2013 Soccer carpet bagger thread

[wlu_lax6]

Lots of soccer starts this week.

May 23: Manchester City vs. Chelsea, Busch Stadium in St. Louis

May 25: Manchester City vs. Chelsea, Yankee Stadium in New York

May 29: Germany vs. Ecuador at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton

May 29: United States vs. Belgium at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland

May 31: Mexico vs. Nigeria, Reliant Stadium in Houston

June 1: El Salvador U-20s vs. Honduras U-21s at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md.

June 2: United States vs. Germany at RFK Stadium in Washington

June 2: Israel vs. Honduras at Citi Field in New York

June 8: Spain vs. Haiti at Sun Life Stadium in Miami

June 11: United States vs. Panama (World Cup qualifier) at CenturyLink Field in Seattle

June 11: Spain vs. Ireland at Yankee Stadium in New York

June 15: U.S. women vs. South Korea at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

June 18: United States vs. Honduras (World Cup qualifier) at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah

June 20: U.S. women vs. South Korea at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J.

June 22: Orlando City vs. Fluminense at Citrus Bowl in Orlando

June 29: Cruzeiro vs. Morelia at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill.

July 3: Portland Timbers vs. Morelia at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland

July 3: Messi & friends charity match at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

July 3: Club America vs. Chivas at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas

July 5: United States vs. Guatemala at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego (tentative)

July 6: Messi & friends charity match at Soldier Field in Chicago

July 6: Tijuana vs. Club America at Petco Park in San Diego

July 7-28: CONCACAF Gold Cup at 13 U.S. venues

July 10: Chicago Fire vs. Club America at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill.

July 18: Dorados (Mexico) vs. Norwich City at Raley Field in Sacramento

July 20: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Norwich City at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

July 24: Houston Dynamo vs. Stoke City at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston

July 24: Portland Timbers vs. Norwich City at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland

July 27: FC Dallas vs. Stoke City at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Tex.

July 27-Aug. 7: International Champions Cup at six U.S. venues

July 31: MLS All-Star Game at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. (opponent tba)

[Steve of phpBB]

Man City and Chelsea are playing this week? Holy crap. I'm sure there will be a lot of effort in those games.

How long until their owners complain some more about their players having to do national team duty in the summer?

[Sabo]

I think that schedule is a little wrong. Stoke City plays at Columbus Crew on July 24:

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[A_B]

Man City and Chelsea are playing this week? Holy crap. I'm sure there will be a lot of effort in those games.

How long until their owners complain some more about their players having to do national team duty in the summer?

Yeah, that's ridiculous. Shoudl be some kind of summer break. Especially in non cup years.

[wlu_lax6]

Brazil v. Portugal in September @ Gillette on Sept. 10. This is the same day as the USMNT’s World Cup Qualifier against Mexico in Columbus. Tickets for the friendly will go on sale next Tuesday, July 9.

Also according to Ives. Messi has screwed up big time. Canceled a Charity Match in LA one day before the game (he was in Lima playing in another charity match). 45K tickets were sold. There is another match planned for Chicago but likely will be cancelled (lots of players pulled out including Boca and Bradley).
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[brian]

Rough night in Las Vegas for the Chivas-Club America "friendly".

[wlu_lax6]

Messi game had lots of people back out. But they went ahead with the game in Chicago using some local amateur players. Well one of them scored a silly goal.

[govmentchedda]

Apparently Leo backed out of meeting with folks who had paid $2k for the honor of good seats, and the opportunity to meet him. Haven't heard a story like that about Ronaldo. Perhaps he's not so golden, after all.

[degenerasian]

Can this be the Gold Cup thread too?

Canada lost to fucking Martinique!!!!! Was no fluke either, Martinique dominated the majority of the play.

Canada has hired a Spanish coach, he can't get here soon enough.

[Pruitt]

Can this be the Gold Cup thread too?

Canada lost to fucking Martinique!!!!! Was no fluke either, Martinique dominated the majority of the play.

Canada has hired a Spanish coach, he can't get here soon enough.

Temper your enthusiasm - he's not exactly Del Bosque.

http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack ... loro-sanz/

Do you consider a long international managerial CV a sign of a respected football person in global demand, or someone bouncing from club to club selling hope to a bunch of desperate suckers?

[Pruitt]

AS Roma goofs around against Toronto FC on August 7. You can witness the fun for $60-$150.

[wlu_lax6]

AS Roma goofs around against Toronto FC on August 7. You can witness the fun for $60-$150.

But Michael Bradley will be there. And Roma will have something to prove after losing the MLS allstars on 7/31.

[Pruitt]

AS Roma goofs around against Toronto FC on August 7. You can witness the fun for $60-$150.

But Michael Bradley will be there. And Roma will have something to prove after losing the MLS allstars on 7/31.

Not worth my money.

[Brontoburglar]

I'll be at the ASG and debating on going to see Real and Inter in St. Louis Aug. 5. FRITZ YOU IN?????

[testy boxcar]

Section 138!

[wlu_lax6]

Roma, Chelsea @ RFK in DC on 8/10.
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[P.D.X.]

At the Norwich City match last night:

[Sabo]

Who won the match last night, PDX? Did you perchance notice how well Wes Hoolahan played for the canaries?

[P.D.X.]

Who won the match last night, PDX? Did you perchance notice how well Wes Hoolahan played for the canaries?

Timbers won 1:0. Hoolahan played well. Hit some nice thru balls that you never see among the typical MLS skillset. (Always surprised how well the euro's can adapt to turf and not be spraying balls out of bounds.)

[Sabo]

Thanks for the report, sir.

I might need to break down and buy a Norwich City kit with Hoolahan on the back.

[The Sybian]

At the Norwich City match last night:

Is that your sign? #1 pick. Ha!

[P.D.X.]

At the Norwich City match last night:

Is that your sign? #1 pick. Ha!

I didn't even think about that until I came here to post!