MLS Summer Interregnum Thread (Nations League, Euros, Copa, Gold Cup, Other PBP)

Terrible execution on a terrible corner kick play leads to a Jamaica attack, which fortunately comes to nothing

 

Fair enough, but NBC barely mentioned and never showed the Austrian gold medalists, instead focusing on the redemption story for the Dutch silver medalist. The gold medalist is a PhD mathematician who hasn't raced professionally in 4 years while the silver medalist was the heavy favorite as one of (the?) best racers in the world. But because she crashed (rather spectacularly) in Rio somehow her "coming back" and winning a silver is a better story than the amateur racer beating out the pros?

 

I like the Olympics overall - world-class athletes doing amazing stuff is really cool.

I hate NBC's coverage. Just show the athletes and fill us in a little on who they are. Skip the overdone "stories".

 

I guess giving plaudits and credit to both cyclists is akin to multi-tasking, which most people honestly, aren't very good at doing. So, keep harping on the more compelling of the two stories so people will have something to talk about at work the next day? Just a guess on my part.

 

Why can't we keep possession against freaking Jamaica?

 

I like Olympics coverage during the day on USA, the Olympic Channel, and NBCSN. It's a lot of preliminary round stuff involving people or teams that won't medal, but it's no less compelling than some of the medal round competition.

 

I also think it was easy for NBC to create a clip for the Dutch cyclist ahead of time. They had the crash footage from Rio, she was expected to win so it was a pretty safe bet she'd at least medal, and they could pre-load it and forget about it. An Austrian cyclist who hasn't raced more than a handful of times in Central Europe each year and has no professional team (or even a coach!) isn't something they had prepped for so they had nothing to go off of.

 

Titmus ended Ledecky. Katie swam her second fastest time ever in the 400 (WR four years ago) and still lost.

 

Or its sports you'll never see on the parent network in prime-time. Already watched a bunch of rowing, fencing, and archery, all of which had decent coverage because they weren't trying to build it into a "story'.

 

I'll say it's because about half of the U.S. team in the Gold Cup won't be playing at the World Cup next year? Of course, if our more 'marquee' players can do no better once the WCQ's get going, none of the U.S. team will go to the World Cup for the second cycle in a row!

 

Use a VPN and choose any of the available Canada servers, CBC broadcasts all competitions for free and the coverage is better than NBC.

 

Anyone heard from Knave lately? I know there are fires in his area...hope he's OK.

 

Just say the magic words:

Where’s the toast thread, @Knave?

 

68-32 for USA. 4-3 on shots though. Jamaica comes close in the 41st!

 

Jamaica misses another gilt-edged chance.

 

If there are fires in his area maybe toast isn't the subject we should be discussing...

 

Well, I was thinking about him, because this game is so 'scintillating' that he's probably on his 2nd pot of coffee with a vodka chaser!

 

Rereading my post I realize it comes across more serious than I meant it. My attempted joke was that Knave probably has all the toast he needs right now.

 

So US player kicks a ball away early, no yellow. But then says shit to guy who brushes with him with a yellow and the Jamaican gets the yellow.

 

Valid. But it seems like our possession is all between the midfield line and our 18.

We haven't been able to move the ball forward under control and create opportunities.