OT: World Cup

[clob94]

But we suck so badly...... and btw, there's no end in sight any time soon. US soccer did a presser the other day where they pound the desk and say "dang it! We are getting serious about soccer now!".
It was all for show. They know the only was they'll ever be any good at soccer is if you find a way to keep the young Deon Sanders, Terrel owens, Randy Moss, of the world out of football at a young age. If only there was some sort of situation they could use to scare parents from letting their kids play football....... hmmmmm..... then, they could mass media the crap out of this problem, and then shame the people that make the rules for football to take violence out of the game so this issue could be curtailed and in the process, run off viewers that think the game has gone "soft"............

I mean it's like some weird combination of patriotism + sports that makes watching the US team so fun. And also I meant that I get pretty excited when we score a goal.

Plus the world cup is kind of cool too. It's like the NCAA bball tournament, but the whole planet involved.

 

[LongfellowDrew]

But we suck so badly...... and btw, there's no end in sight any time soon. US soccer did a presser the other day where they pound the desk and say "dang it! We are getting serious about soccer now!".
It was all for show. They know the only was they'll ever be any good at soccer is if you find a way to keep the young Deon Sanders, Terrel owens, Randy Moss, of the world out of football at a young age. If only there was some sort of situation they could use to scare parents from letting their kids play football....... hmmmmm..... then, they could mass media the crap out of this problem, and then shame the people that make the rules for football to take violence out of the game so this issue could be curtailed and in the process, run off viewers that think the game has gone "soft"............

We're so far behind the rest of the world in soccer (futbol/football).

 

[2300 Nueces]

We're so far behind the rest of the world in soccer (futbol/football).

As fans of the game we are waaayyy behind! Many of the Mexican/Americans, not so much. We are starting to develop some decent talent and our pro league is no longer a complete laughing stock.... it's getting better, slowly.

 

[clob94]

As fans of the game we are waaayyy behind! Many of the Mexican/Americans, not so much. We are starting to develop some decent talent and our pro league is no longer a complete laughing stock.... it's getting better, slowly.

We will not win a world cup in our lifetimes. If I could collect on that bet with you, I'd like to try.

 

[2300 Nueces]

We will not win a world cup in our lifetimes. If I could collect on that bet with you, I'd like to try.

Whoa, never said we would win a WC any time soon. I only said our level of play is slowly getting better. We actually have scouts from foreign clubs over here (German) looking for players. Never had that before.

 

[clob94]

Whoa, never said we would win a WC any time soon. I only said our level of play is slowly getting better. We actually have scouts from foreign clubs over here (German) looking for players. Never had that before.

Well ya..... we've got a huge manchester city presence here as well. In point of fact, one of my former teammates who lives in austin has a son that is on a select squad here, and they've yet to lose a game in over two years. They played in the junior nationals this past year and won by 4 goals. They played in a tourney in SA a few weeks ago and I had an hour long chat with a manchester city scout who said they've built some massive training campus for their farm system and recruits. I asked him why they were focusing on American recruits and his response was "there are 360 million people in America and if we can find the next Beckham, it's worth every nickel."......

 

[clob94]

I just checked the crime rates in Iceland......... I may be moving to iceland soon.

 

[2300 Nueces]

I just checked the crime rates in Iceland......... I may be moving to iceland soon.

Sigh, yes crime is rampant in the USA. It's especially bad in the cities..... There is a high risk of having a nice vehicle broken into or outright stolen when parked in any city in the USA.... so I drive a paid for piece of junk on purpose. I could drive a really nice vehicle (for which I could pay cash) but I chose not to because of the crime. Sad really.... I put the cash into my homestead and make it a fortress. Dogs, weapons..... defense stuff.

 

[LonghornMM]

Build the damn wall!

 

[RoboCocks21]

I just checked the crime rates in Iceland......... I may be moving to iceland soon.

How are the girls in Iceland

 

[Metcalf #2]

How are the girls in Iceland

"I don't know but I've been told...
Eskimo p****'s mighty cold"

 

[clob94]

How are the girls in Iceland

They are Nordic. Blonde hair, blue eyed viking b!tches!

Raise your kids and raid a village.

 

[DrinkToIt]

Kickball. Yawn.

Games typically over in 2 hours or less and commercials only during halftime. Yawn?

 

[LonghornMM]

Games typically over in 2 hours or less and commercials only during halftime. Yawn?

Kickball is a big yawn. BORING. Watching a bumper rust in a junkyard is more entertaining than a kickball game.

 

[clob94]

Games typically over in 2 hours or less and commercials only during halftime. Yawn?

Volkswagen completely fvcked up these commercials. They've got Brazil, iceland, belgium, Germany etc asking us to cheer for them but they left the biggest stars out of these commercials...... the swedes!

Load the Swedish bikini team up into a Volkswagen and I'm an insta-swede fan.

https://www.uspsa2.org/sbt.htm

 

[Oldmanastro]

El Tri won again. Legitimate threat. Defending champions Germany must win against the Swedish ladies in the Volkswagen or go home.

 

[clob94]

El Tri won again. Legitimate threat. Defending champions Germany must win against the Swedish ladies in the Volkswagen or go home.

Yo hablo espaÑol muy bien pendejo, pero, como se dice "El tri" en engles?

 

[2300 Nueces]

Yo hablo espaÑol muy bien pendejo, pero, como se dice "El tri" en engles?

You PUTO!

 

[Oldmanastro]

Yo hablo espaÑol muy bien pendejo, pero, como se dice "El tri" en engles?

This:

https://www.google.com/search?sourc...2...0....0.0.......0...........3.OaxDoHSaI+A=

 

[clob94]

This:

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=NKIuW5-OJJKWtQWewLlI&q=el+tri+meaning&oq=&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.1.1.41l3.0.0..10372...0....0.0.......0...........3.OaxDoHSaI+A=

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Muy bien. Gracias compadre.

 

[Oldmanastro]

Sorry MM, that was an exciting ending to the Germany/Sweden game.
Down 1-0, and come back to score in last 30 seconds for win. Good stuff.

 

[2300 Nueces]

Yo hablo espaÑol muy bien pendejo, pero, como se dice "El tri" en engles?

Wasn't early television in tricolor?

 

[LonghornMM]

Sorry MM, that was an exciting ending to the Germany/Sweden game.
Down 1-0, and come back to score in last 30 seconds for win. Good stuff.

I missed that. Was sitting in the junkyard watching that bumper rust. That was entertaining.

 

[westx]

Yo hablo espaÑol muy bien pendejo, pero, como se dice "El tri" en engles?

Not bad, "vato".

 

[DrinkToIt]

Kickball is a big yawn. BORING. Watching a bumper rust in a junkyard is more entertaining than a kickball game.

Except it's not kickball. Kickball is baseball but with your feet. So your analogy is completely wrong. Soccer is more like hockey or basketball on grass.

Fail grandpa.

 

[LonghornMM]

Except it's not kickball. Kickball is baseball but with your feet. So your analogy is completely wrong. Soccer is more like hockey or basketball on grass.

Fail grandpa.

Soccer = hockey. Hockey = soccer. I call hockey, "sockey". Same boring type of sport, lol.

 

[DrinkToIt]

Soccer = hockey. Hockey = soccer. I call hockey, "sockey". Same boring type of sport, lol.

I find it hard to believe a game with non-stop play that is over in 2 hours can be found boring. Especially when you go to a game in person. You don't have time to get up and go anywhere because you might miss something. But it's your progative.

 

[clob94]

I find it hard to believe a game with non-stop play that is over in 2 hours can be found boring. Especially when you go to a game in person. You don't have time to get up and go anywhere because you might miss something. But it's your progative.

I like my progative..... I play with it twice a day......

 

[LonghornMM]

I find it hard to believe a game with non-stop play that is over in 2 hours can be found boring. Especially when you go to a game in person. You don't have time to get up and go anywhere because you might miss something. But it's your progative.

For me, it has nothing to do with non-stop play, or the time it takes to play a game. I just find the game of soccer to be incredibly boring. What's exciting about a 1-0 or 1-1 tie in a kickball game? (((yawn)))

 

[DrinkToIt]

For me, it has nothing to do with non-stop play, or the time it takes to play a game. I just find the game of soccer to be incredibly boring. What's exciting about a 1-0 or 1-1 tie in a kickball game? (((yawn)))

Well if we gave goals 7 points like football then Englands win today would have been 42 to 7... Oooh. And Belgiums win yesterday would have been 35 to 14.

So much more high scoring! Geez dude. If high scores are your criteria then alrighty.

 

[2300 Nueces]

Well if we gave goals 7 points like football then Englands win today would have been 42 to 7... Oooh. And Belgiums win yesterday would have been 35 to 14.

So much more high scoring! Geez dude. If high scores are your criteria then alrighty.

Relax, let's allow others to express an opinion. No need to get upset.

 

[DrinkToIt]

Relax, let's allow others to express an opinion. No need to get upset.

Its Orangebloods. Hopefully no one is actually getting upset. But I'm still allowed to criticize people's opinions.

 

[LongfellowDrew]

If you don't like soccer I totally understand.
I don't like golf, tennis, hockey and at one point didn't care for baseball.

 

[weevilcatch]

We will not win a world cup in our lifetimes. If I could collect on that bet with you, I'd like to try.

That doesn't mean we're "not any good"

There are not many countries that can say they have won a WC group ('10) and gone to the QF of a WC ('02).

We were one of two countries to make the QF of both the u17 and u20 WCs. We are about to see an influx of young talent starting in top leagues in Europe (some already do) and we still have some mid 20s guys that will be solid players for another WC cycle

 

[weevilcatch]

Kickball is a big yawn. BORING. Watching a bumper rust in a junkyard is more entertaining than a kickball game.

Not sure if you're point is to just be a belligerent ass, but calling it kick ball makes you sound like an ignorant meathead.

If you think it's boring then so be it. some people think football is boring....baseball, hockey, etc. It's all a matter of perspective.

I'm sure you don't care and will continue to call it kick ball for some idiotic reason. Just wanted to give you what you probably wanted in the first place...a response