The Official US Soccer thread

[Zeno]

looking forward to seeing you guys against Italy tonight.

From the bits i have seen and the chat on here i guess you dont think you will get a result...stranger things have happened though

I'm looking forward to it too but can't say I am very confident.

 

[English on tour]

I'm looking forward to it too but can't say I am very confident.

well there is about 5 minutes left for Brazil and they are being held at 3-3 so you never know.

 

[Zeno]

Fire Bob Bradley...that is all.

 

[Hazzard29]

Terrible perfomance today... looked like men against boys. I dont expect the US to beat Egypt either after watching how well the Egyptians played against Italy.

 

[Hazzard29]

I couldnt have been more wrong about my prediction on how US would compete versus Egypt. Great game, I havent seen US dominate a good opponent like that in a long time. Lets hope we can ride this positive wave for awhile.

 

[Chaplin]

I couldnt have been more wrong about my prediction on how US would compete versus Egypt. Great game, I havent seen US dominate a good opponent like that in a long time. Lets hope we can ride this positive wave for awhile.

At least until Wednesday...

 

[gr000000vy]

Hey all... I dont pump my show often but we had a USA soccer guru on our show today and he broke down the US squad with both Confed and Gold cups....

Check it out if you get time.. http://www.ibsoccer.com/

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Altidore is on the move again, he's now headed to Olympiakos. Hopefully he will get more playing time there than he did in Spain, but they're a good side. He certainly isn't going to be handed a starting position.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/07/10/jozy.greek/index.html

 

[Zeno]

Davies to Sochaux & Onyewu to AC Milan too...I'm interested in finding out where Adu ends up, he obviously needs to play regularly.

 

[Stout]

Davies to Sochaux & Onyewu to AC Milan too...I'm interested in finding out where Adu ends up, he obviously needs to play regularly.

Where the heck is Sochaux? France, I would gather? Are they top division?

 

[Zeno]

Where the heck is Sochaux? France, I would gather? Are they top division?

Yeah French Ligue 1, mid-table

 

[Stout]

Yeah French Ligue 1, mid-table

That's pretty cool then. Onyewu to Milan is stellar. Hopefully Altidore can see significant playing time wherever he lands.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Looks like Altidore is going to wind up with Hull City of the EPL.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/08/05/altidore-hull.ap/index.html

 

[Zeno]

Looks like Altidore is going to wind up with Hull City of the EPL.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/08/05/altidore-hull.ap/index.html

Altidore was just introduced in a press conference today, its a full season loan with Hull having the option to buy at the end of the season (if he does well I doubt they'll be able to match what Villareal will ask for).

Adu is supposed to be sold by sometime next week, he has stated a preference for Holland...we'll see what happens.

 

[Chaplin]

Roster named for Mexico game:

U.S. roster

GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England)

DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England)

MIDFIELDERS: Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), José Francisco Torres (Pachuca, Mexico)

FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England), Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Charlie Davies (Sochaux, France), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

 

[Zeno]

Looks like Freddy Adu is going to Odense of the Danish League. The guy needs playing time and Demark isn't a bad league (and the club finished 2nd last season), hopefully it works out for him.

 

[Stout]

Okay, WTF is the deal with the qualifier vs Mexico only being televised on FRICKIN' TELEMUNDO????? I mean, it's only the biggest qualifier of the ENTIRE PROCESS!!! When in the HELL is out idiotic soccer association going to buy a frickin' CLUE!!!

 

[azsouthendzone]

Okay, WTF is the deal with the qualifier vs Mexico only being televised on FRICKIN' TELEMUNDO????? I mean, it's only the biggest qualifier of the ENTIRE PROCESS!!! When in the HELL is out idiotic soccer association going to buy a frickin' CLUE!!!

MUN2 will be a free channel on Wednesday on Directv and will broadcast in English. You can also hit the SAP button for English.

 

[Zeno]

Okay, WTF is the deal with the qualifier vs Mexico only being televised on FRICKIN' TELEMUNDO????? I mean, it's only the biggest qualifier of the ENTIRE PROCESS!!! When in the HELL is out idiotic soccer association going to buy a frickin' CLUE!!!

You can't blame USSF for this one...

Because the game is in Mexico the FMF own the broadcast rights, they sold it to Telemundo...ESPN tried to buy the English broadcast rights but supposedly Telemundo asked for a ridiculous price.

I was pretty angry myself since Telemundo is owned by NBC and they own the USA Network, NBC Universal etc that they could choose to put the game on. Now we will have to watch it on Mun2 which luckily they are going to make available on a "trial basis" for all cable/satellite providers for game day.

 

[Chaplin]

Maybe because we're going to get killed in the game. We'll be lucky to get out of there with a win. We are the better team, but playing in Azteca is a nightmare for any visiting team, whether it be Nigeria or Argentina.

 

[azsouthendzone]

Maybe because we're going to get killed in the game. We'll be lucky to get out of there with a win. We are the better team, but playing in Azteca is a nightmare for any visiting team, whether it be Nigeria or Argentina.

To say we are going to get killed is a bit much. They won 2-1 last time if I remember correctly. This is also perhaps the worst Mexican side in decades. And it absolutely has no bearing on why the game isn't being broadcast on ESPN. English broadcasts in the US suck anyway outside of the HD factor.

 

[Zeno]

To say we are going to get killed is a bit much. They won 2-1 last time if I remember correctly. This is also perhaps the worst Mexican side in decades. And it absolutely has no bearing on why the game isn't being broadcast on ESPN. English broadcasts in the US suck anyway outside of the HD factor.

They haven't killed us there in years...2-1 in WCQ for '06, 1-0 in WCQ for '02 and 0-0 in WCQ for '98(we were a man down for 2/3 of the match too).

Tim Howard has never lost to Mexico, we've also never lost a game against Mexico in which Donovan has scored (and he is tearing it up right now)...we may not win but we won't get "killed either.

My prediticon 1-1, Donovan scores for the US when his pace shreds their defense but MX equalizes late. As par for the course expect plenty of dives and crying from the Mexicans and their classless fans to act as poor as they usually do regardless of the result.

 

[Chaplin]

3-0 Mexico wins.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Pretty pissed about this crappy picture qualty.

These A-Holes are trying to screw up my viewing pleasure!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dr. Jones]

God I hate this.

We are up 1 nothing and I want to turn it off.

F YOU MUNDIAL!!!!!!!