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  1. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 16, 1999
    Big City Blinking
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1501 yossarian, Nov 30, 2022
    This is hilarious because when my son first made ODP as a U12, we actually had a coach who stressed possession, and we won a couple of ODP regionals playing keep ball until we scored and then playing keep ball after we scored.

    As the kids got bigger and puberty started hitting some of them, the coaches for U14, U15, stressed size and physicality ---- hit and run. Really frustrating to watch.
     
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  2. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    #1502 Dr. Wankler, Nov 30, 2022
    I think their league has the most lucrative TV contract in the Western hemisphere, thanks to Mexican immigration to the US.
     
  3. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #1503 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Nov 30, 2022
    I think Mexico considers itself the best of the bunch outside of CONMEBOL in the hemisphere. So having the US advance and they go home must be a real kick in the pelvis.
     
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  4. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    #1504 usscouse, Nov 30, 2022
    Which set of mongrels did your marauding ancestors belong to.
    Mine moved in after the last ice age. The originals Britains.
     
  5. marek

    marek Member+

    Lechia Gdańsk
    Jun 27, 2000
    Club:
    OSP Lechia Gdansk
    Nat'l Team:
    Poland
    #1505 marek, Nov 30, 2022
    who are the Britons?
     
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  6. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1506 soccernutter, Nov 30, 2022
    You were talking about Denmark...but there have been so many...;)
     
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  7. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    #1507 roby, Nov 30, 2022
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  8. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    #1508 usscouse, Nov 30, 2022
    Unwanted immigrants then.
     
  9. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    #1509 Auriaprottu, Nov 30, 2022
    Even worse, then, that they can't manage a proper single table. We never had that chance, since MLS was thrown together within a year or so after the '94 Cup.

    You know what the so-called "Royals" look like, right?

    Right?
    Right. :D

    A mongrel here and there keeps that from happening. I'm halfway surprised nobody's come out of Buckingham Palace with three ears...


    A top-form Senegal or Portugal would destroy Mexico. So would Spain, or England. Morocco would pull a draw most days.

    Mexico seems to always get a group where they're facing two good UEFA teams. The US got a group where they were one of the two big teams. That group had two UEFA teams, but Wales is a minnow.
     
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  10. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1510 soccernutter, Dec 1, 2022
    At least we weren't the French.
     
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  11. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1511 soccernutter, Dec 1, 2022
    Well, the US does seem to rise to the occasion...unless we play a 3-6-1.
     
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  12. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    #1512 Auriaprottu, Dec 1, 2022
    I remember that. Steve Sampson, right?
     
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  13. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    #1513 Auriaprottu, Dec 1, 2022
    The French have two World Cups and a continental championship to England's one and none.
    They didn't get those wins by starting chinless, onion-scented mother******s better suited to carrying bread loaves on a bicycle from Point A to Point B
     
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  14. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1514 soccernutter, Dec 1, 2022
    We talking about the invasion of that little island north of France. I have Danish lineage.

    Yup.
     
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  15. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    #1515 The Jitty Slitter, Dec 1, 2022
    This is why the Euros is generally a higher quality tournament than the world cup - as I understand it, the point of the world cup is not that only the best teams qualify - though obviously it seems stupid when teams like Italy don't qualify after winning the euros
     
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  16. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    #1516 Q*bert Jones III, Dec 1, 2022
    If Italy can't beat Northern Ireland then they don't belong in la mundial.
     
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  17. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    #1517 Val1, Dec 1, 2022
    A kick in the pelvis. Hereafter known as a Pulisic Contusion.
     
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  18. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    #1518 Val1, Dec 1, 2022
    Damn straight.
     
  19. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    #1519 Sounders78, Dec 1, 2022
    All I know is Greece and Denmark have won the Euros, but haven't come close in the World Cup. ;)
     
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  20. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1520 charlie15, Dec 1, 2022
  21. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    #1521 chaski, Dec 1, 2022
    Normans. ;)
     
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  22. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #1522 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Dec 1, 2022
    I have Brazil over France in the final & the US losing to Argies in semis. :D
     
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  23. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1523 charlie15, Dec 1, 2022
    The US can only meet Argentina in the 1/4 finals. ;)
     
  24. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #1524 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Dec 1, 2022
    They do tend to barge right in

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  25. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Cascarino's Pizzeria Member+

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #1525 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Dec 1, 2022
    OK right. I have them losing to Brazil. Still a dream.
     
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