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mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:58 pm

Yeah, who do they think they are? CHELSEA?!?!?!?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:58 pm

Son of a dammit.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:05 pm

This is great
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/spor ... -game.html

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:42 am

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:52 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:05 pm This is great
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/spor ... -game.html

Rory Smith is a great writer...and I always enjoy the "European Nights" episodes he does with Men In Blazers.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:51 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:52 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:05 pm This is great
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/spor ... -game.html
Rory Smith is a great writer...and I always enjoy the "European Nights" episodes he does with Men In Blazers.

Yeah, that was a fun read. I've long wondered how professional athletes handle their retirement and their desire to still play, even if they can't still play at the highest level. Pickup basketball and soccer is a lot of fun, but what do you do if you're that good? A typical park run probably doesn't work for you. LIke, when was the last time Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson played pickup hoops?

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Sep 26, 2023 11:48 am

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:39 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:45 am

3 "opening games" too?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:47 am

The US will play their first game in Paraguay, second game in Morocco, then fly back to Argentina. While keeping their home base in Portugal.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:54 am

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:14 am

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:35 pm

Also announced was 2034 will be in Asia

China, Saudi and Australia will all put in huge bids.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:40 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:35 pm Also announced was 2034 will be in Asia

China, Saudi and Australia will all put in huge bids.

If Kim Jung-Un can gather a big enough bag of cash, I could totally see FIFA awarding it to North Korea. That'd be a trip.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:22 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:40 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:35 pm Also announced was 2034 will be in Asia

China, Saudi and Australia will all put in huge bids.
If Kim Jung-Un can gather a big enough bag of cash, I could totally see FIFA awarding it to North Korea. That'd be a trip.

For a country that doesn't solicit western tourists, that would be a surprising move.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:29 pm

0/2 (at least) today syb

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:56 pm

rass wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:29 pm 0/2 (at least) today syb

I should pack it in and call it a day.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:38 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:40 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:35 pm Also announced was 2034 will be in Asia

China, Saudi and Australia will all put in huge bids.
If Kim Jung-Un can gather a big enough bag of cash, I could totally see FIFA awarding it to North Korea. That'd be a trip.

According to the Men in Blazers, my joke wasn't far off. Per Rog, the day FIFA announced the 2030 World Cup, Saudi Arabia revealed their bid for the 2034 tournament and FIFA announced a 25 day deadline for other countries to put bids forward. These bids take months to prepare, and Rog thinks the Saudis were tipped off so they could prepare, and the rest of the world was given the insane deadline to ensure SA had the best bid. FIFA has a rule that a continent can't host back-to-back Cups, so the reason for the three continent bid was to ensure Asia got the bid as Europe, South America and Africa will all technically host 2030, and all 3 North American potential countries hosting 2026, so Asia is in. This certainly looks like the fix is in for the Saudis, and I can only think of one reason FIFA would stack the deck for a murderous dictatorship. Let's get the DOJ on this one again.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:27 pm

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:57 am

Yet another reason the Nations League is such a bad idea

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:46 am

I don't think it'll matter since the Netherlands beat Greece yesterday and the Netherlands aren't losing to Gibraltar.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:44 pm

Neymar tears his ACL and Meniscus.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:56 pm

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:32 pm

He's done no? Speed and quickness player coming off ACL at 32

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:44 am

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:32 pm He's done no? Speed and quickness player coming off ACL at 32

Maybe he can visit Mr. Speed Bridge's doctors

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:00 am

2024 US Open qualification round 4 is this weekend.
Sharktopus FC is the amateur team getting attention this year. Sure they have a few cup of coffee MLSers (one whose first game had the responsibility of marking David Villa), but also 2 guys who met on "Love is Blind".

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2023/1 ... rktopus-fc

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:43 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:59 pm For those that didn't see it, this was a game btwn Wrexham what I gather was ManU's U21 or maybe the young guys on the senior squad that aren't likely to see the field much.

Either way, the goalie was 3 or 4 yards outside of his box and he absolutely trucked Mullins, who is by far the most important player on the Wrexham team (top goal scorer.)

Mullin is back and scoring goals for Wrexham. Big game this weekend against fellow promotees Notts County. (I thought it was hilarious in the documentary when they mentioned they approached their big rival about doing a segment on them for the show, and Notts County basically responded with a stream of obscenities and insults.)

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:45 pm

Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag apparently became the first team from the Faroe Islands to win a European League Group Stage game.

They beat Olimpia Ljubljana 3-0.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:11 pm

Thought Wlu was trying to spell Kaiserslautern and Olympic Lyon.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:10 am

USWNT?

USMNT?

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:45 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:10 am

USWNT?

USMNT?

USWNT it is...

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:42 am

While I'm very happy for the WNT, just goes to show what a lame "search" went into filling the MNT position.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:13 am

I'd have been ecstatic if she'd gotten the USMNT job. Wild to think that women's soccer is still at a place where this is possible. When's the last time a man left a top club job to take over a national team?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:14 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:13 am I'd have been ecstatic if she'd gotten the USMNT job. Wild to think that women's soccer is still at a place where this is possible. When's the last time a man left a top club job to take over a national team?

Ancellotti is about to leave Madrid for Brazil.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:17 am

Perhaps check the men's and women's coaching salaries at Chelsea. All you need to know

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:04 pm

I think Luis Diaz should stay in Colombia for a few months to be with his dad. Does anyone disagree?

And honestly, if Darwin Nunez is any kind of teammate, he would spend those few months with him.

elflaco2 · Post by **elflaco2** » Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:55 pm

he's making 56K (EU) a week.. he can take his dad and mom with him back to liverpool.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:02 am

Ah well then it’s solved.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 3:59 pm

From the conversation that only nonlinear cares about
W&L over Colorado College in PKs to go to the final four. 2nd trip in 3.years. Also keeper broke the career shutout record set by a kid a year behind me.

Others going to Salem
St Olaf
Washington College
Amherst

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:42 am

So my newsfeed picked up an article on St. Olaf soccer. Apparently one of the kids got a call up for the Costa Rican U23 national team.
https://athletics.stolaf.edu/news/2023/ ... -team.aspx