2025 CWC

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  1. Burr

    Burr Member+

    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Jul 8, 2014
    Tampa, FL
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The magic of the CWC continues, Mamelodi up 1-0 on Dortmund
     
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  2. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    They'll agree actually. It's been pretty quiet at work and they'll be happy to have me burn off my PTO :)
     
  3. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    C’mon, you’re putting your own self into a negative spiral. It’s just one game man. Inter’s win doesn’t mean MLS is a top five league, and LAFC’s loss doesn’t mean MLS isn’t a top 15 league. Single games are never going to have that kind of impact.

    Take a Deep breath, sip coffee, and touch grass.
     
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  4. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Yeah, if anyone would let the league down it might as well be lafc haha
     
  5. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have a question about that.

    When the cameras scanned the crowd, I saw lots of women and a good number of children.

    Does that happen at La Bombonera nowadays? I remember watching Boca on FSC when they had Palermo, and it wasn’t the case then, but that was a long time ago.
     
  6. Burr

    Burr Member+

    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Jul 8, 2014
    Tampa, FL
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes there's more women and kids in La Bombonera now, mostly in the "safer" sections. Not a crazy amount, but enough for cameras to find regularly.
     
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  7. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They used Seattle because of the Sounders and added the Rose Bowl to have a place for the other match in that group each time. Then they based one other group there to make it worth their while by getting six matches in each stadium.
     
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  8. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
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  9. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You need to take some happy pills.

    LAFC were the better team in the first-half against a top African side. However they fell apart in the second half. Giroud is waste of space and Bouanga was isolated.
     
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  10. MuchoTakeItEasy

    MuchoTakeItEasy Member+

    LAFC
    United States
    May 16, 2015
    Land of the Free
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I doubt LAFC let Olivera and Bogusz leave before this tournament if they knew they would be in the playoff...there just was very little dynamic in the attack. Bouanga did not play up to his level. Tunis sat back LAFC-like and forced us to open up the game. LAFC knew they 'had to win' so they pushed numbers. The first half goal from Martinez would have forced Tunis to make the same risks, if it had stood after VAR.
     
  11. kickin365

    kickin365 Member+

    Mar 4, 2002
    Urawa Red Diamond fans are incredible. And their team sucker punches Inter after 11 mins of barely touching the ball to go up by 1.
     
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  12. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    ESPN seems to think that L.A. annexed Seattle.
    "Lumen Field
    Los Angeles, California, USA"
     
  13. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004

    87... not 107. WTF
     
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  14. MuchoTakeItEasy

    MuchoTakeItEasy Member+

    LAFC
    United States
    May 16, 2015
    Land of the Free
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weak mentality lol
     
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  15. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    If you came to me from 11 months in the future and told me that Inter got relegated, I wouldn't even be that surprised. Total collapse in quality over the last month - the aura is completely gone.
     
  16. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries may pull off this shock against Oaktree Capital Management.
     
  17. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Have you seen Japanese baseball fans? Insane!
     
  18. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I started watching when I saw the score, and like 3 minutes later Inter levels.

    So I stopped watching.

    If they hold on to the result, I’ll tell Urawa how they can Venmo me my reward.

    With the weather, the travel, and the parity, MLS is the toughest league in the world. Not everyone can hack it here.
     
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  19. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    MLS makes up for that by being really forgiving. Want to go on a 10 year rebuild process? Go for it
     
  20. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
  21. Burr

    Burr Member+

    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Jul 8, 2014
    Tampa, FL
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The other Inter getting carried by Argentinians (Lautaro, Carboni) too
     
  22. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also see: Borussia Dortmund
     
  23. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    If only there was a Baseball club world cup.
     
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  24. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But that’s the owners, not the players. I sincerely believe that for the way I’m defining tough, it’s the toughest league in the world.

    If you move from say Argentina to England, or from Germany to Spain, you have to adjust to that style of play. That’s any move to a new league. What makes moving to MLS different is that it affects how players train and recover, and there’s nothing like it in the world.

    And you have to adjust your playing style every season and then adjust it back; the way teams play in Week 3 in March can’t be replicated in mid July. And then you’ve got playoffs back in cooler weather.
     
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