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Zeno, I think this needed its own thread. In his first start he scores on a free kick and gets an assist in a 2-0 victory over DC United. That goal was a thing of beauty. The best part was when the goalie threw his hands up. My dad kept asking me if it was deflected. Superliga has been a great tournament. That goal was unreal. Check it out.
That was a big wiley veteran goal. He didn't 'bend it like Beckham', or at least not how he would by reputation. It didn't bend 'around the wall'...it passed the wall on the OTHER side, and THEN curled away. WOW. SO much harder than to bend it around the wall, and that is what stoned the keeper.
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Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
That's what makes it so brilliant. The goalie naturally thought that the wall had his right post covered, and that to get around the wall Becks would have to curl it to hi left post. Becks is one of very few that could actually get it around the OTHER side of the wall and keep it bending AWAY from the keeper. The keeper was dead-set he'd have to go left, and had no chance to go right.
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Veni, vidi, vici--this goes out to all our NFC West chums
Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
Just watched it again. Damn that was an awesome goal. The two things that will make soccer in America blow up is better awareness/ skill of the MLS and the success of the National Team. My money is that DCR will be wearing a USA kit during the next World Cup. As a former soccer hater, once you get to really know this sport, there is nothing like it. It is EASILY my second favorite just behind the NFL. A big soccer game is light years ahead of the MLB, NBA and NHL when it comes to excitement. Just my opinion. That goal helps show why. Youtube Donovan's goal vs. Mexico to see another.
Scoring in a big soccer game is the equivalent of a grand slam in the world series. So much pride riding on it. Think about it. In World Cup, you have invested 4 years in those games. There is no other competition like it. If you lose, there is no next year. And all of these games are a prep for that competition. I love that sport. 6 years ago I never thought I would say that.
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As a former soccer hater, once you get to really know this sport, there is nothing like it. It is EASILY my second favorite just behind the NFL. A big soccer game is light years ahead of the MLB, NBA and NHL when it comes to excitement.
I'm pretty much with you there, as far as I'm concerned the NHL and NBA don't exist. NFL, Int'l Soccer, MLB, other pro soccer leagues(EPL, Serie A and La Liga) and then MLS. I still don't have a favorite pro soccer team though--I do like Fulham just because of the 3 Americans that play there though but I can't say they are my favorite or anything.
I'm really hoping that next year when I am in London I can at the very least catch a pre-season match then I can fall in love with a team.
Just watched it again. Damn that was an awesome goal. The two things that will make soccer in America blow up is better awareness/ skill of the MLS and the success of the National Team. [b]My money is that DCR will be wearing a USA kit during the next World Cup.[.b] As a former soccer hater, once you get to really know this sport, there is nothing like it. It is EASILY my second favorite just behind the NFL. A big soccer game is light years ahead of the MLB, NBA and NHL when it comes to excitement. Just my opinion. That goal helps show why. Youtube Donovan's goal vs. Mexico to see another.
Scoring in a big soccer game is the equivalent of a grand slam in the world series. So much pride riding on it. Think about it. In World Cup, you have invested 4 years in those games. There is no other competition like it. If you lose, there is no next year. And all of these games are a prep for that competition. I love that sport. 6 years ago I never thought I would say that.
I guarantee that I won't. Too cheap to buy one. I have a hard enough time buying Cards/Suns gear.
Seriously though. Of all of the sports that I have seen in HD, soccer appears to be the best. (yes, this is subjective, but still)
Donovan had lined up behind the wall that Beckham's free kick breached, and he followed the trajectory of the ball into the side netting.
"It was something special," Donovan said. "We all watch on TV, and think, 'They [Beckham's free kicks] can't be that good.' I turned around and thought, 'Holy Jesus! You've got to be kidding me. Unbelievable.'"
I'm pretty much with you there, as far as I'm concerned the NHL and NBA don't exist. NFL, Int'l Soccer, MLB, other pro soccer leagues(EPL, Serie A and La Liga) and then MLS. I still don't have a favorite pro soccer team though--I do like Fulham just because of the 3 Americans that play there though but I can't say they are my favorite or anything.
I'm really hoping that next year when I am in London I can at the very least catch a pre-season match then I can fall in love with a team.
Newcastle United...get with the Magpies, mate!
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Veni, vidi, vici--this goes out to all our NFC West chums
Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
Scoring in a big soccer game is the equivalent of a grand slam in the world series. So much pride riding on it. Think about it. In World Cup, you have invested 4 years in those games. There is no other competition like it. If you lose, there is no next year. And all of these games are a prep for that competition. I love that sport. 6 years ago I never thought I would say that.
This is truth...Dempsey's goal against Ghana last year was easily one of the top moments of my life as a sports fan. As a person that grew up loving the big 4 sports, I didn't know that a simple soccer goal in the first half of a game could bring me such joy until it happened. Soccer has killed my interest in the big 4 American sports.
I still don't have a favorite pro soccer team though--I do like Fulham just because of the 3 Americans that play there though but I can't say they are my favorite or anything.
I also don't have a team, but I realized a few months ago that I enjoy not having a team. I like turning on a game and letting the teams decide for me who I am rooting for. I casually support teams with Americans (except for West Ham), but I think it would be hard to force myself to pick a team. Plus, unless you pick one of the big clubs as your team (not cool), your team always has the risk of going down, and then it would be almost impossible to follow them. That's why it's got to be so hard to be a Sunderland fan.
I would love to really get into one of the big time Euro leagues (I've got Arsenal and Juventus jerseys), but it is so difficult to keep track. How do you guys that are here in the US do it?
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