U.S. & International Soccer

@gopherguy13 wrote:

@Border Gopher wrote:

Some people can't stand the rolling around. Personally I can't stand hours of dead time, tv commercials, and color guys dissecting why farts blow a certain direction at noon at soldier field.

Yeah, once you start watching soccer, it makes most other American sports (football being the worst, obviously) seem almost ridiculous with all the stoppages.

Football is so terrible I actually have trouble watching it sometimes.

Start, stop, commercial, start, stop, start, stop, field goal, commercial, kickoff, commercial, start, stop, start, stop.

Also, let's see all 5 alternate angles of that last incomplete pass just off the receiver's finger tips....with the analyst telling us exactly what we can see on screen for good measure.

I love soccer quite a bit but...

@Border Gopher wrote:

Some people can't stand the rolling around.

That's my biggest pet peeve about the sport. If soccer across the board would put a stop to it. Soccer would be very enjoyable to watch. Just get tired of all the pussies on the field every time they get bumped or touched. It's like "crying wolf". So many players in the past and current have ruined it. You really have no clue who is hurt and who is not. So in general I put them all I the catergory of faking.

Here

So...any chance the U.S. wins tonight?

Colombian women

Ouch

Wow, was that a weak-ass call.

@Armadillo wrote:

Wow, was that a weak-ass call.

Doesn't get much clearer than that. Arm is dangling away from his body.

James injures himself while diving.

Poetic justice

@gopherguy13 wrote:

@Border Gopher wrote:

Some people can't stand the rolling around. Personally I can't stand hours of dead time, tv commercials, and color guys dissecting why farts blow a certain direction at noon at soldier field.

Yeah, once you start watching soccer, it makes most other American sports (football being the worst, obviously) seem almost ridiculous with all the stoppages.

Football is so terrible I actually have trouble watching it sometimes.

Start, stop, commercial, start, stop, start, stop, field goal, commercial, kickoff, commercial, start, stop, start, stop.

I agree 100%.

Most of my British friends always ask me what America is on about when it comes to American football. They always tell me it's just a bunch of adverts. They're totally right, it's beyond ridiculous and oftentimes it's quite tedious to watch.

I think the last super bowl had something like 15 minutes of actual gameplay.....

Soccer was my life for years. I struggle watching it sometimes these days. It seems like the histrionics continue to get worse.

So I take it all Copa America discussion should go here?

Mexico v. Uruguay tonight at 7 on FS1. I'll only catch the first half, as GoT is on at 8, but this should be a pretty good match.

This Jamaica Venezuela game is very good, too. Wide open, lots of offensive chances.

Mexico is just brimming with confidence.

@YoungEagle wrote:

@gopherguy13 wrote:

@Border Gopher wrote:

Some people can't stand the rolling around. Personally I can't stand hours of dead time, tv commercials, and color guys dissecting why farts blow a certain direction at noon at soldier field.

Yeah, once you start watching soccer, it makes most other American sports (football being the worst, obviously) seem almost ridiculous with all the stoppages.

Football is so terrible I actually have trouble watching it sometimes.

Start, stop, commercial, start, stop, start, stop, field goal, commercial, kickoff, commercial, start, stop, start, stop.

I agree 100%.

Most of my British friends always ask me what America is on about when it comes to American football. They always tell me it's just a bunch of adverts. They're totally right, it's beyond ridiculous and oftentimes it's quite tedious to watch.

I think the last super bowl had something like 15 minutes of actual gameplay.....

I tend to agree with this sentiment. However, I get much more pissed off watching men's soccer teams that dive all over like a bunch of pansies than I do watching commercials. I really like soccer, but the amount of ridiculous diving in the men's game in basically every country other than the US has completely ruined it for me. Women's soccer is much more entertaining to me because they actually play the game, rather than just roll around on the ground faking injuries and such for 70 of the 94(ish) minutes.

I think you're exaggerating the amount of diving. Yes it's annoying as hell and somewhat pervasive, but not nearly intrusive enough to make me turn away from games involving international teams and leagues.

Title updated to include International....

So only FIFA stuff in here, no club or league soccer.

USMNT kicks off in about 15 minutes vs. Costa Rica on FS1.

A loss eliminates USA from the Copa America.

Penalty!

And Deuce converts!

Definite push in the back. And Wood sold it.

Stream anywhere on the game?

It's on Fox Soccer 2 Go...

Found a stream on Fox Sports Go. Need to be a cable subscriber to view

Zardes come on!

Lot of energy in this match.

Now Jones with a near miss.

AND NOW JONES GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!

Jones! What a finish!

WOOD!!

What a goal!

WOOOD MAKES IT 3!

Gotta stay strong here for the next 15 minutes. And then avoid the inevitable antics when Costa Rica gets frustrated.

Yedlin's pace is so awesome at RB. He can seemingly recover from any misstep, and he's great when he comes forward. Really hope he can put it all together and be a weapon for years to come.

Boom, Zusi makes it 4!

What a fucking way to respond tonight. Great to see.

4. There are 4 goals ah ha ha!

Wow, nearly 5!

Nice win. Have to believe expectations against Paraguay would be somewhere in the middle of this match and the one vs. Columbia. Not so much in result but in execution.

The Sprint commercial with the whistle can go die in a fire.

"Hey, I have a great idea for a commercial! Let's have this really ear piercing noise go on constantly for like 15 seconds!" :chainsaw:

What a goal in the Peru Ecuador game! Beauty of a turn, and a great finish.

And another great goal! Enter Valencia gets one back for Ecuador.

There's really been some good soccer played so far in this tournament.

I've been enjoying the Copa tournament so far, but I'm very excited for Euro starting on Friday. The world cup is always so much fun, but the Euro cup seems to have an edge to it.

@mjarz02 wrote:

I've been enjoying the Copa tournament so far, but I'm very excited for Euro starting on Friday. The world cup is always so much fun, but the Euro cup seems to have an edge to it.

I'll be in Ireland and England for two weeks starting on the 23rd, really hoping both of them make it to bracket play. :dup:

@mjarz02 wrote:

I've been enjoying the Copa tournament so far, but I'm very excited for Euro starting on Friday. The world cup is always so much fun, but the Euro cup seems to have an edge to it.

Yeah, Euros are always a fun tournament.

I'm excited that Sweden made it. Nice to see Zlatan in a major tournament :dup:

Bummed that they're all during the day, though. Going to be a lot of dvr'ing and avoiding this thread/twitter during the daytime in the coming weeks.

What a disappointment Uruguay has been.

an unbelievable miss in the 90th minute.

Figured a Uruguay/Mexico parlay was damn near a sure thing... :censored:

Almost don't even want to watch this Mexico Jamaica game because of the garbage ass Mexican fans. They're seriously the worst. God forbid Jamaica scores tonight, they'll have to sweep up all the trash that they throw onto the pitch.

Jamaica are no slouches. They've had a few really good chances to tie this up.

Also, how the fuck did Jamaica not get awarded a penalty in the 63rd minute? BLATANT penalty.

FIFA Fix.

Slovakia's mohawks lol

The ESPN studio has the worst green screen I have seen in years. It looks like Wide World of Sports from 1986.