All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:45 pm

sancarlos wrote:No doubt, Dan Snyder will bring this approach to media relations to Washington DC at some point! Stay classy, Newcastle United..

Dan already did this. Snyder owns Red Zebra radio in DC (980 AM--and some other spots on the dial depending where you are). WJFK (106.7) is the CBS-owned sports station in the market would be there top competitor. Snyder has had all kinds of preferential treatment for his station and would not let other stations do updates from Redskin Park. I am pretty sure they had to go to the NFL to correct some of his media relations behavior.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:39 pm

Cool story...do any NY Swamp Folk frequent this place?
http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/kickingan ... 92?cc=5901" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:10 am

Next time I'm in Vegas, I'll be wagering on the Nigerian Soccer League, where even the last place team only lost one game at home this season.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blo ... e-win-away

Referees must contend with fans too – for the men in the middle being beaten up is not so much a risk of the job as an inevitability.

But being a ref ion Nigeria does have its advantages:

"Sometimes the quality of refereeing can come down to which team offered the most generous expenses," a club official who did not wish to be named told the Guardian.

But the fans can be hazardous to a ref's health:

"There was an infamous case several years ago when a referee, Dogo Yabilsu, awarded a penalty to Sharks at Kwara United and fans invaded the pitch," recalls the Nigerian editor of kickoffnigeria.com Colin Udoh. "Yabilsu was a colonel in the army and he took out his service pistol and chased the fans off. But Sharks were still afraid of what would happen if they scored so their player deliberately missed the spotkick."

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:39 pm

The Sybian wrote:Just a couple of years ago, I thought Canadian soccer was on the verge of being competitive for a World Cup slot. What happened?

Yeah, WTF? I was just going to type the same thing.

I mean, the women's side sure seems to be on the rise...

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:51 am

So instead of qualification we will just have Nike, Adidas, Warrior,and Under Armour decide who makes the World Cup Finals
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-di ... --sow.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:12 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:So instead of qualification we will just have Nike, Adidas, Warrior,and Under Armour decide who makes the World Cup Finals
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-di ... --sow.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It says at the bottom that the story is fake.

"Brooks Peck is the editor of Dirty Tackle on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him or follow on Twitter! P.S. This story isn't real...yet."

Which really should mean this article should never have been published in the first place, or at least rewritten as an opinion piece.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:36 am

Satire is hard. Parody is less difficult, but it is still harder than it looks.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:43 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:So instead of qualification we will just have Nike, Adidas, Warrior,and Under Armour decide who makes the World Cup Finals
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-di ... --sow.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hey, Sepp's gotta pay his salary somehow.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:44 am

why so much? It takes much less to pay off one ref.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:16 am

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/bootroom/id/543?cc=5901" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:21 am

This Diego Costa Spain v. Brazil thing is nasty, but I agree with Brazil on the idea that Friendlies should count toward locking folks to a country (if friendlies used for world rankings)...but that is the not the case so Brazil just needs to accept it and take the high road.
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/16000 ... ta?cc=5901" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:38 pm

Argentine phenom Gonzalo Galvan looks like the love child of Mesut Ozil and Marty Feldman (Igor in Young Frankenstine)

howard · Post by **howard** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:41 am

Fuck van Persie.
(beautiful header, from precise corner by the boy Wayne)

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:33 pm

howard wrote:Fuck van Persie.

Hard to argue with that.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:14 pm

howard wrote:Fuck van Persie.

Fuck Tim Krul. Four times.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:30 am

Pruitt wrote:
howard wrote:Fuck van Persie.
Fuck Tim Krul. Four times.

T. Krul lurk't quite well.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:11 am

Cosmos win the Soccer Bowl over the Silverbacks. The NASL is a strange beast. The Cosmos only played 1/2 the season (well they started in the 2nd season). 7211 fans at the game. Not bad showing for an NASL game.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:15 am

Lionel Messi out 6-8 weeks with a torn hamstring.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:37 pm

if anyone is interested

http://www.hdfutbol.co.uk/city6.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is an FA Cup First Round match about to start.

EIGHTH Division Shortwood United host Third Division (League 1) Port Vale.
A sellout crowd of 1,300 crammed into the stadium!

They just interviews the Shortwood Utd coach, he's a PE teacher. Taught 5 periods of PE today and came right to the stadium!

Who are Shortwood United?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:07 pm

my favourite stat so far is that the field is sloped 7 feet from one side to the other.
Shortwood are downslope this half and are down 1-0

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:30 pm

degenerasian wrote:
Who are Shortwood United?

Obviously an Indian team.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:48 am

This is hilarious. The whole thread is great, but the bit about Gunnersaurus on the first page is top notch:

http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-foo ... s-silences" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:45 am

The Sybian wrote:
degenerasian wrote:
Who are Shortwood United?

Obviously an Indian team.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:12 pm

Would you believe the WNBA’s regular season averaged more TV viewers for each game than MLS this year? It’s true.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:42 pm

Sabo wrote:This is hilarious. The whole thread is great, but the bit about Gunnersaurus on the first page is top notch:

http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-foo ... s-silences" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow, that thread is fantastic. Those blokes are proper funny. I had no idea there were that many mascots in the FA. Gunnersaurus always irritates me. There is no reason to have a guy in an oversized dinosaur costume on the pitch hugging players pre-game, high fiving them at the half, after the game, in the tunnel and as they get off the team bus. Just a complete joke. Then to have them with the team for the moment of silence? Just unreal, especially the goofier ones or the ones with perma-smiles. The string of Gunnersaurus pictures was classic. Love the Jack Wilshire dig the best.

A good question for J-Lo:
"This might be an ecumenical matter, but does having a mascot taking part in the minute's silence for war dead become even crasser when it's a devil ;"

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:33 pm

The Samsung Galaxy XI ad campaign.

We have a coach and a captain.

Wonder who the other 10 will be?

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:43 pm

So I'm sure there's not another person out there that cares about Women's Division III soccer, but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team. They won their 12th straight conference championship, and she made first team all Conference for the second straight year (she's a junior).

They are currently playing Cal Lutheran in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:06 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:So I'm sure there's not another person out there that cares about Women's Division III soccer, but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team. They won their 12th straight conference championship, and she made first team all Conference for the second straight year (she's a junior).

They are currently playing Cal Lutheran in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

Hey, Wash U is ranked #1 in that as well! Being smart, women's soccer, and former Olympic stadiums. Quite a week for The Bears!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:33 am

Shirley wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:So I'm sure there's not another person out there that cares about Women's Division III soccer, but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team. They won their 12th straight conference championship, and she made first team all Conference for the second straight year (she's a junior).

They are currently playing Cal Lutheran in the first round of the NCAA tourney.
Hey, Wash U is ranked #1 in that as well! Being smart, women's soccer, and former Olympic stadiums. Quite a week for The Bears!

UPS won their game 1-0 in the 2nd minute of the 2nd overtime. And if they both win tomorrow, they'll play Wash U in the round of 16 next weekend.

Could be an all time Swamp Bet in the making if it happens!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:15 pm

" I would have put my mortgage on that"

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... es-2787666

Arsenal fan Henry Dhabasani staked his house on a bet with a Manchester United fan, who offered his wife and Toyota car in return

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:09 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:
Shirley wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:So I'm sure there's not another person out there that cares about Women's Division III soccer, but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team. They won their 12th straight conference championship, and she made first team all Conference for the second straight year (she's a junior).

They are currently playing Cal Lutheran in the first round of the NCAA tourney.
Hey, Wash U is ranked #1 in that as well! Being smart, women's soccer, and former Olympic stadiums. Quite a week for The Bears!
UPS won their game 1-0 in the 2nd minute of the 2nd overtime. And if they both win tomorrow, they'll play Wash U in the round of 16 next weekend.

Could be an all time Swamp Bet in the making if it happens!

That's great. Must be fun to be part of the run. Are you going to games?

I watch a lot of DIII soccer these days. I have two nephews in the NCAA tournament, and my daughter is a DIII high school recruit.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:18 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team.

Is she hot? (sorry, had to be said)

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:59 am

The Sybian wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team.
Is she hot? (sorry, had to be said)

The Girlfriend? Of course....

So UPS beat Hardin-Simmons (from Abilene, TX) tonight, 1-0, in double overtime to advance to the Sweet 16. So it looks like I'm throwing out the Swamp bet challenge to ReRun...

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:01 am

DC47 wrote: I watch a lot of DIII soccer these days. I have two nephews in the NCAA tournament, and my daughter is a DIII high school recruit.

Been to quite a few of their games this season, including down to Portland last week for their last two regular season games.

Can't make it to the tourney games, but the Girlfriend and I were watching a bad online stream of the game tonight, so we did get to see it.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:13 am

DaveInSeattle wrote:
The Sybian wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:but my Girlfriend's daughter plays forward for the University of Puget Sound team.
Is she hot? (sorry, had to be said)
The Girlfriend? Of course....

So UPS beat Hardin-Simmons (from Abilene, TX) tonight, 1-0, in double overtime to advance to the Sweet 16. So it looks like I'm throwing out the Swamp bet challenge to ReRun...

I guess I need to look and see how the Bears did. They actually made the move from club to varsity while I was in school there. Needless to say, they weren't very good at first. I guess they got better!

Oh yeah, after a quick check, it looks like the matchup is set. Nov 23 at HISTORIC Francis Field at Wash U.

You're on!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:30 pm

Great Daily Show clip about the shape of the Qatar WC stadium.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-n ... y-muffness

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:07 am

Okay!

Here's a team I won't be cheering for in the World Cup: (From the Guardian)

Croatia's public prosecutors have fined Josip Simunic for pro-Nazi chants after the national team's World Cup qualification.

Croatia reached the World Cup with a 2-0 win over Iceland on Tuesday. Simunic took up a microphone on the field after the match and shouted to fans: "For the homeland!" The fans responded: "Ready!"

The call was used by the Croatian pro-Nazi puppet regime that ruled the state during the second world war.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:03 am

Shirley wrote:
I guess I need to look and see how the Bears did. They actually made the move from club to varsity while I was in school there. Needless to say, they weren't very good at first. I guess they got better!

Oh yeah, after a quick check, it looks like the matchup is set. Nov 23 at HISTORIC Francis Field at Wash U.

You're on!

Well....that didn't work out so well...for either of us! Washington beat UPS on Saturday 3-0, then lost to Capitol in PK's on Sunday.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:42 pm

beIN sport Canada has a free trial.

Go to beinsportplay.ca and enter the code beINCanada

Free until January 6th.

Just watched Spurs cough up a lead at home to West Ham, so my computer may go out the window. But at least I now have the ability to watch more soccer.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:47 pm

Did anyone read about/see the Nike Friendlies. US wins the 4 team tournament by beating Brazil in the 3rd game, but they stood around for the last 3 or 4 minutes of the game. Brazil had a few Red Cards and basically shut down. Haji Wright of L.A. Galaxy's youth club looked really good.

ussoccer.com wrote:A final flair-up occurred with only five minutes left to play when William committed an off-the-ball foul on Pulisic that left the tournament MVP prone on the turf while both teams swirled around him in a scene that threatened to boil over. Once order was restored, William was ejected, Pulisic returned to the field and the USA stood on the ball as both teams watched the final minutes of regulation tick away, as Brazil’s front line refused to venture past midfield -