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Have an English league 2 game on in the background. Notts co. Jesus makes you realize how good Var is. First goal the guy was at least two yards offside. No call. Second goal was almost comical it was such a clear handball. Nothin. Like our Sunday league with no refs
Might as well give them beers to drink and heaters to smoke while they play
I would have liked to have gone to that. It’ll be packed. Kids who wear their club jerseys get in free. Slu has only been average for some time now. Surprisingly MO State has been the top program. They went foreign
Leverkusen back at it. What a match. Crazy number of close goals by both sides. Some great work, lots of sloppy play, great stuff.
I’m out of town. I will say that it’s great in a sense bc there are so many iu alums (especially from the 80s from here) but it’s a little bit of a double edged sword. IU has carried on winning. Slu has not. Kalish at Slu is an old Gallagher guy and losing those kids to iu isn’t doing the Slu program any favors. As I said MO state is the better program today. Slu can’t afford to lose any Stl players at this point. These soccer alum events are like local advertising for iu
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rewatched some of yesterday’s- god Everton is so bad. Pickford got a taste of his own comments.
Gunners are good, but back line needs major work. Raya saved their asses.
CP had a few chances but Bowen is such a menace.
Lastly, @lars, how much trouble is ManU in? Ohana looked lost, bHA had tons of good looks. No way they finish top half IMO. League is too good.
Gunners are good, but back line needs major work. Raya saved their asses.
CP had a few chances but Bowen is such a menace.
Lastly, @lars, how much trouble is ManU in? Ohana looked lost, bHA had tons of good looks. No way they finish top half IMO. League is too good.
It wasn't the gunners back 4 that was the problem it was the midfield that was that was the problem. Thomas Partey is too slow he is a turnover machine (Arteta doesn't want the destroy 6, he wants the Busquets 6), Rice isn't playing the 6 anymore, and Odeguard is not fleet of foot either (nor is Rice). Timber and the new kid are going to be really good, but Timber is likely to be pushed to midfield and he could easily transition to the 6.
Arsenal relies upon possession and they push and push and they are going to get caught. They got lucky against Villa. Kudos to Villa though--that is a damn fine squad and Emery can coach--Arsenal totally screwed him over during the transition period, with Mehmet Ozil being a major issue with not a ton of talent around the club. 78 mil for Pepe was was the equivalent of paying Mas-a-Suta 78 mil for community outreach speaking engagements.
So I’ve watched our new bundesliga 2 acquisitions. Two full games. They are definitely more polished than your average mls player. Not as good as the higher dollar acquisitions and a far cry from the Reus giroud type marquee signings but definitely in that upper third maybe quarter
That doesn't surprise me. Better on the ball for sure and far more spatial awareness with movement off the ball. This is something that baffles me. The difference between the US and European or say Argentina or Brazil, isn't that those players on the foreign sides are better athletes, but they have such better touch, more confident on the ball, and have a keen awareness for movement off the ball.
Meanwhile, Little Johnny and Little Susie are told from an early age "don't dribble so much, pass it!".
My boys had a coach at U8 who was the drizzling shits. Former MISL player and one time call up to the US national team, and he wouldn't tolerate anyone dribbling. playing 6 v 6 there's no offsides and so he would keep one kid down by the other team's goalie regardless of whether we were defending. "Why you doing that coach"? Cause we want to win. "Not like that we don't"......
Jesus you’d think anyone who played misl would appreciate dribbling.
Concur on all fronts
Fat guy medium guy skinny guy hockey. 🔥The pinnacle of soccer video games...
Help is on the way Mark
Arsenal sign €37.5m Merino from Real Sociedad
Midfielder Mikel Merino has completed his move to Arsenal from Real Sociedad in a deal reported to be £28 million ($36.2m), the north London club announced on Monday.
We need a winger or striker. Merino is a great start and I LOVE the kid from Italy, but we are going to burn out Saka in short order if we don't add a winger or a dual striker/winger guy.Help is on the way Mark
Arsenal sign €37.5m Merino from Real Sociedad
Midfielder Mikel Merino has completed his move to Arsenal from Real Sociedad in a deal reported to be £28 million ($36.2m), the north London club announced on Monday.www.espn.com
Fat guy medium guy skinny guy hockey. 🔥
I don’t remember that. I’ve hockey from when? 1986? Had to be pre-2000s with those graphics
Nintendo prior to the amazing EA Sports hockey. There was incredible strategy involved in your selection. The longer you hold the shoot button down the harder the shot. Fat guys were barely mobile but had bombs
The Atari and the pac man that was released for it. I can't believe my brother and I played this game until are thumbs bled because we used the highly toxic and cutting atari controllers
The history channel has entertaining shows on the genesis of companies in all the various industries. Video games is fascinating. You must be in your early 50s as well. The big leap my friends and I experienced was the jump from Atari to intellivision. The controller looked like a calculator and slid in an insert based on the gameThe Atari and the pac man that was released for it. I can't believe my brother and I played this game until are thumbs bled because we used the highly toxic and cutting atari controllers
Outside slant was unstoppable with me at QB.
The Atari and the pac man that was released for it. I can't believe my brother and I played this game until are thumbs bled because we used the highly toxic and cutting atari controllers
I preferred Pitfall and Space Invaders
The second greatest nickname in all of sports-- "the Cosmos" next to Coventry City's "The Sky Blues"
MLS isn't nearly as sexy as NASL. Messi is always amazing to watch but to the general public, he isn't the draw that Pele was-- at least in the US. Messi is probably second. Nevertheless, we are getting older guys at the end of their career. US soccer has improved undoubtedly--better players as a whole, which means our average guys are better than they were 46 years ago, but as @mcmurtry66 points out, the Bundesliga 2 players are still better than US MLS players.
Is MLS a better league than NASL was at its peak? Not sure. Longer lasting because of faux salary caps, but......playing coast to coast is stupid. If you are going to do coast to coast, set up divisions like the american and national leagues but do it by geography
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Good stuff. I actually know a lot of guys who played nasl. It’s going to sound ridiculous but they are the dads of many of my friends and teammates. Americans. I will say that they are not nearly as technical as our generation. I want to say mls is better.
I agree with your post I think the one major advantage today at the pro level that we’ve never had before is soccer specific stadiums. Oh and a tv deal. But these stadiums are so important.
I went through mls combines. This is no bullshit one of the days was at Dublin high school. A high school! I have friends who played for the Miami fusion and I got invited to a trial. They had bleachers in an old multi use stadium in Fort Lauderdale that had football lines and shit.
The infrastructure makes a big difference. Now imagine if they get rid of the salary rules! We could get players in their prime and compete with maybe Portugal league etc
The stadiums are key. I don't see how a team like Louisville can be shut out for much longer given their setup.
BUT, like in STL, Houston, Cincy, etc/...they HAVE to be downtown. Frisco (TX) was an early soccer specific, but it's almost too far out in the suburbs. Target the younger, hipster crowds living downtown, rather than the suburban soccer families. Families will travel downtown for games. 20-sonmething hipsters ain't driving out to Frisco, or Noblesville, or...St Charles or whatever.
Got to witness Luca Orellano score from 70 yards tonight. He had one from around 50 yards earlier this year.
