***The Official World Soccer Thread***

"sports24/7 wrote:

Thanks guys. From the research I've done, two teams that seem to fit what I'm looking for are Arsenal and Tottenham. I'm not completely ignorant of international soccer. I follow the US team closely and try and keep tabs on the Americans abroad, and if Donovan somehow gets back to Everton with Howard (even though it doesn't look likely), it will be hard not to root for them. I do plan on watching the EPL on ESPN closely and seeing which team catches my eye starting with the Tottenham match tomorrow morning.

Ah, the Tottenham Spuds. The club that refused to pay 7.5M for Dennis Bergkamp so he turned to Arsenal and they said surely. Now, he's one of the greatest footballers ever and he proudly wore an Arsenal kit.

Please NOT Spurs :pray:

"section126 wrote:

??????????

We own mexico. Check the record in the last 20 years. We also beat them in the biggest match in the series history (round of 16, 2002) in fact, mexico's only hope against us is in azteca stadium.

OK, I did check the record in the last 20 years and taking out those useless friendlies and I say 'useless' because the Mexican Federation uses them only for financial purposes, I'm speaking from the Mexican side. (all those friendlies played in U.S. soil would give you a hint :wink2:) so let's stay in the official matches, shall we?

The record goes like this.

DATE|LOCATION|COMPETITION|SCORE|WINNER
May 10, 1990|Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada|1990 North American Nations Cup|1-0|MEX
Mar 12, 1991|Pasadena, California|1991 North American Nations Cup|2–2|TIE
Jul 5, 1991|Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California|1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal|2–0|USA
Jul 25, 1993|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City|1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|4–0|MEX
Jun 18, 1995|RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.|1995 U.S. Cup|4–0|USA
Jul 17, 1995|Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay|1995 Copa America Quarterfinal|0–0 (4–1 PSO)|USA
Jan 19, 1997|Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California|1997 U.S. Cup|2–0|MEX
Apr 20, 1997|Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier|2–2|TIE
Nov 2, 1997|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier|0–0|TIE
Feb 15, 1998|Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California|1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|1–0|MEX
Mar 13, 1999|Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California|1999 U.S. Cup|2–1|MEX
Aug 1, 1999|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City| 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal|1–0|MEX
Jun 11, 2000|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey|2000 U.S. Cup| 3–0|USA
Feb 28, 2001|Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier|2–0|USA
Jul 1, 2001|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier|1–0|MEX
Jun 17, 2002|Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea|2002 FIFA World Cup Round Of 16|2–0|USA
Mar 27, 2005|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier| 2–1|MEX
Sep 3, 2005|Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier|2–0|USA
Jun 24, 2007|Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois|2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|2–1|USA
Feb 11, 2009|Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier|2–0|USA
Jul 26, 2009|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey|2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final|5-0|MEX
Aug 12, 2009|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier|2-1|MEX

So since 1990.
-22 official matches (or not friendlies)
-10 Mexican wins
- 9 U.S. wins
- 3 ties

Source

Maybe right now the US National Team is slightly a better team than Mexico. But I don't think The US owns Mexico.
:up:

"alen1 wrote:

Ah, the Tottenham Spuds. The club that refused to pay 7.5M for Dennis Bergkamp so he turned to Arsenal and they said surely. Now, he's one of the greatest footballers ever and he proudly wore an Arsenal kit.

I Agree!!
YouTube- Best Goal ever!!(Dennis Bergkamp)

DAAAMN! :clap:

"sports24/7 wrote:

Thanks guys. From the research I've done, two teams that seem to fit what I'm looking for are Arsenal and Tottenham. I'm not completely ignorant of international soccer. I follow the US team closely and try and keep tabs on the Americans abroad, and if Donovan somehow gets back to Everton with Howard (even though it doesn't look likely), it will be hard not to root for them. I do plan on watching the EPL on ESPN closely and seeing which team catches my eye starting with the Tottenham match tomorrow morning.

whooooaaa!!! Sp*rs are the J*ts of the EPL :no:

"giovafin wrote:

I Agree!!
YouTube- Best Goal ever!!(Dennis Bergkamp)

DAAAMN! :clap:

I remember watching the game with my Dad & brother who are both NUFC fans and even they gasped at the quality of the goal. Bergkamp never scored an average goal almost everyone of them was fantastic!

I remember one game where Arsenal were playing Juventus in the CL and he set up Freddie Lumberg for a goal through 3 defenders with a twist a little through ball that had you staring thinking how the hell did you do that?! Greatest Arsenal signing ever and the reason we are who we are now :up:

Some great and some good news this morning guys

Wenger signs contract extension

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/8912413.stm

And Schwarzer has handed in a transfer request.... (I like this as it pi%%es off Mark Hughes who I hate)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/8913924.stm

Comcast needs to add FSC in HD man.... God.

They just booted up a huge HD update and left this out again.

Man Robert Green and West Ham as a whole are awful. This is ugly.

I have the Wigan/Blackpool game on, Blackpool should be up 3-0 :O

Villa has, I believe, 11 corners through 34 minutes.

Ashley Young has played a quality game.

Joe Hart was the difference between Man City & Sp*rs today. Liked him at Birmingham last year and should have played during the World Cup. Sp*rs should have been at least 5 up by half time.

Great result for Blackpool today, they'll need that confidence.

Man City better spend a bit more money...they looked like poop today.

lucky to get a result.

not a good start for Wigan... Martinez may be back at ESPN sooner rather than later... yikes... saw some of the first half with Chelsea... looking mighty as expected...

Man City can spend money, Man City can buy 'top players,' they can pay top wages but they cannot make the squad gel.

"baboo72 wrote:

whooooaaa!!! Sp*rs are the J*ts of the EPL :no:

Haha. Why is that? I really enjoyed watching them today and like some of their players quite a bit. I look forward to watching Arsenal play.

"sports24/7 wrote:

Haha. Why is that? I really enjoyed watching them today and like some of their players quite a bit. I look forward to watching Arsenal play.

They are the rivals of Arsenal and they are one of the teams that get some praise and they run with it, only to fall flat on their face.

Man Arshavin better not crap the bed this season. He needs to play with some consistency.

Wilshere!!

"alen1 wrote:

Wilshere!!

I'll never understand why players go into tackles with the scissor. I mean if your front foot misses in front of the ball/leg, physics says when you swing the back your back leg, you'll catch the guy. Happens every time. Koscielny was impressing me.

not a red card on Cole's challenge... certainly a yellow and unnecessary by Cole in the other half of the pitch. Ngog is really a horrible player... all speed but not much talent with his feet...

Some first half thoughts:

- What an awful tackle by Cole at the end. Well deserved card.

- Koscielny down is not good. We can't afford losses on defense.

- In the first twenty five minutes, Clichy got beaten nonstop. He's very inconsistent IMO. Every ball he was either late to or he simply got beaten. He got a little better as it went on and he did help save the goal on the line. Lets hope he continues to get better but man his inconsistency drives me nuts.

- Arshavin remains anonymous.

- I really like what Nasri's doing out there. He pushes it well and creates passing windows as well as opportunities but he needs to learn to put more air under the ball. On both corners and free kicks, they were short.

- Jack Wilshere is doing well IMO. He has not given away any cheap balls from what I remember and he's shown a little physicality. I think that yellow was a shame because it wasn't deserving. It was no worse than Gerrard's foul, which went without card.

- Emmanuel Eboue and Abou Diaby are good until they try to do too much IMO. When they get the ball at their feet, they dribble, dribble and dribble. Diaby loses the ball consistently. However, I think he's done well as a deep lying mid.

- We need a goal keeper. Alumnia scares me, still.

- Vermaelen appears to be in good form, which I like a lot. He did well on his only spot kick.

"Skull Destroyer wrote:

I'll never understand why players go into tackles with the scissor. I mean if your front foot misses in front of the ball/leg, physics says when you swing the back your back leg, you'll catch the guy. Happens every time. Koscielny was impressing me.

Agreed but that yellow as not deserving IMO. Agree on Koscielny. Damn shame he had to leave the pitch.

"Paul 13 wrote:

not a red card on Cole's challenge... certainly a yellow and unnecessary by Cole in the other half of the pitch. Ngog is really a horrible player... all speed but not much talent with his feet...

Not a red? Really? He went right through Koscielny.

Is it me or does Nasri seem to play better when Cesc is out?