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North American Soccer 2009
- Thread starter Bobby
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El Salvador 2-2 USA FT
My player ratings:
Guzan - 5 (not his fault, but might have done better on the second goal)
Pearce - 4 (did he do anything other than lose his mark?)
Bocanegra - 3 (holy s**t!)
Califf - 3 (holy f**king s**t!)
Hejduk - 7 (MOTM)
Beasley - 1 (holy unadulterated f**king s**t! I need to change my username)
Kljestan - 4 (useless)
Bradley - 5 (terrific workrate, but created little)
Dempsey - 4 (largely invisible)
Donovan - 4 (decent first half and then disappeared)
Ching - 4 (can't fault him for effort, but shockingly unproductive)
Subs:
Torres - 7 (entered the game for Kljestan in the 72nd minute, which was exactly 72 minutes too late)
Altidore - 7 (THAT is what a real striker is supposed to look like)
Subway Italian BMT $5 Footlong - 7 (pretty good)
I'm probably being too generous.
My player ratings:
Guzan - 5 (not his fault, but might have done better on the second goal)
Pearce - 4 (did he do anything other than lose his mark?)
Bocanegra - 3 (holy s**t!)
Califf - 3 (holy f**king s**t!)
Hejduk - 7 (MOTM)
Beasley - 1 (holy unadulterated f**king s**t! I need to change my username)
Kljestan - 4 (useless)
Bradley - 5 (terrific workrate, but created little)
Dempsey - 4 (largely invisible)
Donovan - 4 (decent first half and then disappeared)
Ching - 4 (can't fault him for effort, but shockingly unproductive)
Subs:
Torres - 7 (entered the game for Kljestan in the 72nd minute, which was exactly 72 minutes too late)
Altidore - 7 (THAT is what a real striker is supposed to look like)
Subway Italian BMT $5 Footlong - 7 (pretty good)
I'm probably being too generous.
We would have been better off with the Budweiser Clydesdales at the back as oppose to Califf and Bocanegra.
We need an Andy Johnson type striker, someone willing to chase lost causes and be a constant threat in the box. Altidore brings good stuff but a lot of our other strikers don't do crap. Ching is sometimes nothing more than a space-eater.
I don't know what kind of crack Bradley smoked when he thought it'd be okay to put Beasley at left back. Can't tackle, weighs 95 pounds. Yea, great idea.
I guess Guzan is okay, but he hasn't really been playing meaningful games at Villa.
Guzan - 4
Hedjuk - 7 (Man of the match)
Bocanega - 2 (Terrible)
Califf - 2 (Bombscare)
Pearce - 4 (Where were you?) // Altidore - 7 (Great)
Dempsey - 3 (Stop trying to be cute, you aren't Messi)
Kljestan - 3 (Yuck) // Torres - 7 (Should've started)
Bradley - 5 (At least he looked like he was trying) // Edu - NA
Beasley - 0 (Hell no)
Donovan - 4 (Didn't really step up when needed)
Ching - 4 (Moved a lot but lost the ball easily)
We need an Andy Johnson type striker, someone willing to chase lost causes and be a constant threat in the box. Altidore brings good stuff but a lot of our other strikers don't do crap. Ching is sometimes nothing more than a space-eater.
I don't know what kind of crack Bradley smoked when he thought it'd be okay to put Beasley at left back. Can't tackle, weighs 95 pounds. Yea, great idea.
I guess Guzan is okay, but he hasn't really been playing meaningful games at Villa.
Guzan - 4
Hedjuk - 7 (Man of the match)
Bocanega - 2 (Terrible)
Califf - 2 (Bombscare)
Pearce - 4 (Where were you?) // Altidore - 7 (Great)
Dempsey - 3 (Stop trying to be cute, you aren't Messi)
Kljestan - 3 (Yuck) // Torres - 7 (Should've started)
Bradley - 5 (At least he looked like he was trying) // Edu - NA
Beasley - 0 (Hell no)
Donovan - 4 (Didn't really step up when needed)
Ching - 4 (Moved a lot but lost the ball easily)
MaestroZidane
YELLOW CARD: Untrustworthy
Why does ching still make the team??
FC Dallas drew "6,500". That's a lie, it was probably 2,500-3,000.
I remember when they played Atlanta in the Cup and said "2,500" showed up, but a traveling Atlanta fan said there were probably 400 people there (including 25 from Georgia).
I know they make a profit and all that crap, but it's pretty embarrassing to have that crap on TV.
Fact: Every USL-1 team, and 1 PDL team will out draw Dallas in their opening matches.
I remember when they played Atlanta in the Cup and said "2,500" showed up, but a traveling Atlanta fan said there were probably 400 people there (including 25 from Georgia).
I know they make a profit and all that crap, but it's pretty embarrassing to have that crap on TV.
Fact: Every USL-1 team, and 1 PDL team will out draw Dallas in their opening matches.
Bobby;2645870 said:
The only reason why the Pepperoni Palace got built in the first place is because the Dallas Cup needed a showplace venue for its U-19 Super Group. FCD is just a secondary tenant, there to fill 15 dates that otherwise wouldn't be filled. Also, to prove my point, the final of said U-19 Super Group will attract more punters than yesterday's FC Dallas match, and you can take that to the f*cking bank.
That was a great win, completely shredded them at times. Altidore took all three goals well, but for me Donovan was the star. Altidore's miss was hilarious though.
Nashville is a great place for national team matches. LP Field is great as a soccer stadium and the pitch looked wonderful. I'd say about 25-30,000 people were there.
Nashville is a great place for national team matches. LP Field is great as a soccer stadium and the pitch looked wonderful. I'd say about 25-30,000 people were there.
I still felt like, as positive as we were at times, we still gave up the ball too cheaply. If we had been playing a european side, or even mexico, I think we might have had a tougher time of things. Altidore was great going forward and making/getting on the end of chances, but on the other hand, he squandered a few that he really should have buried.
Final conclusion: we played decently and did what needed to be done on the night, but we still have a long way to go if we think we're going to do anything at the World Cup.
Final conclusion: we played decently and did what needed to be done on the night, but we still have a long way to go if we think we're going to do anything at the World Cup.
USA 3-0 TNT
The first two goals were quality. The third was a comedy of errors. Good game, but same old story for the US in the Hex - win comfortably at home, struggle on the road.
Honduras 3-1 Mexico FT
Mexico's in fourth place.
To be fair though, Mexico's two losses have come in two of the three most challenging games they'll play in this Hex.
The first two goals were quality. The third was a comedy of errors. Good game, but same old story for the US in the Hex - win comfortably at home, struggle on the road.
Honduras 3-1 Mexico FT
Mexico's in fourth place.
To be fair though, Mexico's two losses have come in two of the three most challenging games they'll play in this Hex.
I wasn't too impressed with the US tonight. I felt like they should of kept the ball on the ground a lot more than we actually did. There were times where play looked comical and even amateur because players were simply refusing to keep the ball low and beat the T&T's on the ground with speed and superior skill. Every time they actually did that however something good came out of it including all three goals. Very happy for Jozy and I hope he keeps it up.
Oh and, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA MEXICO
Oh and, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA MEXICO
MaestroZidane
YELLOW CARD: Untrustworthy
Great win.. But I want to see such performances duplicated outside the States.
In other news, the CONCACAF Gold Cup "draw" took place today. Here is the schedule:
Group A (Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica)
July 3: Canada v. Jamaica, Costa Rica v. El Salvador (Carson, CA)
July 7: Jamaica v. Costa Rica, Canada v. El Salvador (Columbus, OH)
July 10: Canada v. Costa Rica, El Salvador v. Jamaica (Miami, FL)
Group B (Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, United States)
July 4: United States v. Grenada, Haiti v. Honduras (Seattle, WA)
July 8: Haiti v. Grenada, United States v. Honduras (Washington, DC)
July 11: United States v. Haiti, Grenada v. Honduras (Foxborough, MA)
Group C (Guadeloupe, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama)
July 5: Panama v. Guadeloupe, Mexico v. Nicaragua (Oakland, CA)
July 9: Guadeloupe v. Nicaragua, Mexico v. Panama (Houston, TX)
July 12: Panama v. Nicaragua, Mexico v. Guadeloupe (Glendale, AZ)
Quarterfinals
July 18: Group A winner v. Group B runner-up, Group B winner v. Group A or C third place (Philadelphia, PA)
July 19: Group C runner-up v. Group A runner-up, Group C winner v. Group A or B third place (Arlington, TX)
Semifinals
July 23: Philadelphia winners, followed by Arlington winners (Chicago, IL)
Final
July 26: Semifinal winners (East Rutherford, NJ)
Group A (Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica)
July 3: Canada v. Jamaica, Costa Rica v. El Salvador (Carson, CA)
July 7: Jamaica v. Costa Rica, Canada v. El Salvador (Columbus, OH)
July 10: Canada v. Costa Rica, El Salvador v. Jamaica (Miami, FL)
Group B (Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, United States)
July 4: United States v. Grenada, Haiti v. Honduras (Seattle, WA)
July 8: Haiti v. Grenada, United States v. Honduras (Washington, DC)
July 11: United States v. Haiti, Grenada v. Honduras (Foxborough, MA)
Group C (Guadeloupe, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama)
July 5: Panama v. Guadeloupe, Mexico v. Nicaragua (Oakland, CA)
July 9: Guadeloupe v. Nicaragua, Mexico v. Panama (Houston, TX)
July 12: Panama v. Nicaragua, Mexico v. Guadeloupe (Glendale, AZ)
Quarterfinals
July 18: Group A winner v. Group B runner-up, Group B winner v. Group A or C third place (Philadelphia, PA)
July 19: Group C runner-up v. Group A runner-up, Group C winner v. Group A or B third place (Arlington, TX)
Semifinals
July 23: Philadelphia winners, followed by Arlington winners (Chicago, IL)
Final
July 26: Semifinal winners (East Rutherford, NJ)
The LA Galaxy must have the slowest center-back pairing in MLS history: 78-year-old Tony Sanneh and the Yao Ming of MLS, Omar Gonzalez.
The whole Galaxy squad looks like some cruel joke, an ironic combination of young, unproven and largely untalented players (Saunders, Gonzalez, Tudela, Gordon, Franklin, Patterson, Jordan) and way-past-their-prime veterans (Lewis, Klein, Kovalenko, Sanneh, Kirovski, Berhalter).
It's no wonder Donovan and Beckham are trying like hell to get off this sinking ship.
The whole Galaxy squad looks like some cruel joke, an ironic combination of young, unproven and largely untalented players (Saunders, Gonzalez, Tudela, Gordon, Franklin, Patterson, Jordan) and way-past-their-prime veterans (Lewis, Klein, Kovalenko, Sanneh, Kirovski, Berhalter).
It's no wonder Donovan and Beckham are trying like hell to get off this sinking ship.
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