attacking players placed himself behind the defensive wall. Just before the ball was kicked, that attacking player put his pants off, showing his ass to the goal keeper. The goal keeper got surprised and looked at him, while the otter attacking player kicked the ball for a great goal without the keeper noticing it. The referee didn't notice it because the defensive wall was covering it, so the goal counted. The goal keeper started to complain while the player who put his pants off was laughing and celebrating the goal. It was a weird but fun situation for sure __________________ Last edited by Icy : 11-20-2008 at 03:45 AM.

11-19-2008, 07:21 PM	#179
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	Curious goal from Argentina at the weekend too: VXV.com :: Arquero barrabrava :: nestordevicente Get to about the 30 second mark for the best view of what happened. The mooning the keeper at a freekick trick was done by Catania at the weekend too, 3 players mooned the keeper. So I'm sure refs will be looking out for it now it's spreading

11-19-2008, 07:45 PM	#180
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11-20-2008, 06:15 AM	#181
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	It was nice to see Adu get his first international goal last night.

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11-21-2008, 12:05 PM	#183
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Quality win by the U.S. Nice to see Adu get off the mark for the senior squad with that nice FK.

11-21-2008, 06:06 PM	#184
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Jozy with a nice ball into the box for an assist to Cooper too.

11-22-2008, 03:13 PM	#186
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	The schedule for the US in the hex (final round of WCQ) (home team listed first) WED FEB 11: USA-MEX SAT MAR 28: ELS-USA WED APR 1: USA-T&T WED JUN 3: CR-USA SAT JUN 6: USA-HON WED AUG 12: MEX-USA SAT SEP 5: USA-ELS WED SEP 9: T&T-USA SAT OCT 10: HON-USA WED OCT 14: USA-CR Mexico at home to start, betcha they play it in columbus again But that return leg.. Middle of August. Mexico City, Mid Week (ie, the highest smog you'll see all week). Good luck. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

11-22-2008, 03:23 PM	#187
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	In other USMNT news, the Confed Cup was drawn today Group A New Zealand South Africa Iraq Spain Group B USA Egypt Italy Brazil FAAAAAAAHHHK YOU, FIFA... __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

11-22-2008, 06:13 PM	#188
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	Fuck yes, Inter beats Juve. Especially nice that Stankovic had a nice game after the Juve fans made a petition not to sign him. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

11-24-2008, 07:45 AM	#189
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	It's a pity we scared away the Arsenal talk, cos it would be getting funny round about now

11-24-2008, 01:59 PM	#190
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	Congrats to the Crew on their first MLS Cup title. Not a bad game yesterday from what I saw, which was most except the two goals from each team early in the 2nd half. Bad timing on my part. Two more days and the Dynamo season continues with their Champ League game against Firpo. Must win I guess, so I hope they pull it off. It's a home game so I certainly hope they do. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

11-27-2008, 06:01 PM	#191
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	Dynamo won 1-0 over Firpo to jump them in the group standings and get into the Quarter Finals. "and the team finished the 2008 slate with 19 wins, nine losses and 20 ties in all competitions." Not a bad record, though taking out the Red Bulls would have been nice. Hopefully they can stop with the slow starts next season but I doubt it. One of these years the slow start will turn into a slow full season. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

12-13-2008, 04:02 PM	#192
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Barca-Real Madrid on GolTV = nice!

12-15-2008, 09:53 AM	#193
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	FUCKIN AWESOME win by Juve against AC Milan yesterday. FUCKIN KICKASS!!! Great to see Marchisio and de Ceglie getting integrated into the first team too. Hopefully a beginning of somewhat of a "changing of the guard" can happen and it can be figured out if there's a long-term place for those guys (well for Marchisio - I think de Ceglie is a definate lock to stick around)

12-16-2008, 12:15 AM	#195
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Casillas has been better than Buffon for the past year. In MLS news, no mention of DeRosario being traded to TFC for Julius James and ~$175k allocation money?