The 2021 Summer Soccer Thread

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We have a “great goals” thread. This kick would not go there.
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sancarlos wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:48 pm We have a “great goals” thread. This kick would not go there.
Too high? What do you mean, too high?

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Preseason form, or trying to impress the Chicago Bears?
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In point of fact, that kick was magnificent.
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Had planned on seeing Arsenal vs Inter and Everton vs MIllonarios (my childhood team) in Olando this weekend.. first two dropped out..
no matter.
2000 mile round trip (stop in MD to pick up my dad) from NJ to Orland. Saw a pretty good game, had a blast. Colombians & Colombianas everywhere. Old man was happy. The boy enjoyed it even as he claimed every 30 minutes in the car that he was bored.
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elflaco2 wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:32 am Had planned on seeing Arsenal vs Inter and Everton vs MIllonarios (my childhood team) in Olando this weekend.. first two dropped out..
no matter.
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God almighty, Scottish soccer is so bad.

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Pruitt wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:54 am God almighty, Scottish soccer is so bad.

Celtic Lose in UCL Preliminary Round

For the 4th straight year.
Every time I see that team’s name, I read it as “Midgetland”.
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Sabo wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:19 am
Pruitt wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:54 am God almighty, Scottish soccer is so bad.

Celtic Lose in UCL Preliminary Round

For the 4th straight year.
Every time I see that team’s name, I read it as “Midgetland”.


"Me-Jew-Land"

I think I have my new team.
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Rangers' financial situation a few years ago really beat up the league that was not healthy to begin with. Seems like a few years ago Rangers and Celtic were places for USMNTers (Rangers still love Edu). Now Scotland is a place for folks who can't crack DC United's lineup.
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Messi out at Barca after not being able to resolve FFP issues.
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Sorta splitting hairs here, but it's not FFP it's La Liga's salary cap. Still, fucking crazy, especially considering Citeh just spent $100m on Grealish. Gotta think this is good for the fighting Pruitts though.
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govmentchedda wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:37 pm Sorta splitting hairs here, but it's not FFP it's La Liga's salary cap. Still, fucking crazy, especially considering Citeh just spent $100m on Grealish. Gotta think this is good for the fighting Pruitts though.
Watch City sign him now.
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I'd certainly take him at United, but I can't imagine him coming to the red side of Manchester given how close he is to the blue side.
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Leo playing somewhere else is going to be completely mind-blowing.
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Watching the Community Shield match...and Pep looks like he rolled outta bed this morning and forgot there was a game. Plain white tee shirt, joggers, and puma sneaks with no socks.
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Pruitt wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:54 am God almighty, Scottish soccer is so bad.

Celtic Lose in UCL Preliminary Round

For the 4th straight year.
Rangers Out of Qualifying Round

Lose at home to a 10 man Swedish team.
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I almost always hate the use of the term 10 man team. It is not like they played the whole game down a man and usually it is some point late in the 2nd half. Now this one was 45 minutes or so of playing down, but I am just not sure that tells the full story.
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Yeah, circumstances vary wildly.

Like, if a team goes down and they're already up a goal? It's really not a huge deal to just drop another defender back and play a compact style and ride a game out. I think sometimes people think there's a huge advantage to being a man up and in soccer, it's just not that big of a deal.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:52 am Yeah, circumstances vary wildly.

Like, if a team goes down and they're already up a goal? It's really not a huge deal to just drop another defender back and play a compact style and ride a game out. I think sometimes people think there's a huge advantage to being a man up and in soccer, it's just not that big of a deal.
You guys are focusing on the wrong word. They lost to a 10 man SWEDISH side.
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:06 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:52 am Yeah, circumstances vary wildly.

Like, if a team goes down and they're already up a goal? It's really not a huge deal to just drop another defender back and play a compact style and ride a game out. I think sometimes people think there's a huge advantage to being a man up and in soccer, it's just not that big of a deal.
You guys are focusing on the wrong word. They lost to a 10 man SWEDISH side.
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:06 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:52 am Yeah, circumstances vary wildly.

Like, if a team goes down and they're already up a goal? It's really not a huge deal to just drop another defender back and play a compact style and ride a game out. I think sometimes people think there's a huge advantage to being a man up and in soccer, it's just not that big of a deal.
You guys are focusing on the wrong word. They lost to a 10 man SWEDISH side.
At home.
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Great Moments In Coaching
Wolfsburg lose place in German Cup after using too many subs against Preussen Munster
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Pruitt wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:11 am Great Moments In Coaching
Wolfsburg lose place in German Cup after using too many subs against Preussen Munster
So that is interesting. DC United had a similar fiasco last year. Ben Olsen's side subbed in a person not on the game day roster. They basically got a strange do-over. The sub was taken off the field (Actually sent to the lockeroom), DC got its substitution back, and they put fault on the officiating crew. I assumed DC would get fined and forfeit/penalized or something.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/substitu ... substitute

Also why would a coach have more sub cards they hand to the official for the game.
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Yeah that seems like it should be on the refs.
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Speaking of German soccer, the Supercup is on ESPN+ this afternoon. Dortmund v. Bayern at Dortmund. Should be a good one.
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Subbing in a player not on the gameday roster - that's on the coach
Allowing too many subs - that's on the refs
Totally Kafkaesque
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Didn't an MLB team have the coach fuck up and write the wrong first name down on a lineup card and end up with a pitcher having to play outfield for an inning or something until he could be pinch hit for to avoid whatever penalty it was that would have been incurred? I'll research.
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A_B wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:11 pm Didn't an MLB team have the coach fuck up and write the wrong first name down on a lineup card and end up with a pitcher having to play outfield for an inning or something until he could be pinch hit for to avoid whatever penalty it was that would have been incurred? I'll research.
I think something like that has happened a couple of times in the past year or two. I guess there's a new automatic lineup submission process, and lineups are submitted way before the game, so if someone gets sick or whatever and you forget to update your submission, you can get fucked.
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A_B wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:11 pm Didn't an MLB team have the coach fuck up and write the wrong first name down on a lineup card and end up with a pitcher having to play outfield for an inning or something until he could be pinch hit for to avoid whatever penalty it was that would have been incurred? I'll research.
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Giff wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:40 pm
A_B wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:11 pm Didn't an MLB team have the coach fuck up and write the wrong first name down on a lineup card and end up with a pitcher having to play outfield for an inning or something until he could be pinch hit for to avoid whatever penalty it was that would have been incurred? I'll research.
Why do I feel like it might be the mighty trashcan bangers? That does seem really familiar.
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Shirley wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 1:55 pm Subbing in a player not on the gameday roster - that's on the coach
Allowing too many subs - that's on the refs
except that is exactly opposite of the impact and regulations...based on the two data points we have.

the other case we have is fielding an ineligible player or similar (two many foreigners on the field, too many over age players, etc).
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:16 pm
Shirley wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 1:55 pm Subbing in a player not on the gameday roster - that's on the coach
Allowing too many subs - that's on the refs
except that is exactly opposite of the impact and regulations...based on the two data points we have.

the other case we have is fielding an ineligible player or similar (two many foreigners on the field, too many over age players, etc).
Oh yeah, I was just going off what I think it should be. I don't know what the rules actually are.

I just had a flashback to the one year I played baseball as a kid. I was 6 or 7 and it was one of those leagues where it was t-ball for the first half and live pitching in the second half of the season. I sucked. I didn't know any other kids on the team and I got immensely bored and distracted when I was (rightfully) put in the outfield. Well, about halfway through the season, I finally got my first hit! I smacked a ball somewhere and it ended up being a triple. I was really excited until my coach told me I wasn't supposed to be batting. I didn't know that if you got pulled out of the field that you didn't get to bat the next inning. Never played again.
Totally Kafkaesque
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:16 pm (two many foreigners on the field, too many over age players, etc).
Now I regret missing the opportunity of complaining about "too many foreigners on the field" when coaching against racially diverse teams.
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tennbengal wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:14 pm
Wow! Even a shallow dive into Surinamese soccer is bizarre...

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