Oso planning to go pro
Did anyone here actually say we could win the whole thing? or that anyone expected that?
Of course not. But, as with everything, it has to be about positioning themselves against the majority whether logically or not.
Actually what bugs me is people's daily incorrect understanding of the difference between reality, pessimism and opportunism. Look a lot of people called Klinsmann negative, a lot of people were wrong. Like you in this case.
I never called Klinsmann negative. Klinsmann gets the right to be realistic. He's the technical director for US Soccer, the Head Coach for the USMNT, and he's won a World Cup. Also, Klinsmann is German.You had a negative opinion about our chances and then congratulated yourself for being right. Hope you feel good about that.
I love Ray Ratto's take on the whole thing.http://www.csnbayarea.com/earthquakes/what-does-mean-soccer-america-who-gives-damn
http://www.espnfc.us/team/united-states/660/blog/post/1929404/us-world-cup-player-rankingsThoughts?Feels about right to me. Some of the subs (Brooks, Green) may be a bit high.Still wonder how much different the Belgium game would have been if we'd kept Becks in the starting lineup and added Mix in the second half
Two names I don't see that while I'm not surprised aren't on the lists should be....Brek Shea and Stuart Holden. I know Holden has pissed off the ACL gods but if he is healthy he could be special. Brek has had a couple of tough breaks but if he matures a little he could be our best option at wing in 2018.
Somewhat trite, but I enjoyed it regardless.http://babb.telegraph.co.uk/2014/07/33-reasons-why-we-love-the-us-mens-soccer-team/
Sour grapes or insight? http://www.soccerbyives.net/2014/07/donovan-tactical-world.html
This photo, unfortunately, doesn't tell a good story in my view. It's great that people are in Cowboys stadium watching on the big screen, but also shows rather coldly how an average Cowboys team packs 100K a game in there and many empty seats for arguably the biggest soccer game for the US in decades, maybe ever. I know Soldier Field had 25K, which is nice I guess.It will be interesting to see where things go. My sense is this is more of an every 4 year thing for the most part from American sports fans, but you will see some slight upticks this year with MLS, etc. The quality of that league will make it tough to keep people watching for the long haul, however. You may see some spikes again with the major tournaments. Hope to be wrong, but we are a nation of what is hot.
This photo, unfortunately, doesn't tell a good story in my view. It's great that people are in Cowboys stadium watching on the big screen, but also shows rather coldly how an average Cowboys team packs 100K a game in there and many empty seats for arguably the biggest soccer game for the US in decades, maybe ever. I know Soldier Field had 25K, which is nice I guess.
Cmon man, I know you are better than this. These stadium watches had 2-3 days notice, with both of the stadiums you mentioned with a 3pm start, requiring people to take the whole day off to get there, and watch. I know here in Boston, bars were packed, people left work early, companies streamed it for their employees, it was different this year, just admit it, it was.
This is so silly. If the US - Belgium match was live at the Cowboy stadium, it would be sold out. If this was a Cowboys Super Bowl watch party, there would be like 5k people there.