OT: The Soccer Football Thread (USA, RBNY, PL, etc.)

[Emperoreddy]

Rough rough showing by United. Yeesh

 

[njdevils1982]

germany bitched portugal today…it was glorious

 

[Satans Hockey]

USA vs Mexico in the Gold Cup Final on FS1 coming up at 9pm. Gonna be 65k in a sold out in the new Las Vegas NFL stadium.

LETS GO USA!!!

 

[sabremike]

From the RBNY Discussion Group FB Page:

 

[Satans Hockey]

LOVE TO SEE IT!!!...

 

[njdevils1982]

From the RBNY Discussion Group FB Page:

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f***in right.

 

[RangerDoggo]

Berhalter sure is proving me wrong, beating Mexico with a C team of mostly MLS scrubs. I know El Tri is a historically underachieving side but you’d think with a guy like Martino, they’d get over the hump.

Regardless, I get to brag to my wife again.

 

[RangerDoggo]

Getting major “Brodeur in St Louis” vibes here.

 

[NJDevs26]

Eh more like Gretzky in LA after the Edmonton years, or LeBron going to the superteam in Miami after Cleveland. Messi still has some good years left, Marty was literally at the end.

 

[RangerDoggo]

Eh more like Gretzky in LA after the Edmonton years, or LeBron going to the superteam in Miami after Cleveland. Messi still has some good years left, Marty was literally at the end.

In terms of “he still has years of talent to give,” sure. In terms of “it’s painful to look at him in another uniform,” though, I stand by my statement.

 

[RangerDoggo]

At the risk of insulting everything soccer fandom is all about… I’d rather replace the USSF board with Red Bull employees. They know us better than the rich assholes who call the shots and don’t care about the game.

 

[NJDevs26]

At the risk of insulting everything soccer fandom is all about… I’d rather replace the USSF board with Red Bull employees. They know us better than the rich assholes who call the shots and don’t care about the game.

I don't know specifically what they screwed up on in this cycle so far (other than maybe having a nondescript coach like Berthalter, who did manage to win a couple of tournaments), it was clearly a rebuilding phase. Contrary to the hype after the Gold Cup, it doesn't look like this rebuild's gonna take shape in time for 2022.

 

[RangerDoggo]

For anyone wondering why McKennie didn’t play against Canada in spite of being in warm-ups before the match…



Bonus: the rumor is that he was f***ing Pulisic’s sister.

 

[RangerDoggo]

I don't know specifically what they screwed up on in this cycle so far (other than maybe having a nondescript coach like Berthalter, who did manage to win a couple of tournaments), it was clearly a rebuilding phase. Contrary to the hype after the Gold Cup, it doesn't look like this rebuild's gonna take shape in time for 2022.

I think they should still make the World Cup. We won in Honduras for the first time in 12 years. In general, there’s lots of young talent that’s actually being used to good effect. But the coaching search was a complete farce. I will give Berhalter credit in that he’s not a complete moron like Klinsmann or Arena, and he isn’t throwing out favorites for the sake of it, but that’s a low bar to clear. And hiring straight-from-MLS coaching isn’t as numbingly stupid as it was at the time- Red Bull has given Marsch many chances to thrive, and now he’s coaching their premiere club.

Still… when you had Tata Martino demanding he be hired, and Lopetegui literally calling up the USSF and telling them he’d be great, and you hire Berhalter, that’s a damning indictment of how things are run. We’re doing well in spite of the board.

 

[sabremike]

 

[RangerDoggo]

That Ricardo Pepi is something else. Glad we poached him from Mexico. Enjoy him in MLS while you can.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

That Ricardo Pepi is something else. Glad we poached him from Mexico. Enjoy him in MLS while you can.

While watching the anthem during the game yesterday you could see some of our players have absolutely no idea how it goes.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Red Bulls on a mission, now 5 wins and 2 ties in the last 7 games. Playoffs are in reach for them.

 

[sabremike]

Red Bulls on a mission, now 5 wins and 2 ties in the last 7 games. Playoffs are in reach for them.

 

[NJDevs26]

My goodness, I don't envy Satans Hockey and the other Red Bull fans here after THAT finish to a season.

 

[Satans Hockey]

My goodness, I don't envy Satans Hockey and the other Red Bull fans here after THAT finish to a season.

Honestly 2019 was way worse in Philly. Had 2 seperate 2 goal leads and still lost in extra time and stood in the pouring rain the entire time. This was whatever. At least I didn't have to spend a lot of money to go watch this team lose somewhere else. They stunk all year, have no legit strikers and can't finish. Would have rather lost in regulation instead of standing around for all that extra time though.

 

[RangerDoggo]

What the hell, Italy. I don't think North Macedonia was formally known as "North Macedonia" four years ago.

 

[njdevils1982]

What the hell, Italy. I don't think North Macedonia was formally known as "North Macedonia" four years ago.

i was confused also, asked my (north) macedonian friend why the change?

his reply was something along the lines of "the greeks were crying about something with the name"

it makes sense when i look at a map

 

[RangerDoggo]

Also, man the US should have come away with three points at Azteca. Pulisic and Pefok had two terrible strikes on their scoring opportunities. But any points down there is cause for celebration.

Win and we're in, lads.

 

[Saugus]

i was confused also, asked my (north) macedonian friend why the change?

his reply was something along the lines of "the greeks were crying about something with the name"

it makes sense when i look at a map

There is a region of Greece called Macedonia, and it is the historical location of the capital of Alexander the Great's empire. The modern day country of (North) Macedonia is on part of the territory of the ancient one, but otherwise they really don't have much to do with each other. Modern Macedonian is a Slavic language instead of a Greek one.

Basically the Greeks objected to Macedonia using the name without the qualifier of "North", and refused to allow Macedonia to be considered for membership in either NATO or the EU until it was resolved.

They changed the name in a referendum, and now are a member of NATO, although something else is still blocking them from EU accession.

TL;DR: It's basically a historical pissing match over who gets to claim Alexander the Great.