Captain America, Terry Malloy and The Mascot

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by Deadtigers, Mar 27, 2020.

  1. Three and Three

    Three and Three Member+

    Sep 13, 2015
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Goose was good. It's just that we was horrible in 2002. That gets him on the list.
     
  2. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I got see him play for Ajax youth at Dallas Cup. So many great teams over the years! Boy, that was a long time ago when the big games were at Wildcats / Rams Stadium in Dallas - a very narrow football stadium shared between two high schools that held 5-10K. It was worse when they "upgraded" it to field turf. HS soccer is still played on those narrow football designed fields with field turf. If you've ever watched a craptacular game on one of those fields you know what they mean when they say a stadium is soccer specific even if other stuff is played there.
     
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  3. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Believe me I have played HS soccer and college rugby on those fields. The extra bit of space makes a difference. As a defender it was a great way to slow down speed guys.
     
  4. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    1. Surprised I haven’t seen more love for Timmay H. Him and Mathis ( my all time favorite nat)

    2. Charlie Davies. A sad story.

    3. Dead tigers nailed it Williams.
     
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  5. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas

    ABMOD!
     
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  6. Bajoro

    Bajoro Member+

    Sep 10, 2000
    The Inland Empire
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agoos was very good. But... he had two howlers that live in infamy. One in '97 v Jamaica and of course the spectacular '02 vs Portugal. It's fair that that's what people remember. But other than that, I loved his game. I agree with your description "a rock" — steady, calm (99.9% of the time), hard-nosed, deadly set pieces.
     
  7. DHC1

    DHC1 Member+

    Jun 3, 2002
    NYC
    you’re showing your age!

    be careful as the younger kids are calling C19 the #boomerremover.

    Note: I am not a boomer but joined BS with you.....
     
  8. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who is C19???
     
  9. DHC1

    DHC1 Member+

    Jun 3, 2002
    NYC
    covid-19. Sorry
     
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  10. NietzscheIsDead

    NietzscheIsDead Member+

    NO WAR
    United States
    May 31, 2019
    NO WAR
    1. Claudio Reyna
    2. Clint Mathis
    3. Wondolowski (sorry Wondo...was rooting for ya but that sitter against Belgium may be the worst miss in US history).
     
  11. NietzscheIsDead

    NietzscheIsDead Member+

    NO WAR
    United States
    May 31, 2019
    NO WAR
    I saw Landon Donovan do something similar to FCD. I went to see Beckham on his first or second trip through. The place was packed. Dallas used the opportunity to come out strong and went up something like 3 goals. Donovan got ticked off and took over the game and scored/created something like 5 goals to beat Dallas 5 or 6 to 4. He was of a different quality than the other players, even Beckham. Watching Beckham pass the ball in warm ups was worth the price of admission, however...he could hit the ball with every part of his foot and send it anywhere on the field with whatever english he wanted to put on it. He'd send the ball from the corner flag to the opposite touch line at half field and drop it right on the other guys foot every time, no matter how he hit it. I'd never seen anything like it.
     
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  12. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
    Well, I’m 39, so I don’t think that qualifies me as a boomer. My first US Soccer memory is Caligiuri scoring against Czechoslovakia and going to Colorado Foxes APSL matches.
     
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  13. DHC1

    DHC1 Member+

    Jun 3, 2002
    NYC
    jesus Christmas. I think you’re a millennial who joined as a teenager.

    I feel old
     
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  14. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
    I feel more Gen-X than millennial but it’s all semantics I guess.
     
  15. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When you're born at the beginning of a "generation", you usually won't feel like that generation. Cuts both ways. I'm a '93, so I'm probably more similar to my younger cousins born in 1999/2001 (1997 is the next gen cutoff), than I am to you.
     
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  16. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Xennial is the term. That's me, too (37). If you haven't come across this mini-generation, look it up. It's pretty cool to read about, because I sure as shit have never felt like any of the supposed "millenial" characteristics applied to me, nor gen-x.
     
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  17. Papin

    Papin BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 19, 1998
    le côté obscur
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    1. The 1994 WC team
    2. Tie between Davies and Holden
    3. The 1998 WC team
     
  18. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm supposedly a boomer but that's a two decade long generation and I feel very little in common with those 15-20 years older than I am. I think generations are about 10 years give or take a year or two as life speeds up and slows down.
     
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  19. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    98 team is on Harkes and Wynalda's wife. It denied us the brilliance of Steve Sampson and the 361
     
  20. Three and Three

    Three and Three Member+

    Sep 13, 2015
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Perhaps. There was a bit of prescience to the 3-6-1.

    In the end, the personnel was decent but poorly deployed.

    Morale was abysmal.
     
  21. Papin

    Papin BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 19, 1998
    le côté obscur
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mike Burns :rolleyes:
     
  22. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Life slows down? Thank god...
     
  23. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
    Chad Deering. Brian Maisonneuve.
     
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  24. Eighteen Alpha

    Eighteen Alpha Member+

    Aug 17, 2016
    Club:
    Stoke City FC
    @Deadtigers

    This is a fascinating thought experiment. Superficially simple, yet, like so much in US Soccer, frustratingly complicated.

    1. ReyaLalasMeolaDMBGoochDeuceLandypulicakes - there is really no way to narrow it to one. If US Soccer was so simple, I doubt this forum would exhibit so much controversy

    2. DaviesHolden

    3. ABMODGyasiBD, (80% of Berhalter 1.0)

    and I'm not even satisfied with this answer. Cheers
     
  25. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    I havent heard those names in ages.
     

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