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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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Jimjamesak said:
You guys need to look at it from the Canadian angle:

A boy, he'll find new and interesting ways to not qualify for the World Cup.

A girl, she'll find new and interesting ways to lose to the US in the knockout rounds...
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The Canadian angle is actually: that kind of athletic genes would make one heck of a two-sport star in hockey and lacrosse.
 
jmh said:
The Canadian angle is actually: that kind of athletic genes would make one heck of a two-sport star in hockey and lacrosse.
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True.

Or, if he sticks with soccer, he'll remember at 15 he has English citizenship and be off to spend the next 15 years wondering if he'll make England's bench.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
True.

Or, if he sticks with soccer, he'll remember at 15 he has English citizenship and be off to spend the next 15 years wondering if he'll make England's bench.
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Never understood players wanting to do that when they could the star of USA or Canada. (See Rossi, Giuseppe and Hargreaves, Owen.)
 
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The Russian Economy tanking has consequences
@SlavaMalamud: Meanwhile, RUS's soccer league (which, by FIFA laws, must pay its foreigners in Euros and USD) is facing mass fire sales by ALL teams.
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Jimjamesak said:
Possibly. In hindsight, he missed 3 World Cups picking Italy.
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That is still narrowminded. He chose Italy because he grew up idolizing the italian team. If he had been a little younger (say 5 years) during the 2002 run, he likely chooses USA because he sees a path to success and has american players to idolize. In the end, he may have been a lost cause no matter what with his italian upbringing.
 
Shirtless Guy said:
That is still narrowminded. He chose Italy because he grew up idolizing the italian team. If he had been a little younger (say 5 years) during the 2002 run, he likely chooses USA because he sees a path to success and has american players to idolize. In the end, he may have been a lost cause no matter what with his italian upbringing.
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Still doesn't mean I don't experience schadenfruede when thinking about his situation. Similar to how I feel about my neighbor who still roots for Mexico first even though he's lived here most of his life. I may understand it, but I'm still going to give them crap for it.
 
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Gedion Zelalem tweeted an american flag so we all must patiently wait to see if that means he's now a US Citizen.
 
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