North American Soccer 2010 [R]

[Bobby]

There's a high probability you'll be Iceland's sole supporter.

 

[Bobby]

Mexico 0-0 Iceland.

That was probably Iceland's D team, too.

 

[jimorrizon]

and Mexico's C team, but what a snoozer. with Chicharito Mexico would have won easily.

 

[$teauA]

Mexico should have won anyway, they were the only one's who even attempted to press during the game. Iceland just sat back and defended for most of the match.

The atmosphere was incredible. Those fans deserved better than to see C-squads from both those nations. It was awesome seeing B of A as a soccer pitch.

I hope Soccer United Marketing realizes the potential of the market and decides to bring some big time clubs here in the future.

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MLS season starting tonight. In my usual fashion, I will be plastered in front of the TV watching for maybe the first four or five weeks after which I completely lose interest in watching and solely follow it online.

I'm excited to see Seattle's atmosphere again. I think the Union are gonna get a little bit raped tonight.

 

[Run DMB]

Nowak's team, while devoid of talent, should be organized and tough to break down defensively. I do think that Seattle have too much talent not to win this game, though.

Drinking game for tonight: drink every time Freddy Montero gets hacked, twice if it's not called.

 

[Run DMB]

And 25 seconds in, we have our first drink. Off the ball, too.

 

[Bobby]

Philadelphia is really bad. They have a comical set of defenders, well, one less of them now.

I never really got the Seitz hype either. He's not bad by any means, but he's hardly the superman some made him out to be.

 

[Run DMB]

Second drink, and a second yellow to boot. Is this a Peter Nowak team or is this a Peter Nowak team?

 

[Run DMB]

Philadelphia is really bad. They have a comical set of defenders, well, one less of them now.

I never really got the Seitz hype either. He's not bad by any means, but he's hardly the superman some made him out to be.

Danny Califf is generally pretty good, as is Orzco, except he's playing in the midfield. Shavar Thomas is not bad either, don't know why he's not on the field. There's defensive talent there, just not in this formation. The outside backs do look laughable, so maybe a 3-5-2 would work better.

 

[Bobby]

Harvey is really, really bad. I lost count of how many times he gave the ball away, and he played Montero on for the goal.

 

[Run DMB]

Seattle could have won this by 5 or 6 if they hadn't been so sloppy. The Union were giving the ball away like they were running a charity organization.

 

[Bobby]

They like doing rugby tackles, too.

 

[Run DMB]

Yeah, they're a bit rough, even for a Nowak-coached team. When he coached DC United, the players would foul persistently but tactically, slowing down the game and breaking up the flow of the opponent; these guys just want to play by UFC rules. That only works when Alex Prus is reffing the game.

 

[Bobby]

Haha.

Looking forward to Saturday's game. Should be a good atmosphere. Hopefully New York aren't as awful as last year.

 

[jimorrizon]

Week 12 Games :

Estudiantes - Cruz Azul 26 Mar 10 20:00

Jaguares - Monterrey 27 Mar 10 17:00

Querétaro - Atlas 27 Mar 10 17:00

Guadalajara - Santos 27 Mar 10 19:00

Tigres - Toluca 27 Mar 10 19:00

Pachuca - Morelia 27 Mar 10 19:00

Atlante - Indios 27 Mar 10 19:00

Pumas - San Luis 28 Mar 10 12:00

Puebla - América 28 Mar 10 17:00

 

[jimorrizon]

Week 12 : saturday results

Jaguares 1
Monterrey 1

F: Carlos*son / Osvaldito

Chivas 6
Santos 2

F: OG, Venado, Pina, Chicharito, Fabian, and Reynoso

Tigres 0
Toluca 1

F: Esquivel

Atlante 3
Indios 0

F: Fano, Chicharo, and Maldonado / Indios are officially in the Liga de Ascenso (2nd Div)

Pachuca 1
Morelia 0

F: Manso

Queretaro 2
Atlas 1

F: Romo and Elizondo

 

[jimorrizon]

Pre List of the World Cup : (only players from Mexico, 4 or 5 from this list will dropped before the final list on June 1)

Guillermo Ochoa Portero América
Luis Ernesto Michel Portero Chivas
Oscar Pérez Portero Jaguares

Paul Aguilar Defensa Pachuca
Efraín Juárez Defensa Pumas
Jonny Magallón Defensa Chivas
Juan Carlos Valenzuela Defensa América
Jorge Torres Nilo Defensa Atlas

Gerardo Torrado Medio Cruz Azul
Israel Castro Medio Pumas
Adrián Aldrete Medio Morelia

Pablo Barrera Delantero Pumas
Adolfo Bautista Delantero Chivas
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Delantero Veracruz
Alberto Medina Delantero Chivas
Miguel Sabah Delantero Morelia
Javier Hernández Delantero Chivas

surprises are Oscar "el Conejo" Perez and Adolfo "Bofo" Bautista. the one who should have been there Braulio Luna....

 

[jimorrizon]

Week 13 :

Monterrey - Pumas 03 Abr 10 17:00

Cruz Azul - Querétaro 03 Abr 10 17:00

Morelia - Puebla 03 Abr 10 19:00

San Luis - Tigres 03 Abr 10 19:00

Atlas - Atlante 03 Abr 10 20:45

Toluca - Estudiantes 04 Abr 10 12:00

Indios - Pachuca 04 Abr 10 14:00

Santos - Jaguares 04 Abr 10 16:00

Guadalajara - América 04 Abr 10 20:00

 

[jimorrizon]

Week 13 : saturday games

Cruz Azul 1
Gallos 0

F - Chaco Gimenez

Monterrey 1
Pumas 0

F - Ayovi

Morelia 1
Puebla 1

F - Sabah / Herculez

San Luis 0
Tigres 3

F - Lobos, Kikin, and Molina

Atlas 3
Atlante 3

F - Fano 2x and Solari / Paganoni, Jimenez, and Torres Nilo

Indios 1
Pachuca 2

F - Manso 2x

 

[jimorrizon]

Week 14 :

Estudiantes - Tigres 09 Abr 10 20:00

Monterrey - San Luis 10 Abr 10 17:00

Querétaro - Toluca 10 Abr 10 17:00

Jaguares - América 10 Abr 10 17:00

Pachuca - Atlas 10 Abr 10 19:00

Guadalajara - Morelia 10 Abr 10 19:00

Atlante - Cruz Azul 10 Abr 10 19:00

Pumas - Santos 11 Abr 10 12:00

Puebla - Indios 11 Abr 10 16:00