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FYI for folks, looks like the MLS All-Star match will be against Arsenal.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...o-play-in-mls-all-star-game-during-pre-season
I'm prepared for at least half the stadium to be full of fans of Arsenal, to whom they have no affiliation other than "they're good", but can't bring themselves to support their local club.
You'd be surprised.Eh, I'm not so sure about that. San Jose doesn't have a lot of Eurosnobs
You're not wrong...Plus the San Jose Ultras might shank you.
7am ... way too early for my ESB.
And Aston Villa absolutely collapsed.
That's really cool, I know a lot of different Seattle players love craft brews, but I'm not sure if any of them brew their own.
Although Backstabayor getting constantly booed was fantastic.
whats your beef with Adebayor?
The guy is poison. Bad, bad attitude. Bad work ethic. Total diva.
Also this, among others: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/angry-tottenham-players-want-emmanuel-4594516
shame nobody could have warned spurs about that sort of behavior before they signed him.
Oh, you mean that part where Manchester City was so eager to unload him that they were paying his wages for a while after we signed him? Gee, why does that sound familiar.
yes, or any of the other stupid crap he has done.
So, the Copa America draw is done and we have our groups. Here's how I see each group shaking out:
Group A
USA
Colombia
Costa Rica
Paraguay
I already covered this pretty thoroughly above, theoretically anyone can come out of this group, but on paper this should be Colombia in first and team USA second.
Group B
Brazil
Ecuador
Haiti
Peru
Brazil must be salivating over this group. The only real dominance threat here is Ecuador, but even that isn't all that scary. Anything other than winning this group is a huge slip up for Brazil. Haiti and Peru should be sheep to the slaughter and Ecuador should wind up second.
Group C
Mexico
Uruguay
Jamaica
Venezuela
If there is a group of death in this tournament, I'd say group C is it. Uruguay are monstrously good, Mexico is the current Gold Cup champion and Jamaica is no slouch, Venezuela is theoretically the punching bag here, but if they can sort out their interpersonal issues (the players protested due to a recent spate of bad results) then they could be a surprise threat. That said, on paper this should be simple, Uruguay annihilates everyone else and then Mexico picks up the scraps to take second place.
Group D
Argentina
Chile
Panama
Bolivia
Anyone wanna bet against a team with Lionel Messi getting out of their group? I didn't think so. After that, I think Chile, who are scary fast and almost entirely ignore defense in favor of offense, will take second. Bolivia is just happy to be here and are probably the punching bag. The only way Panama has a chance here is if their defense is absolutely 100% perfect against Chile and they can counter attack effectively against Chile's 3 man defense and then beat Bolivia too.
Here's a question, probably covered before I joined this thread but don't feel like digging back.
I'm assuming most of you play and/or played. What is/was your position? I was always left midfield, usually more of a holding role, sometimes more forward, but in reality usually pretty box to box. I played center back and striker a couple times and was alright, but was never my cup of tea, but preferred CB to striker. Tried keeper in a pinch, and was terrible at it. As I've been getting back into shape, I'm looking to start playing again.
Here's a question, probably covered before I joined this thread but don't feel like digging back.
I'm assuming most of you play and/or played. What is/was your position? I was always left midfield, usually more of a holding role, sometimes more forward, but in reality usually pretty box to box. I played center back and striker a couple times and was alright, but was never my cup of tea, but preferred CB to striker. Tried keeper in a pinch, and was terrible at it. As I've been getting back into shape, I'm looking to start playing again.
Here's a question, probably covered before I joined this thread but don't feel like digging back.
I'm assuming most of you play and/or played. What is/was your position? I was always left midfield, usually more of a holding role, sometimes more forward, but in reality usually pretty box to box. I played center back and striker a couple times and was alright, but was never my cup of tea, but preferred CB to striker. Tried keeper in a pinch, and was terrible at it. As I've been getting back into shape, I'm looking to start playing again.
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