Oso planning to go pro
Kramer said he can't remember any of the first half from yesterday. Sounds like FIFA needs some concussion protocol.
Very few in the "Soccer World" felt that Argentina was the better side yesterday. Messi was obviously not himself in the tournament and the Argentines could hardly match position by position with the Mannschaft .
I was rooting for Argentina as my wife was born there and cared a great deal about the game. Sure, Americans admire defense in "their" sports", but in American Sports, no matter how good your defense is, you have to score while playing the actual game, pretty much always more than once, to win.Nobody would like baseball if all the games were 1-0 or went 12 innings with no score and then a home run derby decided the winner. Same with football if all the games were 3-0 or 7-0 or 7-3 and a field goal kicking contest decided the winner after an overtime tie. Defense is admired in American sports because it takes great defense to stop Mike Trout or Peyton Manning or Kevin Durant. Not the same in soccer. You even made the point yourself. The US defense was pretty porous against Belgium, but Belgium still didn't score in regulation.
Because their defense was outstanding.The Argentines absolutely shut down a Belgian outfit that abused your country with offensive chances. The Argentines absolutely shut down a Netherlands squad that embarrassed the greatest generation of a national team in history. The Argentines went toe to toe with Germany, whom many consider the most offensively potent nation in the world at the moment. Defense wins titles. Americans love to trot out that cliche when it comes to "their" sports. Why can't that be the case in the world's most popular sport? Also, there is a major difference between what Argentina did and sitting back to absorb pressure while hoping not to lose. Argentina had chances in all three of the matches you cite. In fact, some in the soccer world felt they were the better team yesterday. However, despite the intractable opinion of some, no team deserves to win on performance alone. You deserve to win when you score more than the opponent.
Well said about Argentinas defense, and while their offense did sputter they do not have the depth of a Germany. In fact what team does?, Argentina loses arguero and Di MAria, no different than all teams but 1 and their offense is gonna be stuck in low gear. I felt Di Maria and Mascherano were Argentinas two best players in the tourney, maybe followed by Zabaleta before Messi.Loved how MAsherano played. I have always loved his game and have been more than a bit miffed about how guys like Hudson have been piling on him for Barcas recent defenseive weaknesses. I contest that he is not the problem its the guys around him and if it were not for MAscerano it would be horrible. My guess is we will seem Hudson change his tune and swoon all over Masherano after his world cup performance...we will see if he acknowledges that maybe he has been wrong??
This has been such a fantastic transfer window so far. Keeps things lively in between the world cup and the start of the season. Also, the Colombians are getting PAID.
And two years from now, half of those teams that signed those Colombians are going to be asking "why did we spend this much for this guy?" Happens every World Cup. Remember when Inter signed Diego Forlan to replace Samuel Eto? Eesh....
Yeah, but that was a full year after the WC. And I think that was more to do with Forlan being well past his prime and less with buying hype.I would agree that Real is probably overpaying a bit for Rodriguez, but he's young, just had a really good season with Monaco even before the World Cup and was solid with Porto. I dont think he should have went for more than Suarez, issues and all, but I think he's a budding superstar
Here's a pretty cool article about a MU Alum (1982) who recently started a pro soccer team in Indy. Guy seems to have had a very nice career.https://medium.com/we-are-marquette/life-goals-54ea0759897
meanwhile on the Dodds board Dodds is ripping on Soccer. That guy has always seemed extremely odd to me.
Peter Wilt led the charge for several years to land an MLS team in Milwaukee. I'm still disappointed it didn't work out.
Think it's still possible?An MU/UWM/UW pipeline would be awesome.Plus, beer and soccer go hand in hand.I hope it happens for Milwaukee and US Soccer's sake.
Seriously doubt it. At least not anytime soon. MLS has many, many other cities higher up on the list.
Agreed. No way does Milwaukee get an MLS franchise any time soon.However, has there been any discussion of a NASL or USLPro team for Milwaukee?
The Milwaukee Outdoor Pro Soccer Alliance wants to attract a lower tier team but they sound like a very loose group at the moment. The article link discusses it a bit.http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/257016861.html