~Soccer Thread~

[SFBadger96]

if you didn't watch the semi finals of the ucl, you missed some instant classics. man, as a spurs supporter, still shaking. can't believe it.

Yeah, that was pretty much insane.

[GopherRock]

if you didn't watch the semi finals of the ucl, you missed some instant classics. man, as a spurs supporter, still shaking. can't believe it.

Barca demonstrated that even in a sport where most players can't use their hands, you can't play it with both hands wrapped firmly around your neck. 

[ALA2262]

ICYMI. Here comes Atlanta United from the bottom of the standings. Finally learned how to score without Almiron. Keeping the other team from scoring has not been an issue. Set a MLS record last night with their fifth consecutive shutout win. 

And doing it now without Barco who is away at the U-20 World Cup. In his last game before leaving he scored a goal and assisted on the other two goals in a 3-0 shut out of SKC. Earning MLS Player of the Week.

[Brutus Buckeye]

US Open Cup.

The Riverhounds knocked off the Dayton Dutch Lions, and will play their USL brethren, the Indiana Eleven in round 3. Louisville is the only other team from the greater Midwest that will be playing in round 3 at the end of May. 

Only three sub USL teams made it past round 2, and all three will have to knock off a second USL team in round 3 if they hope to make it to round 4, where the MLS teams enter the fray. 

[rolltidefan]

damarcus beasley, after 89 years (or close to it), has announced his retirement.

[rolltidefan]

link

fifa abandons plan for 48 team world cup in 2022. i thought this was already settled, but apparently it's now official i guess.
2026 wc still set for 48 teams.

[ELA]

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fifa abandons plan for 48 team world cup in 2022. i thought this was already settled, but apparently it's now official i guess.
2026 wc still set for 48 teams.

Yeah, when I saw the headline I was thinking it was better news than it actually was.  Forgot they weren't planning on doing this til 2026 anyway, and seems like that is still on.

Still terrible by making qualification rounds completely pointless, and reducing the group play phase to weird 3 team groups.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Canadian Championship. 

In round one both armature teams were eliminated, as well as Pacific FC from the Canadian Premier League. The other six CPL teams will play in the three round 2 games in June. 

[rolltidefan]

concacaf inaugural 2019-2020 league of nations schedule released. usa's group schedule (locations tbd):

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Date	Home	Away	Kickoff Time (ET)
Saturday, Sept. 7	Canada	Cuba	8 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 10	Cuba	Canada	7:15 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11	USA	Cuba	7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 15	Canada	USA	7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 15	USA	Canada	7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov 19	Cuba	USA	7:30 p.m.

[rolltidefan]

2019 gold cup 40 man provisions roster released link

Goalkeepers (5): B. Guzan, E. Horvath, S. Johnson, T. Miller, Z. Steffen
Defenders (15): T. Adams, R. Cannon, C. Carter-Vickers, M. Fossey, G. Garza, O. Gonzalez, A. Gutman, N. Lima, A. Long, D. Lovitz, M. Miazga, T. Ream, A. Robinson, M. Robinson, W. Zimmerman
Midfielders (9): M. Bradley, D. Holmes, S. Lletget, W. McKennie, D. Mihailovic, D. Nagbe, C. Pulisic, C. Roldan, W. Trapp
Forwards (11): J. Altidore, J. Amon, P. Arriola, C. Baird, Ty. Boyd, J. Gyau, J. Lewis, J. Morris, C. Ramirez, J. Sargent, G. Zardes

[ELA]

concacaf inaugural 2019-2020 league of nations schedule released. usa's group schedule (locations tbd):

link

Date	Home	Away	Kickoff Time (ET)
Saturday, Sept. 7	Canada	Cuba	8 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 10	Cuba	Canada	7:15 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11	USA	Cuba	7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 15	Canada	USA	7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 15	USA	Canada	7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov 19	Cuba	USA	7:30 p.m.

I'm torn on this.  I enjoy the Gold Cup, and like having somewhat meaningful friendlies, but I'm not sure beating up on Canada and Cuba is best for development.  Then again, I'm not sure how good the Euro rosters the send to play us in friendlies are.

[rook119]

I'm torn on this.  I enjoy the Gold Cup, and like having somewhat meaningful friendlies, but I'm not sure beating up on Canada and Cuba is best for development.  Then again, I'm not sure how good the Euro rosters the send to play us in friendlies are.

The Gold Cup was pretty exciting until they decided to make it every 2 years. Now its just a clown show and glorified friendly tourney. 

[rolltidefan]

Uefa champions league tomorrow at 2 ct. on TNT.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool FC.

COYS

[Brutus Buckeye]

US Open Cup

The Crew draw Pittsburgh, and Cincy draws Louisville CFC. 



Orange County FC is the Cinderella, as only sub-USL team to make it to the MLS round. They had to knock off two USL teams in order to get here, including the one that resides in Orange County. The play the LA Galaxy.