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World Soccer XXXI: Golden Generation?

Seattle GK Stefan Frei was taken off in an ambulance after a collision on a free kick. Knocked out cold and in a fencing position, just ugly.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Somehow Mexico still needed two very good goals to win. Neither of those were wide open gimmes.
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It was one way traffic after the first five minutes. The US was not winning that game no matter what happened. The fact that the players and Poch spent time complaining about the referee in the press instead of contemplating why they couldn’t get a shot off says everything.
 
This morning I was reading about the US coach complaining about a handball that wasn't called. I missed the play during the game, but saw the reply on PTI this afternoon and thought it was a good no call, and I wouldn't have it called it either.
Thoughts? I'm looking at you JJAK.
 
SonofSouthie said:
This morning I was reading about the US coach complaining about a handball that wasn't called. I missed the play during the game, but saw the reply on PTI this afternoon and thought it was a good no call, and I wouldn't have it called it either.
Thoughts? I'm looking at you JJAK.
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Yeah it was a good no call per the Laws as they’re written, he was falling and using a supporting hand.

Now, is that part of the Laws kinda stupid, that’s a different discussion.
 
Slap Shot said:
deadspin.com

Why MLS Can’t Keep Its Best American Talent And What Needs to Change | Deadspin.com

The FIFA Club World Cup proved MLS can compete... but only to a point. With outdated salary rules and limited free agency, American stars like Patrick Agyemang are being driven abroad for basic financial security.
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This has come up in so many discussions in the last few weeks and I have the same thoughts every time:

If you jack up the salary cap by $10-20 million per team that’s an additional $300-600 million in spending. Where is that money coming from? Because the owners aren’t going to just pay for it themselves, there needs to be revenue coming in, like say ticket prices (you ever wonder why NHL ticket prices are so high?).

Also, young American players aren’t leaving for European strictly for more money, there are teams willing to pay them. They’re leaving because there’s a pressure of “if you want to make the national team for the World Cup you have to play in Europe.” They’re being told, and have been told for a decade plus, that they have to go to Europe to further their career and plenty players have leapt at the first offer and ruined their careers (looking at you Matt Turner and Matt Miazga). Money isn’t everything.
 
Jimjamesak said:
This has come up in so many discussions in the last few weeks and I have the same thoughts every time:

If you jack up the salary cap by $10-20 million per team that’s an additional $300-600 million in spending. Where is that money coming from? Because the owners aren’t going to just pay for it themselves, there needs to be revenue coming in, like say ticket prices (you ever wonder why NHL ticket prices are so high?).

Also, young American players aren’t leaving for European strictly for more money, there are teams willing to pay them. They’re leaving because there’s a pressure of “if you want to make the national team for the World Cup you have to play in Europe.” They’re being told, and have been told for a decade plus, that they have to go to Europe to further their career and plenty players have leapt at the first offer and ruined their careers (looking at you Matt Turner and Matt Miazga). Money isn’t everything.
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Sounds a lot like open wheel racing in the US.

The strongest desire is F1 and all of the feeder series. So Indycar gets the retirees or the ones who don't get past F1 (or some former F1 drivers who just never performed). Sometimes, drivers come with clear intent, and then have an amazing career (Scott Dixon). But mostly it's second to not just F1 but F2 as well.
 
Watching the Women’s Euros it’s fascinating seeing the gap between the top 4-6 teams and the rest in the group stage. Not really great for a 16 team tournament. Though, to be fair, the groups were pretty unbalanced.
 
Been watching the Women's Euro's too. Really looking forward to match 2 & 4.
Wednesday, July 16
QF match 1: Norway vs Italy — 3pm ET

Thursday, July 17
QF match 2: Sweden vs England— 3pm ET

Friday, July 18
QF match 3: Spain vs Switzerland — 3pm ET

Saturday, July 19
QF match 4: France vs Germany — 3pm ET
 
There's been an article floating around the last five days that keeps popping up saying FIFA is contemplating moving the WC because of visa issues for visiting fans. Doesn't seem to be legit because none of the major sites are picking it up, but a couple of the sites I checked did appear to be legitimate news sites so I'm not sure what the original source is or why legitimate papers seem to be publishing it.

Pretty sure it's fake because there's 0% chance that would happen due to $$$. And I think the only banned country that qualified is Iran so it's definitely not a chunk of teams being affected.
 
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