2014 WC Brasil - CONCACAF WCQ opponents watch [all R's]

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  1. DGreat

    DGreat Moderator
    Staff Member

    CD Guadalajara
    Mexico
    Oct 5, 2007
    El Ombligo
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    The US
     
  2. Editor In Chimp

    Editor In Chimp Member+

    Sep 7, 2008
    #8377 Editor In Chimp, Feb 4, 2014
    Last edited: Feb 4, 2014
    Yeah, I don't see it there either. I read it secondhand on another site and I am trying to dig up the source article that the quote is purportedly from, but I'm sort of sort of doubting it now myself. Like I said, it seems like a very odd thing to say.

    This one may be my bad.

    ETA: Yeah, I think that whoever posted that quote I read is taking the letter and mashing it up with Vela's comments from November 2013 about being unhappy about being called names and such and running with it. My fault for posting unsourced stuff.
     
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  3. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I guess we are it then.
     
  4. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Cape Verde, Armenia, Peru (decades of low expectations), Iceland?
     
  5. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #8380 AutoPenalti, Feb 4, 2014
    Last edited: Feb 4, 2014
    Actually what he is saying is that he wasn't 100% committed to joining the squad, then went on to saying that they (the Mexican team, media) shouldn't lie to themselves about their performance in the hex and that it was so bad that it was to the point where their own fans insulted them.
     
  6. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    not a clear case. Right now we are it. If it wasn't for BS forums and the likes the national team would go completely under the radar.
     
  7. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I don't disagree, was just throwing others out there. :)
     
  8. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    #8383 Suyuntuy, Feb 4, 2014
    Last edited: Feb 4, 2014
    LOL.

    Culture-dependent joke, you either get it or you don't:

    [​IMG]

    "And I don't hit you again only because... it's not the right time."
     
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  9. USOutlaw16

    USOutlaw16 Member+

    Green Bay Voyageurs
    United States
    Jan 22, 2011
    On the Gringo Wall of Shame
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  10. Editor In Chimp

    Editor In Chimp Member+

    Sep 7, 2008
    That clip will never ever be old or irrelevant.
     
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  11. dban

    dban Member

    May 20, 2003
    PhillyBurbs - Delawareside
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So you're saying we're top fifty. It's a start I guess.
     
  12. DGreat

    DGreat Moderator
    Staff Member

    CD Guadalajara
    Mexico
    Oct 5, 2007
    El Ombligo
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    never said that either oi vey
     
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  13. DGreat

    DGreat Moderator
    Staff Member

    CD Guadalajara
    Mexico
    Oct 5, 2007
    El Ombligo
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    the US is a top 32, don't play this isn't world rivalries or the concacaf forums.
     
  14. dban

    dban Member

    May 20, 2003
    PhillyBurbs - Delawareside
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just a joke
     
  15. dlokteff

    dlokteff Member+

    Jan 22, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Well. What did he say?
     
  16. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So then what did he say?
     
  17. Berks

    Berks Member+

    Dec 22, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And has memories of Jermaine Jones abandoning the right side. If Chandler does make it back I can see him hugging whomever plays RM...and stays there.
     
  18. Berks

    Berks Member+

    Dec 22, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jesus. Not classy on Vela's part to crap on the national team. Stick your commentary to yourself.
     
  19. wixson7

    wixson7 Member+

    May 12, 2009
    boulder
  20. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
  21. USOutlaw16

    USOutlaw16 Member+

    Green Bay Voyageurs
    United States
    Jan 22, 2011
    On the Gringo Wall of Shame
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Considering the heritage of Giovanni Two Saints, I'd say its more of a Half-Brazillian quality free kick ;)
     
  22. DGreat

    DGreat Moderator
    Staff Member

    CD Guadalajara
    Mexico
    Oct 5, 2007
    El Ombligo
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    brazilian you say? More Like Mexican quality
     
  23. USOutlaw16

    USOutlaw16 Member+

    Green Bay Voyageurs
    United States
    Jan 22, 2011
    On the Gringo Wall of Shame
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    [​IMG]
     
  24. JHickman

    JHickman Member

    Jun 7, 2009
    Southeast
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I miss that fat bastard.
     
  25. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Donovan: "Mexico is one of the best in the world."

    Video interview in Spanish here:

    http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/s...exico-de-los-mejores-del-mundo-landon-donovan

    "For me, it was a surprise, in the Hex. But I think it's fair that Mexico is going to the World Cup. It's good for Mexico, of course, but it's also better for the rest of the world: Mexico has a chance to do something special there. When they play well, Mexico is one of the best in the world

    "In the qualifiers they didn't play well, but this is a different year, I think they can do much better.

    "Both countries are growing together, sometimes Mexico surpasses us, sometimes we surpass them. In my opinion, the Mexican youngsters are doing better than ours."

    The interview mentions the interest Mexican clubs had in him, but Donovan says he plans to stay with LA until the end of his career. "I'm very happy at home," he said at the end.

    BTW, as a polyglot, I read news from all over the world. I keep finding tidbits from Donovan nearly everywhere. It's as if the world media keeps contacting the guy for his opinion on anything related to soccer. Sometimes I wonder when he sleeps.
     
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