niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

6/24/2007 4:27:49 PM

I will admit though that was a pretty weak call in the box for the penalty, didnt look like it was a blatant foul which is usually what it takes to get a PK.

6/24/2007 4:29:29 PM

GGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful shot!

[Edited on June 24, 2007 at 4:38 PM. Reason : .]

6/24/2007 4:37:29 PM

woooooowwwwwwwwww

6/24/2007 4:38:16 PM

oh man nice pass great move and then the poor chip to the post... gay

6/24/2007 4:40:37 PM

Wow... how do you miss that Beasley seriously?

6/24/2007 4:54:36 PM

this game certainly won't be remembered for it's finishing

6/24/2007 4:56:14 PM

nice comeback win but yeah better work on that finishing you gotta put those two chances in the back of the net when they give em to ya

6/24/2007 5:00:12 PM

Quote :

"why are we even bothering going to Copa America sending a team like that? Whats the reason for none of our top guys going?"

Their clubs won't let them play two tournaments.

6/24/2007 5:00:56 PM

minus finishing (which both teams should have had atleast another)...it was a good game, definitely picked up in the 2nd half

best game all year, thats for sure

6/24/2007 6:20:12 PM

Very entertaining game, and a quality win.

Next on our plate, Copa America:

Group C matches
USA vs Argentina - 6/28/07
USA vs Paraguay - 7/2/07
USA vs Colombia - 7/5/07

6/24/2007 10:03:52 PM

with the squad we are taking

L
L
L

6/24/2007 10:10:59 PM

USA! USA! USA!

6/24/2007 10:17:41 PM

Quote :

"Wow... how do you miss that Beasley seriously? "

OH BEASLEY ...

6/25/2007 2:55:54 PM

how drunk was hejduk after the game?

6/25/2007 3:06:47 PM

They don't call him Heydude for nothing.

6/25/2007 3:29:22 PM

gold cup final attracted 41% more viewers than the stanley cup finals

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/soccer/06/26/bc.soc.goldcupratings.ap/index.html

and thats just viewers on univision

6/27/2007 1:47:34 PM

Mexicans don't watch hockey.

6/27/2007 9:25:48 PM

the future is bright

2-1 over brazil tonight to win our group in the U-20 World Cup

(i realized this has already been mentioned in other threads, but this really is the proper thread to put this in)

7/6/2007 9:43:47 PM

just saw that freddy adu highlight. didn't score, but that was some nasty shit.

7/7/2007 6:31:33 AM

Some U20 World Cup updates:

USA wins group D (win v Poland, win v Brazil, draw v Korea Republic)

Quarterfinals: USA beats Uruguay (2-1)

Semifinals: USA v Austria, July 14th

7/14/2007 12:41:32 PM

lost to Austria 2-1 to get knocked out of the U20 world cup.....bummer

7/15/2007 9:31:49 AM

We were doing really well until Uruguay. It was a complete fluke that we won that match. For those who didn't see it, Uruguay scored an own goal in the 87th minute to make it 1-1, and we took it in extra time.

7/15/2007 10:04:08 AM

Kitbag has home shirts for $41 each, available in all sizes. They're UK-based, so I don't know what shipping would be, but the shirts are $70 each from US Soccer.

http://www.kitbag.com/stores/kitbag_4_5/Sale/product_details.aspx?pid=25803&vid=0&cid=3109&tid=&nav=

7/25/2007 5:24:50 PM

hmmmm, if only i could find a long sleeve jersey.....

7/25/2007 5:28:33 PM

Quote :

"LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- American teenage soccer star Freddy Adu has agreed to play for Benfica and trained with the Portuguese club Tuesday. The 18-year-old attacking midfielder, who has been one of the highest-profile stars of Major League Soccer, arrived in Lisbon on Monday to negotiate terms. "Freddy, when we signed him, was one of most talented young players in the world. I think, today, he still is one of most young talented players in the world," MLS deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis said. "What we've struggled with is the expectations, not that we've placed on him, but that the media has placed on him." MLS and Benfica agreed last week to a US$2 million transfer fee for Adu, the U.S. captain at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada in July."

8/1/2007 4:13:49 PM

Oh well, we still get him for national events.

8/1/2007 4:47:42 PM

US-Mexico in Mexico on Sept. 9th

8/1/2007 4:49:40 PM

Benfica wanted Freddy years ago, and I wish we'd have let him go. Then maybe he'd be going from Portugal to the EPL like C. Ronaldo did at 18 instead of just arriving in Europe at that age.

8/1/2007 7:49:33 PM

Why aren't we harvesting more American talent in foreign clubs? If they were playing sooner in foreign clubs, even the farm clubs, they'd probably be better suited for our international events.

8/2/2007 4:00:11 PM

you have to keep in mind that 1) you can't just place americans in europe and 2) mls != usa soccer. if it's not good for the mls to sell freddy adu, then they're not going to, whether it'd help the us national team or not.

8/2/2007 4:49:07 PM

usa @ mexico cancelled...

instead we will play brazil september 9th in chicago then mexico 3 days later at foxboro

8/13/2007 12:04:25 PM

I'm looking forward to Sweden in Gothenberg next week.

8/13/2007 1:19:17 PM

American and Swedish rosters for friendly this coming Wednesday in Gothenberg, Sweden.

Quote :

"USA Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Caps / G Hometown Club 7 Beasley, DaMarcus M 5-8 145 05-24-82 68/15 Ft. Wayne Ind. Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 3 Bocanegra, Carlos D 6-0 170 05-25-79 49/6 Alto Loma, Calif. Fulham FC (England) 13 Bornstein, Jonathan D 5-9 145 11-07-84 10/1 Los Alamitos, Calif. Chivas USA (MLS) 4 Bradley, Michael M 6-2 175 07-31-87 10/1 Cedar Grove, N.J. SC Heerenveen (Holland) 6 Cherundolo, Steve D 5-6 145 02-19-79 39/1 San Diego, Calif. Hannover 96 (Germany) 15 Convey, Bobby M/D 5-8 150 05-27-83 43/1 Philadelphia, Pa. Reading FC (England) 9 Davies, Charlie F 5-10 160 06-25-86 2/0 Manchester, N.H. Hammarby IF (Sweden) 12 DeMerit, Jay D 6-0 185 12-04-79 5/0 Green Bay, Wisc. Watford FC (England) 8 Dempsey, Clint M 6-1 170 03-09-83 32/8 Nacogdoches, Texas Fulham FC (England) 10 Donovan, Landon F 5-8 148 03-04-82 94/34 Redlands, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 5 Feilhaber, Benny M 5-9 150 01-19-85 10/2 Irvine, Calif. Derby County (England) 24 Hahnemann, Marcus GK 6-3 220 06-15-72 6/0 Seattle, Wash. Reading FC (England) 20 Hill, Kamani F 6-0 175 12-28-85 1/0 Berkeley, Calif. VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 1 Howard, Tim GK 6-3 210 03-06-79 23/0 North Brunswick, N.J. Everton FC (England) 25 Mastroeni, Pablo M 5-10 170 08-26-76 56/0 Phoenix, Ariz. Colorado Rapids (MLS) 22 Onyewu, Oguchi D 6-4 210 05-13-82 24/2 Olney, Md. Standard de Liege (Belgium) 17 Spector, Jonathan D 6-0 180 03-01-86 9/0 Arlington Heights, Ill. West Ham United (England) 16 Wolff, Josh F 5-8 160 02-25-77 47/9 Stone Mountain, Ga. 1860 Munich (Germany) 21 Zizzo, Sal F 5-11 165 04-03-87 0/0 San Diego, Calif. Hannover 96 (Germany) Ching, Brian F Houston Dynamo (MLS) --- Sweden Roster GOALKEEPERS (2): Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad FK), Johan Wiland (IF Elfsborg) DEFENDERS (6): Matias Concha (VfL Bochum), Erik Edman (Stade Rennais FC), Petter Hansson (Stade Rennais FC), Daniel Majstorovic (FC Basel), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Mikael Nilsson (Panathanaikos) MIDFIELDERS (9): Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Göteborg), Daniel Andersson (Malmö FF), Kennedy Bakircioglü (Ajax Amsterdam), Dusan Djuric (Halmstads BK), Samuel Holmén (IF Elfsborg), Kim Källström (Lyon), Tobias Linderoth (Galatasary), Fredrik Ljungberg (West Ham United), Christian Wilhelmsson (Bolton FC) FORWARDS (5): Marcus Allbäck (FC Copenhagen), Johan Elmander (Tolouse), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan), Rade Prica (Aalborg BK), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen) "

Game will be on FSC live at 2:30.

[Edited on August 17, 2007 at 9:55 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2007 9:51:48 PM

Alexandersson and Kallstrom are my attacking mids in WE9.

8/17/2007 9:54:59 PM

anyone watch?

8/22/2007 4:29:18 PM

I followed on a play-by-play.

Lost 1-0. I guess it's best called an "experience friendly".

We played Sweden even in the first half. Second half Sweden came out guns blazing. They got a goal when one of their forwards got the ball and Cherundolo was defending him went to the ground.

Dempsey had a very early opportunity to put us up but muffed it.

We consistently crossed the ball into the box and they consistently cleared it cause their defenders are taller.

Michael Bradley did not have that good a game. Our best player was Howard. He made a point blank save to deny them a second right after the first. For Sweden, Ibrahimovic was on fire second half.

U.S. fans were rueing our lack of forwards and calling for the coach to be fired. So what else is new.

[Edited on August 22, 2007 at 4:44 PM. Reason : /]

8/22/2007 4:38:41 PM

Beasley had a good first half. Dempsey's lost his instincts around the goal IMO, he doesn't look hungry enough.

Quote :

"We played Sweden even in the first half. Second half Sweden came out guns blazing. They got a goal when one of their forwards got the ball and Cherundolo was defending him went to the ground."

Yeah, he went to the ground because the Swede used both hands to push him to the ground. It was definitely a missed foul call. Agree with Howard being the best player though, he made a couple of great saves.

8/22/2007 5:18:41 PM

agreed about dempsey, he had a gift of a goal last weekend in the premeirship and wasted that too

8/22/2007 6:43:18 PM

he's missed a few great looks in the premiership this season.

8/22/2007 8:03:13 PM

brazil is bringing their real team

Quote :

" Brazil Roster vs. United States GOALKEEPERS (2): Doni (Roma), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan) DEFENDERS (8): Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Sevilla), Alex Silva (São Paulo), Lúcio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Roma), Alex (Chelsea), Kleber (Santos), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), MIDFIELDERS (8): Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Mineiro (Hertha Berlin), Josué (VfL Wolfsburg), Fernando (Bordeaux), Elano (Manchester City), Kaká (AC Milan), Julio Baptista (Real Madrid), Diego (Werder Bremen) FORWARDS (4): Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Robinho (Real Madrid), Vagner Love (CSKA Moscow), Afonso (SC Heerenveen) "

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_2097168.html

8/24/2007 11:49:05 AM

I hope my Feilhaber jersey gets here before I go to chicago!

8/24/2007 11:55:22 AM

USA v. Brazil on ESPN2 right now for those interested.

9/9/2007 4:20:48 PM

who got the goal?

[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 4:42 PM. Reason : for the US...just turned it on to see kaka ]

9/9/2007 4:41:29 PM

Bocanegra off a corner.

9/9/2007 4:46:52 PM

wow robinho is killing some moves today

9/9/2007 4:55:47 PM

Excellent placement by Dempsey

9/9/2007 5:42:13 PM

shootout

[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 5:51 PM. Reason : if adriano would ever get fit...he and baptista would be the hardest hitting front line]

9/9/2007 5:44:46 PM

the fucking ref is god awful

[Edited on September 9, 2007 at 6:00 PM. Reason : oh and FUCK BRAZIL]

9/9/2007 5:51:45 PM

^It was the same ref that called Canada for offsides in the Gold Cup when they tied the game in the closing minutes vs the USA. It's karma.

9/9/2007 10:57:24 PM