US SOCCER

[MSUDuo]

Root for a Algeria and South Korea win

[CAA Flagship]

Is Belgium any good?

You know, beside their waffles, which are delish.

Yes. Plus they stole our best beer company.

[MSUDuo]

Is Belgium any good?

You know, beside their waffles, which are delish.

They're good. We're good. They've never performed well at a major tournament

[bandl]

Is Belgium any good?

You know, beside their waffles, which are delish.

Yes. Plus they stole our best beer company.

You're fucking kidding, right?

Of course you're kidding.

Only an asshole could think that.

And you're not an asshole, are you?

[tribe_pride]

Great game by Howard and Gonzalez played well in the back as a first time starter.

Did enough to advance in the 3 games. That is all that matters.

[89Hen]

Did enough to advance in the 3 games. That is all that matters.

It is funny. Reverse the three games and everyone in the US would be on top of the world.

[CAA Flagship]

Did enough to advance in the 3 games. That is all that matters.

It is funny. Reverse the three games and everyone in the US would be on top of the world.

Thank you Germany for beating the crap out of Portugal and taking it easy on us.

Did I do that right?

[andy7171]

Serious question: I peeked in to our conference room to see if there was a score. Two players collided, was that one guy actually crying on the field?

[GannonFan]

Question for soccer fans:
Is goaltending more important in soccer or hockey?

Hockey, by far. You can almost win the Stanley Cup with a red hot goalie and he can stop almost everything. In soccer, the keeper just can't stop everything. Definitely more of an impact in hockey, though.

[bandl]

Serious question: I peeked in to our conference room to see if there was a score. Two players collided, was that one guy actually crying on the field?

If you cry blood, then yes, he was crying by your standards.

[bandl]

Question for soccer fans:
Is goaltending more important in soccer or hockey?

Hockey, by far. You can almost win the Stanley Cup with a red hot goalie and he can stop almost everything. In soccer, the keeper just can't stop everything. Definitely more of an impact in hockey, though.

Yep.

[kalm]

Is Belgium any good?

You know, beside their waffles, which are delish.

Yes. Plus they stole our best beer company.

IIRC theyre also known for their closely shorn scrotums and daughters with webbed feet.

[CitadelGrad]

Is Belgium any good?

You know, beside their waffles, which are delish.

Yes. Plus they stole our biggest beer company.

There ya go.

[bandl]

Yes. Plus they stole our best beer company.

IIRC theyre also known for their closely shorn scrotums and daughters with webbed feet.

What??

[CitadelGrad]

FYI, Belgium beat us 4-2 last summer in a friendly.

[GannonFan]

Is Belgium any good?

You know, beside their waffles, which are delish.

They're good. We're good. They've never performed well at a major tournament

Belgium is actually pretty big and physical. Might have the best keeper in the world in net as well. And they beat us 4-2 last year in a game in Cleveland (really, they played in Cleveland - apparently we hate the Belgians, making them come all the way over here to play and then sticking them in Cleveland. Although we don't hate them completely, otherwise the game would be in Detroit). And the Belgians have a "golden generation" of sorts - i.e. a small country but with an oversized number of really good players at the same time. I think they have at least 10 players in the EPL, whereas we have like 2 or 3 (and less than that now that Dempsey is playing stateside). Belgium is the dark horse team that could come in and win the whole thing.

Good game for us though. If we're going to lose at some point, I'd rather lose to a good team that get knocked out by Algeria or somebody like that. Of course, Belgium is beatable, though, so who knows.

[CAA Flagship]

Question for soccer fans:
Is goaltending more important in soccer or hockey?

Hockey, by far. You can almost win the Stanley Cup with a red hot goalie and he can stop almost everything. In soccer, the keeper just can't stop everything. Definitely more of an impact in hockey, though.

Of course, that is what I figured. But the US coach was interviewed after the game and was asked about Howard. He was saying that Howard is great and that a good goalie was so important in soccer.

Howard did have one great save. Other than that, it seemed pretty pedestrian. I don't think the Kraut goalie put down his cigarette once.

[93henfan]

Belgians. Those are the people who built the roads for the blitzkrieg, no?

[CAA Flagship]

Yes. Plus they stole our biggest beer company.

There ya go.

You are all so blinded by your opinions that you all fell for the bait.
The key word was "company". What defines a good "company". Profits.

Get it?

[CAA Flagship]

Belgians. Those are the people who built the roads for the blitzkrieg, no?

They provided the land for Montgomery to fail miserably with Market Garden.

[GannonFan]

Hockey, by far. You can almost win the Stanley Cup with a red hot goalie and he can stop almost everything. In soccer, the keeper just can't stop everything. Definitely more of an impact in hockey, though.

Of course, that is what I figured. But the US coach was interviewed after the game and was asked about Howard. He was saying that Howard is great and that a good goalie was so important in soccer.

Howard did have one great save. Other than that, it seemed pretty pedestrian. I don't think the Kraut goalie put down his cigarette once.

Well, the difference in a soccer goalie versus a hockey goalie is that the soccer goalie is the QB for the defense - he's calling out stuff and organizing where the defense goes. That's where the importance lies - he sets up everything. A keeper is pretty important in soccer, but it doesn't approach the level that it is in hockey. And I'm fine with that - there's been cases where a pretty predestrian team in hockey goes deep in the playoffs just because you can't score on the goalie.

And Howard's good because you rarely see a gaffe on his part. Ask Spain about the importance of a goalie in soccer as they fly home after the group stage because their keeper stunk.

[kalm]

There ya go.

You are all so blinded by your opinions that you all fell for the bait.
The key word was "company". What defines a good "company". Profits.

Get it?

So Walmart and Enron are good companies.

[GannonFan]

Belgians. Those are the people who built the roads for the blitzkrieg, no?

They provided the land for Montgomery to fail miserably with Market Garden.

Freakin' Montgomery taking all that gas away from Patton just to dither around in Belgium. Made for a nice movie, though.

[GannonFan]

You are all so blinded by your opinions that you all fell for the bait.
The key word was "company". What defines a good "company". Profits.

Get it?

So Walmart and Enron are good companies.

I thought Enron went bankrupt and dissolved? Fake profits are never good, kalmie.

[CAA Flagship]

Of course, that is what I figured. But the US coach was interviewed after the game and was asked about Howard. He was saying that Howard is great and that a good goalie was so important in soccer.

Howard did have one great save. Other than that, it seemed pretty pedestrian. I don't think the Kraut goalie put down his cigarette once.

Well, the difference in a soccer goalie versus a hockey goalie is that the soccer goalie is the QB for the defense - he's calling out stuff and organizing where the defense goes. That's where the importance lies - he sets up everything. A keeper is pretty important in soccer, but it doesn't approach the level that it is in hockey. And I'm fine with that - there's been cases where a pretty predestrian team in hockey goes deep in the playoffs just because you can't score on the goalie.

And Howard's good because you rarely see a gaffe on his part. Ask Spain about the importance of a goalie in soccer as they fly home after the group stage because their keeper stunk.

Or did the Spain defense stink?
As a Devils fan, and Brodeur fan, I have seen great defenses that made Marty look good. The Devils won many games where the opponent had less than 20 shots. Marty was good, but that defense made him look better with the neutral zone trap.