The Association Football Thread

[Incipient]

So apparently Chandler played for his German club.

I guess we'll see if really is committed to the USA national team pretty soon here.

Grant Wahl said that he committed to the Belgium friendly on September 6 when he pulled out of this one.

 

[trevols81]

A couple of good matches today.

Germany-Brazil
USA-Mexico

I hope we can at least play well today.

 

[volball625]

Spain-Italy too. Currently watching the brazil Germany game. Let's see what the Gotze hype is all about
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[trevols81]

Germany looked really good against Brazil today.

 

[tvolsfan]

Gotze is awesome.

Germany's midfield at the time of the 2014 world cup will be unreal.

 

[trevols81]

Gotze is awesome.

Germany's midfield at the time of the 2014 world cup will be unreal.

Agree.

 

[volville]

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NBC is trying to step their game up. Already have NHL, now adding MLS.

 

[tvolsfan]

Agree.

I wouldn't be surprised if their midfield is as good as Spain had in 2010, and I'm not even sure of all their starters.

 

[volball625]

I wouldn't be surprised if their midfield is as good as Spain had in 2010, and I'm not even sure of all their starters.

Whoa there.

 

[tvolsfan]

Whoa there.

I was kind of interested to see your response.

It's unlikely they'll be as good holding possession, but they'll be better with the crosses and in goal scoring, IMO.

 

[volball625]

Cesc, Iniesta, Busi> Gotze, Bastian, Ozil.

Germany will be good. I would say very close favorites along side Spain for the Euros next summer which should be an amazing tournament. My only question mark for them is a striker. Gomez is real iffy in my book.

 

[Incipient]

People watching tonight's friendly? Interesting lineup from Not Bob.

 

[volfanjo]

Looking forward to the national game tonight.

Klinsmann said something interesting in the pregame about taking American soccer to poorer neighborhoods and to paraphrase him, "just putting a ball at kids' feet". He noted how important pick-up play was for the game and implied how little of that was going on now in the States. A good friend of mine wondered aloud how much control Jurgen will have to change the whole organizational structure of US soccer and that this has been a sticking point for years with him.

 

[volfanjo]

This puts US soccer in perspective.

The game has been bumped to ESPNNews for a Little League baseball regional game.

Wow.

 

[ENGRVOL]

I wish I got ESPNnews or EsPN3 so I could watch the start of the game

 

[Incipient]

This puts US soccer in perspective.

The game has been bumped to ESPNNews for a Little League baseball regional game.

Wow.

Disgusting.

 

[Incipient]

I wish I got ESPNnews or EsPN3 so I could watch the start of the game

Don't go tellin' nobody

 

[TylerD]

This puts US soccer in perspective.

The game has been bumped to ESPNNews for a Little League baseball regional game.

Wow.

They are moving it back, right? I thought it said they were.

 

[Incipient]

They are moving it back, right? I thought it said they were.

They will after the LLWS game ends. But until then, see the link.

 

[TylerD]

Cesc, Iniesta, Busi> Gotze, Bastian, Ozil.

Germany will be good. I would say very close favorites along side Spain for the Euros next summer which should be an amazing tournament. My only question mark for them is a striker. Gomez is real iffy in my book.

Looking ahead, do you think there is a chance Thiago will be better than Iniesta by 2014? Cesc and Thiago being the new Xavi and Iniesta.

 

[volfanjo]

Brutal first half. Let's see what Brek Shea can do.

 

[govols120]

How's that not a red?

 

[Incipient]

Ref was terrible (on both sides). Should've given two reds and a pk, shouldn't have given the first yellow.

Also, Brek Shea and Juan Agudelo = Tyler Bray and a very short Justin Hunter

 

[volball625]

Looking ahead, do you think there is a chance Thiago will be better than Iniesta by 2014? Cesc and Thiago being the new Xavi and Iniesta.

Certainly. Thiago is pretty amazing and makes my pants fit tighter. I think that is why we want Cesc so bad. He bridges that gap between Iniesta and Thiago.

About Cesc, have you been keeping up with a lot of the reports today saying the Cesc deal is pretty imminent? Crazy stuff. I'm actually starting to believe it. I never really listen to many transfer rumors until I see them in the blaugrana, but there is a lot of smoke right now.

 

[volfanjo]

Ref was terrible (on both sides). Should've given two reds and a pk, shouldn't have given the first yellow.

Also, Brek Shea and Juan Agudelo = Tyler Bray and a very short Justin Hunter

No one should crown Agudelo just yet, but there's some promise there. I'll be interested to see the attack with Shea and Altidore in at the same time.

Hopefully Beckerman is the answer to some of the defensive problems too.