The Soccer thread (Part II)

[GB-Hack]

Good to see Spurs off the their traditional fast start.

A loss at Sunderland, and now down 3-1 to Everton at halftime.

 

[Beaker]

Good to see Spurs off the their traditional fast start.

A loss at Sunderland, and now down 3-1 to Everton at halftime.

Another pathetic performance.

 

[GB-Hack]

Beckham is expected to play at least a half tonight in SuperLiga vs. D.C.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news?slug=txgalaxybeckhamtoplay&prov=st&type=lgns

 

[Claws for Concern]

Beckham is expected to play at least a half tonight in SuperLiga vs. D.C.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news?slug=txgalaxybeckhamtoplay&prov=st&type=lgns

Game is on Wednesday.

 

[GB-Hack]

Good point, Pachuca-Houston 10 p.m. tonight. Should be a belter of a game.

 

[TrooperBari]

Good to see Spurs off the their traditional fast start.

A loss at Sunderland, and now down 3-1 to Everton at halftime.

Another pathetic performance.

London hoodoo? What London hoodoo? The Toffees pwn the capital.

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Speaking of pathetic, I'm not sure whether I'm more underwhelmed by Rangers' 1-0 home win against The Artists Formerly Known as Red Star Belgrade or Lazio's 1-1 home draw with Dinamo Bucharest.

Freddy Adu played 53 minutes of Benfica's 2-1 home win over FC Copenhagen. The Danish goal came from a Canuck Abroad, Atiba Hutchinson. Good start, but the second leg could still be dicey.

 

[GB-Hack]

I think Red Star had seven players booked in that game. Seems as though both teams played a 4-5-1, with Rangers not wanting to give up an away goal and Red Star happy to play a preventitve game to get a draw.

I think Benfica gets through, although Copenhagen is a decent team. Not so sure about Lazio.

More fun and game tomorrow with Arsenal, Liverpool and Celtic all trying to grab away goals.

By the way, the BBC online headline says "Everton See Off Sorry Spurs", and Soccernet's insider said pretty much the same in its column on the game. Not what Beaker and White Hart Lane were looking for.

 

[Pastor]

Tonight's Houston v. Pachuca match is on Telefutura, for those that have the channel.

I listened to the Rangers v. Red Star game. How does a team receive 7, yes 7, yellow cards and not have one player tossed? Based on the comments of others watching the game it seemed like Red Star got away with quite a bit before the first card even came out.

Talk about a friggin' mess.

 

[Beaker]

Tonight's Houston v. Pachuca match is on Telefutura, for those that have the channel.

I listened to the Rangers v. Red Star game. How does a team receive 7, yes 7, yellow cards and not have one player tossed? Based on the comments of others watching the game it seemed like Red Star got away with quite a bit before the first card even came out.

Talk about a friggin' mess.

How'd Beasley do?

 

[GB-Hack]

Tonight's Houston v. Pachuca match is on Telefutura, for those that have the channel.

If you have broadband, you can also watch the game for free online at the MLS website. I believe it has English commentary.

 

[Pastor]

Tonight's Houston v. Pachuca match is on Telefutura, for those that have the channel.

I listened to the Rangers v. Red Star game. How does a team receive 7, yes 7, yellow cards and not have one player tossed? Based on the comments of others watching the game it seemed like Red Star got away with quite a bit before the first card even came out.

Talk about a friggin' mess.

How'd Beasley do?

He ate grass. It seemed that this wasn't his best game. But I think it had to do more with Red Star's decision to just foul foul foul.

Tonight's Houston v. Pachuca match is on Telefutura, for those that have the channel.

If you have broadband, you can also watch the game for free online at the MLS website. I believe it has English commentary.

Nice. Thanks for the heads up. I will probably be asleep by then. But if not, I'll check it out.

 

[TrooperBari]

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. soccer team will play South American champion Brazil in an exhibition game Sept. 9 in Chicago, replacing a match against Mexico that was called off because of financial problems.
This will be the first game between Brazil and the U.S. since 2003, when the Brazilians won 2-1 in overtime in the Gold Cup semifinals in Miami.
“It is a very exciting opportunity for our players to get to play perhaps the most storied team in the world,” U.S. coach Bob Bradley said.
The Americans had been scheduled to play Mexico at Azteca Stadium on Sept. 9 in a rematch of the Gold Cup final. The game was canceled because of what the U.S. Soccer Federation said were “contractual and financial considerations.”

For that, read "Spanish TV rights."

As in American Spanish TV rights? I have to admit, I've lost track of who holds the rights to Mexico national team matches. It used to be Telemundo (the one opportunity for Cantor to be relevant again), but maybe those rights have changed. And since MLS/SUM now markets El Tri, I'd imagine they want to involve their broadcast partners (Univision/Telefutura/Galavision).

This should explain things:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20070814-9999-1s14soccer.html