NSR/Off Topic #7

[evanpemsocr]

Most of the support for football is up in Joburg or Durban. Also, the stadium situation in Cape Town is a bit of a mess. Athlone stadium is in a dangerous area, its too small and the design of it makes the wind howl through it. Green Point Stadium is just a bumpy dump that has been dimantled now while Newlands, a good enough stadium, is in an area where there is little football support.

That sucks about your stadium situation there. Are they going to try to fix it up for the World Cup? Will Cape Town be a venue?


Oh, when was this?

Hmm, I want to say in '99 or '00. It was when the US was still having the US Cups...it was a little 4 team tournament they use to hold most summers.

BTW, it appears that ill be making my first trip to South Africa and Africa in general for the World Cup.

[red & wite army]

That sucks about your stadium situation there. Are they going to try to fix it up for the World Cup? Will Cape Town be a venue?


Yeah, Cape Town will definitely be a venue...its the best city in the country! There will be a big new stadium built near where the Green Point stadium is being dismantled. I'm really looking forward to it.


BTW, it appears that ill be making my first trip to South Africa and Africa in general for the World Cup.

Brilliant, I hope the WC will be successful.

[Devil500]

I just dont think that he wanted to be in Europe. It's not for everyone, and we need some of our stars to stay in MLS. I think that Dempsey could, but LD is still like number 1 in assists and like 3rd in all time goals for the nat'l team and is only like what 24, 25?

So 3/4 of those goals came against teams that are not even in the top 50...He bailed out of Germany because his girl wants to be an actor tbh he's not great and our stars should play in Europe if we want to contend with the World...MLS is just a step for younger players to get better it should not be made into a league like the EPL where the level of play speaks for itself...

[red & wite army]

Devil, 50 seconds in and Landon just scored!:D

[Devil500]

Devil, 50 seconds in and Landon just scored!:D

:mad: :mad: THAT Pu^^(%$%YU#(%58y!!!!!!!

ERGGGGGGG bench him throw him off he's a premodana!!!!!!

[Devil500]

R&W why must you make me sad :(

In my opinion he really should be in Europe waste of talent tbh...

[kaitster]

How about that hat trick.. :rolleyes:

[Devil500]

:mad: :mad: !@@@!!!

[evanpemsocr]

So 3/4 of those goals came against teams that are not even in the top 50...He bailed out of Germany because his girl wants to be an actor tbh he's not great and our stars should play in Europe if we want to contend with the World...MLS is just a step for younger players to get better it should not be made into a league like the EPL where the level of play speaks for itself...

What, why don't you want MLS to be a top league in the world? I'm not saying that it ever will be but why wouldn't you want it to be?

Anyway, Donovan just scored 3 goals vs a pretty decent Ecuador squad.

[Dr.Phil]

Yeah Landon the best attacking player he's not playing to his potential he should be in Europe playing and actually busting his arse off....I think Dempsey has jumped up to number 1 in the pecking order.

So he is not working hard in the MLS

He is still the best American soccer player

[Devil500]

So he is not working hard in the MLS

He is still the best American soccer player

Nope I just think if he's going to play in MLS then screw him there are many players who would love to even get a chance in Europe and he just blows it off....MLS will only get better if players go and play abroad because what MLS will get is recognition which will later on pay off....

He's mediocre end of story I still don't understand why he stays in the US then again thats why he's a pu$$y in my books. That squad he scored 3 against today was crap period....lets see him bag 3 vs Portugal then I'll start to believe shows you that Fifa Ranks mean nothing.

[cjump]

i think landon put his critics to sleep with the preformance. i hope devil that you watched the game to see how well he played.

[Devil500]

i think landon put his critics to sleep with the preformance. i hope devil that you watched the game to see how well he played.

Nope :o

Boycott just heard about it oh well still think he's gotta play in Europe

[cjump]

Nope :o

Boycott just heard about it oh well still think he's gotta play in Europe
fair enough that you didn't watch the game.but....

He's mediocre end of story I still don't understand why he stays in the US then again thats why he's a pu$$y in my books. That squad he scored 3 against today was crap period....
how can you say that without watching the game? ecuador lost to england in the round of 16 on a beckham FK.

goal one: left foot 18 yards out. far post. keeper had no chance.
goal two: 35 yard run on the right. composure to the extreme. and a minute later....
goal three: right foot 22-25 yards. hammered into the top right corner. absolute rocket.

[Devil500]

fair enough that you didn't watch the game.but....


how can you say that without watching the game? ecuador lost to england in the round of 16 on a beckham FK.

goal one: left foot 18 yards out. far post. keeper had no chance.
goal two: 35 yard run on the right. composure to the extreme. and a minute later....
goal three: right foot 22-25 yards. hammered into the top right corner. absolute rocket.

SO?

Lets see him play in Europe...Lets see him play like that almost 90% of the time which is strange but he only shows up for MEXICO...Lets see the USMNT play in Europe against quality sides not sides that are easy wins...

I'm not giving him anything the goals are the goals, but he needs to show that against better teams in more hostile environments. Till then I still hate him.

[Dr.Phil]

Nope I just think if he's going to play in MLS then screw him there are many players who would love to even get a chance in Europe and he just blows it off....MLS will only get better if players go and play abroad because what MLS will get is recognition which will later on pay off....

He's mediocre end of story I still don't understand why he stays in the US then again thats why he's a pu$$y in my books. That squad he scored 3 against today was crap period....lets see him bag 3 vs Portugal then I'll start to believe shows you that Fifa Ranks mean nothing.

He did beat Portugal in WC 02

[cjump]

well then if we are talking about showing up in important matches lets talk about ronaldinho too. because landon doesn't play in europe doesn't mean he sucks. for one, if we want to have soccer in america, we need our stars to stay home for the MLS.

and here is a little read for you devil...
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=2812035&name=chang_jen

[Devil500]

We need to?? I think if our stars go abroad they'll gain more experience here MLS won't go up in quality unless the players of the USMNT play in Europe then everyone will have to step up....

Landon has the easiest season lets be honest he has over 3 months off....And R10 has under a few weeks each year and he's expected to do miles more than Donovan....

[vanity_soccer13]

you can't hold it against him that he would rather live in beautiful California. it's where he's comfortable, and yes.. it'd be extremely beneficial for him to move outside of his comfort zone. but who cares really. I don't think he's really hurting the National team that much, because even if he was in Europe right now playing, and was improving to his full potential, it still won't make up for the rest of the players who aren't overseas playing.

I'm all for going overseas and playing to improve the level of soccer here, but if someone doesn't want to, who cares? I won't ever ridicule him for his decisions- if I was in his shoes and Europe wasn't for me, I would've traded in the extra cash for the MLS, surf, and peace of mind.

[Its Swanny]

So I'm at work today...completely forgot the game was on...went out front and turned the game on...5 minutes later, the power goes out.

Some stupid freaking squirrel knocked out the power for like 10 blocks.

Power comes back on RIGHT after the game finished.

:mad:

I was pissed.