The Soccer Thread (Version 9)

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'Listen to the Kids': How Atlanta Became the Black Soccer Capital of America

 

So the biggest EPL game next week is Tottenham-Watford. Very cool.

 

Dempsey is done.

Clint Dempsey announces retirement from professional soccer

 

Can NBC Sports flex games like the NFL? Man U prob should've won by 4, nice save on the Pogba PK. Bardlsey was kind of a punk, good
job bating Rashford.

 

Wish he would have hung on and forced the Sounders to release him so we could have had “Deuce dropped” headlines.

 

That was just a cheap play by Bardsley. I guess he’s jealous of a guy who actually broke into United’s first team. If I were Rashford, I would have at least gotten bang for my red card buck by punching him instead of this forehead to forehead touching nonsense.

 

Hardly even a Glasgow kiss. Should have gone for a sharp knee to the Gorbals.

 

When Rashford made contact (pretty much just got in his face) Bardsley sold it like Ric Flair, or Materazzi in 06.

 

Zizou got his money’s worth.

 

I guess, but still thought Materazzi went down like he took a Scott Stevens check with his head down. IIRC he recovered
pretty quickly and finished the game.

 

NBCSN flexed into that game, which pissed me off to no end. Was looking forward all week to watching Watford, but they switched to Man U because of the Mourinho shitshow. It'd be one thing if they flexed the other game to CNBC or USA or something, but they flexed it into the Gold pay package. Total bullshit.

 

Did they think Man U would possibly lose or draw and Mourinho would snap again? Early in the game DeGea turned away a nice shot, but looked like
it would've gone wide. Don't think Burnley had a better chance thereafter. Thought Mourinho was a douche after the Tottenham game and last year
he seemed testy and not wanting to take any blame for a disappointing season. He was good after this win, think the reporter wanted him to say something
bad about Bardsley, but he basically said Bardsley is older and experienced and Rashford is younger and inexperienced. He probably could've said it was
cheap shit by Bardsley.

Would've liked to have seen a game on USA and another on NBC Sports. Think USA was showing
f'n Harry Potter all Friday and Saturday.