The Soccer Thread (Version 8)

Looks like the USMNT will have a rough time scheduling friendliest in Europe in the future.

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/27/uefa-approve-nations-league-competition-set-to-launch-in-2018/

 

Pittsburgh Riverhounds filed chapter 11. Bit off way more than they could chew with the new stadium.

 

The new road kit is out... and in my opinion, it is hideous. Wide horizontal stripes do nothing to flatter the figure, and when did royal blue become part of the American flag?



Official press release: http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2014/04/140401-Nike-Away-Kit.aspx

 

Makes me think of Mary Lou Retton.

 

I do not like that. Flip the colors so they are red, white and blue and it might be OK. Of course, then it would look like a rocket pop popsicle.

 

It couldn't be a lame April Fools joke. No, there is no possibility of that.

 

Oh dear god, I stand corrected. They are serious. When I saw all the responses on the ussoccer instagram feed I just assumed this was a joke.

What sort of idiot thought unveiling this crap on April 1 was a good idea?

 

USMNT in a 4-4-2. Donovan on the bench to start this DosACero friendly.

 

Sure it was a friendly, but blowing dos a cero sucked. But at least we capped Green.

 

Is it binding if it's a friendly?

 

The capping didn't matter. He filed his one-time switch, so he can't go back. That said, a cap in a friendly doesn't cap-tie you in the first place. Has to be a true international match.

He played like an 18-year-old. A very talented teenager, but still a teenager.

 

Right, but we got him on the field - which is what a lot of us wanted to see.