OT: USA Women's and Men's Soccer Team

[TTK]

What a stupid foul. That cost the US the game.

[Bolt-O]

Mexico deserved this.

[Lightningwill_420]

Gano Mexico, Senor Trump. Fue yuge.

[richpjr]

Time for Klinsmann to go?

[Bolt-O]

Men's team has regressed... and there is no young talent either, less Zardes. Dempsey was invisible. I don't see a real plan going forward, but its also too close to the WC qualifiers too.

[Lightningwill_420]

It's soccer. Not our sport. It's a kid's game.

Mexicans spend their lives taking that shit seriously, and they barely beat us (sometimes we beat them.) All of Mexico's best athletes play soccer. Our best athletes stop playing soccer the moment they reach puberty.

Expecting us to kick ass on Mexico all the time would be like Mexicans expecting to beat us at football or basketball. Mexico's best football players couldn't beat our 1,000th best football players even if Norv was coaching our side. So, the fact we beat them almost half the time at soccer - that's pretty fucking good on our part.

Check out what happens in soccer when nobody else in the world cares about it. We win a lot.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, it's female soccer.

Anyway - I know it's unpatriotic of me - but I root for Mexican soccer over us. Half my family is Mexican. All the soccer matches I've ever attended have been in Mexico, so I'm familiar with some of their players and all of their announcers. (If you want a really scary, really exciting, really fun time - attend a Chivas-Americas match in Mexico City or Guadalajara - there's nothing in the USA that rivals that.)

When Mexico beats us, it makes a lot of Mexicans really happy. When we beat Mexico, not too many people here care. Down there, the sports radio shows are filled with anger and self loathing. Mexicans have a love/hate relationship with their national team. Think about how we feel about the Chargers and multiply it by three bottles of mezcal.

[Millionaire Wussy]

It's soccer. Not our sport. It's a kid's game.

Mexicans spend their lives taking that shit seriously, and they barely beat us (sometimes we beat them.) All of Mexico's best athletes play soccer. Our best athletes stop playing soccer the moment they reach puberty.

Expecting us to kick ass on Mexico all the time would be like Mexicans expecting to beat us at football or basketball. Mexico's best football players couldn't beat our 1,000th best football players even if Norv was coaching our side. So, the fact we beat them almost half the time at soccer - that's pretty fucking good on our part.

Check out what happens in soccer when nobody else in the world cares about it. We win a lot.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, it's female soccer.

Anyway - I know it's unpatriotic of me - but I root for Mexican soccer over us. Half my family is Mexican. All the soccer matches I've ever attended have been in Mexico, so I'm familiar with some of their players and all of their announcers. (If you want a really scary, really exciting, really fun time - attend a Chivas-Americas match in Mexico City or Guadalajara - there's nothing in the USA that rivals that.)

When Mexico beats us, it makes a lot of Mexicans really happy. When we beat Mexico, not too many people here care. Down there, the sports radio shows are filled with anger and self loathing. Mexicans have a love/hate relationship with their national team. Think about how we feel about the Chargers and multiply it by three bottles of mezcal.

Interesting. Even though their society is more of a collective than ours their fans (generically) sound similar to us. But maybe it's just a Nationalism thing. I bet they're loving them now. :smile:

[6025]

Seemed like every time Mexico scored there was a monsoon storm of beer hovering over the crowd.

[richpjr]

Seemed like every time Mexico scored there was a monsoon storm of beer hovering over the crowd.

Classy fans.

[Lightningwill_420]

Interesting. Even though their society is more of a collective than ours their fans (generically) sound similar to us. But maybe it's just a Nationalism thing. I bet they're loving them now. :smile:

The saying down there is: Mexico - we played like never before, and we lost like always.

Jugamos como nunca, y perdimos como siempre.

They always want to fire the coach. Sometimes they want to fire the next coach before he gets hired.

[Lightningwill_420]

Seemed like every time Mexico scored there was a monsoon storm of beer hovering over the crowd.

Rad.

[Viejo Bolt]

It's soccer. Not our sport. It's a kid's game.

Mexicans spend their lives taking that shit seriously, and they barely beat us (sometimes we beat them.) All of Mexico's best athletes play soccer. Our best athletes stop playing soccer the moment they reach puberty.

Expecting us to kick ass on Mexico all the time would be like Mexicans expecting to beat us at football or basketball. Mexico's best football players couldn't beat our 1,000th best football players even if Norv was coaching our side. So, the fact we beat them almost half the time at soccer - that's pretty fucking good on our part.

Check out what happens in soccer when nobody else in the world cares about it. We win a lot.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, it's female soccer.

Anyway - I know it's unpatriotic of me - but I root for Mexican soccer over us. Half my family is Mexican. All the soccer matches I've ever attended have been in Mexico, so I'm familiar with some of their players and all of their announcers. (If you want a really scary, really exciting, really fun time - attend a Chivas-Americas match in Mexico City or Guadalajara - there's nothing in the USA that rivals that.)

When Mexico beats us, it makes a lot of Mexicans really happy. When we beat Mexico, not too many people here care. Down there, the sports radio shows are filled with anger and self loathing. Mexicans have a love/hate relationship with their national team. Think about how we feel about the Chargers and multiply it by three bottles of mezcal.

"Sometimes" we beat them? Since 2000, our men have beat them like a drum. Record of 13-6-5. I love when their stupid fans start chanting that "ole ole" shit when they are connecting passes. When I hear that, it's music to my ears. Their players are busy tiring themselves out for no benefit. It reminds me of the old John Wooden saying "don't mistake activity for achievement."

However, gotta give credit where it's due. Props to Mexico for winning last night; that was a helluva game. By the way, real classy of Mexican fans to yell "puto" as loud as they can during opponent goal kicks. Real nice thing to pass down to your kids.