So both Honduras and Jamaica give up stupid own goals..

i just found out that pinto, which led CR to such a great world cup campaign, is currently coaching honduras

i thought he'd get a better job!


no no-- costa rica gave up the OG

(the bad jamaican save i think was already in)

(these guys suck though)

I didn't see the first half.. looked like the Jamaican touched it before it went in (not saying it wasn't going in regardless but still)..

Same thing with Honduras own goal.. it was going in regardless but to have touched it beforw it went in has to sting

ah... see, the sucky CR defender did change the direction of the jamaican shot though-- a true own goal.

the jamaican attacker was shooting towards the CR keeper but the stupid CR defender came to "block" the shot-- so poorly that he put it way out of reach of his own keeper

i didn't see yesterday's. will check out highlights.

Gotta love futbol... no possible contact and if a dude falls he jumps right back up.. the slightest hint of contact? Stop drop and roll like he was on fire

the women don't do that

jamaica really wants to win this and with 2 minutes i don't think they will-- but the defending has been so sucky on both sides anything can happen

HOLY SHIT FOX SPORTS JUST BEGAN TO SHOW BUNDESLIGA YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!


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fucking fantastic. hello 2015-2016.

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and all 306 games are gonna be on foxsoccer2go. i don't have to buy shitty cable. FUCKIN A RIGHT!!!

That's only because no one cares on way or the other ;)

#DoubleStandard

naaah... it's because when men get hurt, they cry for their mamis.

it's well documented in war, etc. everybody knows that.

But that is the whole thing.. flopping is not about getting hurt, its about getting the refs attention. In the women's game they don't flop cuz their refs don't care. Btw, that is why i like CONCACAF , refs usually let em play which discourages flopping (more or less)..

Shit i think i saw just one free kick during US Honduras and that was the only time ref took out his spray foam!

how do you know if you don't watch?

paging dr. h8kurdt... paging dr. h8kurdt...

Confirmed: Schweinsteiger to Man U

++Bayern’s chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, said he regretted having to sell the Germany captain but explained that Schweinsteiger “just wants to do something new at the end of his career … Bastian was an extremely deserving player for us. He has done great things. I can only wish him all the best with what will be an interesting task.”++

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...louis-van-gaal

Friend of mine wrote this about Sterling's signing after a talk between the two of us. He puts it better than I ever could.

I know you never wrote it but have to take issue with some points.

"showing a distinct lack of ambition in accepting Chelsea's money for Fernando Torres"

Torres handed in a transfer request and not many clubs keep a player who does that, especially when you're talking about a then Prem record of £50m.

"spending a completely unrealistic chunk of that on Andy Carroll, they have ensured that the parameters of skill vs age and nationality are permanently skewed in the British market."

Carroll was a terrible signing, no doubt, but it wasn't the root cause of where we're at now with Sterling. For that you have to blame money-chasing agents and players facilitated by a misguided quota system which puts a premium on a very small pool of talented English players. Without the quota system, Sterling wouldn't be worth anything close to £50m. As it is he's merely exploiting a poorly thought out supply and demand situation.

You make a good point with Torres. Carroll, however, was clearly a sign of how bad things are and how it was going to get worse.. Him along with the others mentioned on the piece.

oh shit. a bit sad, but he's no longer the player he used to be. still, could have been like paul scholes, one shirt forever, playing until his last days.

I like one team players and it'd feel wrong watching him face Bayern in a cl fixture. Seems an odd buy for man u, too. He offers nothing long term due to his age and will be an injury risk now till he retires.

i think he's a better player than he seems... in the sense that he's a misfit in pep's system-- too strong and intense, pep seems to prefer gentle lightfooted hobbits.



so schweinsteiger should be a good fit for english football. that's besides his preexisting relationship with van gaal, which should work for the team.

i found out yesterday from the news that he's going to be the first german ever to play for man u? is that war related or something (i'm going to guess yes).

I love schweinsteiger.. i love the whole Dutch team.. van persie.. robben.. dudes names together all sound like the villains in a Van Damme movie

Schweinsteiger's German.

Vidal to leave Juve for Bayern? Logical move but I was really hoping he'd come to the Prem.

dammit. another midfielder.

at least he can defend.

he's in for schweinsteiger i suppose. which makes sense. both are well-rounded extremely capable midfielders.

im going to have to read up & catch up with the transfers. been out of the loop all of last week.

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goodbye pizarro-- retirement was expected.

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and douglas costa, i really don't know what for. don't we have enough attacking midfielders?

but seriously pep and the midfielders. what the fuck. get a solid central defender to play with boateng. for fucks sakes already.

Hahaa that is right! Sorry i been REEEEAAAAL stoned lately and my mind is in CONCACAF mkde

ha ha portlandia

good for you

i was away & lost track of concacaf. will have to read up the news now.

If they don't, Benatia (remember him?) Is gonna have to really up his game.

benatia!

if pep put as much care in hiring defenders as he puts in hiring attacking midfielders, bayern would be unkillable.

i think he'll be putting javi martínez along with boateng. it makes sense. he's hugely physical, tireless, can launch an attack, etc. so he'd be like a 2nd boateng. that would be ideal-- pushed upfront the way pep likes it.

with heynckes he was the key to the whole game in the midfield. pep wants him as centerback, but a pep centerback scores goals-- like beckenbauer--so it could work under that mold. not like a classic centerback parket in front of his keeper.

reason he didn't work out last year was fitness. he came back too late to recover. summer should be kind on him.

badstuber also staying (so far anyway-- he wrote pizarro a goodbye note on twitter). he's so injury prone who knows what will happen.

so you have, as centerbacks:

boateng (fit)
benatia (sucks)
dante (slow)
badstuber (who knows)
javi martínez (on the mend)

so that's impressive but the problem is nobody is fit except for boateng (knock on wood)
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as fullbacks

alaba (got hurt too)
rafinha (he's okay but i don't like him as defender)
rode?? (he plays any and all wings-- he's versatile)

lahm is still the greatest fullback but he doesn't play as such. he's, i don't know, all over.

Pep's apparently been interested in bringing Piquet from Barca but I don't think that'd be too popular with Bayern fans. And even for the neutral it'd reek of short termism. He's always been interested in Thiago silva (who isn't?) And maybe a couple of seasons ago he could've got him but I don't think Pep or bayern have the same pull now as they did then.

okay, shit, this is the official list

In
07/15 Brazil Douglas Costa MF Shakhtar Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk
07/15 USA Julian Green FW Hamburger SV Hamburger SV
07/15 Denmark Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MF FC Augsburg FC Augsburg
07/15 Germany Joshua Kimmich MF RB Leipzig RB Leipzig
07/15 Germany Jan Kirchhoff DF FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04
07/15 Germany Sven Ulreich GK VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart
Out
07/15 Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger MF Manchester United Manchester United
06/15 Germany Lukas Görtler FW 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern
06/15 Spain Pepe Reina GK SSC Napoli SSC Napoli
06/15 Germany Lucas Scholl MF Bayern München II Bayern München II
06/15 Germany Rico Strieder MF Bayern München II Bayern München II
06/15 Germany Patrick Weihrauch FW Bayern München II Bayern München II
06/15 Germany Mitchell Weiser MF Hertha BSC Hertha BSC

http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/b...chen/2016/6/6/


they're recalling julian green (forward) and hojberg (central midfielder) from their loans. kimmich is a midfielder too, but defensive (well, thank fuck) and apparently very promising/young. douglas costa of course played for megaloser brazil so and it's yet-another-attacking-midfielder.

meanwhile, pep has ruined greedy little gotze who followed him to bayern for the glory of playing under him. he said so himself. now look at it. fucken ruined.

kirchoff is a central defender (at last! at last!) from schalke, but i don't remember him much-- then again i had troubles watching last season.

ulreich is a GK from stuttgart who i suppose replaces pepe reina who went to napoli.

the others bayern is ditching i have never heard of except for mitchell wieser who is still very young and can benefit from a loan out.


don't know about "pull"-- they got vidal who very highly ranked right now

his short termism worked for xabi alonso though

but then again it would take more than money to yank piqué out of barcelona i think. they're the euro-champions after all.

wait, maybe that's why you meant by "pull". yeah.

Schneijder! Thats the dude my brain was thinking of when yall were talking about Schweinsteiger's. Holland team sounds like villains in Van damme movie, German team sounds like the menu at a Beir Garden

catch us up with concacaf, pacheco

USA playing meh but solid enough to remain favored. Since March finally been able to halt that 15 match skid of allowing teams to score in 2nd half.. jozy is going home which concerns me a bit (though not for the Cup specifically so much as in general)and brooks dumbass got two yellows so woll miss quarters but its Cuba so no worries there. Dempsey has been great and played well without Altidore against Panama but long term hoping missing Altidore doesn't bring back the uncreative offense we saw in the World Cup. Dempsey doesn't create his offense


Mexico destroyed Cuba before looking Meh-xico against Guatemala and allowing the sleeper Trinidad to score 4 (in a draw).. Costa Rica more or less choked.. Panama is lucky to advance and Jamaica has been sneaky good.

Semis should include US vs JA and Mexico vs Trinidad

CR didnt make semis? holy fuck! disappoint...

so the only regularly serious teams here are USA and Mexico, after all.

can't wait for copa américa centenario-- if it happens-- though they'll be more focused on world cup qualifiers i think

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wait wait man-- demasiada mota! they're still to play quarterfinals. i got curious and looked up:

sat - usa/cuba, haiti/jamaica
sun trinidad/panama, mex/costarica

there's still a way to go!

Its not semis yet those were my predictions.. quarters are this weekend but i just don't see them beating Mexico after their disappointing play in the group..

Yeah, its a two horse conference but the semis are still usually good teams and with Mexico being shaky Trinidad can pull off the upset Panama did in 2013

oh i see i see now-- you were predicting not announcing

i still have hopes for CR to put a good show though!

i saw them suck on their first game but good teams grow under pressure

Oh yeah its a coinflip for sure cuz mexico has been shaky

maybe i'll go watch the highlights online (free on fuck-sucker 2go)

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never mind, they only have full matches and i can't sit through all

I imagine the Mexico-Trinidad 4-4 draw would be best bet

alright, thanks! maybe i'll take a look at that full match.

or maybe i'll watch usa team... hmmm... decisions...

julian green going back to bayern 1st squad-- sounds promising