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Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:48 am

Interesting article about the many, many tours that Santos took when Pele played for them.

(I saw Santos play - I think - Torino in Toronto when I was 6 or 7. Put a few beers in my and I'll give you some vivid memories of the game, but in reality, I just know that I was there...)

Anyway - these "fundraising" tours of the big teams are nothing new...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... ing-circus

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:59 pm

Tampa Bay Rowdies pick up Freddy Adu. So Adu is reunited with his first U-20 coach....Thomas Rongen

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:58 am

Went over to Shitlando last night to see the mighty purples take on West Brom. Pulis was in full track suit. The third string MLSers beat the Baggies. Plastic pitches suck.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:07 am

Not Messi, No Neymar as part of the ICC games in the U.S. Really glad I did not fork over $ for the game at Fed Ex Field

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:14 am

tennbengal wrote:Was there a transfer window thread for summer 2015? Haven't seen a lot of EPL chatter yet - and season is a month away now.

Yohann Cabaye to Crystal Palace. No appreciable losses. If we can sew up another 'tender and a striker, I'll be real excited about our season.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:18 am

93,226 went to Barcelona v. L.A. Galaxy game at the rose bowl last night.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:08 pm

Portugal beat Tahiti to take the Beach Soccer World Cup. The game was 5-3. Tahiti's captain and star did not play in the final because he is Mormon and the final was Sunday.

Video inside
http://www.businessinsider.com/tahiti-b ... efs-2015-7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **brian** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:11 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:93,226 went to Barcelona v. L.A. Galaxy game at the rose bowl last night.

The Galaxy should play all of their home games there.

<rimshot>

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:39 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Portugal beat Tahiti to take the Beach Soccer World Cup. The game was 5-3. Tahiti's captain and star did not play in the final because he is Mormon and the final was Sunday.

Video inside
http://www.businessinsider.com/tahiti-b ... efs-2015-7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I actually watched a good bit of that. Weird sport that I'm not sure was entertaining or not. I mean, bicycle kicks are cool, but when the primary means of getting a shot off is to juggle the ball off the knee with your back to the goal to set up the bike?

I dunno, I think the word I'd use is disjointed.

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:12 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:93,226 went to Barcelona v. L.A. Galaxy game at the rose bowl last night.

there were 16,000+ at psg v. fiorentina. i was one of them.

these are my stories. #lawandordersound.

(i have no stories. except for the ridiculous hipster infestation of harrison, nj.)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:51 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote:
wlu_lax6 wrote:Portugal beat Tahiti to take the Beach Soccer World Cup. The game was 5-3. Tahiti's captain and star did not play in the final because he is Mormon and the final was Sunday.

Video inside
http://www.businessinsider.com/tahiti-b ... efs-2015-7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I actually watched a good bit of that. Weird sport that I'm not sure was entertaining or not. I mean, bicycle kicks are cool, but when the primary means of getting a shot off is to juggle the ball off the knee with your back to the goal to set up the bike?

I dunno, I think the word I'd use is disjointed.

I was shocked to see the beach soccer powers of Russia, Switzerland and Iran. Russia were two time defending champs. They lost the semifinal when their captain gave the home crowd the finger and got sent off.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:41 am

cerrano wrote:
wlu_lax6 wrote:93,226 went to Barcelona v. L.A. Galaxy game at the rose bowl last night.
there were 16,000+ at psg v. fiorentina. i was one of them.

these are my stories. #lawandordersound.

(i have no stories. except for the ridiculous hipster infestation of harrison, nj.)

Shit. I could have had tickets to that. President's son is some sort of liaison for PSG during their US barnstorming.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:27 am

Red Bulls Reserves get a 4-2 win over Chelsea last night. 16 year old Tyler Adams (plays for US U-17 and mostly with Red Bulls II) had a nice header goal. Franklin Castellanos and 2 from Sean Davis meant that all goals were scored by Red Bulls Homegrown players. Sure it was a friendly against preseason Chelsea, but nice showing. Red Bulls had played the night before in a US Open cup loss to Philadelphia. As a result Red Bulls had to play way more youth and reserves than normally would in a money grab game of this type.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:14 am

So, who's this mystery signing Van Gaal is referring to? Ronaldo?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:17 am

govmentchedda wrote:So, who's this mystery signing Van Gaal is referring to? Ronaldo?

I got a notification about a Sergio Romero the goalkeeper today, but that doesn't seem like it was a big super secret.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:46 am

Barca's Pedro might be it.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:56 am

A_B wrote:Barca's Pedro might be it.

It's not a secret either, though.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:58 am

Red Bulls now have two Wright-Phillips on the roster.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:19 am

Drogba now a member of the Montreal Impact

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:56 am

As if we need more proof that the Special One Is Special. After last night's carpet bagger game in DC (~80K at the match)

At the end of the session, Mourinho was asked to respond to comments by the wife of Real Madrid Coach Rafa Benitez. She had joked that her husband is always “tidying up [Mourinho’s] messes” at the Special One’s previous clubs.

Said Mourinho: “The lady is a bit confused, with all respect. I’m not laughing. Because her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti. The only club where her husband replaces me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time. And for her also to think about me and to speak about me, I think the lady needs to occupy her time and if she takes care of her husband’s diet she will have less time to speak about me.”

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:48 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:As if we need more proof that the Special One Is Special. After last night's carpet bagger game in DC (~80K at the match)
At the end of the session, Mourinho was asked to respond to comments by the wife of Real Madrid Coach Rafa Benitez. She had joked that her husband is always “tidying up [Mourinho’s] messes” at the Special One’s previous clubs.

Said Mourinho: “The lady is a bit confused, with all respect. I’m not laughing. Because her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti. The only club where her husband replaces me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time. And for her also to think about me and to speak about me, I think the lady needs to occupy her time and if she takes care of her husband’s diet she will have less time to speak about me.”

I love Jose Mourinho's ego.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:39 am

Sabo wrote:
wlu_lax6 wrote:As if we need more proof that the Special One Is Special. After last night's carpet bagger game in DC (~80K at the match)
At the end of the session, Mourinho was asked to respond to comments by the wife of Real Madrid Coach Rafa Benitez. She had joked that her husband is always “tidying up [Mourinho’s] messes” at the Special One’s previous clubs.

Said Mourinho: “The lady is a bit confused, with all respect. I’m not laughing. Because her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti. The only club where her husband replaces me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time. And for her also to think about me and to speak about me, I think the lady needs to occupy her time and if she takes care of her husband’s diet she will have less time to speak about me.”
I love Jose Mourinho's ego.

Bring back Special One TV!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:05 pm

Pruitt wrote:Holy shit Parma!

Crazy article about a terrible situation. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blo ... heir-worth

Twice in the last three months, the team had been sold for a figure in the single digits: one euro, to be precise.
One of the guys who bought the team drove a cheap car that was owned by his father!

Italian soccer not in such good shape it would seem...

As Francesco Saverio Intorcia, a journalist at the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, reported in March, teams in Serie A finished last season with a combined debt of about $1.8bn .

Parma rebooted

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:05 pm

Gedion Zelalem getting loan to Rangers.
http://www.espnfc.us/story/2569994/gedi ... an-reports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:36 am

Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti, currently coaching Liga MX club U.A.N.L. Tigres is taking over temporarily the Mexican National Team.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:23 am

It'll be for one game, will be fired after getting walloped at the Rose Bowl.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:35 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Gedion Zelalem getting loan to Rangers.
http://www.espnfc.us/story/2569994/gedi ... an-reports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

first game for Rangers 5-0 win in the Scottish Cup and 2 assists for Zelalem

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:02 pm

We went to the NWSL Seattle Reign game last night (against SkyBlue FC...from beautiful Piscataway, NJ). And I gotta say....I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good turnout (~4400 people) on a miserable night weather wise. And the level of play was pretty solid, I thought. Enjoyable evening....too bad the stadium they plan in (old Memorial Stadium at the Seattle Center) is such a dump.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:06 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:We went to the NWSL Seattle Reign game last night (against SkyBlue FC...from beautiful Piscataway, NJ). And I gotta say....I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good turnout (~4400 people) on a miserable night weather wise. And the level of play was pretty solid, I thought. Enjoyable evening....too bad the stadium they plan in (old Memorial Stadium at the Seattle Center) is such a dump.

I had no idea SkyBlue played in NJ. 12 miles from my office. They need to step up their marketing game.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:41 am

On Friday, I will be one of the hundreds if not a few thousands in attendance at BMO field for the Canada-Belize World Cup Qualifier!

What the hell, tickets were cheap, the CNE (like a county fair on steroids) is taking place around the stadium. And one of the great things about international matches in Toronto is that there are always thousands of fans cheering for the other team. Always fun to party with Uruguayans, St. Lucians, Salvadoreans or in this case Belizeans. One thing these games have taught me is that it doesn't matter how small the country is - there are natives of that place living here in Toronto. And they all represent well.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:32 am

The Sybian wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:We went to the NWSL Seattle Reign game last night (against SkyBlue FC...from beautiful Piscataway, NJ). And I gotta say....I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good turnout (~4400 people) on a miserable night weather wise. And the level of play was pretty solid, I thought. Enjoyable evening....too bad the stadium they plan in (old Memorial Stadium at the Seattle Center) is such a dump.
I had no idea SkyBlue played in NJ. 12 miles from my office. They need to step up their marketing game.

I had to look up where they were from. They had a couple of players from the USWNT (Kelley O'Hara and Christie Rampone). And for some reason, they wore Orange kits.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:12 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:
I had to look up where they were from. They had a couple of players from the USWNT (Kelley O'Hara and Christie Rampone). And for some reason, they wore Orange kits.

I knew I heard the name, but didn't know where. Must have been O'Hara's MiB interview. Fuck, if I knew she was playing that close by, I would have gone to some games. Sounds like I still can. Or not, as wednesday is the last game of the season. Hopefully the league doesn't fold in the offseason.

Post by **brian** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:14 pm

Pruitt wrote:On Friday, I will be one of the hundreds if not a few thousands in attendance at BMO field for the Canada-Belize World Cup Qualifier!

What the hell, tickets were cheap, the CNE (like a county fair on steroids) is taking place around the stadium. And one of the great things about international matches in Toronto is that there are always thousands of fans cheering for the other team. Always fun to party with Uruguayans, St. Lucians, Salvadoreans or in this case Belizeans. One thing these games have taught me is that it doesn't matter how small the country is - there are natives of that place living here in Toronto. And they all represent well.

Belizeans are awesome. What they lack in numbers they make up for in good cheer. Can't wait to get back down there for a visit. Next time I go I'm going to look at real estate with the hope of maybe retiring down there in 10 years or so.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:10 pm

brian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:On Friday, I will be one of the hundreds if not a few thousands in attendance at BMO field for the Canada-Belize World Cup Qualifier!

What the hell, tickets were cheap, the CNE (like a county fair on steroids) is taking place around the stadium. And one of the great things about international matches in Toronto is that there are always thousands of fans cheering for the other team. Always fun to party with Uruguayans, St. Lucians, Salvadoreans or in this case Belizeans. One thing these games have taught me is that it doesn't matter how small the country is - there are natives of that place living here in Toronto. And they all represent well.
Belizeans are awesome. What they lack in numbers they make up for in good cheer. Can't wait to get back down there for a visit. Next time I go I'm going to look at real estate with the hope of maybe retiring down there in 10 years or so.

John McAfee's place might be for sale.

Post by **brian** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:00 pm

Sabo wrote:
brian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:On Friday, I will be one of the hundreds if not a few thousands in attendance at BMO field for the Canada-Belize World Cup Qualifier!

What the hell, tickets were cheap, the CNE (like a county fair on steroids) is taking place around the stadium. And one of the great things about international matches in Toronto is that there are always thousands of fans cheering for the other team. Always fun to party with Uruguayans, St. Lucians, Salvadoreans or in this case Belizeans. One thing these games have taught me is that it doesn't matter how small the country is - there are natives of that place living here in Toronto. And they all represent well.
Belizeans are awesome. What they lack in numbers they make up for in good cheer. Can't wait to get back down there for a visit. Next time I go I'm going to look at real estate with the hope of maybe retiring down there in 10 years or so.
John McAfee's place might be for sale.

LOLZ. Out of my price range I'm afraid. I'm going to be looking to live on about $2,500 a month.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:27 pm

Belize is my favorite vacation spot. There are certainly many Americans who have retired there, as well as Costa Rica.

What kind of medical insurance do you project to fit your budget?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:27 pm

DC47 wrote:Belize is my favorite vacation spot. There are certainly many Americans who have retired there, as well as Costa Rica.

What kind of medical insurance do you project to fit your budget?

Strictly herbal.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:35 pm

So US U-23s likely lose to England U-21 1-0 . England missed some gimmies and game should be 4-0/4-1. U.S. has some skill up front but not so good across the back.

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:41 pm

BTW, Iceland beat Holland in Amsterdam yesterday, all but clinching its first-ever major international tournament. They just need to get 2 points off their last three matches.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:43 am

"The Dutch are in disarray"