Author Topic: Soccer Discussion: 1.67% Chance of Being the Best Thread on the NWR Forums (Read 229596 times)

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #400 on:** June 06, 2015, 10:14:43 AM »

Yeah, the U.S. attack was giving them fits all game, even with a lot of its best players missing. They honestly should have had two or three more goals. Pretty poor defensive play all around, though; when Brek Shea is your best defender on the game that's usually a bad sign. Matt Besler and Omar Gonzalez had to feel a lot better about their chances of playing in the Gold Cup after that.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #401 on:** June 10, 2015, 05:06:02 PM »

WE WANT ARGENTINA!

Manthony Chopkins · « **Reply #402 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:21:47 PM »

Of course the friendlies are played while I'm at work..... I was not expecting the results that we got. I hear Bradley was fantastic. I did manage to see a clip of his pass to Mix. Great stuff!

Wah · « **Reply #403 on:** June 25, 2015, 01:12:34 AM »

hey isanolord guess who one the Asian cup! whoop whoop!

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #404 on:** July 22, 2015, 08:44:40 PM »

Well this is just goddamned awful.

Soren · « **Reply #405 on:** July 22, 2015, 09:51:43 PM »

It's the Gold Cup no team wanted to win! Hooray CONCACAF!

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #406 on:** July 22, 2015, 10:41:32 PM »

Don't look now, but Panama, who's been playing with 10 men since about 20 minutes in, just took a 1-0 lead on Mexico. 74th minute as I post this.

Wah · « **Reply #407 on:** July 22, 2015, 10:51:39 PM »

Quote from: Soren on July 22, 2015, 09:51:43 PM

It's the Gold Cup no team wanted to win! Hooray CONCACAF!

we beat Japan China every good Asian team that's really stepping up your game...

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #408 on:** July 22, 2015, 10:58:41 PM »

China's not good. Japan's decent. Asia in general's a pretty weak confederation right now. They had an awful World Cup last year.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #409 on:** July 22, 2015, 11:02:20 PM »

And right on cue, complete horseshit penalty given to Mexico in the 89th minute. It doesn't get any CONCACAFier than this.

Soren · « **Reply #410 on:** July 22, 2015, 11:16:37 PM »

Univision on their broadcast gave the goal to Mark Geiger.

Panama should have walked out. I almost believed it to be true. What a farce.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #411 on:** July 22, 2015, 11:44:18 PM »

He was chosen to referee a match in the knockout round of last year's World Cup, how could he go from that to being this awful?

Soren · « **Reply #412 on:** July 23, 2015, 12:18:35 AM »

A red card for lightly whacking a guy in the face, called from 50 yards away? Check
A totally bullshit penalty that had no business being called, so much so that Geiger lost control of match and basically did nothing for 15 minutes because Panama knew they right and could have easily walked away from that **** sandwich? Total check
Redemption in the form a ticky tack foul in the box resulting in a legitimate penalty hoping that bails you out? Check

Concacafs gonna Concacaf.

Khushrenada · « **Reply #413 on:** July 23, 2015, 09:38:47 PM »

So, recently in FIFA Women's Football, the USA beat Japan to win the tournament. I wonder if there were any US fans with signs urging USA to "Drop the Bomb". If so, that would have been hilarious considering how the game went and world history. You know. 1945 and all that.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #414 on:** July 25, 2015, 09:00:05 PM »

J.P.'s 2015 Gold Cup U.S. National Team Recap:

CON: Everything.

PRO: It's now over.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #415 on:** August 05, 2015, 08:35:32 PM »

Man, the soccer news just keeps coming today. First Kraft getting serious about building a new stadium in New England, then Chicharito maybe going to Chicago, and now there’s apparently a leaked image of a new U.S. Soccer crest for 2016.

Manthony Chopkins · « **Reply #416 on:** August 11, 2015, 06:15:59 PM »

I prefer the crest they used for our centennial uniforms a couple years back . Those were slick. It seems like they were going for that angle with the re-design. Assuming it is true they are re-designing it of course.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #417 on:** August 11, 2015, 06:17:25 PM »

The word is the centennial crest was too generic for them to be able to trademark it, so they didn't want to use it.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #418 on:** August 22, 2015, 11:58:02 AM »

I've been watching some of the Bundesliga now that Fox is showing it in America, and while I'm working on a fairly small sample size, so far I think I like it better than the Premier League.

Shaymin · « **Reply #419 on:** August 22, 2015, 01:32:19 PM »

I'd laugh at Bayern conceding eight seconds into a match, but they won this week so...

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #420 on:** August 30, 2015, 09:47:26 PM »

Seattle got three points they probably didn't deserve but desperately needed, but the big story of the day is that the Red Bulls just look unstoppable right now. If they can win the Shield I'm not sure anybody could stop them in the playoffs.

Manthony Chopkins · « **Reply #421 on:** October 13, 2015, 12:14:23 AM »

I would have thought that the latest loss would have generated some buzz around here. Tough loss, they fought back twice, but it wasn't good enough. I didn't think Mexico would give us that hard of a time. Its been a while since they outplayed us. Oh well, i think given his contract the only way Klinnsman gets the boot is if we fail to qualify for Russia.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #422 on:** October 17, 2015, 11:56:25 PM »

After tonight's action all three Canadian teams have clinched berths in the MLS Cup Playoffs, which means the Montreal Impact, who finished dead last in the league in 2014, are in, and, more importantly, the Toronto FC Fightin' Giovincos made it in for the first time in franchise history. MLSE indiscriminately throwing money at a problem has, for once, been successful.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #423 on:** October 22, 2015, 12:19:50 AM »

A late, late goal given up by LA in the final game of the CONCACAF Champions League group stage finalized the seeding for next spring's knockout round so that all four matchups feature an American team taking on a Mexican team, which I'm sure the people trying to make money off that tournament absolutely love.

Also, Kansas City's home loss to last-place Colorado sets up a scenario where all the teams from 2nd through 6th in the Western Conference may finish the season with 51 points, in perhaps the greatest example of MLS parity ever. I really hope it happens, partly for the historical implications, but mostly because the tiebreaking formulas would result in the Sounders taking 2nd place and a first round playoff bye.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #424 on:** November 02, 2015, 01:56:41 AM »

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