World Soccer XX: I paid Jack Warner $1M for the right to start this thread

[joecct]

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It was sort of amusing that mainstream some sports journalists were surprised the Rose Bowl was 80-90 percent El Tri fans. Most big cities at this point will be packed with "Mexicans" for a US-Mexico Gold Cup game.

Have to wonder if at some point ESPN will start picking up the Gold Cup. They've seen a ratings boom for the Euro Championships and the World Cup and this is kind of a down point in the sports calendar anyway. Although I imagine they'd be hesitant to commit to broadcasting the full slate of matches. El Salvador-Panama isn't going pull much casual interest beyond the Salvadoran immigrant community.

Those could go on ESPNDeportes plus ESPN3 wouldn't they?

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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It was sort of amusing that mainstream some sports journalists were surprised the Rose Bowl was 80-90 percent El Tri fans. Most big cities at this point will be packed with "Mexicans" for a US-Mexico Gold Cup game.

You do have to wonder at what point actual Americans will show up to these matches and actually give us a home field when its not a February day in Columbus.

 

[WeWantMore]

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You do have to wonder at what point actual Americans will show up to these matches and actually give us a home field when its not a February day in Columbus.

If it keeps going like this...

s the game went on, we were pelted with anything you can imagine. At one point I was hit with a blowup sex doll. My friends were hit with coins, bottles, and beer. One of the USA fans in our section got hit with a bottle flung in from who knows where and turned to a security guard to complain about the lack of action, the security guard stood up on a higher seat, towered over the man and screamed “Turn around and watch the ****ing game!” I wish I was exaggerating, but I’m not. Turning and looking up at the crowd all I could see between things flying at my head, were fights. I witnessed a USA fan walk past our section, face bloodied, barely walking, as if he was in a war zone trying to get his self to safety. Finally, a security guard spotted and helped him.

Loads more at the link.

 

[AMC]

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First day of WCQ in Asia today:

Cambodia 4 - 2 Laos
Sri Lanka 1 - 1 Philippines
Afghanistan 0 - 2 Palestine (in Tajikistan)
Nepal 2 - 1 Timor Leste
Mongolia 1 - 0 Myanmar

In progress:
Malaysia 0 - 0 Taiwan
Bangladesh 2 - 0 Pakistan
Vietnam 3 - 0 Macau

 

[joecct]

If it keeps going like this...

Loads more at the link.

Day #1 of the Reconquista War.

 

[jmh]

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You do have to wonder at what point actual Americans will show up to these matches and actually give us a home field when its not a February day in Columbus.

Well, what do you expect when they keep putting them in ****ing LA? Worst sports city in the country.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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If it keeps going like this...



Loads more at the link.

Wow

What's even more embarassing are the Mexican fans trolling and defending it as "passion" in the article comments. You wanna do that crap in Mexico? Fine. Here, on US soil, you'll comply with our standards for sports fandom - yell all you want, but you don't throw garbage (especially glass, which shouldn't even be allowed inside in the first place), and you don't engage in fights. If you do, you should be thrown out of the venue, regardless of who you're rooting for.

Sounds like a complete security, communication, and logistics failure to me. If the rent-a-cops won't do what they are paid to do, then plan well in advance and bring in law enforcement, who will actually be obligated to protect lives and have the authority to make arrests.

 

[bronconick]

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Wow

What's even more embarassing are the Mexican fans trolling and defending it as "passion" in the article comments. You wanna do that crap in Mexico? Fine. Here, on US soil, you'll comply with our standards for sports fandom - yell all you want, but you don't throw garbage (especially glass, which shouldn't even be allowed inside in the first place), and you don't engage in fights. If you do, you should be thrown out of the venue, regardless of who you're rooting for.

Sounds like a complete security, communication, and logistics failure to me. If the rent-a-cops won't do what they are paid to do, then plan well in advance and bring in law enforcement, who will actually be obligated to protect lives and have the authority to make arrests.

Sounds kind of like CONCACAF does things on the cheap. No patdowns, less security then the average event at the same venue.

I don't think you could pay me to go to an international soccer match where I'd be outnumbered 40-1. Being a Sharks fan for Game 6 in Detroit was awkward enough, and frankly, hockey fans are a richer clientele and with the exception of two guys who probably should have been given breathalyzers before being allowed entrance, wasn't anything more then some **** talking.

 

[Red Cloud]

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Speaking of the classiest team EVAH:

Hos in different area codes

As Retired Ronaldo would be quick to tell you, footballers bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms can only lead to bad things. This is a lesson that eight members of the U-22 team that will represent Mexico at Copa America learned the hard way.

It turns out that while Gio Dos Santos was chipping in his goal to beat the U.S. in the Gold Cup final, younger brother Jonathan and seven of his teammates -- Israel Jimenez, Nestor Vidrio, Jonathan Dos Santos, Marco Fabian, Jorge Hernandez, Javier Cortes, David Cabrera and Nestor Calderon -- were partying with prostitutes and having their valuables stolen.

The manager of Hotel Quito in Ecuador told ESPN that they have videos showing women entering the rooms of some Mexican players.

"We have videos of females visiting (at least three), entering with the baggage of the team into the area of the players' bedroom," claimed Roberto Ramia.
"In one of the rooms, the National Police found a garbage can with the keys to five of the rooms (they used) and used condoms were also found," Ramia alleged in the program Los Capitanes.

The manager claimed that the keys and condoms were found in room 109, which was used by Nestor Vidrio and Jonathan dos Santos.

This version of events seems to reinforce the theory that the people who robbed players of the Mexican team in Ecuador were able to get the room keys from four prostitutes who allegedly entered the hotel with the players.

On Saturday, computers, iPads, cellphones, documents, and cash were stolen from the rooms of Mexican players in the hotel.

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Even though this is CONCACAF's doing for being so cheap, I'm not going to buy the argument that there's nothing that the USSF can do about it.

The reason the Gold Cup keeps happening in the US is because we have the stadiums, we have the money and CONCACAF will make more $$$$ off of the event in the US than they will in any other location in the region. Mexico could maybe make some good bank as well, but they'd probably have to limit the tourney to three or four of their largest venues that aren't in cartel controlled territory.

As I see it, CONCACAF has a few options if the US strongarms them:

1. Pony up for security and stay in the US.
2. Go to Canada, play in smaller stadiums and make less money.
3. Go to Mexico, play in smaller stadiums, have tons of other security problems and make less money.

They're still probably better off in the US at that point.

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Speaking of the classiest team EVAH:

Hos in different area codes

On top of that, 8:3 is not a very good sausage ratio.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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On top of that, 8:3 is not a very good sausage ratio.

More to the point - aren't these guys star "footballers"? Why would they have to hire streetwalkers?

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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More to the point - aren't these guys star "footballers"? Why would they have to hire streetwalkers?

<strike>Maybe there's a bag-of-pee fetish that can only be satisfied by paying for it?</strike>

I got it. It's all part of Tiger Woods' plan to monopolize the high end jersey chasers of the world.

Step 1: Devalue the currency of the "I'm a famous athlete" aphrodesiac by lowering his standards to include IHOP waitresses.
Step 2: Wait until famous athletes begin having to pay hookers.
Step 3: Wait until it gets bad enough that athletes have to chip in for hookers that they'll eventually have to triple up on. (Seriously, 3 hookers for 8 dudes. Do the math)
Step 4: Storm back into the game and dominate.
Step 5: ?
Step 6: Profit.

 

[jmh]

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More to the point - aren't these guys star "footballers"? Why would they have to hire streetwalkers?

They're no-names other than Jonathan Dos Santos.

 

[J.D.]

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And the USSF rejoices that the USWNT will, once again, take pressure off of them for the USMNT debacle.

Honest question...where do the US women rank in terms of favorites to win the World Cup? I know Germany is #1. Are we #2?

 

[JF_Gophers]

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Honest question...where do the US women rank in terms of favorites to win the World Cup? I know Germany is #1. Are we #2?

I'd say we are 3rd favorite.

Germany, Brazil, United States.. then it becomes a bit more grouped. Sweden I would say is my 4th favorite.

There have only been a couple winners ever. Germany (2), United States (2), Norway (1)

 

[J.D.]

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What happened to China? I remember them being good...

 

[pirate]

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More to the point - aren't these guys star "footballers"? Why would they have to hire streetwalkers?

it wasn't clear to me...did the girls steal the stuff or did they get keys and somebody else stole the stuff?...if the latter, it would be a better plan to hire the hookers, have them pretend to be normal groupies/girls, meet the players, gain access to rooms and then take the keys. The goal seems to have been theft, not an hourly rate for a hooker in Ecuador...if that was the case, don't tell the players they are hookers as your chance of getting in the rooms is probably higher if the players don't know...although this is the Mexican team we are talking about

 

[Priceless]

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So which gets lower ratings on ESPNU: The College Hockey regionals or most U-17 games that don't involve the US or Mexico?
On ESPN: The College Hockey championship game, or Australia vs Equatorial Guinea at the Women's World Cup?

 

[WeWantMore]

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Torsten Frings to join Toronto FC. He should be able to handle it.