World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

[FreshFish]

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Hmm..

SONY dropped their sponsorship of FIFA partly over the latest set of scandals, and now VISA is considering the same move.

Several FIFA sponsors are growing rankled over how world soccer’s governing body has handled its investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments.

Following a Wall Street Journal report that Sony won’t renew its FIFA sponsorship partly due to the controversy surrounding the probe, credit-card giant Visa said in a statement it was “troubled by the recent events surrounding FIFA.”

[Jimjamesak]

Hmm..

SONY dropped their sponsorship of FIFA partly over the latest set of scandals, and now VISA is considering the same move.

Samsung may supposedly replace Sony but don't expect a replacement for Visa since, you know, Mastercard sued FIFA years ago...

Emirates Air also dropped their sponsorship, but 3 guesses which airline is in line to replace them...

[Slap Shot]

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Well Sony's protest go far enough to prevent future releases of FIFA games for the XBox?

[Shirtless Guy]

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Well Sony's protest go far enough to prevent future releases of FIFA games for the XBox?

No because Xbox is Microsoft, you're looking for the play station series.

[Jimjamesak]

Well Sony's protest go far enough to prevent future releases of FIFA games for the XBox?

For the XBox, no. For Playstation that is a good question. The games themselves are made by EA but obviously Sony has to license them to be on Playstation.

I don't imagine they will as the series is very popular and it'd be a huge blow to Playstation sales. The only stand I could see is a joint Microsoft-Sony effort.

[Slap Shot]

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Oops, yeah I should have said PS. If they were really taking a stand they'd refuse to allow the release on their format going forward, but I was being somewhat facetious in suggesting they'd go that far.

[Jimjamesak]

Oops, yeah I should have said PS. If they were really taking a stand they'd refuse to allow the release on their format going forward, but I was being somewhat facetious in suggesting they'd go that far.

It'd be a really costly move. IIRC Playstation is one of the few things making money at Sony.

A better move would teaming up with EA and Microsoft to drop the FIFA name from the series. They already get the licenses from the clubs and Feds themselves. Just change it to International Soccer 16 or whatever.

[Jimjamesak]

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Conference Finals Leg 2 this weekend.

New York v New England is today at 3 ET on NBCSN with New England up 2-1.

LA v Seattle tomorrow at 9:20 ET on ESPN. LA up 1-0.

Both matches gonna be played in the cold, Foxborough is in the low 30s right now and Seattle will be in the mid 30s tomorrow.

Personally, I hope it rains tomorrow in Seattle...

[Jimjamesak]

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New England moves on to MLS Cup 4-3 on aggregate over the Red Bulls.

New York almost pulled that off. Charlie Davies is slowly coming back, I dunno if he'll be on the USMNT again, especially with Klinsmann in charge, but he's doing nicely again.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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New England moves on to MLS Cup 4-3 on aggregate over the Red Bulls.

New York almost pulled that off. Charlie Davies is slowly coming back, I dunno if he'll be on the USMNT again, especially with Klinsmann in charge, but he's doing nicely again.

I checked in on it right after stoppage time had begun. What was the whole brouhaha that set off several yellows for NY?

[Jimjamesak]

I checked in on it right after stoppage time had begun. What was the whole brouhaha that set off several yellows for NY?

Not sure, I didn't see that part.

NY-NE was infinitely more exciting than SEA-LA will be. It's gonna be cagey again with Seattle needing to score but also needing to not give up a goal.

[Priceless]

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I checked in on it right after stoppage time had begun. What was the whole brouhaha that set off several yellows for NY?

I was watching and still have no idea what set that off. The NBCSN crew never showed a replay because it was essentially the end of the game.

[Jimjamesak]

I was watching and still have no idea what set that off. The NBCSN crew never showed a replay because it was essentially the end of the game.

And their last MLS game for the foreseeable future.

[Jimjamesak]

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Away goals sucks now.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Honestly, it is a silly rule.

Sillier than penalties? Hard to say. Probably not. But still silly.