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Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 10:42 pm
by Lassr
I am going to see Barcelona vs Chelsea at Fedex Field in DC on July 28th. This is my son's dream since he is a huge Messi fan.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:28 pm
by Alefroth
Nice. Is that part of some tournament, or a friendly?

I'm going to see the U.S. Women's team vs. Nigeria at the World Cup in Vancouver.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:30 pm
by pr0ner
Lassr wrote:I am going to see Barcelona vs Chelsea at Fedex Field in DC on July 28th. This is my son's dream since he is a huge Messi fan.
I hope you steel yourself for the hellish experience that is getting into and out of that stadium.

Beyond that, enjoy!

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:31 pm
by Lassr
Alefroth wrote:Nice. I'm going to see the U.S. Women's team vs. Nigeria at the World Cup in Vancouver.
My friend is going to one of the world cup games in Canada and asked if I wanted to go but I had to pass.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:32 pm
by Alefroth
Lassr wrote:
Alefroth wrote:Nice. I'm going to see the U.S. Women's team vs. Nigeria at the World Cup in Vancouver.
My friend is going to one of the world cup games in Canada and asked if I wanted to go but I had to pass.
Yeah, that'd be kind of a trip for you. I live 45 minutes from Vancouver. Which one is he going to, do you know?

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:33 pm
by Lassr
Alefroth wrote:Nice. Is that part of some tournament, or a friendly?

I'm going to see the U.S. Women's team vs. Nigeria at the World Cup in Vancouver.
My son said it was part of qualifying so the regular players should play. Not sure qualifying for what. They have so many different tournaments.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:34 pm
by Lassr
pr0ner wrote:
Lassr wrote:I am going to see Barcelona vs Chelsea at Fedex Field in DC on July 28th. This is my son's dream since he is a huge Messi fan.
I hope you steel yourself for the hellish experience that is getting into and out of that stadium.

Beyond that, enjoy!
Noted. We've got nothing better to do though.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:36 pm
by Lassr
Alefroth wrote:
Lassr wrote:
Alefroth wrote:Nice. I'm going to see the U.S. Women's team vs. Nigeria at the World Cup in Vancouver.
My friend is going to one of the world cup games in Canada and asked if I wanted to go but I had to pass.
Yeah, that'd be kind of a trip for you. I live 45 minutes from Vancouver. Which one is he going to, do you know?
I think he said Winnipeg but not sure which game.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 7:04 pm
by mori
Lassr wrote:
Alefroth wrote:
Lassr wrote:
Alefroth wrote:Nice. I'm going to see the U.S. Women's team vs. Nigeria at the World Cup in Vancouver.
My friend is going to one of the world cup games in Canada and asked if I wanted to go but I had to pass.
Yeah, that'd be kind of a trip for you. I live 45 minutes from Vancouver. Which one is he going to, do you know?
I think he said Winnipeg but not sure which game.
They are playing matches in Winnipeg? They must really be spreading this out. Tell me they are also playing matches in Regina.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 8:17 pm
by Alefroth
Playing from Vancouver to Moncton

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 10:44 pm
by tjg_marantz
No matches in Regina :-( Damnit, I would have loved to have gone.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 11:03 pm
by mori
After failing to make chances pay, The US Women finally put Mexico down in the 2nd half.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 2:15 pm
by LawBeefaroni
Lassr wrote:I am going to see Barcelona vs Chelsea at Fedex Field in DC on July 28th. This is my son's dream since he is a huge Messi fan.
Hope he gets to see Messi play. Last few friendlies I've been to, some of the big names sat.

Either way, though, a great matchup.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:58 pm
by mori
One match in Women World Cup and already controversy. A questionable penalty in extra time gifts Canada a win over a very underdog, but dogged China. I personally would not of awarded that penalty.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:06 pm
by $iljanus
mori wrote:One match in Women World Cup and already controversy. A questionable penalty in extra time gifts Canada a win over a very underdog, but dogged China. I personally would not of awarded that penalty.
Prepare to be hacked, my Canadian friends.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:04 pm
by LawBeefaroni
Wait, they're playing on turf?

I missed the game last night (hockey was on at every single bar) but reading up on it today and apparently the pitch sucks.
Wambach said playing on turf in the World Cup will force her to second guess whether to slide tackle to or go for a diving header, since that can result in bloody elbows, knees and hip bones.

Turf fields are also much hotter than natural grass fields. The surface at this Saturday's cup opener in Edmonton, in which Canada beat China 1-0, reportedly reached 120 degrees an hour before kickoff. At Sunday's games in Ottawa, the field temperature reached 130 degrees.

Spoilered for "turfburn" pics:
Spoiler:

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:35 pm
by Carpet_pissr
Some fantastic play last night USA vs. Australia.

Some horrible yellow card calls as well, though (against USA).

I realllllly much prefer women's soccer over men's for some reason (and not just the US team).

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:50 pm
by mori
LawBeefaroni wrote:Wait, they're playing on turf?

I missed the game last night (hockey was on at every single bar) but reading up on it today and apparently the pitch sucks.
Wambach said playing on turf in the World Cup will force her to second guess whether to slide tackle to or go for a diving header, since that can result in bloody elbows, knees and hip bones.

Turf fields are also much hotter than natural grass fields. The surface at this Saturday's cup opener in Edmonton, in which Canada beat China 1-0, reportedly reached 120 degrees an hour before kickoff. At Sunday's games in Ottawa, the field temperature reached 130 degrees.

Spoilered for "turfburn" pics:
They haven't discovered grass in Canada yet.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:46 am
by LawBeefaroni
mori wrote: They haven't discovered grass in Canada yet.
There sure was a lot of it on the slopes for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

:wink:

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:13 am
by AWS260
So the USMNT just beat the Netherlands and Germany (Germany!) in the space of a few days. A sign of good things to come, or just a couple of friendlies that shouldn't be taken seriously?

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:21 am
by LawBeefaroni
AWS260 wrote:So the USMNT just beat the Netherlands and Germany (Germany!) in the space of a few days. A sign of good things to come, or just a couple of friendlies that shouldn't be taken seriously?
Depends how good you think Muller, Kroos, and Neuer are. Granted I think the US was missing some key players too but Germany was far more depleted. I think it's just some friendlies that are good for experience and confidence but not good for rating the teams.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:23 am
by pr0ner
LawBeefaroni wrote:
AWS260 wrote:So the USMNT just beat the Netherlands and Germany (Germany!) in the space of a few days. A sign of good things to come, or just a couple of friendlies that shouldn't be taken seriously?
Depends how good you think Muller, Kroos, and Neuer are. Granted I think the US was missing some key players too but Germany was far more depleted. I think it's just some friendlies that are good for experience and confidence but not good for rating the teams.
Germany and Holland shouldn't be losing to the USMNT at home, friendly or otherwise.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:46 am
by LawBeefaroni
pr0ner wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:
AWS260 wrote:So the USMNT just beat the Netherlands and Germany (Germany!) in the space of a few days. A sign of good things to come, or just a couple of friendlies that shouldn't be taken seriously?
Depends how good you think Muller, Kroos, and Neuer are. Granted I think the US was missing some key players too but Germany was far more depleted. I think it's just some friendlies that are good for experience and confidence but not good for rating the teams.
Germany and Holland shouldn't be losing to the USMNT at home, friendly or otherwise.
But they did. Does that make US the better team? I say no.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:54 am
by pr0ner
LawBeefaroni wrote:
pr0ner wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:
AWS260 wrote:So the USMNT just beat the Netherlands and Germany (Germany!) in the space of a few days. A sign of good things to come, or just a couple of friendlies that shouldn't be taken seriously?
Depends how good you think Muller, Kroos, and Neuer are. Granted I think the US was missing some key players too but Germany was far more depleted. I think it's just some friendlies that are good for experience and confidence but not good for rating the teams.
Germany and Holland shouldn't be losing to the USMNT at home, friendly or otherwise.
But they did. Does that make US the better team? I say no.
No, certainly not. Just more opportunistic in both cases.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:39 pm
by mori
Rapinoe cross from the fucking by-line!

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 9:29 pm
by mori
I do not anticipate the USWNT to get much past the first knock out round. Germany and a few other teams, would destroy them.

I think Men in Blazers have this team figured out. They are England and Jill Ellis is Roy Hodgson. They do not adapt and many other teams have passed them by. 1999 is this team's England's 1966.

Should be interesting in the next Women World Cup and if the African nations continue their ascendency. I guess that all depends on FIFA policies and the associated $$$ pipeline. And Brazil? WTF!

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:56 pm
by Rumpy
Was out of town visiting family this weekend in Ottawa and our hotel had a lot of Fifa visitors.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:37 pm
by mori
A much better performance by the USWNT against China. Even though they only won 1-0, they did a lot of things right. The high pressing, wingers acting as proper wingers, the back four pushing up, etc. Keep Wombach on the bench and only make her a late sub. If Rapinoe comes in the next match and does not play like O'Hara did in this match, bench her as well. I think Judy Johnston has been the MVP of this team. I like how she does being a central defender stopper. I have not seen an opposition forward get the best of her the entire tournament or has lost an aerial duel.

The next match against Germany is going to be the biggest test of the WC and the winner of this should win the cup. Sort of pessimistic about our chances because I am sure Jill Ellis will go back to her old ways for that match. I can just see Rapinoe cutting inside running into cul-de-sacs while Wombach is pitching a fit and yelling at everyone. Germany 3-1. Hope I am wrong.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:47 pm
by AWS260
mori wrote:A much better performance by the USWNT against China. Even though they only won 1-0, they did a lot of things right. The high pressing, wingers acting as proper wingers, the back four pushing up, etc. Keep Wombach on the bench and only make her a late sub. If Rapinoe comes in the next match and does not play like O'Hara did in this match, bench her as well. I think Judy Johnston has been the MVP of this team. I like how she does being a central defender stopper. I have not seen an opposition forward get the best of her the entire tournament or has lost an aerial duel.

The next match against Germany is going to be the biggest test of the WC and the winner of this should win the cup. Sort of pessimistic about our chances because I am sure Jill Ellis will go back to her old ways for that match. I can just see Rapinoe cutting inside running into cul-de-sacs while Wombach is pitching a fit and yelling at everyone. Germany 3-1. Hope I am wrong.
I agree with everything you wrote, but am still somehow outraged by the suggestion that Megan Rapinoe is not a goddam national treasure. Megan Rapinoe is a goddam national treasure.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:43 am
by Carpet_pissr
mori wrote:A much better performance by the USWNT against China. Even though they only won 1-0, they did a lot of things right. The high pressing, wingers acting as proper wingers, the back four pushing up, etc. Keep Wombach on the bench and only make her a late sub. If Rapinoe comes in the next match and does not play like O'Hara did in this match, bench her as well. I think Judy Johnston has been the MVP of this team. I like how she does being a central defender stopper. I have not seen an opposition forward get the best of her the entire tournament or has lost an aerial duel.

The next match against Germany is going to be the biggest test of the WC and the winner of this should win the cup. Sort of pessimistic about our chances because I am sure Jill Ellis will go back to her old ways for that match. I can just see Rapinoe cutting inside running into cul-de-sacs while Wombach is pitching a fit and yelling at everyone. Germany 3-1. Hope I am wrong.
DAMMIT. I missed it - was it a good game? I will find a replay somewhere if it was...otherwise, will just wait and catch the Germany game.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:05 pm
by mori
It was not a good game to watch as the USA dominated but only got 1 goal. It was good from a tactical and technical viewpoint. The Chinese were never in the match and their tactics were woeful.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:07 pm
by Carpet_pissr
Thanks. Skipping.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:54 pm
by LawBeefaroni
mori wrote:It was not a good game to watch as the USA dominated but only got 1 goal. It was good from a tactical and technical viewpoint. The Chinese were never in the match and their tactics were woeful.
Sounds just like Japan/Australia today.

Well, except it was a good game to watch if you liked corners.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:19 pm
by mori
It was a match that Australia could of won to as they were more into the game than China was. The more I think about it the more that the China coach will be told to line up against a wall when he gets back to Bejing. This was a very beatable USA squad and he just threw it away with his boneheaded tactics. Interested in the Canada/England match but I think this is either USA or Germany's cup. Unless Canada gets to the final that is...

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:20 pm
by AWS260
Fingers crossed for the U.S. against Germany tonight. Hope Solo could be in for a busy night.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:34 pm
by LawBeefaroni
[Hope Solo busy night joke here]


Looking forward to it too. We're going to a BBQ tonight that just happens to be hosted by a German family. No TV but they have every streaming service imaginable so hoping to see some of it.

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:59 pm
by Carpet_pissr
Wooooo!!!

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:02 pm
by Carpet_pissr
mori wrote:I do not anticipate the USWNT to get much past the first knock out round. Germany and a few other teams, would destroy them.
Never bet against the USWNT when the World Cup is on the line!!

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:11 pm
by tru1cy
Carpet_pissr wrote:
mori wrote:I do not anticipate the USWNT to get much past the first knock out round. Germany and a few other teams, would destroy them.
Never bet against the USWNT when the World Cup is on the line!!

One more win to seal best team in the world

Re: Hey soccer fans!

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:34 pm
by AWS260
Whew. Glad we got that second goal, since the PK call was just a leettle bit bullshit (the foul was clearly outside the box).