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World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

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Jimjamesak said:
TBF, it wasn’t supposed to be on a Sunday anyway.

Fox paid $250 million for this tournament and it keeps getting worse for them lol.
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That sounds like chickenfeed.

My question is how obviously will Qatar have bribed the refs for their games? If this were the Saudi they would simply kidnap and torture the families, but I don't think the Thani have that muscle.
 
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Kepler said:
That sounds like chickenfeed.

My question is how obviously will Qatar have bribed the refs for their games? If this were the Saudi they would simply kidnap and torture the families, but I don't think the Thani have that muscle.
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All they have is money and the non-Asian and African refs are either not going to risk set for life careers or are already bought by someone in the home country. One of the Asian or African guys maybe but they’re not going to be on a Qatar match anyway.
 
Kepler said:
That sounds like chickenfeed.

My question is how obviously will Qatar have bribed the refs for their games? If this were the Saudi they would simply kidnap and torture the families, but I don't think the Thani have that muscle.
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No network in America was probably that interested with soccer head to head with football.
 
Someone explain the Barca situation to me.

They had seven players they signed this year that are not yet registered with La Liga because of their finances. As far as I know there isn't a salary cap in La Liga, which seems to be proven by the fact that they sold off some of their media company to increase their "cap" and allow them to register those remaining players. So what is this cap they're being restricted by? Something like percentage of liquid assets? And how did it get that they're waiting until the last days before the season to figure things out? This seems like something that should have had a vision when they signed the players and taken care of immediately after.
 
SonofSouthie said:
I believe the last time Brentford beat United was 1938. They're up 4-0 early in the 2nd half.
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As someone who's gone down some deep Wiki holes related to English football, this morning is the first time I've heard of them.

Also hadn't paid much attention to if Ronaldo got moved or not. Looks like he didn't end up on one of the 200 rumored teams that came up during the summer.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
As someone who's gone down some deep Wiki holes related to English football, this morning is the first time I've heard of them.

Also hadn't paid much attention to if Ronaldo got moved or not. Looks like he didn't end up on one of the 200 rumored teams that came up during the summer.
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I'd never heard of them either until I was scrolling through the tv guide this am and did a wiki on them. Yeah, pretty boy is still with United. They've got a quick turnaround with a match at home against Liverpool Mon. I can foresee 0-3.
 
Things got a little heated between Chelsea and Tottenham. After Tottenham's first goal, Tottenham's manager yelled to Chelsea's bench and the managers came together in a screaming match. Each got a yellow. Then after Tottenham tied it in the 96th and the game ended, Tottenham's manager went for a drive-by handhshake while Chelsea's manager held on and twisted him around. Another screaming match and both received red cards.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Things got a little heated between Chelsea and Tottenham. After Tottenham's first goal, Tottenham's manager yelled to Chelsea's bench and the managers came together in a screaming match. Each got a yellow. Then after Tottenham tied it in the 96th and the game ended, Tottenham's manager went for a drive-by handhshake while Chelsea's manager held on and twisted him around. Another screaming match and both received red cards.
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With the referee heard yelling “thanks for the unnecessary paperwork you fucking children!”
 
US U20 Women are getting destroyed by the Netherlands 3-0 in the U20 World Cup.

Looked it up and the US hasn't won or even made the final in this since 2012. That lack of perennial success doesn't seem to be hurting at the senior level, which does seem a little surprising, but at the same time you really only need about 3-5 great players from each U20 team to create a strong senior team, so as long as you're top heavy it works out.

Edit: And they lose 3-0. To avoid being knocked out in the group stage for the second tournament in a row, they'll need to beat Japan by 2, assuming Netherlands also beats Ghana.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
US U20 Women are getting destroyed by the Netherlands 3-0 in the U20 World Cup.

Looked it up and the US hasn't won or even made the final in this since 2012. That lack of perennial success doesn't seem to be hurting at the senior level, which does seem a little surprising, but at the same time you really only need about 3-5 great players from each U20 team to create a strong senior team, so as long as you're top heavy it works out.

Edit: And they lose 3-0. To avoid being knocked out in the group stage for the second tournament in a row, they'll need to beat Japan by 2, assuming Netherlands also beats Ghana.
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The USWNT has been running largely the same core of players since ~2011, it’s really only in the last year or so has there been turnover in the roster. It’s possible they’re on the tail end of a golden generation. It’s also maybe a sign the rest of the world has finally caught up on womens youth development.

On the other hand, in the inverse to the history of the MNT, the development of the 20 to 25 age group for the WNT has been the best in the world. Having arguably the best Womens professional league in the world (at least top to bottom) does wonders.
 
Jimjamesak said:
The USWNT has been running largely the same core of players since ~2011, it’s really only in the last year or so has there been turnover in the roster. It’s possible they’re on the tail end of a golden generation. It’s also maybe a sign the rest of the world has finally caught up on womens youth development.

On the other hand, in the inverse to the history of the MNT, the development of the 20 to 25 age group for the WNT has been the best in the world. Having arguably the best Womens professional league in the world (at least top to bottom) does wonders.
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NCAA has to be playing a big part in that too, right? Most of the players still have 2-3 years left in college before going pro.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
US U20 Women are getting destroyed by the Netherlands 3-0 in the U20 World Cup.

Looked it up and the US hasn't won or even made the final in this since 2012. That lack of perennial success doesn't seem to be hurting at the senior level, which does seem a little surprising, but at the same time you really only need about 3-5 great players from each U20 team to create a strong senior team, so as long as you're top heavy it works out.

Edit: And they lose 3-0. To avoid being knocked out in the group stage for the second tournament in a row, they'll need to beat Japan by 2, assuming Netherlands also beats Ghana.
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And they were eliminated after losing to Japan 3-1.

I feel this is very similar to the MNT when they missed some youth tournaments between 2011 and 2013 and had some poor performances around then as well. It’s not the end of the world, but it’s concerning and could be a warning sign for future problems.
 
Bayern Munich, winners of the last ten Bundesliga titles, sit alone in first place of the Bundesliga after a 7-0 win this weekend.

Three weeks into the season and the title race is pretty much over. Fun league.
 
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