USMNT 2023

[Ted Lange 15975]

Milan at home vs PSG coming up.   Pulisic and Musah both starting

 

CCV starting for Celtic vs Athletico Madrid

Edited November 7, 2023 by Ted Lange

[Ted Lange 15975]

 

 

[The Dog 43716]

 

[The Dog 43716]

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Pulisic stretches for a loose ball and it is not a good sign for the United States forward. The Milan attacker goes straight down to the floor, clutching his hamstring, and that will likely signal the end of his outing. 

[Ted Lange 15975]

I was watching.   He may have (hopefully he was hamming it up to waster time), he walked off the pitch but did so a bit gingerly.

[The Dog 43716]

Initial report is that it’s a cramp for Pulisic. 
 

#Milan , #Pioli on the conditions of #Pulisic : “It feels like a cramp, but it's in the same place as last time. We will have to evaluate it” 👉 rb.gy/1mydsx

[Braff Zacklin 13362]

Got dammit ... y'all stop scaring me like this!!

[The Dog 43716]

 

[Napoleon 8589]

29 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

I guess that he won’t be fly across the ocean to listen to a complete moron talk strategy and shoes.

Wouldn’t mind finally getting a look at John Brooks on the wing. It’s time for 3G to bury Molly Hatchet ⚽️🪓.

[Fastbreak 3935]

Pulisic almost made it through a full game without being injured.

[The Dog 43716]

 

[Captain Ron 12770]

One upside of Gio being out of favor in BVB - he didn’t get hurt this week. 

[Bottlecap 1519]

Dang was hoping to finally see Pulisic live but I’m stoked for Gio and Balo

[Captain Ron 12770]

16 minutes ago, Bottlecap said:

Dang was hoping to finally see Pulisic live but I’m stoked for Gio and Balo

 

Same.

 

So who's going to this game?

[HornOnTheBayou 8875]

HOTB Jr and I will be there.

[Mittens 8126]

3 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

So who's going to this game?

[Captain Ron 12770]

Ok, I'm throwing it out there - where are we pregaming?

[Brisketexan 104228]

Mi esposa and I will be there.

[Bottlecap 1519]

Shit all the breweries have gone out of business up there. Rock Rose baby!

[Bottlecap 1519]

I’ll be at two of the three between

Turnstile 

ABW

fairweather cider co

 

[Braff Zacklin 13362]

Please post lots of picks and comments.

 

Except for you, @Brisketexan--I'd like to be able to read the posts and finish them as the action occurs, not hours after it's over.

[Brisketexan 104228]

9 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Please post lots of picks and comments.

 

Except for you, @Brisketexan--I'd like to be able to read the posts and finish them as the action occurs, not hours after it's over.

[Captain Ron 12770]

@Braff Zacklin when he sees posts by @Brisketexan

[Braff Zacklin 13362]

38 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Hey, wait! I've seen that movie--HE LIED!

[Mittens 8126]

13 hours ago, Bottlecap said:

Shit all the breweries have gone out of business up there. Rock Rose baby!

That does suck.  Hopsquad used to be my pregame stop, but that place is going to be assholes and elbows and I have no desire to fight that nonsense.  It was bad enough before.  Might have to switch up to ABW.  Need to scout out the parking situation around there as I usually bike the last mile from pre-game to the stadium.

[HornOnTheBayou 8875]

15 hours ago, Bottlecap said:

Shit all the breweries have gone out of business up there. Rock Rose baby!

Seriously, what has happened over the last few months to force all of those breweries in that area to close? I loved 4th Tap. Oskar Blues wasn't my favorite beer, but the fact that it was so big meant seating was never an issue.

[A-Tex Devil 2442]

5 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Seriously, what has happened over the last few months to force all of those breweries in that area to close? I loved 4th Tap. Oskar Blues wasn't my favorite beer, but the fact that it was so big meant seating was never an issue.

(In my opinion) Circle signed its death warrant when it decided to move HQ to Elgin.  There is some 20/20 hindsight there because they didn’t know about Q2 when they pulled the trigger ok that decision AFAIK.  But even still that always seemed like a dumb decision for a business with those margins to take on that kind of capital commitment. 
 

Seems they could have managed to maintain a nice little business with a lot less overhead had they stayed out and taken advantage of Q2.  

[shadow_operative 15931]

 

 

[Mittens 8126]

 

[Ted Lange 15975]

 

[dogbreath 431]

US beat Korea 3-1 in U17 Men’’s World Cup. 

[Captain Ron 12770]

On 11/9/2023 at 11:43 AM, The Dog said:

We haven't chatted much about this roster. As a whole I like it.

Though, given the injuries to Pulisic and Weah I gotta wonder if maybe this isn't time to give some minutes to Cowell? And I really would like to see Pefok get back in this lineup.

 

18 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

 

From the plates in the background, they are already in Texas. Where is the camp?

 

[Ted Lange 15975]

34 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

From the plates in the background, they are already in Texas. Where is the camp?

 

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Ted Lange

[Captain Ron 12770]

I’ve been sitting on a name/number set for my Waldo jersey for like 9!years (I checked the postmark)! I finally got it done yesterday for the game. 

[Napoleon 8589]

“CAPTAIN RON”

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Probably would have been better,  but Dempsey is good too.

[alincoln 2364]

Shocking news!  The new USWNT manager is making the exact same base as ggg ($1.6 million).  This is the real reason the USMNT had to hire ggg.  The budget for the USMNT manager was artificially constrained by equal pay concerns and we couldn't afford a real manager because of the compensation limitations.  

[Captain Ron 12770]

To be fair, GGG is lucky to be making the kind of money Hayes is getting.  She has skins on the wall to deserve that pay. GGG hasn’t done a damn thing in his career.

If anything, she’s the one getting fucked in the deal. 

[alincoln 2364]

She’s getting fucked by receiving the largest salary in the history of women’s football or is the usmnt getting fucked by a laughable self-imposed standard of equity that no other national team in the world subjects itself to?

[dogbreath 431]

US beats Burkina Faso 2-1 in men’s WC U17. Second consecutive game where the opponent looks way more dangerous than the US. 
 

Plays France next to finish bracket play. France leading Korea 1-0 at the half. If france wins or ties then US makes it to elimination round no matter US-France result.

US games have been on fs1 and others on fs2. With yttv just hit the button to record the tournament and then watch at your leisure. 

[Napoleon 8589]

1 hour ago, dogbreath said:

US beats Burkina Faso 2-1 in men’s WC U17. Second consecutive game where the opponent looks way more dangerous than the US. 
 

Plays France next to finish bracket play. France leading Korea 1-0 at the half. If france wins or ties then US makes it to elimination round no matter US-France result.

US games have been on fs1 and others on fs2. With yttv just hit the button to record the tournament and then watch at your leisure. 

FUCK BURKINA FASO!!!

…and their fucking bullshit!!

I’m sick of their fucking shit! It’s about time we fucked them in the ass!

FUCK!!!

[shnsajax 3589]

Is Nimfasha Berchimas a name to remember?

[alincoln 2364]

Probably.  He's only 15.

[dogbreath 431]

He’s 15. I sure hope so.

Interested in Corcoran who used to play at fcd until they froze him out because he wouldn’t sign a contract. Now plays at USL Birmingham. He’s not a physical standout but plays a position of need at dm. Got really good reviews when he was younger. 

[Ted Lange 15975]

 

 

[Napoleon 8589]

1 hour ago, shnsajax said:

Is Nimfasha Berchimas a name to remember?

Yes!

It will be on this year’s national spelling bee list of words and 100 kids of South Asian descent across the USA can already use it in a sentence!

[Napoleon 8589]

Though I see Thomas Rongen as a soccer combo of mixing:

1 part Bill Walton

1 part Gregg Berhalter

10 parts Red Bull

1 part Xaviera Hollander

If you can tolerate his energy, this video has a couple of interesting anecdotes of how he discovered Clint Dempsey & Charlie Davies at the start of it. 
 

[Trey3216 15321]

4 hours ago, shnsajax said:

Is Nimfasha Berchimas a name to remember?

Probably better than Burkina Faso  

[Napoleon 8589]

2 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

Probably better than Burkina Faso  

FUCK

BURKINA

FASO!!

[Napoleon 8589]

GAME DAY, BITCHES!!

1) Where does a person park for the game?

-Nearby?

-Park & Ride?

I’ll be coming in mid afternoon from the “Metroplex”.

2) Will there be pregaming?

 

I have not even been to a football game in years. Our fantasy draft was in Dripping Springs, but I think that the last time I drove through Austin was February before COVID.

I might as well be from out of state. I keep melding my memory of the TJ’s just off the west end of Lady Bird Lake with a grocery store in Knoxville near the Tennessee campus that I have been to once in my life.

[Mittens 8126]

I've parked at Lala's and taken the bus to Q2 - that's quite easy.  Think the route is 803 and it comes every 15-20 minutes.  Bonus beer on either end is nice.

2207 Justin Lane > Q2 Stadium https://www.capmetro.org/planner

 

Personally, I throw my bike on the rack, drive up to Braker/Metric, park in the business lots up there and ride to the stadium.  The bike valet at the stadium is the shit - free, so a $5 tip is easy enough and I only have to walk 100yds (maybe) to my seat.