Thread: Should USA SOCCER AIM ITS GUNS TO ENGLAND

Quote: Originally Posted by usa1950 You know what? Whip is right. Somebody put this on their to do list.... Tell Altidore to take a hike. And Klestjan, Torres, Szetela, Adu, ........... Hire 11 coaches who have white sons who play and that's the team. Only need 10 more..... By the way....Altidore is born IN USA...KLESTJAN IS BORN IN USA, TORRES IS BORN IN USA....AND ADU CAME TO USA AT 7.... SO HE IS MADE IN USA..... @import...

Safe to say then that marriage will only last as long as the money exists.

Quote: Originally Posted by CheeseAndOatcakes Well theres plenty of loonies on the internet I'm afraid. I just try to ignore them, theres no point wasting your time on them. Its very hard when much of it is happening on our own board. I don't mind some mild banter back and forth, but the trolls have been unbearable since last Friday.

Quote: Originally Posted by dban Yes there is, watch him play basketball, always the last guy up the floor, absolutely nothing to offer as a field player. Unless they turned the net on its side he has nothing to offer for soccer. shaq could reach post to post with his wing span :P

The same way we were viewed when we beat Spain at the Confederations Cup.

Quote: Originally Posted by OCSIC79 it would be a miracle if you guys beat england Yes it would.

Quote: Originally Posted by 1MADDOG People, think about it. England is in our group, and now serious bids are comming in for our top player. I don't like it. You say this as if England has never faced a player from another country who plays in the Premier League. You may notice lots of countries have players in the EPL. They have to do it all the time for Euro and WC qualifying. What is the big deal?

As has been noted in the press, Bradley used 43 different players in our 18 qualifying matches, a number boosted somewhat by the fact that we'd played a reserve squad in a couple matches, but nonetheless Bradley often had to juggle his line-ups. Nevertheless, up to the time of the key injuries to Charlie and Gooch (before and during the final qualifier), we would very likely trot out a line-up and subs bench that would resemble something...

Quote: Originally Posted by iCEMANGSCCC We lost fair and square, we had chances and didn't put them away. No amount of refereeing will help that(with the exception of re-taking PKs over and over again for some phony reason) umm yea, ok. 3 yellow cards on phantom tackles within the first half right after we score a goal. Sure, had no effect on that game. Sure. Ok. Sure. Ok.

Quote: Originally Posted by guignol i don't disagree with your basic statement but a player pool is a much different thing than a market. when 36,000 fans go to watch a 3rd division match like LUFC-HTAFC this weekend, that's a market nobody can match. I said "growing market." I take the above to read that England is maxxed out. We're competing at a decent level with a *tiny fraction* of our market and player...