ES Soccer Thread

[renaissance]

'grats to Benny!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...JDtV_blog.html

[Skinz4Life12]

you the man Benny!

[MartinC]

Kean retains his job somehow...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ckburn?cc=5901

My reaction upon hearing the news:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s

Keane is totally out of his depth in that job - I have no idea what the owners are thinking. I suspect neither have they.

[boysetsfire]

So I finally finished making and editing the video of our road trip to Philly. Just remember though, I used the simplest of video making software I had, with absolutely no experience in ever making a movie. So please be nice. Some parts seem rough but it's the best I could do with what I had. We're planning on taking a road trip to Columbus later this year so I promise that video will be better.

Be nice please.

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

Good job bsf.

Look's like you all had a blast. Here's hoping the Columbus trip is just as successful and fun.

Hail.

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

So what's the bigger game today? (Or tomorrow dependent on where in the World you are.).

Engalnd vs. Italy in the quarter-finals of the European Championships in Kiev?

Or DCU attempting to consolidate their position atop the MLS EC standings and win back the Atlantic Cup from the hated Red Bulls in the process?

Hmmmm, tough call .....

FORZA DCU! (See what I did there? ).

Hail.

[boysetsfire]

Dude I'm so nervous for this game. It's been awhile since DC has been this consistently good (2007). NY will be coming out to play since we gave them that ass kicking earlier this year. Awesome to have you on board Gibbs!

[RichmondRedskin88]

So Richmond Kickers lose 3-2 tonight. Two brawls broke out(both caused by opposing team). One was because they kicked our player intentionally in the throat while he was down(ref didn't give a card or anything). Our team and fans were pissed. The other was when the goalie hit our player from behind after he caught a free kick and was getting to rid punt. Our player received a red card for protesting after there was 5 blant hand balls in the box in a 2 mins span(no calls). We were leading 2-1 with 6 mins left before they called a ridic penalty. Then the other team scored when they played the ball with a high kick(thus nailing our player in the face and laying him out) and leaving a 2 on 1 situation which led to the goal. Bull**** much?

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

What a start!

Pontius the Red Bull destroyer.

How'd ya' like THEM apples NY?

Think I might just stay with this.

Hail.

[Skinz4Life12]

****ing bull****!! **** you New York!

[RichmondRedskin88]

They say revenge is a *****. Right now it is.

[renaissance]

First half was absolutely terrible. I was very happy with the 2nd half adjustments (great substitutions made by Ben), but you gotta play 2 halves if you want the points.

[Skinz4Life12]

that goal before the half is what killed us. i would have been happy with 1 point

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

I lost the stream for the second half and gave up, so I can't say what the second half was like or if NY deserved it. But they sure as heck did the first half, which was even more alarming after DCU's great start. As ren said, soccer's a game of 90 minutes. You can't start as slow and as bad as that and expect to suddenly pick it up and get back into it.

What I found even more surprising as a neutral watching (if favoring DC); was how you can approach a game against your biggest rivals, at the top end of the table, like that. Both the Coach, for his preparation, and the players have to take their share in the first half showing.

I'd of been pretty darn pissed if I was one of the DCU fans who trekked up there to sit through such an abject first half display as that. Made worse by who the opposition was and the positions of the teams going in.

Pretty darn pissed indeed.

Hail.

[boysetsfire]

Still pissed at the first half showing. I had a bad feeling about this game after the way they played against Philly. NY is too good of a team to play that way again. DC after making the subs played extremely well the last 30 min. I believe they could've easily won but it wasn't meant to be. Boskovic better be starting next game.