keller is 36 and still strong, we'll see

5/2/2006 7:09:50 PM

kind of off-topic but whats the time change from here to germany.. what kind of god-awful time will I have to get up to watch the games this year?

5/2/2006 7:11:58 PM

yea, come next world cup, if the US makes it, id rather not see a 38 yr old in the goal...reminds me of david seaman, i thought that man would never retire

5/2/2006 7:12:10 PM

6 hours maybe? not as bad as korea, theres some noon games i think.

^ha david seaman looked like a porn star. oh and by the way, he blew.

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 7:13 PM. Reason : sdf]

5/2/2006 7:12:27 PM

^^^its not gonna be as bad as last world cup when games were on at liek 3am, i think i remember seeing games on between 7am and noon, but i could be wrong

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 7:13 PM. Reason : f]

5/2/2006 7:12:59 PM

Hahnemann will be in the Prem next year with Reading, and Howard will most likely be loaned/sold to Everton during the summer.

5/2/2006 7:13:00 PM

i dunno if any of you already do, but you should get World Soccer Daily on podcast, its free and a good show

holy shit
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060415/11/6jmq.html


[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 7:19 PM. Reason : wd]

5/2/2006 7:14:00 PM

^ It is a good show. The only downside is according to the announcers and callers, the only four club sides that exist in the world are Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool.

Club Pedigree for the US National Team:

US World Cup Roster

Goalkeepers

Hahnemann, Marcus - Reading (England)
Howard, Tim - Manchester United (England)
Keller, Kasey - Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany)

Defenders

Bocanegra, Carlos - Fulham (England)
Cherundolo. Steve - Hannover 96 (Germany)
Conrad, Jimmy - Kansas City Wizards (USA)
Gibbs, Cory - ADO Den Haag (Holland)
Hejduk, Frankie - Columbus Crew (USA)
Onyewu, Oguchi - Standard Liege (Belgium)
Pope, Eddie - Real Salt Lake (USA)

Midfielders

Beasley, DaMarcus - PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
Convey, Bobby - Reading (England)
Dempsey, Clint - New England Revolution (USA)
Donovan, Landon - Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)
Lewis, Eddie - Leeds United (England)
Mastroeni, Pablo - Colorado Rapids (USA) (NC State grad)
O'Brien, John - Chivas USA (USA)
Olsen, Ben - D.C. United (USA)
Reyna, Claudio - Manchester City (England)

Forwards

Ching, Brian - Houston Dynamo (USA)
Johnson, Eddie - Kansas City Wizards (USA)
McBride, Brian - Fulham (England)
Wolff, Josh - Kansas City Wizards (USA)

Alternates

Albright, Chris - Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)
Armas, Chris - Chicago Fire (USA)
Berhalter, Gregg - Energie Cottbus (Germany)
Casey, Conor - Mainz 05 (Germany)
Dunivant , Todd - Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)
Klein, Chris - Real Salt Lake (USA)
Meola, Tony - New York Red Bulls (USA)
Noonan, Pat - New England Revolution (USA)
Ralston, Steve - New England Revolution (USA)
Reis, Matt - New England Revolution (USA)
Rolfe, Chris - Chicago Fire (USA)
Twellman, Taylor - New England Revolution (USA)
Zavagnin, Kerry - Kansas City Wizards (USA)

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 7:34 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2006 7:29:53 PM

all games are listed here eastern time...
http://trisoccerfan.blogspot.com/2006/02/2006-world-cup-tv-schedule.html

ESPN2 Jun-12 11:55am United States vs. Czech Republic
ABC Jun-17 2:55PM Italy vs. United States
ESPN Jun-22 09:55am Ghana vs. United States

5/2/2006 7:51:31 PM

thank god for decent times...the world cup should never leave the americas or european regions

5/2/2006 7:52:54 PM

Quote :

"i dont know why we cant raise a lethal finisher from the U.S."

rossi, just have to get him to play for the us. i think this will happen if we beat italy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HZMQLgMc8Q&search=rossi

better video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNvDqJNOu3Q&search=rossi%2Bmanchester%20united

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 8:12 PM. Reason : better video]

5/2/2006 7:55:02 PM

The last thing we need is another Regis fiasco.

BTW, Seaman was an excellent goalie in his day, he just played far too long. His save against Sunderland might very well be the best of all time.

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 8:09 PM. Reason : d]

5/2/2006 8:06:25 PM

his ponytail might very well be the best of all time, id put it right up there with cantona's unibrow

i knew rossi was good but holy shit. does he have duel citizenship? and...would you rather play for italy or the US..

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 8:38 PM. Reason : rossi]

5/2/2006 8:31:48 PM

There's no way in hell Rossi would ever play for the US, and he's stated it oh.... about a billion times

5/2/2006 9:23:27 PM

nm

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 9:45 PM. Reason : asdf]

5/2/2006 9:45:19 PM

HEDJUK IS OUT. TORE HIS ACL. ALBRIGHT IS IN. NOOO!

http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/sports/soccer/international/story/3278939p-12091528c.html

[Edited on May 4, 2006 at 2:29 PM. Reason : link]

5/4/2006 2:25:49 PM

First soccer thread I saw... interesting article that seems eerily similar to the talk around the NHL in the years coming up to 2005-06 when they made big changes.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1767320,00.html?gusrc=rss

Quote :

"How to make football beautiful again With cheating and negativity rampant, football urgently needs video evidence, bigger goals and sin bins, argues Sean Ingle "

5/4/2006 4:44:43 PM

are you serious? i dont know much about albright, but hedjuk is garbage

5/4/2006 5:10:35 PM

what do you think the starting lineup and formation will be?

5/4/2006 5:55:51 PM

Keller

Albright Onyewu Pope Gibbs

Reyna (CDM)

Beasley Olsen?

Donovan (CAM)

McBride Johnson

[Edited on May 5, 2006 at 8:27 AM. Reason : m]

5/5/2006 8:27:00 AM

Quote :

"kind of off-topic but whats the time change from here to germany"

6 hours.

My guess:

Keller

Cherundolo Onyewu Pope Gibbs

Reyna (CDM)

Lewis, O'Brien

Donovan (CAM)

McBride, X

X= I dunno, Im kinda split between Eddie Johnson & Josh Wolff. I think Johnson will probably get teh call, but I really like to see Wolff get some quality PT

5/5/2006 8:36:07 AM

no way does albright start, he is too slow for the world cup...

id expect sometehing like:

Keller

Cherundolo Onyewu Pope Bocanegra

Reyna or Mastroeni at CDM

Beasley at one wing side, donovan at att mid, other wing lewis or convey

johnson and mcbride up top

5/5/2006 8:37:26 AM

^ I think it's safe to say Reyna will be in the starting lineup.

5/5/2006 9:35:27 AM

i dont know about bocanegra, he struggles for any time at fulham. the english press seems to think that hes garbage, i dont know if id be that harsh. i hope that arena starts johnson, and i think he will, becuase he can be a pretty dangeorus player, more so than wolff.

i meant to put in cherundelo, not albright, albright was crap against jamaica, i wouldnt want him even in the stadium against italy or czech rep

[Edited on May 5, 2006 at 9:50 AM. Reason : albright]

5/5/2006 9:49:42 AM

well im still waiting for reyna to get hurt, its inevitable, thats why mastroeni is there

5/5/2006 11:37:52 AM

After watching Albright at the game against Jamaica I can say he is very slow. His only strong point is that he seemed to be good at getting headers off of corners.

5/5/2006 11:40:03 AM

I don't want Cherundolo or Albright... I'd personally rather have Gibbs over both of them with Pope, Oneywu, and Mastroeni in like a defensive midfield spot. That lets Reyna run the game in the middle and let Donovan be pretty much our third forward.

EJ is way more dangerous to me than Wolff, whom I think is a pussy.

Ditto for Twellman, I think that's why he didn't make the team, Arena couldn't take too many pussies.

5/5/2006 12:50:32 PM

concur, and id rather have berhalter but he didnt make the team, i guess theres a good reason

5/5/2006 3:02:40 PM

I'm in awe at Sven Goren Eriksson's stupidity (look at the forwards).

English World Cup squad:

Goalkeepers

Paul Robinson (Tottenham Hotspur)
David James (Manchester City)
Robert Green (Norwich City)

Defenders

Gary Neville (Manchester United)
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Ashley Cole (Arsenal)
Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
Wayne Bridge (Chelsea)

Midfielders

David Beckham (Real Madrid)
Michael Carrick (Tottenham Hotspur)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)
Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough)
Joe Cole (Chelsea)
Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)

Strikers

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Michael Owen (Newcastle)
Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 10:04 AM. Reason : .]

5/8/2006 10:03:57 AM

crouch sucks, tall goofy guy. i guess he hopes rooney will be back...

5/8/2006 10:14:04 AM

^ Crouch's only purpose is to win those large swinging crosses from Beckham with his head. He can't do much else.

Rooney is 90% not going to be ready for the World Cup.

Owen is coming off a long injury.

Walcott has never played a minute in the Premiership. His highest level of play being 10 games with Southampton in the Championship.

Who's going to score the goals?

[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 10:17 AM. Reason : .]

5/8/2006 10:17:38 AM

it might be safe to say that england is not trying to score goals.

Theo Walcott hasnt played in the first team all year. I dont think he has even been put on the bench all year.

5/8/2006 10:19:09 AM

sven is an idiot. he should have taken jermaine defoe or darren bent. i know defoe hasnt gotten much pt this year but im sure he would ball. and darren bent has a shitload of goals in the prem. miachel owen will probably be ineffective, peter crouch will be peter crouch, wayne rooney will be watching from the locker room, and theo walcott, who knows, could go either way, and wayne bridge is garbage.

[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason : bridge]

5/8/2006 10:38:17 AM

Crouch isn't Rooney or anything, but the times I've watched him... I thought he's done a decent job. He's nothing spectacular, but he isn't exactly the worst player in the world. I actually think his style is good for England. He can win alot of balls up top and slow the game down and let the midfield get up there and score some goals -- midfielders like Lampard that score 20 goals in the Premiership

5/8/2006 11:18:19 AM

true enough. and with englands lack of star power up top, theyre gonna have to go to their midfield to serve balls into the box, and then he'll pay off. he just always looks like hes this close to breaking in half. check out the rest of englands team though, arent a lot of them getting up there in age? paul robinson, neville, rio, ashley cole, sol, wayne bridge, beckham, hargreaves? aaron lennon is pretty damn good though, and young, should be around for a while.

does anyone else think that beckham has outlived his usefulness? i say start joe cole and lampard at the outside middies, leave becks on the bench, and give the C to john terry where it belongs.

5/8/2006 11:23:33 AM

^ Based on what I read, most everyone think Beckham has outlived his usefulness. He only exists now as a marketing machine that sells a lot of shirts. (He'll still start every game and be captain cause Eriksson loves him.)

5/8/2006 11:30:10 AM

another reason why sven is on the way out. the british press really fucked themselves by scaring scolari away, he would have made them great again.

5/8/2006 11:32:12 AM

van basten announced the dutch squad, and he left out davids, makaay, and seedorf. ouch

5/8/2006 2:06:39 PM

i like davids, always have, but that was a good move...

i would just like to say how cool it is (if i haven't said it before) that marco van basten coaches the dutch national team

also, they have some of the best jerseys this side of anyplace - that is all

5/8/2006 2:09:04 PM

concur

shevchenko injured his knee, out for 25 days.

[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 2:32 PM. Reason : shev]

5/8/2006 2:13:22 PM

^ if Shevchenko's out, their group became a lot easier. He's pretty much it for the Ukrainian team.

Never seen this guy play, but I love the name:

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven).


[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 2:52 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2006 2:39:16 PM

ahh man that guy is awesome on fifa. who knows about real life. i hear that ukraine has a decent keeper, but thats gonna get them nowhere without shevchenko

5/8/2006 4:51:20 PM

Ah, EA Sports' FIFA Hockey-on-Grass 2006.

5/8/2006 4:56:01 PM

I know you guys think that Sven screwed up by adding Theo, but I really think it's a gamble that will pay off. Or maybe I'm just full of wishful thinking.

I do agree Crouch should've been left out in favor of someone like Darren Bent, but I hope that wont come back to bite England in the ass because Lampard and Gerrard will be scoring goals (hopefully)


Sven adding Theo actually made me feel quite a bit better about England's chances. Sven isn't the horrible coach people make him out to be... he was really well established (actually pretty dominant) in Europe before he became England's manager

5/8/2006 5:13:34 PM

^ No, on the contrary, I do think this is a good thing. I'd love to see Trinidad beat England, so I think him selecting Walcott, Crouch, and 2 injured strikers is a good thing.

5/8/2006 5:20:22 PM

I honestly think he'll come to his senses and drop Rooney before the WC, just because it's the right thing to do. There's no way he'll be ready for any stage of the competition.

5/8/2006 5:31:06 PM

why, theres gonna be probably like 4 or 5 guys that will never see any action anyways so why not try your luck with rooney on the bench

5/8/2006 5:34:23 PM

sir alex say svens a bitch

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=367278&cc=5901

[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 5:37 PM. Reason : f]

5/8/2006 5:35:37 PM

^^ Why waste a spot on someone who's already injured

there's a chance someone else could get injured, too

then you've got 2 bodies that you can't use at all

5/8/2006 5:43:50 PM

http://www.scottishquest.com/howscottish/game.html

Match the faces with what part of the country they're from (trial and error) and you get to hear a fun song saying who the Scottish are going for in the World Cup.

5/8/2006 8:40:31 PM