World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

[Jimjamesak]

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To be fair, if Seattle had been eliminated, there'd be a lot of *ing from Seattle.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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I'm just saying, ECS likes to paint the picture of the persecuted victim: https://www.weareecs.com/multimedia/...-money-to-them

[Jimjamesak]

I'm just saying, ECS likes to paint the picture of the persecuted victim: https://www.weareecs.com/multimedia/...-money-to-them

Don't get me started on the pretentious hipsters that are the ECS. They * about this stuff but then they won't join the ISC.

[MountieBoyOz]

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In news that surprised no one.

http://deadspin.com/spoiler-alert-af...ium=socialflow

[joecct]

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In news that surprised no one.

http://deadspin.com/spoiler-alert-af...ium=socialflow

Who am I to judge since we are all sinners?

[jmh]

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In news that surprised no one.

http://deadspin.com/spoiler-alert-af...ium=socialflow

They're really just the most absurd organization in the world, aren't they?

[MountieBoyOz]

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They're really just the most absurd organization in the world, aren't they?

Totally agree. (Did that just happen?) Turns out the investigator is none too pleased about the report based off of his investigation.

http://deadspin.com/fifa-investigato...79291/+barryap

[joecct]

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Should countries boycott the Qatar world cup?

[FreshFish]

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Should countries boycott the Qatar world cup?

I liked the suggestion in one of the comments to the article MBO posted: the major Football Associations instead stage their own tournament.




As a backup plan, I still think that the best 'compromise' would be to keep the WC in its usual calendar window and play all the games either late at night or early in the morning before sunrise.

[Jimjamesak]

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http://www.espnfc.com/team/united-st...stration-grows

So more information comes out on Klinsmann and Don Garber's comments.

[FreshFish]

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http://www.espnfc.com/team/united-st...stration-grows

So more information comes out on Klinsmann and Don Garber's comments.

It seems to me that the better way to reconcile the two sides would be for US developmental academies to receive a transfer fee if an overseas club signed one of their trainees. That seems to be the money issue behind the rest of the complaints.

(I scanned the article you linked quickly and may have missed some nuance).

[Jimjamesak]

It seems to me that the better way to reconcile the two sides would be for US developmental academies to receive a transfer fee if an overseas club signed one of their trainees. That seems to be the money issue behind the rest of the complaints.

(I scanned the article you linked quickly and may have missed some nuance).

The problem is the fact that the kids are not under contract and the don't want to sign contracts as teenagers because they want to keep NCAA eligibility. In this case, there's nothing US Soccer can do, and that's a problem if the Technical Director is saying to clubs "you have to spend this money" and then taking away the best way to recoup it.

[Shirtless Guy]

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The problem is the fact that the kids are not under contract and the don't want to sign contracts as teenagers because they want to keep NCAA eligibility. In this case, there's nothing US Soccer can do, and that's a problem if the Technical Director is saying to clubs "you have to spend this money" and then taking away the best way to recoup it.

The answer is NCAA needs to change it's rules to deal with the special case of soccer, much like it needs to change its rules to deal with the special case of hockey and the CHL.

[Jimjamesak]

The answer is NCAA needs to change it's rules to deal with the special case of soccer, much like it needs to change its rules to deal with the special case of hockey and the CHL.

Actually, the best move is to remove college soccer from the NCAA entirely into US Soccer control. But that's a another issue...

[unofan]

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(I scanned the article you linked quickly and may have missed some nuance).

Pet peeve. You skim something quickly. Scanning means either reading something in depth or searching for a particular piece of information within a writing.