nofuture Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Somewhere Alexi Lalas is smirking in delight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1 minute ago, nofuture said: Somewhere Jurgen Klinsmann is smirking in delight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Can't even finish in the top 4 of a shitty region. Getting beat by teams with less than 1% of our total population. Get the fuck out of here. Fire everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, Cristobal said: Bullshit, Jurgen is just as culpable in this disgrace as anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 And Panama making the World Cup on a goal that clearly didn't cross the line is the most CONCACAF thing ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 On 9.10.2017 at 11:46 PM, ChesterCopperpot said: Zero - both Irelands are unseeded Playoff seeds: Croatia, Denmark, Italy & Switzerland/Portugal Non seeds: Northern Ireland, Sweden, Rep Ireland & Greece/Bosnia&Herzegovina As surprised as I am about it, apparently Northern Ireland will get seeded thanks to FIFA Ranking. At least if German football magazine kicker is to be believed: Seeded teams & respective rankings: Switzerland (7th) Italy (17th) Croatia (18th) Northern Ireland (20th) Unseeded: Sweden (23rd) Denmark (26th) Ireland (34th) Greece (47th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Bruce Arena "There's nothing wrong with what we're doing" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 2 hours ago, ReiseReise said: As surprised as I am about it, apparently Northern Ireland will get seeded thanks to FIFA Ranking. At least if German football magazine kicker is to be believed: Seeded teams & respective rankings: Switzerland (7th) Italy (17th) Croatia (18th) Northern Ireland (20th) Unseeded: Sweden (23rd) Denmark (26th) Ireland (34th) Greece (47th) This is from BBC Sport Quote The eight teams who will play each other for places at the World Cup are: Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Croatia, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Greece. Four of the sides will be seeded for the play-offs based on this month's Fifa rankings, which will be released on 16 October. They will be Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Denmark, meaning that there can be no Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland play-off. So I am assuming that German mag is looking at the wrong rankings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 37 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Bruce Arena "There's nothing wrong with what we're doing" How him and Sunil haven't both resigned in disgrace yet amazes me. When thinking about USSF I'm reminded what the late great Bobby Heenan said when asked what he would've done if he were in charge of WCW: "I would've gotten everyone in a room and rolled in a hand grenade." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 So where does this leave American soccer? Does the nation decide "OK, we tried it, it's not for us" and move on? Or does it take the embarrassment to heart, reform the entire system, and make dominance part of its agenda? The middle ground won't hold for much longer, especially once the money from parents, MLS sponsors, and half-assed camp developers dries up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 28 minutes ago, Super Ape said: So where does this leave American soccer? Does the nation decide "OK, we tried it, it's not for us" and move on? Or does it take the embarrassment to heart, reform the entire system, and make dominance part of its agenda? The middle ground won't hold for much longer, especially once the money from parents, MLS sponsors, and half-assed camp developers dries up. For a start we need to drive a stake through the heart of the bullshit pay to play youth setups. They are the herpes of American soccer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Just now, sabremike said: For a start we need to drive a stake through the heart of the bullshit pay to play youth setups. They are the herpes of American soccer. Absolutely. Affluent parents are dropping thousands of dollars into camps and league fees while kids in impoverished countries are playing ball with a bundle of rags for a ball and a bucket for a goal and could probably smoke any iteration of the USMNT in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: Bruce Arena "There's nothing wrong with what we're doing" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Early reports from the soccer media types is that Fox is planning on going all-in on coverage of Mexico now. Yes - I do love the irony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Pity about Chile. Their matches were always exciting and fun to watch. As for the US... Well, that goal by Gonzalez was a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 *spit-take* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Roman said: Pity about Chile. Their matches were always exciting and fun to watch. As for the US... Well, that goal by Gonzalez was a beauty. Chile players could use the rest, esp Sanchez. Missing the WC is an extreme way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 7 hours ago, RIPPA said: This is from BBC Sport So I am assuming that German mag is looking at the wrong rankings They were apparently looking at the September ratings. How does the BBC have the Rakings a week ahead of their release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 When you're getting pwned by Iceland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1 hour ago, ReiseReise said: They were apparently looking at the September ratings. How does the BBC have the Rakings a week ahead of their release? Pretty sure BBC (and others) did the math since I know the formula that FIFA uses Is out there somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 4 hours ago, RIPPA said: Early reports from the soccer media types is that Fox is planning on going all-in on coverage of Mexico now. Yes - I do love the irony Do they not realize how much of the experience of watching a Mexican match is the Mexican t.v. coverage and the sexy-ass Mexican commercials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Yeah, how many Mexican Americans will watch Fox (FOX) over Univision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 54 minutes ago, Pete said: When you're getting pwned by Iceland... Eh. It's happened before. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 10 hours ago, RIPPA said: Pretty sure BBC (and others) did the math since I know the formula that FIFA uses Is out there somewhere Good job if they got them right. I'm still a little confused as to how they would with how they would without having all the results of the last qualifiers, but I could live with Sweden v Denmark. Plus I was never a mathematics genius, so what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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