atmosphere ain't revenue

2/9/2012 10:57:34 PM

^True, but I would think renting an NFL stadium would cost more and some of those games didn't draw large crowds. No one really cares about the Olympics, or Youth World Cups.

2/10/2012 1:25:44 AM

I went to a USA vs. Jamaica friendly at wake med park or sas park, whatever it's called like 6 years ago?

2/10/2012 10:26:43 PM

Yeah, WC tuneup in '06.

2/10/2012 11:48:48 PM

wasnt that a 1-1 draw?

2/10/2012 11:50:38 PM

yep. i, too, was there.

2/10/2012 11:55:31 PM

I also was there

2/11/2012 7:45:29 AM

ROSTER BY POSITION
Goalkeepers (2) – Tony Meola (New York Red Bulls), Matt Reis (New England Revolution)
Defenders (5) – Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy), Nick Garcia (Kansas City Wizards), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)
Midfielders (7) – Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Pat Noonan (New England Revolution), John O’Brien (out of contract), Ben Olsen (D.C. United), Steve Ralston (New England Revolution), Kerry Zavagnin (Kansas City Wizards)
Forwards (4) – Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution), Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)

http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-national-team/2006/04/arena-names-18-man-roster-to-face-jamaica-on-april-11-in-cary-n-c.aspx

2/11/2012 10:11:51 AM

hahah Tony Meola

2/11/2012 10:19:05 AM

For a second I was like "WTF kind of bullshit retro roster is this?"

Anyway, that reminds me that Meola played the second half so he could get his 100th cap.

2/11/2012 12:16:26 PM

I was there too. Ben Olsen scored to tie the game at 1-1.

2/11/2012 10:56:28 PM

I don't remember deuce and landycakes though during the game

[Edited on February 12, 2012 at 7:50 AM. Reason : Yeah]

2/12/2012 7:50:17 AM

I just threw up at this leak of our new jerseys




also, friendly vs. Scotland in Jacksonville and in Tampa for a WCQ against Antiqua. Hooray.

2/15/2012 12:16:55 PM

That jersey is terrible. It looks like an AYSO jersey.

2/15/2012 12:28:52 PM

On whose authority do you have that those are real?

Hideous.

2/15/2012 12:47:49 PM

Sorry, I was Ribs for a second and saw it on twitter so I had to post it.

Alexi Lalas tweeted it, for what that's worth. So I went a-googling for more pictures and let me just say that close-ups don't make it any better either. Looks like some armor shit on the shoulders and those holes are just ridiculous.

2/15/2012 12:58:56 PM

It would look 10x better if they lost the sash. It's overkill.

2/15/2012 5:27:10 PM

Or the neck colors and sleeves.

Nike is an American company yet we seem to get shit jerseys.

We should just wear some neon shit like Oregon, Or matte black.

2/15/2012 6:26:27 PM

Both Barca and Arsenal have shitty new jerseys too though. There's a lot of hate for the United one too although I kind of like it

2/15/2012 7:03:16 PM

To be honest I kind of like those Arsenal jerseys with the sleeves. I don't see what all the fuss is about with those. Barca's just look like they want to be too futuristic with the design.

2/15/2012 7:36:03 PM

OMG that jersey is horrible! How does stuff like this get approved? This is the reason the USA is the laughingstock of international teams.

2/16/2012 12:19:45 AM

nah, I'm pretty sure it's the decades of being a mediocre team

2/16/2012 1:36:01 AM

USA is not the laughingstock of international teams.

[Edited on February 16, 2012 at 8:24 AM. Reason : you wrong]

2/16/2012 8:23:31 AM

i'd wager that teams like England and Argentina are the laughingstock more than us, cuz they have so much talent but fuck up in the news and in tourneys more than anyone

france recently too

2/16/2012 10:59:18 AM

i'd wager that teams like England and Argentina are the laughingstock more than us, cuz they have so much talent but fuck up in the news and in tourneys more than anyone

2/16/2012 11:00:48 AM

I like to hate on USSF but we've got a few things going for us...

We've been a hard working and resilient team that can grind out results against the big clubs over the last 10 years in international competitions, aside from when we rolled over to the Czechs. Hard not to pull for us as an underdog when we play like we do against Spain in CC, Italy in 06, etc. Biggest thing going for us is that we don't dive (most of the time) and/or bitch about everything like 99.9% of the world does.

I suppose a lot of people could not like the team because they don't like the United States for non-soccer related reasons.

[Edited on February 16, 2012 at 11:31 AM. Reason : USA #1]

2/16/2012 11:31:27 AM

i was excited to see this roster:

Goalkeepers (3): Tim Howard (Everton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders (7): Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Timothy Chandler (Nürnburg), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland), Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City)

Midfielders (7): Michael Bradley (Chievo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Jose Torres (Pachuca), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim)

Forwards (4): Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)



then...we turned into total vaginas with this...
http://espn.go.com/sports/conversations/_/id/7619038/landon-donovan-pulls-us-exhibition-vs-italy

at least peckerman is nowhere to be found

[Edited on February 26, 2012 at 9:46 PM. Reason : yeah]

2/26/2012 9:45:15 PM

I hope Boyd gets some run. I wanna see him play

2/26/2012 10:33:49 PM

Quote :

"Biggest thing going for us is that we don't dive (most of the time) and/or bitch about everything like 99.9% of the world does."

Maybe that helps us in the court of public opinion, but it fucks us over as far as getting calls. 99% of the world does that shit because they get the calls.

2/26/2012 10:39:49 PM

Yeah that's probably true. But I was just responding to the US being a laughing stock. I think we're a likeable team to a neutral.

2/26/2012 11:16:02 PM

these unis look even worse on tv

fucking pathetic

2/29/2012 2:50:04 PM

DEUCE

2/29/2012 4:00:26 PM

Do it for Mike Piazza, Team USA

2/29/2012 4:02:40 PM

First ever win vs. Italy ever!

2/29/2012 4:42:37 PM

damn, i missed it. score?

[Edited on February 29, 2012 at 4:48 PM. Reason : nm, 1-0, dempsey 2nd half goal]

2/29/2012 4:44:29 PM

1-0

Italy really enjoyed shooting right at Howard

2/29/2012 4:48:50 PM

the arrival

2/29/2012 4:49:41 PM

Michael Bradley was a stud out there as well

I totally trust him out there

2/29/2012 4:50:31 PM

Quote :

"Italy really enjoyed shooting right at Howard"

2/29/2012 7:47:09 PM

Spector played well in his 2nd half minutes, a couple of big deflections.

2/29/2012 9:53:30 PM

Quote :

"I totally trust him out there"

okay so usa is the only soccer team i actively follow or watch, so i don't know shit about the game really, but having watched a lot of usa games, i agree.

[Edited on February 29, 2012 at 10:05 PM. Reason : that said, i did miss most of this game ]

2/29/2012 9:56:45 PM

fuck yes, just finished watching on dvr. Bradley is a boss, Dempsey is money, Lalas is an insufferable prick, and those are the worst jerseys in US Soccer history


also, our U-23s are beating Mexico 2-0 right now

2/29/2012 11:36:03 PM

^Sweet! Hoepfully they can get to the Olympics and get some experience since they failed to get to the U-20 World Cup. I think it helped that last cycle some of our younger players got to play in the U-20 World Cup, Olympics, and Confederations Cup together before playing in the World Cup.

3/1/2012 12:14:06 AM

Yeah, I didn't watch because I was watching the Italy game but apparently Agudelo/Adu/Gyau were legit as fuck.

I tried to watch the last 20 minutes but I had no lineup + no names on the back of the jerseys + Spanish commentary so I had no idea who was on the field.

[Edited on March 1, 2012 at 7:36 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2012 7:33:44 AM

Sorry, not related to US, but wasn't sure where to put this.

Apparently dude displaced 3 vertebrae and was unconcious, but the ref gave him a red-card for flopping, as he was being carried off on a stretcher.

http://now.msn.com/now-plus/0306-belgian-red-card-debacle.aspx

3/6/2012 5:19:49 PM

^^^^i actually like that jersey..


this is far and away the worst american, and maybe the worst all time world cup jersey in history:



[Edited on March 6, 2012 at 6:02 PM. Reason : f]

3/6/2012 6:02:25 PM

Don't talk junk about Lalas, he is an American legend

3/6/2012 10:20:24 PM

I mean, if a team was coming out with the denim jersey now, I'd agree. But there were a LOT of ugly, loud jerseys being made in that time period so in context, it wasn't that bad.

I just noticed "world cup" jerseys so you right. I understand why they wanted to do something to stand out though. And honestly I'd prefer a really unique ugly jersey occasionally than generic cheap looking sash shit like we're getting.

[Edited on March 8, 2012 at 7:43 AM. Reason : .]

3/8/2012 7:35:35 AM

That stars Jersey in '94 > the current jersey in 2012.

3/8/2012 8:26:16 AM

The new jersey could be worse, it could be red with a the blue sash and white sleeves. To be honest though it doesn't really bother me. When I was watching them play yesterday I barely even noticed they had a new one on.

3/8/2012 12:59:13 PM