Time for a new thread soon.

The preseason training and the such are starting for Winter half of the 2011-2012 season. Only the Copa America and woman's world cup are keeping this alive and the Women's world cup isn't at all related to club football.

uberMatt

Canada659 Posts

July 09 2011 18:52 GMT

#4122

bottlers

TonyL2

England1953 Posts

July 09 2011 19:04 GMT

#4123

England men, women, what's the difference

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

July 09 2011 19:19 GMT

#4124

For some reason, I knew that after hearing she was England's Captain that she'd John Terry it. And she did. Even with the tears.

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

July 10 2011 19:26 GMT

#4125

The swedish ladies smashed Australia today and have a really good shot at reaching the final now (still dumbfounded by how Japan managed to knock out Germany with home advantage and all).

Sanctimonius

United Kingdom861 Posts

July 10 2011 23:18 GMT

#4126

Nice to see the Japanese women punch above their weight like the Japanese men did. Grats to them. And yeah - nice to see the England women flatter to deceive like the men do, too.

kakaman

United States1576 Posts

July 11 2011 15:57 GMT

#4127

Huge matchfixing scandal in the Korean domestic leagues...BW and football now, this is bad. It's becoming prevalent in SK

TranceStorm

1616 Posts

July 11 2011 16:02 GMT

#4128

Oh yeah, there has also been a huge matchfixing scandal in Turkey very similar to Calciopoli in 2006. Fenerbahçe might be stripped of the title and relegated like Juventus were if they are found guilty of fixing matches in their run-up to winning the title.

norlock

Netherlands918 Posts

July 11 2011 16:03 GMT

#4129

On July 12 2011 00:57 kakaman wrote:
Huge matchfixing scandal in the Korean domestic leagues...BW and football now, this is bad. It's becoming prevalent in SK

Well they are going to either suicide ore cry. I sometimes really think the asiatic culture is a bit soulles. I thought honour was really high in their standards guess i am wrong.

kakaman

United States1576 Posts

July 18 2011 14:59 GMT

#4130

Which gap is bigger, NA soccer vs. Europe/Latin America, or Western SC2 vs. Korean SC2?

TonyL2

England1953 Posts

July 18 2011 15:02 GMT

#4131

The former. But when it's international teams rather than club teams, the gap isn't as big on the whole

Pangolin

United States1035 Posts

July 18 2011 15:05 GMT

#4132

Probably the soccer gap. Though it always seems like it's the best European teams that play against American teams. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the better MLS teams could compete with European teams that are in the mid/low tiers of their respective leagues.

Then again I may be biased as somebody who actually follows MLS. Go Sounders!

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

July 18 2011 16:59 GMT

#4133

I remember that GAIS, a relatively bad team in the swedish football league (which is ranked 23 or something in Europe), went over and beat one of the top teams in MLS a couple of years ago as a part of their pre-season training.

And the top teams from Sweden can't even make it into Europa League. So ya...

nitram

Canada5412 Posts

July 18 2011 17:03 GMT

#4134

On July 19 2011 01:59 Holgerius wrote:
I remember that GAIS, a relatively bad team in the swedish football league (which is ranked 23 or something in Europe), went over and beat one of the top teams in MLS a couple of years ago as a part of their pre-season training.

And the top teams from Sweden can't even make it into Europa League. So ya...

A Polish striker in the mls that hardly could score came to the Polish league and became the top goal scorer for last season. Go figure. :p

Pangolin

United States1035 Posts

July 18 2011 17:06 GMT

#4135

Heh well like I said I am a little biased. Sounders have a game vs Man U on wednesday and I fully expect them to get crushed even though they are playing the best of any MLS team at the moment.

Anyway, not being among the best in the world doesn't stop people in the Northwest US from supporting their teams. Unlike the most of the MLS, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver routinely sell out their home games.

kakaman

United States1576 Posts

July 18 2011 17:31 GMT

#4136

United is playing the MLS All Stars end of July, but they no longer have the star power like Madrid...can't wait for Barca's U.S. tour!

Wassow

United Kingdom32 Posts

July 18 2011 17:43 GMT

#4137

As Long as Hartlepool end up in the top half of the table or better this season I'm pretty much happy.

hubwub

United States40 Posts

July 23 2011 00:14 GMT

#4138

I just went to a Manchester United event in Chicago. I got my Manchester United Home Kit 2011-2012 signed by Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and David De Gea.

I'm still in shock.

My signed Manchester United Home Kit by hubwub, on Flickr

Also David De Gea and Jonny Evans are so pretty in real life. It's unbelievable.

David De Gea, Danny Welbeck, Chris Smalling, and Jonny Evans at Chicago Soccer by hubwub, on Flickr

You can see more photos in my Flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hubwub/sets/72157627257857308/

TranceStorm

1616 Posts

July 23 2011 00:19 GMT

#4139

@hubwub Wow! I'm no ManUtd fan myself, but I'd love to meet them as well. I'm insanely jealous of you. My friend is going to see the United - Barcelona preseason match in DC later this summer as well which makes me all the more jealous.

duckii

Germany1017 Posts

July 27 2011 02:36 GMT

#4140

one of the best german talents in his first real season :p