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That first half was, um... chippy.

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The huge wild card, which others have kind of expressed, is what Portugal decides to do with this game. The reason they barely celebrated that goal is that they got outplayed in a must-win game against, in their minds, an inferior opponent. Everyone in this group circled the US as a must win (well, ...

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b) With that said... This is a US squad that has twice scored goals at the death that saved Honduras (2010) and Mexico (2014). I'm not really sure it's in our DNA to try play a cynical, "wink wink" style. I don't know that I've ever seen us do it effectively, and asking this team to play ...

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Growing pains. As soccer grows in the US it's going to go through painful headlines and analysis from those who watch the World Cup every 4 years and think they're experts. If you take the 'any press is good press' philosophy, this world cup has been everywhere. I mean the google doodle changes for...

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Omar Gonzalez had just come in and he's a defender. I'm not sure what instructions he got but he certainly wasn't on the back line when that play started. This. If you look at the replay, he was very close to the center spot when Bradley was dispossessed. Why? Seriously. What's he doing that high. ...

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Sometimes I really wonder if I'm watching the same game as others. We're going to put that goal on Bradley?? Really? I'm seeing some version of that everywhere today. wow. It's not like he took a shot on goal, or tried some crazy, ill-advised pass. He SLIGHTLY duffed a trap on the other side of the ...

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This is ridiculous.

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Colombia's first goal brought us he the best team celebration of the tournament. Even involved most of the bench.

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First, if you go to a tribe and say, "yo, you guys OK if we use your regionally appropriate name for our sportsgameteam... we promise no shitty mascots and no guy painted in red riding in a horse and shooting a flaming arrow into the ground or any of that shit..." And they say, "sure,...

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Yeah, that's the thing. It's one thing to go down to tough opponents, and this was certainly in many people's minds very close to a group of death... Australia has proven to be a pretty tough out. But Spain just don't look right. Their style of play really relies heavily on timing and developing a r...

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Is he tired and wants to rest the next game?? Is he simply incapable of not blundering into opposing players.

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And talk about a guy that they can't afford to lose for that 3rd game.

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So this may be the first domino: Appeal Board Rules Against Redskins, Cancels Trademark If I'm reading right, the team can still enforce their trademark rights during the appeal, but if the appeal fails, they won't have any recourse to stop infringements, essentially requiring them to choose a new ...

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I think that is an issue that will always exist for USMNT, that can be managed with smart scheduling. I also think that it won't be confined to the US going forward, given patterns of immigration, globalism, yada yada. Didn't England play a friendly this year where an assload of people showed up fo...

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I was at the Sept. 1, 2001 game vs. Honduras and the stadium was 70 percent Honduran. That game is the only home World Cup qualifier the US has lost in the last 30 years. ETA: Old school ESPN story. So yeah, RFK/DC will likely never get another meaningful WC qualifier ever again. I was there for th...

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I've only watched the 10 minutes or so, but this isn't even close right now.

Mexico is dominating.

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Sabo wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:Univision no tiene problemas.
It's working now. Go figure.

I think they were having wholesale issues. It's been fine for me all tourney, up until today.

Now it's fine.

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Most of it has been said, so I'll just inject this thought: I've been closely following the US since 1980. Sam's Army, Project Mayhem... multiple games in multiple cities. I've "believed" in this team, irrationally, for most of my life. But if you had told me at any point along the way, t...

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I am fine with soccer going hipster and drawing a crowd that can't kick the ball but can scream like crazy, but it is interesting to see who makes those environments. Interesting that you call people that don't play a sport "hipster" not exactly sure how many fans of other sports actually...

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For the very reason you've brought up. The NCAA has a running clock that counts down to the end. It's absolute bullshit. All a team has to do is just keep kicking the ball out of bounds and stall and there's nothing the opposing team can do. With the end of the game in the refs hands, you can't jus...

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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/17/usa-ghana-jozy-altidore-michael-bradley?CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is REALLY good analysis, particularly how it explains the issues around Bradley yesterday. It also explains why all the Beasley bashing is ...

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I think it's bullshit that the time still runs while you're celebrating a goal. If you go up at 87 minutes, why wouldn't you fall to the ground and pretend you can't move while the rest of your team piles on top of you? The ref is supposed to take that into account when adding time on to the end. T...

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Most of it has been said, so I'll just inject this thought: I've been closely following the US since 1980. Sam's Army, Project Mayhem... multiple games in multiple cities. I've "believed" in this team, irrationally, for most of my life. But if you had told me at any point along the way, th...

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So... wow. That was an absolute debacle from the center ref. There have been studies done, in the context of soccer, that show what is natural and what is not when a player is tripped, grabbed, shoved, whatever... One of the absolute baseline and fundamental "tells" is the archer bow. http...

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Knowing very little about whether or not Donovan was still good enough, that last part made sense. If you didn't think he would take well to not playing and see this as a developmental trip more than a real chance to win, its logical. Apropos of nothing, it was announced today that Landon will prov...

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The turf at the Manaus stadium "is in bad shape". USA plays Portugal there on June 22, after the English play Italy. Adjust your bets accordingly. I would generally guess that bad playing conditions would level the playing field and make the teams more equal, by reducing the top players' ...

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Another question: Was leaving Landon Donovan off the US team a good decision based on deteriorating skills and age, or was there more to it than that? Depends on who you ask. Personally, I don't think LD was going to be the difference between the team making the next round or not. So it didn't make...

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Ghana is terrible. African soccer in general is terrible. I watched the final round African qualifiers, unwatchable. The US were unfortunate to lose to them in their timezone on their continent 4 years ago. This time they have to come to our timezone. Seriously if the US loses to Ghana, they've reg...

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Gross.

(None of these girls have progressed past awkward as hell tween stage.)

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My daughter just turned 14 this weekend. She had a party out at a restaurant on Sunday and about 2 dozen girls attended. Each one of them was wearing shorts that would've been deemed totally unacceptable 10 years ago. I don't know how or when it happened, but barely covering the cleft is the new nor...

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Hey Brian Do you root for or against Michigan and MState? I don't remember your sympathies regarding the big 10 (+ 1 + Nebraska + Rutgers). You forgot Poland*!!! * - Maryland has long been considered the Poland of the ACC. Apropos of nothing, Kenny Smith was talking about State after the UConn game...

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I was a little surprised that game stayed so close, frankly. What a weird game. What a strange season (MI). Stauskas would be a fool to come back, but I really wonder what kind of advice Robinson is receiving. I'm sure he's tired of trying to match-up against 4's, but I'm just not sure he's ready fo...

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* - do athletes at FCS schools, etc. get paid off now? Of course they do, though likely not at any level that's going to great a competitive imbalance like you see with schools like LSU and Alabama where kickbacks, payoffs, etc. are ingrained as a way of life This goes all the way down to D3... sch...

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Rex - Many folks are pontificating that it is headed in that direction, but the drivers are the big football conferences.

So, same result, but certainly not something the NCAA wants.

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So, here's a thing: Do any of you guys use foot to bring the seat down on the toilet. A LOT of folks do that here at work, and the only reason I bring it up. IT'S REALLY FUCKING LOUD! If you are in a bathroom and you produce a loud noise, keep in mind that sound is super amplified by all the tile. D...

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I love how Michigan and the NCAA held Chris Webber up as an example of a bad guy: officially forfeited all the accomplishments of the Fab Five, took down banners of those teams, returned tournament money, and banned him for 10 years BUT they're all to happy to have him sport his old Michigan jersey...

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What was the flag for? Looked clean to me. There's nothing better than popping a goalie! 2014 NFHS rule change. Rule 5-3-5 stipulates that a body check that targets a player in a defenseless position is illegal and specifies a minimum two- to three-minute non releasable penalty for this violation. ...

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Here's the bottom line: We have a B squad capable of winning the Gold Cup, in pretty convincing fashion. We have more depth than we've ever had in our player pool. We are not, and probably won't be in my lifetime, a team that can trot out a C team end expect results against most teams from Europe or...

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If anyone is worried about Brooks and/or Onyewu even being on the squad in Brazil, they are clearly envisioning some kind of catastrophe befalling our A, B and C squads. And I feel sorry for that person (because it's clearly a crazy, lone person). Because that's no way to live life, man. (To this po...

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