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Post by James on Jun 19, 2008 17:49:50 GMT -5
The US have always been a 'good' team IMO. I don't think you will contend for the World Cup until 2022 or even later or something, and when I say contend I mean contend as in they will be mentioned in the same breath as Argentina, France, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Spain etc. The USA have been on the brink so many times and although they have talent, it's not world class talent. Fwiw, we have more world class talent although your younger players look very good.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 18:32:39 GMT -5
it seems to me that the US would be hard pressed to be mentioned in the same breath as argentina, brazil, france etc. maybe that time will come and more Americans will watch soccer
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Post by James on Jun 19, 2008 18:34:07 GMT -5
Btw I'm not anti-American football either. I actually support a team in the MLS (and the only other 2 teams in the world I support are Melbourne Victory and Leicester City) and I also find the games very very exciting.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 18:50:57 GMT -5
MLS can be very boring at the same time. Most American "fans" are very naive about soccer and think David Beckham is the best thing since sliced bread. They don't know that compared to the other world class talent out there he is washed up. Sure he can make the ball basically defy physics but he is not as great as he used to be and no one realizes that. What MLS team do you support?
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 18:51:21 GMT -5
i used to like DC United cause they were awesome
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Post by James on Jun 19, 2008 18:56:26 GMT -5
I follow DC United, I love Fred, he use to play for Melbourne. Emilio is pretty sick too plus they have probably the best active support in the MLS.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 19:17:34 GMT -5
James do you remember the black guy with dreads that played for DC? He was awesome but I can't remember his name. He was such a fan favorite.
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Post by Funky George! on Jun 19, 2008 19:35:20 GMT -5
Cobi Jones?
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 19:36:58 GMT -5
bingo
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 19:37:13 GMT -5
the cobi before kobe
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Post by Tigertecz on Jun 19, 2008 19:49:13 GMT -5
FUCK PORTUGAL! I had £1 on a 3-3 scoreline between Portugal and Germany and that would've won me £80! All they had to do was score one more goal... sigh.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 19:53:25 GMT -5
good to see tiger posting, he's my boy.
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Post by James on Jun 19, 2008 20:47:49 GMT -5
I thought Portugal/Germany was tonight and was about to put 20 units on Germany to win in regulation time @ $3.25.
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Post by noves on Jun 19, 2008 20:48:29 GMT -5
Fool.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 20:53:35 GMT -5
20 units?
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Post by James on Jun 19, 2008 20:58:58 GMT -5
1 unti represents the normal number of cash you bet with. ie. Some people just bet with $5, others with $10 etc.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 19, 2008 21:07:47 GMT -5
ohhh so you would have gotten 3.25 on your money, i get it. BL james
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 19, 2008 21:27:23 GMT -5
I follow DC United, I love Fred, he use to play for Melbourne. Emilio is pretty sick too plus they have probably the best active support in the MLS. Na, the most supported team in MLS is Toronto. They sell out every home game.
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Post by James on Jun 20, 2008 2:41:13 GMT -5
I said best, not most. Active support > plastic support.
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 20, 2008 6:14:43 GMT -5
I said best, not most. Active support > plastic support. lol OK and the best support is still Toronto. Toronto has probably some of the craziest fans and they travel with the team almost everywhere. They are like Premier team fans, they are nuts.
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Post by James on Jun 20, 2008 8:25:58 GMT -5
Premier League fans are some of the worst in the world IMO. They aren't even allowed to stand up. Italian support, Greek support, German support, South American support >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> English and Spanish. I think their supporters group are called Barra or Barea or some Mexican name.
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 20, 2008 8:39:47 GMT -5
Premier League fans are some of the worst in the world IMO. They aren't even allowed to stand up. Italian support, Greek support, German support, South American support >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> English and Spanish. I think their supporters group are called Barra or Barea or some Mexican name. You're listing Spain supporters as one of the worst? lol... have you been watching the Eurocup? In the game against Greece, a game that meant nothing and with all the subs playing... the stadium was about 75% Spanish standing up and cheering the whole game. Have you watched a Liverpool game? Those fans are singing and standing the whole game to, no matter who they're playing against. I think Manchester United fans are the equivalent to Los Angeles Lakers fans... but even then they have their moments.
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Post by James on Jun 20, 2008 8:54:20 GMT -5
Uhhh, no. You obviously don't know what I mean by active support. Pfft, who cares about Spain, a great team, filling out a stadium for a EURO game. Any country in the world would fill up a stadium like that for such a game. We played a FRIENDLY against Greece here before the World Cup and got 99,000 to that game and we don't have anyone close to the talents of Iniesta, Torres, Villa etc... Panathinaikos AC Milan United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barca, Real etc... all those big teams have supporters but just 'prawn sandwich eaters' as described by Roy Keane. I remember reading an interview by Ronaldo who said that the support in Spain in English is so plastic compared to that of Italy (now at AC). Chris, I guess we have a different view on what active support is. Standing up and chanting or showing up in numbers to a massive match isn't really 'good' support IMO.
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Post by James on Jun 20, 2008 8:56:59 GMT -5
Btw I'm not saying Spanish support is bad, just not the best.
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Post by Sheryl Yoast on Jun 20, 2008 9:05:51 GMT -5
The best team in England is MK Dons. JK
Being a Boro fan we have some of shittiest support in the Premiership. Don't know if that is relevant or not.
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