The Soccer thread (Part II)

[Inky_Wretch]

We hit 109 pages on the other one, time for a new one.

 

[ServeItUp]

Wish I could have seen more of Beckham's debut. My co-workers wanted to watch minor-league auto racing.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Becks drew a record MLS viewership to ESPN ...

NEW YORK (AP) — David Beckham's brief appearance in his first game with the Los Angeles Galaxy was enough to draw a record ESPN audience for a game involving a Major League Soccer team.
Saturday night's exhibition match between the Galaxy and Chelsea on ESPN earned a 1.0 rating and was watched by about 1,468,000 people. MLS's debut game between D.C. United and the San Jose Clash in 1996 also drew a 1.0 rating. It was watched by about 1,092,000 people.
Beckham, hobbled by an ankle injury, played the final 12 minutes plus four minutes of stoppage time in the Galaxy's 1-0 loss.
The rating means that approximately 1 percent of homes with ESPN tuned in to the game.

 

[Pastor]

It absolutely is time for a new one...

Okay, so midway through the MLS season, RBNY is again tied for first (although they have played less games). Jozy is back in the fold. I doubt Arena will do it, but I would love to see Jozy and Angel playing up front together against Chivas.

 

[Twoback]

Personally, I think you're running way from the challenge of the 109-page thread like Landon ran away from the Bundesliga.

 

[Webster]

Shaping up as a great playoff race -- it is a very fine line between first in the East or missing the playoffs

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Personally, I think you're running way from the challenge of the 109-page thread like Landon ran away from the Bundesliga.

I prefer to look at it as warming up for the 2007-08 EPL season.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I kind of liked that the soccer thread had reached so many pages. It showed a nice presence, and a good middle finger to those who live to bash the game.

But as long as there's someplace to discuss the gam, I'm cool with that.

Continuing with the Adu discussion: $2.5 million is a bit too little, $7.5 is way too much. Dude didn't dominate the U-20 tournament, he had one great game and another pretty good one in which he created the winning chance. He was nowhere in the elimination games.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Why are EPL jerseys so damned expensive? Are we getting screwed on the exchange rate with England?

And what happened to the Unicef logo on Barca's jersey? The new 07/08 kit doesn't have it.

 

[Beaker]

Speaking of, any recommendations on a good website for buying EPL jerseys?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I'm looking at these sites...

http://www.worldsoccershop.com/
http://www.onionbag.com/

 

[Beaker]

I'm looking at these sites...

http://www.worldsoccershop.com/
http://www.onionbag.com/

Thanks. I shall check them out.