Brad Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Better match than I expected, particularly after the opening goal. It got interesting after the tying goal. Too bad Buffon couldn't have held onto the shot that Suarez buried. Juve fought till the end but not enough. Glad to see Xavi got into the match for his final match. He's had a hell of a career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Netherlands 3 - 4 USA Congratulations! I didn't watch the match, but I assume our defence was an embarrassment. Defense was an embarrassment for both sides. With reasonably good finishing, the match could have been 10-9. All four U.S. goals can be seen here: http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/us-vs-the-netherlands-general-postgame-thread-r.2020824/page-3#post-32356581 The Dutch defense on two of them was obviously terrible. On the John Brooks goal in particular, it's astonishing to watch what the defenders were doing. The Woods goal also featured very poor defending. I have a feeling that Hiddink will make improvements for when it's time to play meaningful games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) anybody watching the copa america? pretty entertaining game going on between brasil and peru right now. Edited June 14, 2015 by uli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 anybody watching the copa america? pretty entertaining game going on between brasil and peru right now. Yeah, Neymar put on quite a show today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Spain's victory yesterday against Belarus in the Euro 2016 qualifiers was less than impressive. This just will not go against better competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Witnessed yesterday the gut wrenching defeat by the French against Germany in the women's world cup, great spectacle horrible result that ended up in a shootout , shades of Sevilla 82 . Meanwhile the US girls did the business against a too conservative Chinese squad. US will meet a very tired German side in the semis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Guus Hiddink finally had the good sense to fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 The Canada England game was slightly entertaining but the quality of the soccer is ok.  Frankly, the Copa America is not great either.  Brasi had one beautiful scoring play against Paraguay but the rest of the time looked mediocre at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Netherlands 3 - 4 USA Congratulations! I didn't watch the match, but I assume our defence was an embarrassment.Defense was an embarrassment for both sides. With reasonably good finishing, the match could have been 10-9. All four U.S. goals can be seen here: http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/us-vs-the-netherlands-general-postgame-thread-r.2020824/page-3#post-32356581 The Dutch defense on two of them was obviously terrible. On the John Brooks goal in particular, it's astonishing to watch what the defenders were doing. The Woods goal also featured very poor defending. I have a feeling that Hiddink will make improvements for when it's time to play meaningful games.You should have seen Hiddink mumbling and fidgeting in front of the interviewer's camera on Dutch television at the start of this qualifying campaign. Changing back and forth between Van Gaal's World Cup 3-5-2 and the traditional 4-3-3 during the time of the first friendlies and qualifiers. It was embarrassing and frustrating to watch. Even an idiot like me who has never hit a ball straight in his life could see where this was headed and that confused geezer Hiddink was not the right man for the job. Edited June 30, 2015 by erwbol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) The Canada England game was slightly entertaining but the quality of the soccer is ok.  Frankly, the Copa America is not great either.  Brasi had one beautiful scoring play against Paraguay but the rest of the time looked mediocre at best. The better looking squads for beautiful play among the ladies were France, Germany and Japan. The Germans did look horrible against the Bleuettes , whether they'll revert back to a better form against the US remains to be seen.Tonight's game is another final before the final as Germans have a gautlet of tougher opponents to go through.  Edited June 30, 2015 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Let's hope tonight is a good one. I do agree that this is the final before the final. A shame (unless you're English or Japanese) that this couldn't have been the final.I see that Barcelona is close to signing Pogba. Ouch (if you're a RM fan). With Benitez as coach it could be a dry spell for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 (edited) Weren't Barca supposed to be banned of signing players ? Regarding the US-Germany, not much of a game and even worse refereeing , not that the Yankettes didn't deserve the win but they were benificiery of calls that shouldn't have happened. As a French fan, when Sasic missed her penalty, I screamed why didn't you do that the previous game and then called her a few names that traslation wouldn't do justice  Edited July 1, 2015 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 I believe if Barca sign Pogba he won't be able to make his appearance until sometime in 2016, so he will initially stay at Juve on loan. I could be wrong on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 That's basically what this article mentions http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2511608-barcelona-transfer-news-huge-paul-pogba-and-arda-turan-rumours-emerge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Cruel way of losing a game for the Brits reminiscent of Andres Escobar own goal , don't the same rules apply for the women regarding penalies way too many soft calls in the second semi-final allowing them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Absolutely terrible way to lose. Yes, it did remind me of the Escobar goal.Should be an interesting final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Punctuation's importance is often overlooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Raheem Sterling sold by Liverpool to Manchester City for £49m. A lot of money for a 20 year old. City can afford it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Disgusting call to end a compelling quarter final between Costa Rica and Mexico, as a Montreal Impact fan I know that feeling of being shafted in games involving teams from Mexico in Concacaf competition.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Fans of the beautiful game from out city are going crazy, Didier Drogba is about to sign with the team. He'll be a short term help but hopefully he'll be a boost at the gate , tam is struggling attendance wise with a fan base of only 5000 ticket season holders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 European season is not that far off. Good thing, now that the Tour de France is done.Waiting to see whether De Gea will be coming to Real and Ramos departing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Here the city is Drogba, we expect a lot of people welcoming him at the airport today. Tickets and shirts sales are skyrocketting !  In MLS it's tonight the rather trivial All Star game with a team of MLSers will face Tottenham, the league tries to make us believe that it means something. . Domestic european action is starting this weekend as the pre season watlz of Super Cups iare making theiir first step, will be attending the French version of it this weekend as Lyon and Paris St-Germain will play in Montreal. Think of it Ibra and Drogba in the same week .plus Chelsea the last week training in the brand new Montreal facilities, cool week to be a Montreal futbol fan. Transfer wise PSG has been rather quiet this year so far, bigger name arriving is Strambouli !!! Saturday Germany will play also play his brand of Super-Cup with the Bayern facing Wolfsburg and sunday the Community shield an all London affair between Arsenal and Chelsea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I see, from the Guardian, that Mourinho is already mixing it up with Benitez, actually Benitez's wife. A real class act Mourinho is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015  In MLS it's tonight the rather trivial All Star game with a team of MLSers will face Tottenham, the league tries to make us believe that it means something. .I love how they announced Gerrard as an all-star before he'd actually played in an MLS game.  I'll probably watch it though, meaningless as it is. Also, MUFC-PSG from Soldier Field is on tonight as well, FOX is airing it delayed after the ASG, so I'll record it and watch it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) At least Steven G. has played a match, Lampard hadn't yet finally he pulled out, only reason I think of watching it is Laurent Ciman who is becoming on of my favourite athletes , not only for what he he does on the pitch but also outside.  If you don't know the background story here's a linkhttp://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/06/24/family-first-montreal-impacts-laurent-ciman-uproots-life-daughter Edited July 29, 2015 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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