USA v. Brazil

[Haole Girl]

It's on!!!

:bounce:

[redqueen]

1. Go USA!

This oughtta be interesting.

[Haole Girl]

2. They all have their "game faces" on

It will be!

[redqueen]

5. I'm not happy to see that Adu is not starting.

Not surprised, mind you. I guess he'll come in as a sub. Hope so anyway.

[jefferson_dem]

7. Hopefully Bradley's suspension won't hurt much.

and Altidore, Dempsey and Davies can carry the offensive load.

I recall the 60 minutes segment on Adu several years ago. He was the golden boy of USA soccer. I guess that hasn't quite materialized ... yet.

If i recall, you used to sport an Arsenal avatar, right? I'm a Liverpool man... :)

[redqueen]

12. Yep, Arsenal is my favorite team.

As for Adu... yes... "yet".

[jefferson_dem]

3. Live Stream Here -

Go USA! :patriot:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/soccerpaper-channel

Gamecast here - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=266850&&cc=5901

[insanity]

4. I'm pretty excited

Let's go USA- show the world we are not a total joke at football.

[Richardo]

6. This year I'm for Brazil

It's complicated :crazy:

[jefferson_dem]

8. Always for the underdog, huh, Richardo?

:)

[Richardo]

15. Absolutely

:)

[redqueen]

9. Holy Fuck Dempsey!

:woohoo:

[jefferson_dem]

10. Fuck YA!

:woohoo:

[NewJeffCT]

11. wow, what a shocker

USA up 1-0 just under 10 minutes in

[redqueen]

13. Very nice effort from Davies.

That was exciting.

[jefferson_dem]

14. Nice serve by Landon.

USA is playing tough. Like it.

[redqueen]

16. Nice tackles too.

Getting a bit reckless with the passing. Hope they settle down again soon.

[jefferson_dem]

17. Too much uncomfortable action on our defensive end.

Grrrrrrrrrr... High stress.

[redqueen]

18. Howard's doing a great job though.

OOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

DONOVAN!@

HOLY FUCK!

HOLY FUCK!

[redqueen]

19. MY JAW HAS LITERALLY DROPPED!

:O

[Haole Girl]

20. What an amazing GOAL!!!

:woohoo:

[jefferson_dem]

23. That was so tasty.

Oh my. Perfect soccer.

[redqueen]

24. He was so calm...

so poised... fucking great form.

Holy fucking fuck.

[NewJeffCT]

21. Holy shit - 2-0

what a huge upset this would be, but if any team can come back from 0-2, it's brazil

[insanity]

22. Landon Donovon- fucking brilliant!

YES 2-0

[redqueen]

25. This is unreal.

I wonder if FIFA will force us to adopt the relegation system now. We have got away with flouting it for long enough.

[insanity]

26. FIFA will leave MLS alone- it is still a joke.

But the world might actually take our national team slightly more serious now.

[redqueen]

33. I hope not.

I think having a relegation system would improve the sport here.

[insanity]

51. Totally agree:

Seattle's current run in the MLS shows that if you make the system more competitive the league will improve. I'm really excited about the future of MLS (especially with Portland), but for the time being US Professional Soccer is still a joke.

[SKKY]

73. It would, if we had the lower division teams to make it happen...

...but the only two teams who I think could realistically do that would be the Rochester Rhinos or Charleston Battery.

[Cant trust em]

27. Why do I find myself rooting against the USA in soccer?

I know that if I wasn't watching, I'd be happy that they win. But somehow right now I hope Brazil scores.

[redqueen]

32. ?

That makes no sense at all to me.

[Cant trust em]

38. Me either. I'm very conflicted right now.

:shrug:

Did you see that Arsenal is looking into signing Benzema?

[redqueen]

39. A friend told me of the Benzema rumor just this morning, yes.

That'd be exciting if it's true. I try not to get too excited about transfer talk though... so unreliable.

[Cant trust em]

40. I think that Benzema would be swell, but attack is not the team's biggest liability right now. nt

[redqueen]

41. Indeed it's not.

Dammit, Fabiano. x(



However, if we lose Adebayor, we could sure use Benzema.

[Cant trust em]

37. dupe

[jefferson_dem]

28. C'mon boys...

Hang tough until the half.

[Upton]

29. Where's Ronaldinho anyway?

[Haole Girl]

31. My husband just asked the same thing

:shrug:

[redqueen]

34. He's playing in the same form

that he did most of the Premiership season.

[jefferson_dem]

30. Funny tweet I just came across...

"If the USA wins the Fifa Confederations Cup we officially get to call the game Soccer with out getting any sh*t 4 atleast 1 year"

[SKKY]

74. That rocks!

[jefferson_dem]

35. Video of goals here

1:0 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtOiZ8Jb7U

2:0 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Gr7OR3w1M

[Mojambo]

36. Man. If they win I'm sure America will finally fall in love with soccer.

Er... Not.

[NewJeffCT]

42. that was quick

2-1 less than a minute into the 2nd half

[Haole Girl]

43. I've seen it so many times...

when a team is in the lead.

I'm not giving up on USA just yet, tough!

[redqueen]

44. That wasn't hard to tell... that was a goal.

[Metatron]

45. Agreed. n/t

[Haole Girl]

46. Both teams look worn out

Should be an interesting finish.

[redqueen]

48. We need another goal.

Nobody wants this game tainted by a bad call.

[Haole Girl]

50. You're right

That's the worst.

[jefferson_dem]

47. Big break there for Team USA.

Thank goodness there is no instant replay. :scared:

[redqueen]

49. No, I'd rather they got it.

Even without instant replay, those goal detector things would do the job. We should have those soon.

[insanity]

54. Agree with goal detectors, but instant replay would ruin some of the best aspects of the sport

I like that the refs have a large degree of freedom in how the interrupt the rules. I also think the reason football is the beautiful game is the flow of the sport. However, that was a goal and I hope we score another to eliminate the controversy.

[redqueen]

56. Exactly... I love the flow.

But we obviously need goal detectors. Too much of that going on.


Fucking fucking fabiano.

[redqueen]

52. Tim Howard is awesome.

Goddamnit fabiano! x(

[jefferson_dem]

53. McCaskill excited about U.S. soccer

McCaskill excited about U.S. soccer
@ 3:30 pm by Eric Zimmermann
The U.S. soccer team is leading Brazil 2-0 in what’s shaping up to be a huge upset.

And Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is excited:

clairecmc Goal! 2 zip. USA soccer vs Brazil. Very exciting but still very early.

http://twitterroom.thehill.com/2009/06/28/mccaskill-excited-about-us-soccer/

[Haole Girl]

55. Oh no

:-(

[NewJeffCT]

the US was on its heels most of the 2nd half

so, not a big surprise.

[Haole Girl]

59. Why do they always wait until a critical point to put in the subs?

Ugh!

[redqueen]

60. Because Bradley is not a very good coach.

He's been improving... but he pretty much sucks.

[redqueen]

67. I thought we were the better side throughout the first half.

Just MHO.

[jefferson_dem]

57. ...

:(

[redqueen]

58. I expected this.

Didn't want to rain on the parade earlier... but this is Brazil we're talking about.


Now the true test of our team begins...

[redqueen]

61. How the fuck was that not a card?

He needs to be gone.

[Haole Girl]

62. I hate it when they beat up on Donovan

:grr:

[jefferson_dem]

63. Landon played it up a bit but he should be gone.

Dayum.

[redqueen]

64. And a foul on Davies is ignored.

x(

[Haole Girl]

Dammit

It's over. :cry:

[redqueen]

65. It's over.

Proud we made it this far... and had the lead for so long.

[jefferson_dem]

66. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

Cry.

[Haole Girl]

68. That's it

USA did well to make it this far.

They should, really, be proud.

[jefferson_dem]

69. Agreed.

We'll chalk it up as a "learning experience" and "confidence booster".

Thanks for the thread everyone. It's been fun.

[mix]

70. heartbreaking

great game though, excellent, passionate effort by USA!

[Haole Girl]

72. It was

I almost cried seeing the tears in Donovan's eyes.

[alcibiades_mystery]

71. Second half FAIL

Somebody tell Team USA that there are 90 minuten in fussball.