The Swamp

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Why does the youth WC always seem to have obscure soccer countries like Myanmar in the finals? I think it's because the qualifiers come from one regional tournament rather than a qualification process like The Hex. The qualifiers for this tournament came from 6 smaller tournaments held in Europe: H...

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Two powers Brazil and Nigeria meet early and it's 1-1 already, really attractive game so far.

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I just think it would be less. In general people want to see the world's best and I'm not sure without the World Cup, as many players will be discovered. Take a guy like Keylor Navas. He's played in how many matches for Costa Rica, how many Gold Cups? One World Cup run and he signs with Real Madrid....

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The bigger weasel is Kesler and he got owned by Towes last night.

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Mexico vs Mali, Malian had a guy sent off a few minutes into the 2nd half, now halfway through the 2nd half, Mexico got 2 red cards in a minute.

10 vs 9 should be fun.

ETA: Mali's up 2-0!

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Teams play all year to earn Game 7 at home.

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The Europeans dont even want the South Americans let alone the rest. And even if they did, South America would still be hesitant on being a junior partner to Euro. South America is still bitter about being totally cheated in the 1966 World Cup by a then European-dominated FIFA. In fact since Havelan...

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I think a Europe/SA tournament would fail in the long run. Players from other regions wouldnt be showcased and wouldnt be bought by the big clubs. Fans from other regions would no longer watch or buy merchandise. Incredibly sweeping statement, don't you think? The reason that Barcelona/Man U/et al ...

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I think a Europe/SA tournament would fail in the long run. Players from other regions wouldnt be showcased and wouldnt be bought by the big clubs. Fans from other regions would no longer watch or buy merchandise.

Would you watch MLS or the USMNT if there was no World Cup?

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But why would they just fixed Korea games and not Japan?

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I remember someone saying the home team would win the last 3 games.

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But nobody likes Italy so they just laughed it off.

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rass wrote:Even the Pens agree (to a certain extent). They were entitled to a pick from the Devils for Shero and passed.

It's not been a good summer for GM Murray.

Lost McDavid
Lost Babcock
Have to give the Pens a pick when they didn't give one to NJ.

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Sounds like Bylsma to Buffalo. Pens get a 3rd Round pick!

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Or these?

These will kill you.

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Darren Rovell @darrenrovell
Former CONCACAF prez Jack Warner has surrendered to the police in Trinidad & Tobago, per @abcnews

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Rumor is that the Sharks have hired this guy at coach.

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So what happens on Friday with the vote?

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If Sepp were going to engineer something like this wouldn't his main target be UEFA? Except that UEFA is probably pretty clean. Bidding for the Euros is fair, it's the World Cup that was a clusterfuck in the 2011 voting. Hell Euro 2020's host is everybody with the final four at Wembley. March Madne...

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Has anyone checked hell? Is it frozen?

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I think the two teams are equal but the grind has taken over the Hawks who basically only play 4 defensemen.
Chicago have won all 4 multi overtime games that they have played in (a playoff record) but they are 0-4 in each of the following games.

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Spankwire? This is a thing? Free, flash-based streaming porn websites? Yes, they are a thing. Welcome to the internet! Have some Kleenex. I'm not THAT old. Just never heard of that site. On a sidenote - how do these porn sites make money? Advertising. Even mainstream advertising on porn sites is ge...

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yeah coffee for 1st date is the best. For a re-date, even better just to see where things stand.

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I'm in the minority that I like goofy sports in the Pan Am Games because then it because the biggest event in that sport. The big sports like soccer, tennis and track, nobody good is coming so what's the point? You end up latching onto the Canadian in contention anyways. We've never heard of Olympic...

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Toronto is the center of the NHL universe, loads of cash and a long-time under-achiever. If Babcock succeeds, he'll be a national hero in Canada. I look forward to the impending battle of wills between Babcock and offensive-focused/defense-impaired forwards like Kessel, Kadri and Lupul. He's alread...

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I don't know, I live in a city that can't host a single thing. Didn't the Winter Olympics go off pretty well, when Calgary was the host? A thousand times better to host the Olympics once than any of the stupid third-tier Olympic-style events. The 88 Winter Olympics weren''t so expensive. And we bui...

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Toronto is the center of the NHL universe, loads of cash and a long-time under-achiever. If Babcock succeeds, he'll be a national hero in Canada. I look forward to the impending battle of wills between Babcock and offensive-focused/defense-impaired forwards like Kessel, Kadri and Lupul. He's alread...

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To add to Pruitt's description above, Harper is going to lose this fall's election. To the Liberals. This is not because of anything right-wing really. It's more because he's been PM for 10 years and people are sick of him (just like anyone else in power that long) and his party has lied about many ...

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That just sounds ridiculous, Toronto screws up everything.

4 billion? Why so much? The 2011 Pan Am Games cost only $750 million in Guadalajara and that was three times the original budget. The 2014 Asian Games (which you mentioned as a big event) cost 1.5 billion.

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I don't know, I live in a city that can't host a single thing, not one soccer game, not one concert.

So I'm kind of envious that you have an event like the Pan Am Games.

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I just learned that diving headers are not allowed.

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What did Girl #1 say? "It's not you, it's me!"? A derivative: previous relationship, etc. four in a row along those lines too. no joke. while I think it's true (and true in her case, though I won't go in to details why I believe that), I think the ex is also the new go-to for girls. You k...

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What did Girl #1 say?

"It's not you, it's me!"?

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holy downpour, are they really going to run in this?

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So 6 weeks into the season the Blue Jays starting outfield consists of Valencia, Pillar and Colabello. And this team has a $125 million payroll.

AA must have pictures of someone because he has proven to be the worst GM Ive ever seen.

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"The Reds are getting smoked"

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BSF21 wrote:
degenerasian wrote:gee, the story of my ex's family owing $75000 in loans doesn't seem so bad anymore.
Isn't your cousins' family your family?

My ex years ago.

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gee, the story of my ex's family owing $75000 in loans doesn't seem so bad anymore.

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Situational refereeing at it's worse in the NHL

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This is why nobody really watches hockey.

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Babcock stays in Detroit according to the talking heads on Sportsnet.

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