I watched it. I keep hearing how some people want to write-off Clint Dempsey, but he has that indefatigable ability to elevate his play in the bigger games.
I watched as well. The crowd in Seattle was really into the game with different cheers, and almost continuous noise. Big win, but Ecuador had the US under siege for much of the second half.
Yeah, I thought that we wilted in the second half - especially in the final 15 minutes or so. As my son said, "It looked like Ecuador had a continuous 'power play' that we were trying to defend against."
Incredible goal huh?
i didn't know you could challenge those. I don't like the disqualification for the next game simply by committing a couple fouls. A red card, such as the one Jones got, I can see having to sit the next game...even though it didn't look like he did much of anything at all. Could you imagine Lebron having to sit out game 7 due to a couple harmless fouls.
Agreed. The new rule now states any contact with an opposing players face while the ball is not in play will result in a red card. I don't think Jones was trying to hit the player, but stupid to put himself in that position.
Did he make contact with his face? It looked negligible at best. Losing him for the rest of the game for that was bad. But to lose him for Argentina would be ridiculous.
Why write him off, he's still the go to scorer, who cares if he's 34 or whatever.
I am sure some travel. But they have local chapters in most major cities. Even Pittsburgh has a local chapter, and we marched with them at the women's game last summer. They gathered at McFaddens Irish Pub by PNC and marched over to Heinz Field.
Some of those guys travel with the team, especially in the US. There are local chapters across the US (six in PA); they party with their fellow members locally and get together with other nearby chapters, too. There's a Pittsburgh chapter, but I don't know anything about them. Here's their national website, including links to their chapters and bars:
Yikes I forgot about the third one. A win would be an upset for the ages I guess.
Watched the Pirates....
You're coming around Paul! Actually, I don't expect you to fully convert to soccer, but it certainly has a place for most sports fans, especially in the summer when viewing choices start to thin out. When baseball is bad, it's nice to have something else to watch. International soccer is not the best soccer, especially the US National team, but patriotism kinda makes up for things. The Mario Lemieux of soccer awaits us on Tuesday night. It should be fun.
So true. More kids play US youth soccer than any other sport in this country. US Youth Soccer is the largest sports organization in the world. It's baffling that we struggle against nations the size of Ohio. I understand that soccer loses many youth to football, basketball, baseball and hockey. But plenty of elite athletes continue to play soccer into more advanced ages. There still ought to be enough elite players--even after the other major sports dilute the talent.
Football is still the best sport on tv and the numbers bear that out.
I will watch the Chargers vs the 49ers on a Thursday night. I might even watch the whole thing. But I won't watch more than a couple minutes of the Kings vs the Sharks. I would also watch a large chunk of the Galaxy vs the Earthquakes. And I won't watch any of the Clippers vs the Warriors. This is all opinion and personal preference of course. But my original statement about football being the best sport on tv remains. It was made for it.
