[forza rangers]

ok ..ive got your attention. its said that american know nothing about football(soccer? WHO CAME UP WITH THAT NAME?) so give me your all time fav' XI playing a 4-3-3 formation and prove everyone in europe wrong! or are y'all scared incase there are right?

[nancyb]

I believe it was an English group that came up with that name, derived from AsSOCiation Football. Don't blame it on us.

And to prove you wrong, are we expected to name only European players or do we still look like stupid Americans if we name our own countrymen or players from our own league to our favorite 11?

[Knave]

Nancyb is right. Students at Oxford University came up with the name soccer. What country is Oxford University in? I've forgotten ...

Soccer, as far as I'm concerned is a much more accurate name for calcio (as the Italians call it) because it refers specifically to the rules under which it is played - association rules. Football is a far too general term as it refers to any ballgame played on foot (as opposed to on horseback).

[Cweedchop]

No problem...


Here's my all-time starting X1:


Goal - Bo Oshonyi

Right back - Thor Lee

Left back - Gary Neville

Centre Half - George Gelnovatch

Centre Half - Alexi Lalas

Right midfield - Cobi Jones

Centre midfield - John Harkes

Left midfield - Mike Huwiler

Striker - Juan Berthy Suarez

Striker - Jovan Kirovski

Striker - Verne Troyer


My knowledge of "The Beautiful Game" is unquestioned..

I defy you to come up with a better starting 11..

[ursula]

Cweed- don't know how you didn't include David Hayes in that lineup after all the times that we have been told how good he is. Otherwise you lineup is perfect.

[Z010 Union]

Originally posted by Cweedchop



Striker - Verne Troyer


My knowledge of "The Beautiful Game" is unquestioned..

I defy you to come up with a better starting 11..

why do you have Richie Williams at striker?


My Starting XI

G - Scott Garlick
D - Tony Sanneh
D - Eddie Pope
D - Carlos Llamosa
D - Jeff Agoos
DM - Richie Williams
RM - Ben Olsen
LM - Bobby Convey
AM - Marco Etcheverry
F - Jaime Moreno
F - Steve Rammel

[1MADDOG]

Originally posted by Cweedchop
No problem...


Striker - Juan Berthy Suarez

My knowledge of "The Beautiful Game" is unquestioned..

I defy you to come up with a better starting 11..

Berthy Suarez was cut from DC United in 1996. A good forward that had mad skills, but no speed. Hit the crossbar alot, but never scored for the red, white, and black.

Mabey I got the name confused with a different Suarez.

[1MADDOG]

ohhh, I see what you people are doing. In that case, where's Diaz Arze?

[forza rangers]

were,s the worldXI?
im beginning to think that y'all don't know any players outside the good old US of A

[Knave]

Originally posted by forza rangers
were,s the worldXI?
im beginning to think that y'all don't know any players outside the good old US of A

What are you talking about!? There are plenty of non-Americans listed above. For instance, the much fabled Juan Berthy Suarez is Bolivian. And you say that we don't know our international soccer superstars! Hardly.

And I bet that you've never even heard of Thor Lee!





... also ... on a more moderatorly note ...

I find this thread sort of quaint (though misguided) but I do realize that it is very much off topic for the DC United boards and that it is perilously close to trolling (if it isn't actually in that category already). So if any of the other mods object to it they should feel free to move it elsewhere. Perhaps the Int'l Rivalries forum would make sense. If not then OK by me.