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shagcarpetjesus

shagcarpetjesus

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I'm a sucker for pretty much any international soccer competition that involves quality squads & this fits the bill. I know it doesn't really mean all that much in the grand scheme of things, and the US is not involved, but I'm still excited for some of these matches.

The first match is tomorrow (Saturday), Brazil vs. Japan, followed by 2 matches on Sunday, Mexico vs. Italy and Spain vs. Uruguay. I believe all of the matches are being televised on ESPN.
 
Why isn't the US involved? too close to the qualifying games? I remember 4 years ago when they almost punked Brazil.
 
mj4cy said:
Why isn't the US involved? too close to the qualifying games? I remember 4 years ago when they almost punked Brazil.
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The teams playing in the confederations cup are those winners of the most recent confederation tournaments (UEFA, CONCACAF, AFC, OFC etc.) Mexico won the last gold cup (CONCACAF's tournanament) so they're our representative
 
mj4cy said:
Why isn't the US involved? too close to the qualifying games? I remember 4 years ago when they almost punked Brazil.
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The Brazil result was disappointing, but don't forget one of the best moments in US Soccer history.

[video=youtube;zyA3TTP1Sbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyA3TTP1Sbc[/video]
 
I think the day we lost to Brazil is when Deuce became my favorite player. To see him crying at the award ceremony let you know how much he wanted that, and I respect him so much for that.
 
This will be an interesting tournament, Brazil is so young. And it will be interesting to see Tahiti play against the giants. Too bad the US isn't involved, I think playing in the last Confederation's Cup really benefitted the US in the world cup in South Africa. Getting experience and having success against the world's best instilled a lot of confidence in the team.
 
shagcarpetjesus said:
The Brazil result was disappointing, but don't forget one of the best moments in US Soccer history.

[video=youtube;zyA3TTP1Sbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyA3TTP1Sbc[/video]
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So wrong. 1989 Paul Caliguri. THE next momonet...
 
Mexico has struggled to score lately, but man, Corona is playing well right now. He's already made 2 saves (one including a remarkable recovery and clearance) to keep the match scoreless.

And Guardado just puts one off the crossbar.
 
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tim_redd said:
I think the day we lost to Brazil is when Deuce became my favorite player. To see him crying at the award ceremony let you know how much he wanted that, and I respect him so much for that.
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Our showing at the Confed Cup in '09 is probably the reason why Bradley kept his job as long as he did. There was a lot of noise to have him replaced before the Confed Cup, and some of that noise died down at least until after the horrid showing at the World Cup.
 
Uruguay can't even sniff the ball. I realize Forlan is 34, but has he aged so much that he can't even start for Uruguay? That dude was a force in South Africa.
 
It sure would be nice to be a fan of Spain when playing your second squad involves bringing guys like Azpilicueta, Monreal, Mata, Silva and Cazorla off the bench. Sheesh!
 
Neymar is certainly putting on a show, sweet volley and an absolutely sick showing of ball handling for an assist later.
 
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