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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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Not a big fan of club soccer, but maybe I'll start following Swansea after today. Usually I lightly follow Everton due to Howard, but I could get behind Swansea with the whole underdog/Wales thing they have going on.
 
MountieBoyOz said:
So when do the fire Van Gaal posts start? :D
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Start?

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http://blog.foxsoccer.com/post/94916880027/louis-van-gaal-gets-david-moyes-treatment-following
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
Not a big fan of club soccer, but maybe I'll start following Swansea after today. Usually I lightly follow Everton due to Howard, but I could get behind Swansea with the whole underdog/Wales thing they have going on.
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My wife spent a year in Wales; we've adopted Swansea as our jointly-held team.

Palace tried their best (or perhaps Arsenal tried their best to lose) -- heartbreaking to drop the point. I seem to have doomed another club with my fandom (first Fulham, now this tire fire).
 
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Julio Caesar abruptly leaves QPR and signs with Benefica.
 
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I... holy crap. Anyone ever hear of Calcio Fiorentino, also known as Calcio Storico, described as a precursor to modern football/soccer? This is, without a doubt, the most ludicrous sport I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiKOhGpQPD4

It's, like, a cross between rugby and lightly-officiated MMA, played 27-on-27 in a giant field of sand. My favorite part is how one guy gets attacked by a bunch of opponents, apparently within the rules of the game, right after he scores the game's only goal (start at 8:30 of the clip or so), apparently within the rules, but most of the time they don't seem to actually be trying to do anything with the ball, just punching and kicking each other.
 
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jmh said:
I... holy crap. Anyone ever hear of Calcio Fiorentino, also known as Calcio Storico, described as a precursor to modern football/soccer? This is, without a doubt, the most ludicrous sport I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiKOhGpQPD4

It's, like, a cross between rugby and lightly-officiated MMA, played 27-on-27 in a giant field of sand. My favorite part is how one guy gets attacked by a bunch of opponents, apparently within the rules of the game, right after he scores the game's only goal (start at 8:30 of the clip or so), apparently within the rules, but most of the time they don't seem to actually be trying to do anything with the ball, just punching and kicking each other.
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The Cheap Seats (still the greatest thing ESPN ever made) guys riffed on it, but it's freaking brutal. An event like this could never happen in the U.S.
 
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Some guy kicked it over the barrier, and the other team got half a point. Then another guy was kicking the crap out of someone, then just stopped, let the guy get up, and led him back to his team's wall before going back to fight someone else.
 
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Balotelli to Liverpool for 26 million.
 
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Well Guzan will get his shot now that Howard has announced he's taking a year off with the National team.
 
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It's all gone quiet in Portland. Seattle beats Portland 4-2. Seattle played two games in Portland, scored 4 goals in both.
 
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Tim Howard will make his season debut as an NBCSN commentator for tomorrow's Liverpool-Man City match. NBCSN will devote 3 hours of pregame coverage to the match, starting at Noon EST.
 
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Surprised we haven't gotten comments on Jermaine Jones to the Revs. Don't get me wrong as I like the MLS, but the only way the national team gets better is if our good players try to make a go out of it Europe. I'm not a Euro hipster, but I know we've got to test ourselves vs. the best of the best.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Surprised we haven't gotten comments on Jermaine Jones to the Revs. Don't get me wrong as I like the MLS, but the only way the national team gets better is if our good players try to make a go out of it Europe. I'm not a Euro hipster, but I know we've got to test ourselves vs. the best of the best.
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Jones will be too old to factor into the 2018 World Cup team. Might as well capitalize on whatever minor celebrity he's earned.
 
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Yeah, Jones isn't likely to climb any higher in Europe, so I can understand that side of it.

The story to me is how MLS handles distributing these players.
 
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