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#377
#377
volball625 said:
That's kind of hard to answer. Do you want to support a European team? English? Spanish? Italian?

If you want to watch beautiful football, I would suggest Arsenal or Barcelona. Two teams that have built great teams through their youth system primarily.
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I just thought there was one giant league but I actually had both Arsenal and Barcelona in the back of my mind because I hear their names called a lot along with Manchester United.

I'm going to try and keep up with them now.
 
#379
#379
Burhead said:
I just thought there was one giant league but I actually had both Arsenal and Barcelona in the back of my mind because I hear their names called a lot along with Manchester United.

I'm going to try and keep up with them now.
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It's hard to do. I tried following European soccer three years ago and was just lost trying to follow all the leagues. I follow La Liga because my favorite team plays in that league and the Premier League as it has the best collection of quality teams and players.
 
#381
#381
tvolsfan said:
So I got into a debate with someone that the European Cup is more difficult to win than the World Cup. I think that's crap, seeing as South America owns half of the World Cup titles, and Europe hasn't recorded back to back titles since 1934/1938. Anyone disagree?
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Are you taking European Cup as in Champions League or the Euro? If you mean Euro, I wouldn't think it's necessarily harder, but winning the Euro is no joke either. Europe is stocked with quality teams, many of whom didn't even qualify for the World Cup (Czech Rep, Sweden, Ireland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Croatia to name a few). Hell, England didn't even qualify for Euro 2008. Still, I would go World Cup simply because Brazil and Argentina are added to the mix.
 
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#382
#382
Euro Cup as in the international tournament.

And there are quality teams outside Europe that make up for those teams. Certain African teams, South American teams, and even the US and Mexico are often at that level, at least lately.
 
#383
#383
tvolsfan said:
Euro Cup as in the international tournament.

And there are quality teams outside Europe that make up for those teams. Certain African teams, South American teams, and even the US and Mexico are often at that level, at least lately.
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I wasn't really arguing that Euro was tougher to win, just pointing out that there are quality teams that round out that field that don't often qualify for the WC.
 
#389
#389
volball625 said:
Good news for Americans if we get out of the group and play them.
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I think we can get out of our group. In fact, it would be a huge disappointment if we didn't. Beating England is possible, and we have no business losing to Slovenia or Algeria with everything on the line.
 
#390
#390
IPorange said:
I think we can get out of our group. In fact, it would be a huge disappointment if we didn't. Beating England is possible, and we have no business losing to Slovenia or Algeria with everything on the line.
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I'm just nervous because of our key losses. I expected us to make it out of the group last time, too.
We played Italy on my wedding day. My groomsmen and I were late to our photos session because we refused to leave before that game was over. The fact that we tied them was good enough for me.
 
#391
#391
I expect to get out of the group but would not be surprised if we didn't. We have no quality strikers, our starting CB played one league game the entire year and we are the U.S.
 
#392
#392
There is no reason the team should fail to advance, although the forwards concern me. I think we have to move Dempsey up.
 
#394
#394
tvolsfan said:
There is no reason the team should fail to advance, although the forwards concern me. I think we have to move Dempsey up.
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I think it is very likely he pairs up with Altidore. People are really underestimating the loss of Davies. Beyond the feel good story of him possibly making it back in time for the WC, he is absolutely the perfect partner for Altidore. No one else on this team can match his pace.
 
#395
#395
volball625 said:
I think it is very likely he pairs up with Altidore. People are really underestimating the loss of Davies. Beyond the feel good story of him possibly making it back in time for the WC, he is absolutely the perfect partner for Altidore. No one else on this team can match his pace.
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I think Johnson can, if healthy, but his finishing has been atrocious.
 
#396
#396
IPorange said:
It's really weird that we can't come up with a high quality forward.
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That's more a result of our developmental system in the country than anything, in my opinion. At the younger age, there isn't nearly a big enough focus on technical skill and ability, and the education we have pertaining to it is inadequate.
 
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