The Soccer Thread (Part III)

This is correct! I have since began performing weekly power downs so that it shuts off every once in a while to try and prevent the type of crapping out that occurred that one fateful day.

However, I will add that along with those two World Cup Qualifiers, I should be at two Gold Cup games (provided the US is there). One is the game at Lincoln Financial in Philly and the other being the Final at Giants Stadium.

 

I never look at qualifying as inevitable. Things happen in sports. That's why we play the games. Who would have thought Portugal would be on the ropes right now, or France? And how about Mexico, right in our own confederation?

 

The Guardian reports that Benzema to Real Madrid, as early as today. That's not a bad little off season for them.

 

Soccernet has it as done.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=658536&sec=transfers&cc=5901

I see a lot of 5-4 games in Madrid's future.

 

Back to a familiar story: biting off more than we can chew and heavy on the corporate hubris.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/28/sentant-bskyb-football

 

And Real is reportedly after Xabi Alonso from Liverpool too!?! Good gosh, this is going to be a deeper team than the Galactico era.

 

OK gang, let's migrate ...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/71126/

 

MNT Blog: Colbert takes on soccer. It is pretty damn funny. Lalas came on and did an okay job. I liked this quote: