Will the US Qualify for Germany 2006?

[Champagne Football]

Dunno. Why dont you ask one of them. It's getting boring now. Already been through it. Much laughter was had. So stop it. Just bloody stop it. Move to England, like Kyle has jumped ship. :D :D And then maybe you can ask Mel herself.

Nah, my great-grandfather got out of Newcastle 130 years ago and I think he made the right move. :D
Besides, I've been to England and I couldn't hack the weather. Too dreary...

[Mel B]

Nah, my great-grandfather got out of Newcastle 130 years ago and I think he made the right move. :D
Besides, I've been to England and I couldn't hack the weather. Too dreary...


Your all convicts mate. :D :D :D What England didnt want. Class.

[Champagne Football]

Your all convicts mate. :D What England didnt want. Class.
1. We could be related, mate! :eek:
2. Transportation to the 'colonies' had already finished 130 years ago.
3. When the Americans wake up this morning and read this they will wonder what's going on.
4. That's how many goals Chelsea put past Newcastle on the weekend, with no reply. :D

[Mel B]

1. We could be related, mate! :eek:
2. Transportation to the 'colonies' had already finished 130 years ago.
3. When the Americans wake up this morning and read this they will wonder what's going on.
4. That's how many goals Chelsea put past Newcastle on the weekend, with no reply.


Johnny Forighner. I bet your Mam is an Auzzie. Lived there all her life. Jack thr Ripper could be related to you mate. As the Chelsea result. They were lucky. If Officer Bramble had of been firing on all cylinders, it would have been 6 or 7. :D :D ;)

[Champagne Football]

Johnny Forighner. I bet your Mam is an Auzzie. Lived there all her life. Jack thr Ripper could be related to you mate. As the Chelsea result. They were lucky. If Officer Bramble had of been firing on all cylinders, it would have been 6 or 7. :D :D ;)

Of course my Mum's an Aussie. Don't they teach maths in Geordie land? (130 years ago is a long time!) Lucky my ancestors left, so I could go to university and learn things like maths, spelling.... :rolleyes:

I'm 4th generation Aussie on both sides of the family and bloody proud of it! If I trace my family tree, I hope I don't find you! "Johnny Foreigner?" <sic> No wonder people think Poms are 'insular'.

Oh, and by the way, the US will qualify for Germany 2006...and so will Australia, and if we're grouped with England we'll beat you again!! So there.

[Andy TAUS]

Oh, and by the way, the US will qualify for Germany 2006...and so will Australia, and if we're grouped with England we'll beat you again!! So there.I'd want every bloody Yank player AND their management to have to piss in the pot (for testing purposes), if they failed to qualify.

:eek: As to the latter matchup (AUS v ENG in the WC Final), Jeez that would be a delicious game, no matter the eventual result !!! :D

[comme]

It should be impossible for the US not to qualify, the grouping is so easy as to be farcical.

[EL MONO MARIO]

They will qualify

[ZiggyGalaxy]

Easy qualification for the Yanks. If you said no, you are an idiot...

[DartNut]

We don't care how Mexico is rated by FIFA as long as we keep beating them, which we have been doing. As for the record in the preliminary rounds, Mexico had a walk, thanks to TFC's wanker director from T&T -- both teams were in a group with St. Kitts and another island minnow. Meanwhile, Canada was stuck in a Group of Death, and the US was in a group that proved nearly as tough.

I haven't seen the schedule (if out), but let's gets a Mexico home game like they did last time, in February in COLUMBUS!!! Not having "home" games in the bloddy south where they have more supporters than us. They use their Azteca Stadia and its elevation to their advantage. Let's use our weather and cold cities to ours. We, of course, will qualify...no question.

[SJJ]

I haven't seen the schedule (if out), but let's gets a Mexico home game like they did last time, in February in COLUMBUS!

Congrats on being the one USA fan who didn't know that the schedule is already out.

For DartNut's benefit:

09-Feb-2005 (Trinidad and Tobago) Trinidad and Tobago - USA
26-Mar-2005 (Mexico) Mexico - USA
30-Mar-2005 (USA) USA - Guatemala
04-Jun-2005 (USA) USA - Costa Rica
08-Jun-2005 PANAMA CITY (Panama) Panama - USA
17-Aug-2005 (USA) USA - Trinidad and Tobago
03-Sep-2005 (USA) USA - Mexico
07-Sep-2005 (Guatemala) Guatemala - USA
08-Oct-2005 (Costa Rica) Costa Rica - USA
12-Oct-2005 (USA) USA - Panama

So the home date with Mexico is on Septeber 3.

[bobarino]

09-Feb-2005 (Trinidad and Tobago) Trinidad and Tobago - USA
26-Mar-2005 (Mexico) Mexico - USA
30-Mar-2005 (USA) USA - Guatemala
04-Jun-2005 (USA) USA - Costa Rica
08-Jun-2005 PANAMA CITY (Panama) Panama - USA
17-Aug-2005 (USA) USA - Trinidad and Tobago
03-Sep-2005 (USA) USA - Mexico
07-Sep-2005 (Guatemala) Guatemala - USA
08-Oct-2005 (Costa Rica) Costa Rica - USA
12-Oct-2005 (USA) USA - Panama

So the home date with Mexico is on Septeber 3.
When will venue locations be determined/announced?

[hobeco]

Will the US Qualify for Germany 2006?

Only if they can make a deal with their players. This is a team that may have trouble qualifying with their best players. If the so-called association now locks out the players over money and goes with second and third raters they will never qualify. This so-called association must think that the general public pays their hard earned wages to see them bicker with the players. These guys are nuts if they think that anyone will pay to see a-league players or under 17's disguised as the national team. Fans pay to see the best and so-called associations should work on promoting the game, not destroying it! Get them the hell out of there and appoint someone who works for the game and the players!

[i_heart_landon]

When will venue locations be determined/announced?
www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=135315

The first home game is in Birmingham.

[SJJ]

Only if they can make a deal with their players. This is a team that may have trouble qualifying with their best players. If the so-called association now locks out the players over money and goes with second and third raters they will never qualify.

The "trouble qualifying with their best players" line may actually be on target, seeing that they have the hardest time finishing goals against even the most poor Concacaf teams.

Can you clarify the rest of your post, saying that the fans pay to see this and don't pay to see that, and then some comment about promoting or destroying the game? One thing is that you think that the fault is automatically on the federation, not the players. Well, all negotiations are hard, give-and-take situations. (And why have we never heard of a "USMNTPA" before?)

It's not like the NHL, where I'm certain that the league/ownership can't survive in its present form, so a radical restructuring is needed. There are points on both sides, here: the federation does have the financing of Nike, et all, so they do have some bucks to spread; but they do have to take the chance of paying the players now, hoping to qualify for WC2006 to get the big payout from Fifa.

[aguilas]

Easy qualification for the Yanks. If you said no, you are an idiot...

That pretty much sums it up.