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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #275 on: September 10, 2014, 09:44:51 PM »
LA draws Montreal 2-2. Wow. Talk about two teams on opposite ends of the spectrum, with LA looking unbeatable the last couple months and Montreal being dead last in the league.

With a huge game between Seattle and RSL Friday, Seattle has the rare opportunity to widen their margin over LA in the Western Conference and Supporters Shield races, and Salt Lake has one last chance to claw themselves back into that picture and bring even more chaos into it.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #276 on: September 12, 2014, 11:45:17 PM »
Obafemi Martins is the best player in MLS who was snubbed by his national team coach this year.

EDIT: Wow. Just wow. That game was hyped by everyone as a huge deal and somehow still managed to blow expectations away. Borchers with an intentional red card foul in the 68th minute to prevent what would've been a sure Obafemi Martins goal in what was then a 2-2 game, and RSL holding on until literally the last minute of stoppage time when, of all people, Andy Rose finds the back of the net to give Seattle the 3-2 win. I don't even know how to respond.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #277 on: September 17, 2014, 10:46:19 AM »
Trophy 1 of 4 for the Sounders this year, check.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #278 on: September 18, 2014, 11:43:55 PM »
New logo's look awesome.



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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #279 on: September 19, 2014, 01:59:33 PM »
Looks sort of like it should be a Fencing logo instead.
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« Reply #280 on: September 19, 2014, 10:00:39 PM »
I complained that they scheduled the announcement of the new logo too soon, which limited the creative potential of jokes and speculation, but seeing what the internet has been able to do riffing on the new logo, I've gotta say it worked out pretty well.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #281 on: September 24, 2014, 10:43:54 PM »
“You can’t teach speed.” - Zombie Al Davis, while watching DeAndre Yedlin.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #282 on: September 26, 2014, 03:43:19 PM »
Not sure what took so long, but Copa America 2016 has been added to the FIFA calendar, so all the best players should be able to be there. Should be a pretty big event; I'm going to have to try and get tickets to some of it.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #283 on: September 30, 2014, 04:41:46 PM »
Word on the street has it that Chivas TBD may not be TBD much longer, as the league has found a buyer. They will, however, sit out the next two years while they rebrand. All but seals Cubo Torres being in a Galaxy kit next year, which is scary to think about. A Keane-Torres-Zardes attack would just be ridiculous.
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« Reply #284 on: October 02, 2014, 12:53:47 PM »
I'm still not totally sold on the new MLS logo, but if they're going to stick with it I think the version the Sounders should use is this one I just made.

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« Reply #285 on: October 02, 2014, 06:04:58 PM »
I prefer the older logo myself, but if you are going to put a Sounders player on there, it should be Dempsey with the "Deuceface!!!!"
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« Reply #286 on: October 02, 2014, 06:09:56 PM »
I prefer the older logo myself, but if you are going to put a Sounders player on there, it should be Dempsey with the "Deuceface!!!!"

That was actually what I originally set out to photoshop, but then changed my mind and switched to the Obaflip. Clint Dempsey may be a national team legend and one of the highest paid players in league history, but there's no question that Oba's been the best player this year for the Sounders, and arguably the entire league.
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« Reply #287 on: October 02, 2014, 07:18:21 PM »
insanolord, can you make make a Chicago version of that with Magee.
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« Reply #288 on: October 10, 2014, 07:59:29 PM »
Landon Donovan played 40 minutes tonight against Ecuador for his final US national team appearance. He threatened a few times, including putting a beautiful back heel pass from Jozy Altidore off the post, but went scoreless in that time. I respect the hell out of him for his ability and for the massive amount he's done to grow the sport in this country, but my god I'm so sick of this whole thing.
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« Reply #289 on: October 11, 2014, 12:19:25 AM »
I remember in 2008 watching the US play England at Wembley. They lost 2-0, but after that game I became a huge fan of the national team. Over the past six years the roster from then til now has changed so much, I'm starting to feel old....Anyways, I welcome the new crop of players that I will be watching for years to come.
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« Reply #290 on: October 11, 2014, 03:58:51 AM »
It's an exciting time to be a fan of that team. Donovan's gone, and guys like Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard aren't too far behind him, but there's a ton of up and coming young talent building in the system. We saw the breakout of DeAndre Yedlin at this year's World Cup, and there are dozens of guys with the potential to be the next one to do that, though they've also got the potential to be the next Freddy Adu.
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« Reply #291 on: October 12, 2014, 01:35:35 AM »
There’s a beautiful vision in my head of a US midfield with Michael Bradley & Mix Diskerud in the middle and Julian  Green & DeAndre Yedlin on the wings.
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« Reply #292 on: October 13, 2014, 02:22:02 AM »
With Dallas' win over LA tonight, the Sounders and Galaxy are tied for the best record in the league with two games to play, both of which are against each other. Don Garber's getting exactly what he wanted when he scheduled this home and home series to end the year, the two best, most star-studded teams facing off with the Supporters Shield on the line.

Get ready, October 25, 3 Eastern/Noon Pacific. A game on full-on, over-the-air NBC in front of what I'm sure will be a capacity crowd of 67,000+ at CenturyLink Field, to decide the whole thing. Unless Seattle wins the first game in LA, in which case the last game is irrelevant.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #293 on: October 20, 2014, 12:49:52 AM »
With tonight's come from behind 2-2 draw between Seattle and LA, who wins the Supporters Shield, finishing with the best record in the regular season, comes down to the final game, a rematch of these same two teams in Seattle this Saturday afternoon.
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« Reply #294 on: October 23, 2014, 12:03:35 PM »
I've come to the conclusion that the playoffs are just going to be a huge letdown after Saturday's Seattle-LA showdown. So many narratives (Donovan vs. Dempsey, Keane vs. Martins, Arena vs. Schmid, not to mention the Gonzalez vs. Marshall one we're missing out on), so much on the line, it just feels like this should be it. Just give the Cup to whoever wins this game. I imagine there are at least 8 teams that would have a problem with that, but **** 'em. They should have sucked less.
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« Reply #295 on: October 25, 2014, 02:23:36 PM »
Robbie Keane left out of the 18 for LA with an unspecified injury. The Galaxy need three points in one of the toughest buildings in the league with a crowd of 60,000 plus and they need to do it without their MVP frontrunner in Keane and their best defender in Omar Gonzalez. Just over half an hour until kickoff.
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« Reply #296 on: October 25, 2014, 05:12:23 PM »
OH MY GOD I CAN'T TAKE THIS. The Sounders play the ugliest game I've ever seen them play for 85 minutes, but win 2-0 on two incredibly late goals by sub Marco Pappa to win the Supporters Shield outright.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #297 on: October 26, 2014, 03:12:17 PM »
Sounds like the Sounders very own version of Fergie Time.
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Re: Soccer Discussion: Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties!
« Reply #298 on: October 27, 2014, 01:00:05 AM »
Aw nuts. I just saw Insanolord's avatar on another part of the forum and realized that must have meant that Seattle won. Oh well. Still plenty of time for them to choke in another game. Bugging Insano about soccer (or as I prefer to call it, Football, since I actually care about the game) is fast becoming a favorite forum past time of mine. Ah well. Congrats on the win.
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« Reply #299 on: October 27, 2014, 01:23:45 AM »
(or as I prefer to call it, Football, since I actually care about the game)

Of all the English-speaking countries, which has been most successful at the sport in recent years? The one that calls it soccer. England should consider switching over, they might do better.
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