Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

[Kwabena]

Earning My Smile | By Ian Wright

 

[BigMan]

How you gonna have a Copa Libertadores Final in Spain?

I mean at least move it to a neutral ground in Argentina

prevent violence because obviously these Argentines cannot contained themselves

 

[beejus]

Funny how they keep hiring cacs


NCAA is a joke

Until we start letting 16-18 year olds play real soccer at the pro level we'll never match Europe


Imagine if ronaldo didnt start playing pro soccer until he was 21

Actually there is a very large # of 15-18 year old kids who are playing professional soccer in the USA. Most of them are not playing on an MLS team, but playing on the MLS 2nd division USL teams.

Yes, the USA is behind in young players development, but the growth over the last decade has actually been immense. The best high school players are now not allowed to play for their high school teams and are joining academies where they play year round. Some of the academy players are playing up 2-3 age groups and are even training with MLS teams. The best young teenage players are finally skipping college and signing professional contracts at 15-17 years old.

I try and follow the the Seattle Sounders youth players. The Sounders USL team has 7 players playing actual games who are 16-17 years old. I believe they lead all of the USL in minutes played by kids under 18. LA Galaxy also has a very strong youth system that includes the likes of Alex Mendez, Ulysses Llanez, Efrain Alvarez.

Coaching is one of the biggest weaknesses in this country. We need more quality coaches teaching our youth and we need pay to play to disappear.

 

[concise]

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These motherfukkers really have the nerve huh?!

To set up an epic final at the Bernabeu?!
Boca is so fukking corrupt its disgusting, even River are getting a taste of it, we (Cruzeiro) did as well with that Dede sending off against Boca in the quarters.

And now the final at the Bernabeu. What they should really do is disqualify the first leg result and make it a winner take all final.

They calling it Copa Conquistadores now on twitter.
And I don't see why they went away from the plan to play at Defensores del Chaco. Or just dump them in an empty stadium somewhere and finish this charade.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

How you gonna have a Copa Libertadores Final in Spain?

I mean at least move it to a neutral ground in Argentina

They should move it to Miami

 

[beejus]

no one makes any money in MLS either

Only when they bring in new teams...

Cost Toronto FC $10 million to get an MLS franchise back in 2005. In 2018 it costs $150 million to get a franchise. Not all MLS teams are making money, but I'd think teams like ATL United, Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders with passionate fans and sold out stadiums are turning a profit.

As for the Greg Berhalter hiring as a head coach. It seems uninspired. Especially when we had all the time in the world to be scouring for the best coach we could get. Not to say Berhalter can't be a good coach, but would have preferred someone different. Also seems fishy that Greg was hired when his brother is chief commercial officer for the USSF.

 

[mastermind]

They should move it to Miami

I believe they tried too but the USSF turned it down because the USSF are idiots.

 

[TobiOT]

Wolves running out of steam

 

[Mané Swagincha]

Why is this bad?

It’s the CONEMBOL Libertadores (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol) ..which means its gotta be a south american thing. The confederation is just trying to hold an EPIC final to get the world to watch it and hope their product sells as good as the CL does.

Who would ever imagine a Boca Juniors x River Plate final at the Bernabeu.



The Argentinins are in bed with the Paraguayans and the Conmebol HQ is in Paraguay, but we know who truly rules shyt over there. Argentina and their league and teams are so deep in debt that their literally killing each other to win the cup in order to get a little clout and money, to then go to the Club World Cup in December and face last years CL champs.

To be honest, if it was any other team, say a brazilian one (cuz we are in almost every final tbh) that had caused chaos against a Boca or River prior to the second leg, that team would’ve been banned for years and they would’ve given the other team the title

 

[concise]

It’s the CONEMBOL Libertadores (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol) ..which means its gotta be a south american thing. The confederation is just trying to hold an EPIC final to get the world to watch it and hope their product sells as good as the CL does.

Who would ever imagine a Boca Juniors x River Plate final at the Bernabeu.



The Argentinins are in bed with the Paraguayans and the Conmebol HQ is in Paraguay, but we know who truly rules shyt over there. Argentina and their league and teams are so deep in debt that their literally killing each other to win the cup in order to get a little clout and money, to then go to the Club World Cup in December and face last years CL champs.

To be honest, if it was any other team, say a brazilian one (cuz we are in almost every final tbh) that had caused chaos against a Boca or River prior to the second leg, that team would’ve been banned for years and they would’ve given the other team the title

This reminds me of when Mexican teams were starting to look like a threat to finally win, they came up with the rule that the 2nd leg had to be hosted in South America, a rule that easily benefited River Plate in the final that they won. Same year they got Boca disqualified in the Round of 16.

 

[BlackBall]

Wolves running out of steam

C level Portuguese squad won’t get you too far

 

[Trajan]

Wolves running out of steam

I was rooting for them. I fukk with Wolves

 

[Trajan]

Derby weekend

North London

West London

Merseyside


Gonna be lit

 

[THEREALBRAND]

It’s the CONEMBOL Libertadores (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol) ..which means its gotta be a south american thing. The confederation is just trying to hold an EPIC final to get the world to watch it and hope their product sells as good as the CL does.

Who would ever imagine a Boca Juniors x River Plate final at the Bernabeu.



The Argentinins are in bed with the Paraguayans and the Conmebol HQ is in Paraguay, but we know who truly rules shyt over there. Argentina and their league and teams are so deep in debt that their literally killing each other to win the cup in order to get a little clout and money, to then go to the Club World Cup in December and face last years CL champs.

To be honest, if it was any other team, say a brazilian one (cuz we are in almost every final tbh) that had caused chaos against a Boca or River prior to the second leg, that team would’ve been banned for years and they would’ve given the other team the title

F#ck CONMEBOL

 

[THEREALBRAND]

The footballer was then asked to describe in detail what happened, 'starting with the first physical contact'.

Ronaldo, reportedly explained: 'I f***** her from the side. She made herself available. She was lying on her side, in bed, and I entered her from behind. It was rough. We didn't change position. Five/seven minutes.

'She said that she didn't want to, but she made herself available. The whole time it was rough, I turned her onto her side, and it was fast. Maybe she got some bruises when I grabbed her.

'She didn't want to give it to me, instead she jerked me off. I don't know any more exactly what she said when she was jerking me off. But she kept saying "No. Don't do it, I'm not like the others." I apologized afterwards.'

The player's lawyer asked if Ms Mayorga ever raise her voice, screamed, or yelled while they had sex.

According to the documents, Ronaldo confessed: 'She said no and stop several times.'

Part of the transcript was written both in third and first person, which perhaps suggests one of Ronaldo's lawyers wrote down some of the answers for him:

One part read: 'They didn't use a condom. They didn't talk about condoms. He didn't come inside of her. He pulled his d*** out before. I came on her and on the blanket. There was no lubricant. I used saliva. He doesn't know if she had an orgasm.'

The final question was if Mayorga said anything after they'd finished - to which Ronaldo explained she was upset.

The documents show that he said: '[She said] "You a$$hole, you forced me. You idiot. I'm not like the others." I said, 'I'm sorry.'

The conversation between Ronaldo and his lawyer took place in August 2009, but the answers seem to have been modified between then and December 2009.

An alternative version of the document, supplied by Ronaldo's lawyers on December 24, 2009, had very different answers to the September paper.

In the December version, Ronaldo's answer to 'what happened that night' was simply that she 'grabbed his d***.'

In the December document, the player was again asked: 'Describe in detail what happened starting with the first physical contact that you had with Ms. C in the other room and describe the sequence of events regarding any such physical contact and involving any embracing, fondling, kissing, or going from a standing position to lying on a bed, or on the floor, or wherever it took place.'

But the answer was very different from the version created just two months prior.

The new answer read: 'She was laying in the bed. I went from behind. We did not switch positions. It was five/seven minutes. It was rough. She didn't complain, she didn't scream, she didn't call for help or anything like that. We didn't use condoms. We didn't even mention it. I did not come inside. I came 'on her' (not 'in her') and in the blankets. There was no artificial lubrication. I used some saliva. Can't tell if she had or not an orgasm.'

The new answer left out parts about the roughness of the sex, the potential bruising and the fact he apologised to the American afterwards.

I’m not an expert on the subject, but it sounds like CR7 might actually be a rapist