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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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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.
 
Slap Shot said:
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.
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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.
 
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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...
 
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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.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
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.
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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?
 
ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
I checked in on it right after stoppage time had begun. What was the whole brouhaha that set off several yellows for NY?
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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.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
I checked in on it right after stoppage time had begun. What was the whole brouhaha that set off several yellows for NY?
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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.
 
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Of course, I think they should just be single elimination games anyway.
 
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BTW, is there a more easily hateable team than the Galaxy? I know folks like to complain about Seattle benefiting from MLS rules, and we do, but LA is the master of it. Winning MLS Cup despite having losing record (2005), winning MLS Cup on a Golden Goal (2002), landing Landon after he came back, keeping Landon because he didn't count as a DP when they signed Beckham. Donovan's smug "we deserved this" is the icing on the cake, I *ing hate LA.
 
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If you thought the MLS Playoffs were bad now, they're getting worse!

I don't mind having 6 teams per conference really, I'd just like to get rid of the two game series'. I'd prefer play-in round then a Page Playoff in each conference then MLS Cup.
 
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Is there anyone here who watches the Bundesliga regularly and can shed any light on what's going on with Borussia Dortmund this year? I know they lost Lewandowski to Bayern, but he was their only loss of note, and to balance him out they brought in Adrian Ramos (16 goals in the Bundesliga last year, only a handful behind Lewandowski) and Ciro Immobile (top goalscorer in Serie A last year), plus brought Kagawa back from Manchester purgatory and signed a couple of solid prospects in Ginter and Ji. And that's on top of what looked to be a really solid squad with Reus (albeit coming back from injury), Hummels, Sokratis, Subotic, Weidenfeller, Gundogan, Bender, Sahin, Piszczek... Is it just all the injuries? Players taking time to gel? I feel like that team should be sleepwalking to a place in the top half, and finish comfortably second (as they did last year) on decent form.
 
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