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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Jun 13, 2016 - 12:06pm PT
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For years, while my kids were young I watched,May be about 4 yrs ago I found the officiating to be just too random. Far from just missed calls, some were the obvious overlooked fouls mixed with a liberal use of unjustified cards.
It ruined many games for me. More so in these international matches than in American games, where it gets tit- for - tat, & the officials seem to try to strike a balance, that Bad Call is an example; Brasil out!? A clear slapped ball?!!
It seems like real cheating maybe even pay-offs are involved.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 13, 2016 - 03:02pm PT
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I just watched the replay (I didn't watch the game). Uh, pretty sure that
ref is gonna retire to a luxury penthouse on the Copacabana. Stevie
Wonder woulda seen that! And the ref wasn't that far away, like 7 yards?
Where was he looking, at his online savings account? I'm sure Sepp Blather
is laughing hysterically. FAIR PLAY! RESPECT!
But after all is said and done, Brasil sucks bad. They have mental Zika.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 18, 2016 - 09:03pm PT
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Chile destroys Mexico, 7-0.
It wasn't even close. Ever.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 18, 2016 - 10:33pm PT
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Wow, that's beyond embarrassing. That's a capitulation. Have they no pride?
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 18, 2016 - 10:48pm PT
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It was UGLY. After Chile scored early in the second half to make it 3-0, it looked like the Mexican midfield and defense pretty much surrendered.
It could have easily been 9 or 10.
By the way this two yellow in 5 games and you're suspended for the next one rule is stupid.
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Jun 21, 2016 - 06:45pm PT
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Messi, unreal.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 21, 2016 - 08:10pm PT
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The best, simply.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 21, 2016 - 08:23pm PT
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Freaking Messi.
US looked outclassed.
How much longer for Klinsmann?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 21, 2016 - 09:29pm PT
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Messi? I thought his name was David Copperfield.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jun 21, 2016 - 09:34pm PT
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Joder! Messi!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jun 21, 2016 - 09:37pm PT
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Freaking Messi.
US looked outclassed.
How much longer for Klinsmann
The goal was getting to Semi's. He gets an extension.
If the USA gets third place he's in for life.
If Martino, on the other hand loses the next match, he's gone.
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this just in
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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Jun 21, 2016 - 10:05pm PT
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Klinsmann is the best thing to happen to American football. We don't have the skills, but he gets the most out of our players.
Go Chile! I used to not like Vidal. But after watching him play all year at Bayern, he plays the game perfectly. Maybe with some emotion, but that also includes a ton of heart.
Messi is an alien, I'm convinced.
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mynameismud
climber
backseat
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Jun 22, 2016 - 07:00am PT
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QuoteUS looked outclassed.
How much longer for Klinsmann? Here
Hopefully not very long
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mynameismud
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backseat
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Jun 22, 2016 - 07:05am PT
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Klinsmann is the best thing to happen to American football. We don't have the skills, but he gets the most out of our players.
I disagree on every count.
In general under him opponents shots taken, shots on goal and passes completed in our defensive third are all up. The only thing that saved his ass in the last World Cup was Tim Howard playing out of his mind.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Jun 22, 2016 - 09:03am PT
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K-man doesn't get fired for losing to Argentina!
Do we have a single player who makes their roster? Brooks and Yedlin strike me as the only ones MAYBE in the conversation. Clint Dempsey couldn't make that team if he were trying out to be the waterboy.
People on teams with names like The Seattle Sounders or Sporting Kansas City are not in the same class as those who start for Barcalona, Atletico Madrid, Man City and Man U.
That's like the Beloit Snappers playing this year's Cubs.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 22, 2016 - 09:23am PT
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Greg, do we have a kid in this whole country that wants it as badly as the millions in
Argentina? I took this shot in Ushuaia*. T:45F + W:10-15 + light but steady drizzle =
wind chill of 32? I stood there and watched the utter concentration on his face as he
worked on his shot and knew that we're still decades from producing anybody even
close to Messi, if ever.
*think Nome, AK
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Jun 22, 2016 - 09:36am PT
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^^^ Cool pic.
Believe me, I am under no illusions about the quality and devotion of US footballers. I've seen that kid all over the world. In Ushuaia, at 15,000 feet on a dirt field in Bolivia, playing in a sandlot in Muscat Oman in 120 degree heat, kicking the ball down an alley in rural Iran, in a weed-infested town square outside Guadalajara in Mexico.
Somewhere there's a vid of Maradona when he was like 12 years old as a ball boy for Boca Juniors juggling a ball on his feet while being interviewed by a TV reporter who asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up and the kid answered, "I want to win the World Cup."
And then he went out and did it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 22, 2016 - 09:43am PT
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And then he went out and did it.
Albeit with God's help. ;-)
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jun 22, 2016 - 09:55am PT
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Just God's hand.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jun 22, 2016 - 02:31pm PT
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How many American parents would put their kid in a European club's academy system?? Even the most crazed soccer parents I know wouldn't go that far-- no freaking way.
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