LEAGUES CUP 2024: Los Angeles FC - San Jose Earthquakes (Tuesday, 8/13) pre/in/postgame thread [R]

🚨 Steve Cherundolo says Olivier Giroud will be available for #LAFC in their Round of 16 match against the Earthquakes tomorrow. #LeaguesCup2024

— Andy Deossa 🇨🇴 (@Andy_Deossa) August 12, 2024

 

Shame he wasn’t available against Spain, non?

 

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at Levi's.

 

F! el-lay!!

I'd love for us to win, but I fear that we won't.
On the upside, we've made it farther through Leagues Cup than I thought we would. So from where I sit (in exile in the PNW), this is at least partly redeeming for this season.

Now I really want to see us bring the same focus, organization, and determination to win to regular MLS games. We aren't making the playoffs, but if we can finish on a halfway decent run it will make the season feel ... less horrible.

Go Quakesfans!!

 

It would be a sort of miracle if the Quakes win but it will also be kind of cool.

The main thing is seeing Garber and the powers that be across the league squirming at the thought of a potential Leagues Cup trophy.

We all know they would hate seeing San Jose in the finals.

 

I'm wearing Simon Elliott jersey today for good luck!

Thanks @NedZ

 

When he played for us, Elliott was a back pass machine. Almost never did anything positive to progress the ball. That same season, he played for New Zealand in the World Cup and played the ball forward, looked sharp creating from deep. Then he came back to us and back passed constantly. I blame our coach for that.

Go Quakes!!!

 

Maybe it's because Simon knew that there was no one in front of him worth passing it to .

 

Frank wanted him to make back passes. It was really retrograde soccer.

 

If only own goals counted for us. We could have been top of the league. The Amazing Backwards Soccer Team!!

 

Simon was one of the best players in that world cup. He got a lot of praise that cup. Frank ruined him. Same for pass back sam.

 

You know, I'm not really worried about Giroud tonight. We'll just unleash The Beas(t) on him! (Psst, Tanner, try to look more mean and less worried!) .

 

Um almost seems to imply the end is near .

 

Gir-who?

 

Elliott was also good at Stanford before turning pro. Didn't the EQ draft another kiwi from the same Stanford class? A defender?

 

There is a Quakes game in 11 days regardless.

 

Todd Duncan

 

Todd Duncan is an American who played for San Jose State. His sister Stacey played at UCLA. She had been a forward on her club soccer team the Mercury. (My daughter was the sweeper, Danielle Slaton was on the wing, and Aly Wagner the #10).