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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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Jimjamesak said:
On a different subject, in the CONCACAF Champions League, two teams from Mexico were eliminated in the group stage: Leon and Cruz Azul. The same Cruz Azul who won it last time out.

Portland got eliminated, mostly because Portland sucks. New York got eliminated because they didn't care. Montreal moved on despite being a Wooden Spoon contender. DC moved on. SKC has a game at Saprissa tomorrow. Other teams moving on: Club America, Pachuca, Alajuelense and Herdiano from Costa Rica (extending their WC run on the club level), and Olimpia from Honduras.
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Annnnnnnnnd SKC *s the bed losing at Saprissa 2-0 and getting eliminated. Costa Rica gets 3 teams into the CCL Quarterfinals. Mexico 2, USA 1, Canada 1, Costa Rica 3! (Honduras got the other one)

Time will tell if this is a fluke or not but, Costa Rica has drastically improved.
 
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Admittedly I am being harsh on SKC. Saprissa is a difficult place to play and the CCL is like CONCACAF WC Qualifying just squared and cubed, terrible officiating, crappy fields, intimidating stadiums etc. Some teams have found ways to manage through it (DC, RSL, Seattle) and some haven't.
 
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Rhett said:
Considering age, he has only a very outside chance at 2016. If this slim chance involves a positional shift, then a switch to an MLS team amenable to using him in the new position actually probably was his best bet. Watch, he'll be a centerback for the Revs in 2015.
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I assume you meant 2018 World Cup?

His attitude and work ethic will be invaluable in helping us qualify for Confederations Cup in 2016, and for setting a fine example to the younger players on what Klinsmann wants to see from everyone involved.
 
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"Tempest in a teapot" folks,

Gulati said he has met with, and spoken to, Garber and discussed the matter with Klinsmann. All three will gather for previously scheduled meetings in the coming weeks. “We will get back to the job at hand, which is continuing to grow MLS, continuing to improve the national team, and the broader goal, which does both of those things,” Gulati said.

Gulati did not believe Klinsmann’s initial comments were, as Garber complained, detrimental to the league and growth of the sport.

“I don’t think there is anything wrong with discussion, dialogue and disagreement,” he said. “Most of that is better handled in a private way. Having these sorts of discussions are fine, but we need to have the tone of all of this brought down a little bit.”

“Some things could have been phrased differently because the actual opinions of the two guys – and me and the leadership at MLS and U.S. Soccer – is actually closely aligned with where we see the game going.”
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FreshFish said:
I assume you meant 2018 World Cup?

His attitude and work ethic will be invaluable in helping us qualify for Confederations Cup in 2016, and for setting a fine example to the younger players on what Klinsmann wants to see from everyone involved.
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Yeah, 2018. I must have Euro qualifying on the brain.

Confederations Cup is great, but assuring qualification shouldn't be at the expense of development. It would be better to fail to advance in or qualify for intermediate tournaments with players we expect to be ready for 2018, than to perform slightly better with players whose windows will close by 2018.
 
That said, I like the idea of using Jones as the stopper-style centerback going forward (as both a US and Revs fan).
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Annnnnnnnnd SKC *s the bed losing at Saprissa 2-0 and getting eliminated. Costa Rica gets 3 teams into the CCL Quarterfinals. Mexico 2, USA 1, Canada 1, Costa Rica 3! (Honduras got the other one)

Time will tell if this is a fluke or not but, Costa Rica has drastically improved.
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last time i checked the standings we were looking really good... what the heck happened?
 
Patman said:
last time i checked the standings we were looking really good... what the heck happened?
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Portland lost and SKC lost. Good news is that DC United got the top seed and will have the second legs at home. I like DC's chances as well. They look to be able to keep the core of their team and be able to improve it, the have a coaching staff with experience of these games, and the second legs are at home.
 
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Oh, Seattle v LA, NBC 2:30 ET, Supporters Shield. Should be fun.
 
joecct said:
Not good?


Of course he could be claiming he was doing odd jobs while awaiting a real job
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Well its an interesting question since referees are independent contractors, but PRO referees are unionized so I don't know how that works.
 
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No Omar Gonzalez or Robbie Keane in the lineup for LA. Omar suspended, Keane "injured".
 
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Pappa! Hail Hydra! Seattle 1-0.
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Seattle beats LA 2-0 and wins the Supporters Shield. God help you all if Seattle wins MLS Cup because we will be unbearable!
 
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, and most of my interest lies in the International game rather than club side, but from what I understand Chivas was basically supposed to be the soccer club for Hispanics in LA. Why did anyone think that would work? I get that they're probably more passionate than the average person out there, but I fail to see how purposely practicing segregation to market your team makes sense. If the Clippers came out and said "We're for black people, everyone else go root for the Lakers" everyone would talk about how stupid a strategy that is. That's also a very ironic hypothetical situation given the events of the past season.
 
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