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

[wlu_lax6]

[Shirley]

The most surprising aspect of that story to me is that Cech is only 41.

[wlu_lax6]

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

St. Olaf over WAC

W&L down 2-1 with 14 to play.

It is a shame they are playing on turf (F' Roanoke). Bouncy ball and slick field is making this less skillful than these teams are.

[wlu_lax6]

2-2. Goal with 2:14 to play in the 2nd. After the ref missed a handball at the edge of the box. Cards are coming out frequently

[wlu_lax6]

AC Milan coming to my neighborhood....
https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2023/12/ ... h-academy/

[wlu_lax6]

College Cup semis
Beavers v. ND. Beavers will be without their starting midfielder and coach. Apparently playing an ineligible player (yellow card accumulation..8 in a seaon) does not change the outcome of the win over UNC to move on.
Clemson v. Mountaineers

[Nonlinear FC]

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

St. Olaf over WAC

W&L down 2-1 with 14 to play.

It is a shame they are playing on turf (F' Roanoke). Bouncy ball and slick field is making this less skillful than these teams are.

Yeah, this year's tourney was WILD. Hopkins had a truly crazy game in the first round, scoring 2 goals in the final 6 minutes to tie Babson, then Babson goes up a goal in OT only for Hopkins to score 2 to advance.

But, yeah, other than Amherst, those are 3 pretty random teams to make the F4. W&L the least random, as they've been bouncing around the Top 20 all year. Pretty sure that is the first natty in any sport for St. Olaf and that's definitely the farthest WC has gone in soccer.

(Hopkins beat the Shorepeople twice this year, so it's also weird from that highly parochial vantage.)

[Nonlinear FC]

AC Milan coming to my neighborhood....
https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2023/12/ ... h-academy/

I wonder where they'll train. The article lists an address that is literally in the middle of Tysons Corner.

[wlu_lax6]

AC Milan coming to my neighborhood....
https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2023/12/ ... h-academy/

I wonder where they'll train. The article lists an address that is literally in the middle of Tysons Corner.

Yeah field space is a premium in our area. However, my county forces developers to build fields as part of the agreement to redevelop. So in Tysons, Capital One built a GREAT baseball field that is used by the college summer league teams on their campus and SAIC has full turf field that is used for soccer and lacrosse. My old club has been huge benefits of this as it opened up fields directly for the club and fields used by other clubs became free.

[P.D.X.]

I don't think the Beavs were ever even ranked so pretty much playing with house money. Would be a nice salve to soothe the Pac12 fuckery.

[Nonlinear FC]

AC Milan coming to my neighborhood....
https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2023/12/ ... h-academy/

I wonder where they'll train. The article lists an address that is literally in the middle of Tysons Corner.

Yeah field space is a premium in our area. However, my county forces developers to build fields as part of the agreement to redevelop. So in Tysons, Capital One built a GREAT baseball field that is used by the college summer league teams on their campus and SAIC has full turf field that is used for soccer and lacrosse. My old club has been huge benefits of this as it opened up fields directly for the club and fields used by other clubs became free.

Yeah, now that you mentioned it, I coached a WAGS game on that SAIC field.

[wlu_lax6]

AC Milan coming to my neighborhood....
https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2023/12/ ... h-academy/

I wonder where they'll train. The article lists an address that is literally in the middle of Tysons Corner.

Yeah field space is a premium in our area. However, my county forces developers to build fields as part of the agreement to redevelop. So in Tysons, Capital One built a GREAT baseball field that is used by the college summer league teams on their campus and SAIC has full turf field that is used for soccer and lacrosse. My old club has been huge benefits of this as it opened up fields directly for the club and fields used by other clubs became free.

Yeah, now that you mentioned it, I coached a WAGS game on that SAIC field.

So son of a lady who works for me had her kid at their first AC Milan VA event. Camp after school from
Wed->Sat. They ran it at George Mason. Guy who stated the AC Milan VA thing is an immigration attorney in Northern VA; who used to be an attorney with AC Milan. Got a teams in the NCSL and another league but trying to get an ECNL slot. Lots of brands trying to figure out the market, but the DMV has club soccer on lockdown. The smart club would buy into one of the area clubs top teams and grow from there or build feeder model (what DC United tried to do for their academy). Also wonder if in Nova would a better angle be a club going after the Mexican and Central American community. They have tended to be underserved at the travel level (probably due to cost).

Kid won a signed Pulisic jersey.

[Shirley]

College Cup semis
Beavers v. ND. Beavers will be without their starting midfielder and coach. Apparently playing an ineligible player (yellow card accumulation..8 in a seaon) does not change the outcome of the win over UNC to move on.
Clemson v. Mountaineers

It's wild to me that a team can knowingly play an ineligible player and not forfeit the game. They may claim they didn't know, but the rule's not complicated, so that excuse doesn't fly.

[degenerasian]

Welcome to Turkey, where refs are punched by club presidents and kicked in the head when they are on the ground.

[The Sybian]

That was Brian McBride eye. Impressed with the punch until I saw the second video with the kicks.

[wlu_lax6]

College Cup semis
Beavers v. ND. Beavers will be without their starting midfielder and coach. Apparently playing an ineligible player (yellow card accumulation..8 in a seaon) does not change the outcome of the win over UNC to move on.
Clemson v. Mountaineers

It's wild to me that a team can knowingly play an ineligible player and not forfeit the game. They may claim they didn't know, but the rule's not complicated, so that excuse doesn't fly.

The NCAA's model of forfeit is more a no-contest than changing who wins or loses (See Syracuse's use of ineligible Gait brother car loan championship). There may be something about when you catch it. For example when the clock strikes zero maybe you can't adjust for that.

[Shirley]

College Cup semis
Beavers v. ND. Beavers will be without their starting midfielder and coach. Apparently playing an ineligible player (yellow card accumulation..8 in a seaon) does not change the outcome of the win over UNC to move on.
Clemson v. Mountaineers

It's wild to me that a team can knowingly play an ineligible player and not forfeit the game. They may claim they didn't know, but the rule's not complicated, so that excuse doesn't fly.

The NCAA's model of forfeit is more a no-contest than changing who wins or loses (See Syracuse's use of ineligible Gait brother car loan championship). There may be something about when you catch it. For example when the clock strikes zero maybe you can't adjust for that.

Yeah, but it's different when you find issues years later (Gaits, Louisville hoops, Michigan, USC football, etc.) vs finding it right after the game. They could have had OSU forfeit the game and advance UNC. That seems like the right outcome for a team that knowingly played their ineligible all-conference player.

[wlu_lax6]

Super League is back
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/ ... lan-ruling

Man this is all about $ and at no point have players been taken into consideration. League, domestic cups, club world cups, nations leagues, WC Qualification, Continental Cups and their qualifications, When will teams have time to rest, train, and/or make money on preseason/winter training tours.

[The Sybian]

Super League is back
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/ ... lan-ruling

Man this is all about $ and at no point have players been taken into consideration. League, domestic cups, club world cups, nations leagues, WC Qualification, Continental Cups and their qualifications, When will teams have time to rest, train, and/or make money on preseason/winter training tours.

Interesting, I was thinking teams would leave their domestic leagues to play in this, not an additional 14 games added to an already ludicrously packed fixture schedule. Not sure which is worse, but both are horrible ideas. OTOH, it'd be a lot of fun to watch... Can we get rid of the League (Carabao) Cup? What's the point of it?

[P.D.X.]

All the sports I watch are getting ruined.

[Baloney]

[wlu_lax6]

Well the DC job is still available Rooney wants it

[sancarlos]

My daughter knows I enjoy the television show, so she gave me this t-shirt for Christmas.

[rass]

[sancarlos]

Per his wiki, Brandon Aubrey has worked three jobs since graduating from college:
Professional soccer player
Software engineer
Professional football player

[Pruitt IV]

Canada's own Tajon Buchanan

[P.D.X.]

Didn’t realize he made his way to Inter. Always enjoyed his game.

[The Sybian]

Didn’t realize he made his way to Inter. Always enjoyed his game.

I think it was just announced a few days ago.

[Baloney]

[degenerasian]

Never a dull moment in Turkish football. Their supercup between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray was supposed to be on today... in Saudi Arabia, because of course. Well, the game has now been cancelled, after Saudi Arabia wanted to ban any shirts and banners referring to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish republic. Both teams wanted to wear special shirts with an inscription on it, as a protest against having the game in Saudi Arabia in the first place. Saudi Arabia didn't budge, so both teams agreed to cancel the game and just fly home.

[govmentchedda]

Never a dull moment in Turkish football. Their supercup between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray was supposed to be on today... in Saudi Arabia, because of course. Well, the game has now been cancelled, after Saudi Arabia wanted to ban any shirts and banners referring to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish republic. Both teams wanted to wear special shirts with an inscription on it, as a protest against having the game in Saudi Arabia in the first place. Saudi Arabia didn't budge, so both teams agreed to cancel the game and just fly home.

Wasn't that a week or so ago?

[Pruitt IV]

Never a dull moment in Turkish football. Their supercup between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray was supposed to be on today... in Saudi Arabia, because of course. Well, the game has now been cancelled, after Saudi Arabia wanted to ban any shirts and banners referring to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish republic. Both teams wanted to wear special shirts with an inscription on it, as a protest against having the game in Saudi Arabia in the first place. Saudi Arabia didn't budge, so both teams agreed to cancel the game and just fly home.

Wasn't that a week or so ago?

I pushed on my bet.

[degenerasian]

Never a dull moment in Turkish football. Their supercup between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray was supposed to be on today... in Saudi Arabia, because of course. Well, the game has now been cancelled, after Saudi Arabia wanted to ban any shirts and banners referring to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish republic. Both teams wanted to wear special shirts with an inscription on it, as a protest against having the game in Saudi Arabia in the first place. Saudi Arabia didn't budge, so both teams agreed to cancel the game and just fly home.

Wasn't that a week or so ago?

Wow, I'm slow, just heard about it.

[govmentchedda]

Never a dull moment in Turkish football. Their supercup between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray was supposed to be on today... in Saudi Arabia, because of course. Well, the game has now been cancelled, after Saudi Arabia wanted to ban any shirts and banners referring to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish republic. Both teams wanted to wear special shirts with an inscription on it, as a protest against having the game in Saudi Arabia in the first place. Saudi Arabia didn't budge, so both teams agreed to cancel the game and just fly home.

Wasn't that a week or so ago?

Wow, I'm slow, just heard about it.

Gotta thaw out, man.

[wlu_lax6]

African Nations cup almost got off to a horrific start.
https://www.businessinsider.com/soccer- ... lem-2024-1

[The Sybian]

African Nations cup almost got off to a horrific start.
https://www.businessinsider.com/soccer- ... lem-2024-1

I bet they were vaxx’d!

[degenerasian]

The entire Asian Cup is available on the AFC's official Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/AFCAsianCup

Malaysia is getting smoked right now.

[Pruitt IV]

Mourtinho Sacked in Rome

Wonder who his next sucker will be?

[wlu_lax6]

Mourtinho Sacked in Rome

Wonder who his next sucker will be?

Jose Mourinho was also

[P.D.X.]

^ take it to the irony thread