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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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FreshFish said:
I thought that you needed to play in a "real" competitive match to be cap-tied, and a friendly would not do it.
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I always thought that was the case as well, but at the time of the Green announcement I read more than one article saying that playing in a friendly would suffice to cap-tie him in his case. I think maybe it's because he's switching after playing in official FIFA competitive youth matches for Germany?
 
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Good thing this is only a friendly...
 
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I got to say in my 30 years of watching the National Team it really is fun to see our own players beating up Mexico! If you would have told me then the USA team would be a top 10 to 20 club I would have been stunned.
 
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Well, nice to see that ESPN is at least acknowledging that the USA made the World Cup... In the commercials I have seen so far haven't shown a single clip of the US team... It's all Euro teams and Brazil...
 
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Barcelona on the verge of elimination in Champions League quarterfinals. Atletico Madrid ahead 1-0 in 79th minute.
 
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Watching 30 for 30: Hillsborough.

As controversial as the opinion may be, I'm more convinced than ever that despite the lack of preparation in Sheffield being the reason the disaster was as bad as it was, the very system itself (terraces, pens, a broad culture that said you wouldn't REALLY need a ticket to get in) was just MASSIVELY stupid and bound for problems.

Put another way: if it didn't happen at Hillsborough to Liverpool fans, it was going to happen SOMEWHERE to SOMEONE to SOME degree.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Watching 30 for 30: Hillsborough.

As controversial as the opinion may be, I'm more convinced than ever that despite the lack of preparation in Sheffield being the reason the disaster was as bad as it was, the very system itself (terraces, pens, a broad culture that said you wouldn't REALLY need a ticket to get in) was just MASSIVELY stupid and bound for problems.

Put another way: if it didn't happen at Hillsborough to Liverpool fans, it was going to happen SOMEWHERE to SOMEONE to SOME degree.
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It was inevitable and very preventable. Heck Forrest and Liverpool played at Hillsborough the year before and the Liverpool fans reported problems at the same places people died. Nick Hornsby gives some eerie accounts in Fever Pitch of problems at other stadiums. It's pretty appalling how fans were treated then and what terrible shape the stadiums were in.

But I support the campaign for justice as well. As the saying goes "mistakes were made". Couple that with the lies and cover ups, certainly some punishment must be dealt.
 
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Atlanta expected to be the next MLS franchise to be announced. Some people are having fun with it.

http://deadspin.com/atlanta-burned-again-1563864432

Jimjamesak said:
But I support the campaign for justice as well. As the saying goes "mistakes were made". Couple that with the lies and cover ups, certainly some punishment must be dealt.
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Oh, that, no doubt. It really was embarrassing to revisit the lies that were told about what caused all of that.
 
ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Oh, that, no doubt. It really was embarrassing to revisit the lies that were told about what caused all of that.
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The most powerful interview (which is hard to say because they were all powerful), I thought, was with one of the Constables. He sits there describing trying to help people, seeing the dead and dying, and giving his statement describing the issues and signs it. Then he finds out years later they had altered his statement without his knowledge. Then he says "I may be a washed up Bobby but last time I checked that's a crime." :eek:
 
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Well with Atlanta being #23 in MLS it means we're only one team away from the MLS Norris Division! (Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, San Jose, LA, whatever Chivas USA ends up as) So excited! :D
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Well with Atlanta being #23 in MLS it means we're only one team away from the MLS Norris Division! (Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, San Jose, LA, whatever Chivas USA ends up as) So excited! :D
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Can we raise the money for a 24th team via Kickstarter to make this happen?
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Also, does this mean we get a shot at the promotion/regulation system?
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That'd be a pretty poor way to court a franchise fee for the 24th team, wouldn't it?

For that matter, it'd be good reason to upset everyone. The franchise model for a league doesn't lend itself towards pro/rel.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
That'd be a pretty poor way to court a franchise fee for the 24th team, wouldn't it?

For that matter, it'd be good reason to upset everyone. The franchise model for a league doesn't lend itself towards pro/rel.
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Understood. It wouldn't be right away, but I'd love to see it. However, I don't think it happens.
 
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