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US GAF: Support your national soccer team
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martin tyler and Jon Champion?woodchuck said:
OP, add the Australia game to Upcoming events.
USSOCCER.COM - official US SOCCER site
YANKS ABROAD - site focusing on, well, our Yanks applying their trade outside of MLS.
Any other useful links anyone would like to contribute?
Wes said:
Dude, compared to what we usually have to put up with, Martin Tyler and Andy Gray would be *gods*! Last World Cup, our primary commentators were Dave O'Brien (a baseball announcer who knew *nothing* about soccer!) and Marcelo Balboa, a former U.S. National Team player. The dude has 128 caps for the U.S. team, but you wouldn't know it by his color commentary. Awful. Just awful.
So, again, Martin Tyler and whoever they pair him with will be light-years ahead of what we had to listen to last World Cup.
Jamesfrom818
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DominoKid said:
But who screams "goal" the best?
MidnightRider
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I was telling everyone. Not just you two.Auron_Kale said:
We are being hyped up again in the media, they never learn, its always ironic when the day after the first game the team gets a pasting. Also Barry is injured and will, if he makes the squad, be a bit part player because of his lack of training. Lampard cannot work with Gerrard in the same system no matter how forcefully we may try, he will always have to anchor back defensively and that will piss him off. Im optimistic we can get to the quaters, and if we win the group optimistic we can make the semisArtoo said:
Perhaps its nostalgia or just growing up with the premier league in my blood but Tyler and Gray will always be the very definition of Football commentators to me. Whether they are good or bad is kind of beyond the point now, they are so synonymous with football to me that i love hearing them.Wes said:
Rooney is fine, lacking in a decent strike partner but physically hes just fine, we have an odd option upfront where we have a man who can score no goals, literally, but who also works "best" with Rooney, or a man who scores goals, but cannot work with Rooney. If we put Rooney uptop on his own he will be hacked and marked out of the game, or get himself sent off. Im over dramatizing a bit, well score, under perform and get through as usual. There is far too much evidence to point against anything else happening at this championship.NoRéN said:A damn shame, too. Lamps is great for chelsea. Gerrard is/can be pure class for liverpool. But, put them together and one always disappears. Really sucks. And here's to Rooney and a speedy recoveryNOT!!!!!
Born in 85 when sky came in in the 90's that was pretty much my complete immersion into football, i dont remember a time before it and because they got all the big games together that was just it really. Also to his credit Gray can really add to the spectacle of some of the big moments, his reactions are great Tylers aswell, its nice when they have the little moments when they are not commentators, but football fans sort of marveling at the genius they are seeing.Wes said:
Dark Machine
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Mr Cola said:
Yeah Lamps and Gerrard just cannot work well together consistently, they make the same runs but seemingly fail to communicate with each other at all. Also, is it me, or did we look miles better when Carragher replaced Ferdinand on Monday? You could literally hear him screaming instructions and bossing the defence all the 2nd half, King looked more solid with Carra beside him telling him what to do too.
The press here never ever learn, they build the team up at first, then immediately ry to sabotage them in any way they can, whether it's the WAGs stories, the dirty laundry the News of the World digs up, or just slating the team even if they beat the USA 3-0 (IT SHOULD've been TEN! THIS IS RUBBISH!). Hell the Daily Mail just tried to sabotage or bid for hosting the cup last week, paying that slut to entrap the head of the FA. Yeah he shouldn't have been messing round, but if everything we said or did got aired in public we'd all be thrown in Jail for some time I'm sure, or at least sacked.
Back to the topic though, it's really great to see so many Americans embracing football or at least giving it a chance. The US should be a powerhouse (as it is in other sports) but when Nascar is beating out the sport, yeah...nice to see the MLS growing each year too, even in a recession. On paper, we should destroy the US in the first game...in practice...it's England. So God knows.
I have contended and still do that mentally Ferdinand is not there, something else is going on in either his personal life or playing life, beyond injury, that is troubling him. Personally i think he has either lost his drive for the game or he has lost a yard of pace. Either way hes not right and he will be a liability. King is great, but i think hell kill himself this world cup if not managed properly, i can see him hobbling back for Tottenham and never playing again if worked too hard. The issue is you cant keep breaking up a back 4 during the tournament, so you cant throw King in 2 games, take him out 2 and throw him in, the players already only have a month to establish partnerships, chopping and changing midway through a tournament is never advisable.Dark Machine said:Yeah Lamps and Gerrard just cannot work well together consistently, they make the same runs but seemingly fail to communicate with each other at all. Also, is it me, or did we look miles better when Carragher replaced Ferdinand on Monday? You could literally hear him screaming instructions and bossing the defence all the 2nd half, King looked more solid with Carra beside him telling him what to do too.
The press here never ever learn, they build the team up at first, then immediately ry to sabotage them in any way they can, whether it's the WAGs stories, the dirty laundry the News of the World digs up, or just slating the team even if they beat the USA 3-0 (IT SHOULD've been TEN! THIS IS RUBBISH!). Hell the Daily Mail just tried to sabotage or bid for hosting the cup last week, paying that slut to entrap the head of the FA. Yeah he shouldn't have been messing round, but if everything we said or did got aired in public we'd all be thrown in Jail for some time I'm sure, or at least sacked.
Back to the topic though, it's really great to see so many Americans embracing football or at least giving it a chance. The US should be a powerhouse (as it is in other sports) but when Nascar is beating out the sport, yeah...nice to see the MLS growing each year too, even in a recession. On paper, we should destroy the US in the first game...in practice...it's England. So God knows.
As for the media, well in this country we should be collectively ashamed that alot of our publications exist and that we feed them, nothing more needs to be said than that.
Also to echo its great having loads of new fans coming to watch the WC
just remember, you wouldnt make half assed comments in the thread of a finale of a show that you have never seen before, so to make sure you THINK before you argue a case in the WC thread.
shoplifter
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I taught my two year old to do this. He'll even mix it up with "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool gol gol gol gol gol goooooooooooooooooool!" he even did it in the bathtub during Equidad/Junior match tonight.Slurmer said:
I think his mother is mortified at the thought of having two soccer mad men in the house. :lol
DJmizuhara
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NoRéN said:
Here's the best "AHH, ya Beautyyyyy!!!!" Video you're likely to see/hear!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSwilt4kfFM
MidnightRider
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NoRéN said:
Radio people are the best always
here, it's the opposite. The press mostly ignores any soccer exploits that our team may be undertaking. But, as soon as they lose a match, article after article appears on how US lost again. Or US, not good enough. Seems like more effort is put into keeping soccer down.Dark Machine said:
In case anyone missed it, here is the video of Bob Ley's announcement of the final roster on ESPN.
bucknuticus
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No.
aside from Andy Gray, my other favorite commentator is Ray Hudson
dude is hilariously bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS6Np-g_h5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x7gu-7WXvI <--- he goes OFF about his partner mentioning Tom Cruise
:lol :lol :lol
dude is hilariously bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS6Np-g_h5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x7gu-7WXvI <--- he goes OFF about his partner mentioning Tom Cruise
:lol :lol :lol
StriKeVillain
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Dude, Ray is so awesome. We need more eccentric people like him.DominoKid said:
Gamecocks625
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cashman said:
Give me Peter Brackley so I can reminisce the good ole' days of PES while watching the world cup.
lakesideflight
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I still use my World Cup '94 wallet I got for easter when I was in kindergarten :lol
Really looking forward to the England v US match
Really looking forward to the England v US match
ConfusingJazz said:
Kobe Bryant actually wanted to become a professional soccer player when he lived in Italy growing up. NFL receiver Chad Johnson (or Ochocinco if you prefer :lol) also grew up playing soccer and said he'll try his hand at pro soccer in the event of an NFL lockout.
NoRéN said:
I used to hate soccer before the 2006 World Cup, when my brother started watching matches and convinced me to watch with him. We naturally rooted for the Yanks out of patriotic duty and I've been hooked on soccer ever since.
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