The Football (Soccer) Thread - Season 2017/2018

hey now, i spent years following soccer and i never got anything from team USA in return. I even cheered for them over Mexico in their match ups and that’s liable to get you shot when you’re a mexican so if I want to jump on the band wagon now I will do so. I’ve even paid to see the Earthquakes back when they were the Clash so step off homes! :rofl:

well, that’s the beauty of this sport. anything can happen. =D

usa, trolling your football world since 2009

Spain was desperate by the end, and Ramos’ mistake that caused the 2nd goal sealed the deal

Is there a vid on youtube showing just the reaction at the end of the game? I’m imagining the whole place was quiet and then you hear one guy go “huh?”.

Apparently wikipedia is getting trolled hard.

Just got this from 4chan.
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9506/1245875995766.png

USA! I love international competition.

damn thats pretty cool

also i’ll jump on the bandwagon just saturday i was saying how insignificant US soccer was in the world game. now they go and beat Spain. unthinkable

My thoughts exactly.

Haha wow. Good shit US.

wikipedia trolling

I just watched the replay. Holy shit. Who knew FIFA allowed the use of Phoenix Down?

And fuck these red cards. USA now has 3 and Egypt had 1. Only two teams to get reds. That’s just stupid.

Brazil - Dickgirls :rofl:

Funny how weak Spain was especially in the first half and seems the nerves were blank once they realised what they had done till the last 20 minutes … Whatever, it’s just the Confed Cup, but maybe it helps the US to get more warm towards football. Would be great to get them more talent and press for the sport. :slight_smile:

That being said, enjoy this lucky ride with overachieving. Reminds me of our german teams last european and world championship cup achievements. XD

How many of team USA were born in USA?

that don’t even matter, dawg, cause this is america. home of the free, land of the brave. Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free.

America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
and crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea!

also shout out to the dude that chose to play on Italy’s team over the US, Giuseppe Rossi. tell me how our ass tastes

I was gonna post about this but I’m glad somebody else remembered :lol:

When I saw the headline at soccernet, I was flabbergasted. Spain is, bare none, the best national football team in the world. They have the best playmakers and arguably best midfield, the best strikers, a keeper that can make incredible stops, and a pretty solid defense. Compared to the US team, the only recognizable faces being Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard, and maybe Bocanegra before Fulham canned his ass. Everyone else is a scrub that couldn’t cut it in European leagues that matter.

Definitely a David-Goliath match up, but the underdog prevailed due to some very slack defending. First goal, the CB let Altidore just stroll by him, but that was a pretty nice shot, lots of power. Second goal should have been a clearance, but credit to Dempsey for being in the right spot and the right time. Terrible cross by Donovan though. I didn’t get to watch the match, so I can’t comment on anything else. Word is that Spain dominated while my boy Fabregas was on the pitch. Then he was subbed and it slowly went downhill for Spain.

Still, good win for the US and anything that boosts soccer here is good in my book. Surprised how many people were cheering for United during the Champions’ League final because it was the only team they knew. Then those people joined the Barca bandwagon. And when the US won my phone flooded with texts because I’m like the only one of my group that truly follows soccer/football.

yeah fuck dat guy, no homo. when team USA calls you answer dat shiz!

so what you’re trying to say is:
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If Brazil beat South Africa as expected today, it’d be great to see USA beat them and really shock the footballing world.

haha wow well done team USA. I work on a football game here in the UK so we could watch the game screened live in our office, the research team and the spanish workers here were going crazy, we were all really shocked.

I have a Fulham season ticket so I see the US players there all the time, so I kind of have a soft spot for team USA even though I’m Mexican lol. Dempsey is a really underrated and hard working player. Used to love McBride too.

McBride is a legend.

One of my favourite players.