MLS All Stars vs. Celtic in the MLS All Star game this year is up shortly!
Continued from:
World Football Thread XVII : Champions League Final and beyond..
World Football Thread XVI - The demise of one Ronaldo and the rise of another
World Football Thread XV - Life after the World Cup
World Football Thread XIV - Italy: Hail to the Champions
World Football Thread XIII - to Berlin
World Football thread XII
World Football Thread XXX - Germany 2006
World Football Thread X - Germany 2006
World Football Thread IX - Weltmeisterschaft Ausgabe
World Football Thread VIII - The beautiful game?
World Football Thread VII
World Football Thread VI
World Football Thread V
World Soccer Thread IV
World Soccer thread III
World Soccer Thread II
Worldwide Soccer Thread I
Newcastle vs. Spurs gloating thread.
Last one was just about to hit 500... continue here.
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
MLS All Stars vs. Celtic in the MLS All Star game this year is up shortly!
Last edited by Imran Siddiqui; July 19, 2007 at 21:13.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Hmmm... at the beginning of the All Star broadcast, some interesting transfer news:
Jay Jay Okocha to Real Salt Lake is apparently almost done.
Denilson has been made an offer from FC Dallas.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
(the subtitle could be less bland though)
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I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head... but I'm open to suggestions.
Mod powers give me the ability to change it up.
Wait... I have an idea
(though its a very American title
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Not THE Denilson.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Denilson has been made an offer from FC Dallas.
Well, this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%...ra_Ara%C3%BAjo
considers himself THE Denilson
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
I suppose that's fair. It has been the hottest story after all.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
(though its a very American title
Re another competition nobody cares about: Club Brugge is making a splash in the domestic transfer market (after finishing a mere 6th last season). They've just purchased Sterchele, Belgian international and first division topscorer. Previously they had already signed Geraerts from Standard Liege (end contract), another Belgian international, and Mathijssen, coach and nicknamed the Mourinhu of the Low Countries. These 3 are the biggest transfer stories in Belgium so far, which indicates the ambition for the next season. All in all, the team has signed 6 first team players and 2 coaches. It's also racing towards season tickets record, with over 20,000 already sold and is in the process of building a new 40k stadium.
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At the half of the MLS All Star game, the MLS is up 2-0 on Celtic. Angel scored the first, collecting a nice through pass from (IIRC) De Rosario, on his way to scoring. The second was set up by a series of strange deflections on a free kick, but ended with a very nifty move and shot by Toja.
And at halftime Beckham confirmed what we (ie, US soccer fans) all feared, that he probably won't be 100% for the exhibition on Saturday vs. Chelsea, which was supposed to be his welcoming party. He'll probably be in for a few minutes at the end (20 mins at most, I'm predicting). The ankle is just still a problem.
Last edited by Imran Siddiqui; July 19, 2007 at 22:31.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Second half with no scoring. Finishes up 2-0 MLS.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Wikkid
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in other news, Newcastle United are still ****.
Although this is a fantastic vid taken at the Stadium of Shite the last time we played the Mackems (when they were going down).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YRfXQDp68c
Last edited by Agathon; July 20, 2007 at 11:24.
Only feebs vote.
Hey at least Owen scored a goal... regardless of the opposition
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Beckham playing it that friendly while injured really tells you why he's out there......merchandising. If a player isn't fit for a friendly then he just doesn't play.
Oh, and WTF is that supposed to mean?Originally posted by Colon™
Well, its a bit more than merchandising. This game has been hyped for weeks now by ESPN and US Soccer. If Becks doesn't play, it's the HUGE egg stain on both entities and gives the soccer bashers in this country another point in their favor.Originally posted by reds4ever
Beckham playing it that friendly while injured really tells you why he's out there......merchandising. If a player isn't fit for a friendly then he just doesn't play.
One of Becham's goals (and I'm quite certain he means it) is to help soccer in the US. Him at least showing up for a few minutes would be key to that. Or a lot of people who just tuned in to see Becks (since it's been hyped as his first game) will just turn off and not feel the need to come back.
Btw, got my Beckham jersey in the mail yesterday. Maybe I'll take a pictures of it
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
As a true friend of football, I'd say that the sport can live without the people that just want to see one player; The switching of shirt from Ajax to Juve to Inter [-->Zlatan Ibrahimovic] around here just seems pathetic.
That line of thinking destroyed great player like Garrincha... well the parts of him that he didn't destroy himself...
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Well, you can bring new folks in. A lot of American soccer fans have joined into soccer craze for various nutty reasonsOriginally posted by Kropotkin
As a true friend of football, I'd say that the sport can live without the people that just want to see one player
Not that Becks is on the same level, but maybe can bring in new fans who, well, didn't know they were a fan yet.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
I agree but would you care to elaborate on the Garrincha 'thing'?Originally posted by Kropotkin
As a true friend of football, I'd say that the sport can live without the people that just want to see one player; The switching of shirt from Ajax to Juve to Inter [-->Zlatan Ibrahimovic] around here just seems pathetic.
That line of thinking destroyed great player like Garrincha... well the parts of him that he didn't destroy himself...
Imran: Dude, call it football, please....
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - Epicurus
and, while were at it, 'friendly' not 'exhibition'...;O)
Garrincha - the brazilian right winger - had to play many games even after his legs had started to hurt. His club travelled the world, playing friendlies where the club got payed significantly less if Garrincha didn't play. Instead of allowing him to heal his legs and perhaps help him with his drinking problems, the club only cared about their profits.Originally posted by reds4ever
I agree but would you care to elaborate on the Garrincha 'thing'?
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Thank you kind sir!
BTW I did know who Garincha was...
Saw the Beckham debut. Thought it was well done. The stands at HDC were filled to capacity. Yeah, Becks got a hard tackle on him by Sidwell, but he got up, ran around on it afterwards, so I think its ok. Becks played like 15 minutes, IIRC. Definitely didn't look 100%, but he'll be alright.
Added some excitement though to an MLS exhibition (and no, I won't change vocabulary), and that's a great thing.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
This is the first time I've heard a friendly called an exhibition. But suit yourself.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...5Cw&refer=home
Beckham Makes MLS Debut as Galaxy Loses Exhibition to Chelsea
Not saying that you have heard it before, but exhibition is quite a common phrase in the US to describe games that don't count in the standings, and aren't part of a prescribed pre-season.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
If it's "quite a common phrase," why hadn't I heard it before?
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
Because you are horribly out of the loop?
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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