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U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

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BuckeyeNation27;1826300; said:
I want to attend a WC match and I want it to be before I'm 90. [censored] you FIFA.
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I guess 94 was everyone's opportunity and may be the last one for a good while (2026 perhaps). I still remember urinals overflowing at the Silverdome in Detroit and Wynalda scoring against the Swiss.

Also remember people chucking bottles off the top deck at Giants Stadium.

And people thought that World Cup was hot. Welcome to the actual desert in 2022 (air conditioners break sometimes too).

Don't worry Sepp Blatter may not be alive in 2022. But it could be Michel Platini (oh great). I hear the French accent and immediately think corruption.
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1826321; said:
I was 13 :|
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I was a kid too, but just traveled to a handful of games.

You can laugh as I will that Qatar doesn't have a domestic league to constitute the venues they're going to be building (not even close). So basically, the stadiums will be left vacant following the competition (kind of like Greece following their Summer Olympiad).

On the other hand, they can probably afford to level the stadiums and return the area to a desert.

The Super Bowl can be held in China, but China isn't all of a sudden going to be good at football (if FIFA's goal is to make the Middle East a soccer haven).
 
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Apart from the whole time zone thing, I don't have a problem with Russia getting 2018. I'd actually love to go. Would've really liked to see Netherlands/Belgium get it, but Spain/Portugal didn't and watching the English get their knickers in a twist over "their" sport is always funny, so whatever.

Qatar's probably going to end up being a huge failure, but I'm interested to see what kind of show they can put on. They'll end up having enough accomodation and the stadiums are going to be cool, but no one's going to want to go there for a lot of reasons and FIFA couldn't fill the stadiums in South Africa. Apart from that, the amount of waste is going to be ridiculous. Qatar already has the highest carbon dioxide emissions per capita and highest water consumption per capita per day. Obviously building all that shit is going to make it worse, and it's all going to be pointless because after the WC no one's going to be staying in those hotels or playing in those stadiums.
 
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CHU;1826338; said:
You can laugh as I will that Qatar doesn't have a domestic league to constitute the venues they're going to be building (not even close). So basically, the stadiums will be left vacant following the competition (kind of like Greece following their Summer Olympiad).

On the other hand, they can probably afford to level the stadiums and return the area to a desert.
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Read somewhere they were going to spend 50+ billion on stadiums and improvings its infastructure, then after the world cup, they are donating 4 of the brand new stadiums to "needy countries". Tearing them down, rebuilding them somewhere else.

You couldn't make that up. Now we can visibly see where our oil money is going in this country.
 
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Can't really argue, because I'm sure if the U.S. had won the bid for 2022, Canada and Mexico would've hosted a few group games (maybe the final could've been in Toronto, Canada for USA 2022). :wink2:

When Japan and Korea were co-hosts in 2002, it was in the bid. Qatar sharing with any other countries was not. But I doubt that matters to a FIFA president who's chasing a Nobel Prize, worrying about his legacy, and doesn't want to deal with the "evil media".

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/12/09/qatar.2022.ap/index.html#

PARIS (AP) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter says Qatar's neighboring countries could host games at the 2022 World Cup...

Qatar was designated the 2022 World Cup last week, despite concerns that the intense heat poses a serious health risk if the tournament is played in summer.
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Call me crazy - but I'd actually kinda like to go to Qatar. Seems like a Westernized part of the Middle East and I'd love to see these stadiums.

I was full of sour grapes last week - but only $1300 round trip to get there (with connections in NYC and Paris) isn't terrible.

The dollar is alot more powerful than the Riyal, so lodging/food should be ok. Tickets would be expensive - yes, but they'll be expensive anywhere it was held.


I'm going to have to be able to drink though. Things are going to have to change over there.
 
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Maybe Bradley is pulling his head out of his ass a bit?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/steve_davis/01/27/usmnt.4231/index.html?eref=sihp

U.S. talent pool suits a 4-2-3-1


The secret is out on Bob Bradley: The U.S. coach has some tactical wanderlust in him, after all.
We all raised a curious brow at that dalliance with the 4-2-3-1 formation late last year, a walk on the wild side for a man previously tied to a 4-4-2. Fans wondered if it was just a brief fling. Now they may be nodding with approval at something that looks more like a steady thing.
This 4-2-3-1 pursuit could be nothing more than a bid for tactical flexibility. The core group won't soon forget how to move and defend from a 4-4-2; the players can always slip comfortably back into it.
So given the personnel on hand, and given the global predominance of formations with two holding midfielders, this seems a prudent way forward with the Gold Cup approaching, and with World Cup qualifying only months away. The 4-2-3-1, seen again in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Chile, is the best way to maximize the talent in the U.S. pool.
The U.S. squad is brimming with holding midfielders. Two of the top players are ideal holding types in Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones, so it's a formation that gets both standouts on the field without compromising offensive thrust.
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Freddy Adu back on the USMNT.

Yahoo Sports

Adu gets US call-up for Spain exhibition, Gold Cup

By NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer

CHICAGO (AP)?Freddy Adu has been selected to the U.S. roster for next month?s Gold Cup as well as a June 4 exhibition against World Cup champion Spain, the first time in two years he?s been selected.
The 21-year-old midfielder has struggled to fulfill the potential he showed when he joined D.C. United at age 14, being left off the World Cup team last summer. But he?s gotten regular playing time at Rizespor in Turkey.


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