U.S. Soccer (33 Viewers)

[AFL_ITALIA]

didn't look offside. definitely wasn't. o well.

It wasn't at all, terrible call.

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http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11164543

 

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[Zé Tahir]

Don't think it was, we didn't get a look at it but the commentators seemed to think so at first but then said the linesman was waving for something else.

 

[Alex-444]

 

[Enron]

You went to college for that? I'd ask for your money back. Too much of your tuition went to covering boys getting bent over their lockers.



Better, but also more likeable. As much as many of you may groan over something that affirms what Alexi Lalas says, the players have no personality. The team are a collective of mostly anonymous, replaceable parts without character or definition.

Likeable probably isn't the right word, because it also inspires the opposite: players that some people hate. Balotelli. Suarez. Zlatan. Maradona. They are all fantastic players, but they all have a theatrical presence they bring to their teams and the game to rise above the raw, wet oatmeal of a squad this U.S. team largely represents.

The USA team needs character and personality to distinguish itself from, say, even Costa Rica at this point. There's little personality to rally around beyond some cheer a teenager did at an Army Navy game 15 years ago.

The players have plenty of personality they just don't do what everyone else does. They play hard, they play to the end, and they're difficult to beat. What's not to like about that?

 

[swag]

The players have plenty of personality they just don't do what everyone else does. They play hard, they play to the end, and they're difficult to beat. What's not to like about that?

It's too German. Maybe that's just Klinsmann. Most of American sports is both popular and known for its cartoon-character-like personalities. Controversy can be good for attracting an audience, attention, talent, money, support, etc. More Richard Shermans, fewer Richard Marshalls.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

 

[ALC]

It's too German. Maybe that's just Klinsmann. Most of American sports is both popular and known for its cartoon-character-like personalities. Controversy can be good for attracting an audience, attention, talent, money, support, etc. More Richard Shermans, fewer Richard Marshalls.

I can't say I agree at all there. People like those characters because they're different. In soccer everyone's a prima donna and the USA approach is way more unique.

 

[Enron]

It's too German. Maybe that's just Klinsmann. Most of American sports is both popular and known for its cartoon-character-like personalities. Controversy can be good for attracting an audience, attention, talent, money, support, etc. More Richard Shermans, fewer Richard Marshalls.

You're a wrastlin' fan aren't you?

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

 

[swag]

You're a wrastlin' fan aren't you?

Actually, no. But if the best American athletes were to move towards soccer at a greater rate, I think it needs that sort of personality and controversy. Bad boys. Not all obedient German yes men who were only following orders.

The LeBrons and Kobes need to grow up not just appreciating soccer, but desiring to play it at the highest level.

 

[ALC]

I don't think LeBron and Kobe fall under the category you're thinking of.

 

[swag]

Kobe's a rapist.

LeBron refused to shake hands with opponents, was an infamous member of the 2004 US Olympics "Nightmare Team" (and was almost left off the 2008 because of it), his mom bought him a Hummer with his high school advance, and his father is a convicted coke dealer.

But both have mellowed with age.

 

[ALC]

Kobe's not a rapist. Any girl would throw themselves at one of the best basketball players of all time, the ratchet was just trying to get money out of it.

And Lebron is simply competitive. Refusing to shake hands just means he's a sore loser. His mom buying him a Hummer doesn't mean anything at all considering he's a millionaire and his dad has nothing to do with anything. None of this qualifies him as bad. He's on the same level as Hazard character wise and I only say that because they both made a big deal with their "decision".

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

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[acmilan]

http://www.espnfc.us/united-states/story/1929447/us-soccer-tv-ratings-top-nba-finals-average

 

[Zé Tahir]

Kobe's not a rapist. Any girl would throw themselves at one of the best basketball players of all time, the ratchet was just trying to get money out of it.

And Lebron is simply competitive. Refusing to shake hands just means he's a sore loser. His mom buying him a Hummer doesn't mean anything at all considering he's a millionaire and his dad has nothing to do with anything. None of this qualifies him as bad. He's on the same level as Hazard character wise and I only say that because they both made a big deal with their "decision".

Celebrity apologist

 

[ALC]

Like you wouldn't fuck Oprah.

 

[JuveJay]

It's too German. Maybe that's just Klinsmann. Most of American sports is both popular and known for its cartoon-character-like personalities. Controversy can be good for attracting an audience, attention, talent, money, support, etc. More Richard Shermans, fewer Richard Marshalls.

Did I see the players doing warm up runs at the start of the second half?

 

[Zé Tahir]

Like you wouldn't fuck Oprah.

are you saying you would?

 

[ALC]

Hell yea, son And Oprah's not even good looking. Fucking Kobe would be more like fucking Kate Upton or something. that was my point.