World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

[MountieBoyOz]

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I'd like to get this jersey.

http://screamer.deadspin.com/pornhub...ium=socialflow

[Jimjamesak]

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LAFC.com

[jmh]

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Elsewhere, the Cosmos signed Raul, which makes sense because he last played at a high level on a soccer field around the same time the Cosmos did.

[Jimjamesak]

LAFC.com

Here's the owners:
Henry Nguyen
Tom Penn
Peter Guber
Allen Shapiro
Tony Robbins
Bennett Rosenthal
Brandon Schneider
Chad Hurley
Harry Tsao
Irwin Raij
Jason Sugarman
Kirk Lacob
Larry Berg
Magic Johnson
Mia Hamm Garciaparra
Mike Mahan
Mark Leschly
Nomar Garciaparra
Paul Schaeffer
Rick Welts
Ruben Gnanalingam
Vincent Tan

Looks more like an investment firm...

[MountieBoyOz]

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Elsewhere, the Cosmos signed Raul, which makes sense because he last played at a high level on a soccer field around the same time the Cosmos did.

What's with your hatred of the Cosmos?

[Jimjamesak]

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Ah Sporting Kansas City, MLS Cup Champs to losing to the Red Bulls in hilarious fashion.

Now to see how the Red Bulls * it up against DC United...

[jmh]

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Here's the owners:
...
Vincent Tan

With Tan involved, it seems almost guaranteed that they'll continue to be a ****show.

What's with your hatred of the Cosmos?

I think the Cosmos themselves are, at this point, a merchandising operation in the guise of a soccer team, and the fans who've latched onto them are delusional if they think the team has anything in common, save a name, with the team that once fielded players like Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia. I don't hate them, even in the colloquial sports fan sense in which I "hate" Harvard, the Dallas Cowboys, or DC United. I just think they're ludicrous.

Ah Sporting Kansas City, MLS Cup Champs to losing to the Red Bulls in hilarious fashion.

That was some fantastic marking on the winning goal by Matt Besler, whose game could not be improved by playing in a stronger league, no sir.

[Jimjamesak]

With Tan involved, it seems almost guaranteed that they'll continue to be a ****show.

I think the Cosmos themselves are, at this point, a merchandising operation in the guise of a soccer team, and the fans who've latched onto them are delusional if they think the team has anything in common, save a name, with the team that once fielded players like Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia. I don't hate them, even in the colloquial sports fan sense in which I "hate" Harvard, the Dallas Cowboys, or DC United. I just think they're ludicrous.

That was some fantastic marking on the winning goal by Matt Besler, whose game could not be improved by playing in a stronger league, no sir.

Actually, Besler was hung out to dry by his goalie not going for the ball. Besler made the right move to cover the goal line in case of a wacky deflection but then the goalie doesn't make a move for the ball and then he's in scramble mode.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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I think the Cosmos themselves are, at this point, a merchandising operation in the guise of a soccer team, and the fans who've latched onto them are delusional if they think the team has anything in common, save a name, with the team that once fielded players like Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia. I don't hate them, even in the colloquial sports fan sense in which I "hate" Harvard, the Dallas Cowboys, or DC United. I just think they're ludicrous.

I get the sentiment here, but is some schmuck trying to capitalize on the Cosmos name really all that different than if NYCFC had instead just taken up the name and logo to "honor" the original team? Is it any more ridiculous than when any other team names itself after a predecessor (Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators all come to mind)?

[jmh]

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I get the sentiment here, but is some schmuck trying to capitalize on the Cosmos name really all that different than if NYCFC had instead just taken up the name and logo to "honor" the original team? Is it any more ridiculous than when any other team names itself after a predecessor (Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators all come to mind)?

Yes, it's more ridiculous, because those teams all play in the same top-tier leagues as their namesakes. The current Cosmos are a second-tier team that exists to sell shirts.

[Slap Shot]

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Yes, it's more ridiculous, because those teams all play in the same top-tier leagues as their namesakes. The current Cosmos are a second-tier team that exists to sell shirts.

Jeezuz ballz, who cares?

[Jimjamesak]

Jeezuz ballz, who cares?

I think it's that they're trying to build themselves up as something more than what they are, and it that process are *in up the US Soccer system.

[Rhett]

Jeezuz ballz, who cares?

They come off as disingenuous and the type of people who willingly eat it up as one of their "fans" are completely insufferable.

[joecct]

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In Russia it's called foot in mouth ball
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...le-ebola-joke/

[Slap Shot]

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They come off as disingenuous and the type of people who willingly eat it up as one of their "fans" are completely insufferable.

So they're trying to market themselves and make money?