redtilldead123
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The World Cup next time around will fall in the middle of your sporting season so presumably much less interest?
Well it is not like this is the first World Cup being shown in the US and more then just US National Team games are shown. Also remember in the US the PL gets lots of TV time, and there are stations that carry Spanish, German, various South American leagues, etc. So American fans are getting more exposure every day to all sorts of games and all sorts of styles.I'm glad the US are in a group with Germany, Portugal, and Ghana. At least when the US play against tough opponents, the Americans all around the world watching the US will actually see good football and realise that it isn't the boring sport that many over there perceive it to be.
Plus, with the work Klinsmann's doing, I'm hoping that the US do better in their international matches in the future so that the sport becomes more and more popular over there and overcomes the established American sports + ice hockey. I'm sick of hearing North Americans think that football is a boring sport that consists of weak players who would rather play-act than play football.
Not sure what you mean by this? This year as in years past The World Cup happens in the middle of baseball and "soccer" season. In 2018 will also. 2022 in Qatar might get moved to the winter, assuming the event actually takes place in Qatar, I think it will but there will be much pressure to move the event, so if it gets changed to the winter time well it falls during the NFL playoffs possibly, NBA, College Basketball, NHL,etc but just like with the Winter Olympics interest will be high.The World Cup next time around will fall in the middle of your sporting season so presumably much less interest?
He had to retire due to repeated concussions. I don't think he can do anything more strenuous than walking a golf course these days.Beasley would be an excellent first name.
Whatever happened to Taylor Twellman?
I'm really glad that the media's exposing the sport, more. I just hope that more people start to follow the sport. Even if people dismiss baseball and gridiron football as boring, those are still more popular than football. All I want is for the sport to be accepted to the level that other American sports + ice hockey are.Well it is not like this is the first World Cup being shown in the US and more then just US National Team games are shown. Also remember in the US the PL gets lots of TV time, and there are stations that carry Spanish, German, various South American leagues, etc. So American fans are getting more exposure every day to all sorts of games and all sorts of styles.
See, that's the thing, they're not really different positions. Davis is slow left midfielder and Donovan, despite being listed as a forward, was also likely to feature there. Davis can whip in a good free kick, but I wouldn't say that's an the level of play to aspire to. Boggles the mind.I had to google who Brad Davis was, he's 32, never left the MLS and has 14 caps since 2005 for the US. I know they're different positions but fact he was in the squad and Donovan wasn't is insane.
This really is the only logical explanation to take Brad fecking Davis over Donovan. Sure, Landon is a strange guy with questionable commitment, but he's light years ahead of the footballer Davis even has dreamt of being. There's a reason thirty-two year-old Brad Davis has hardly featured for the national team. Even when he has, I can't think of a single performance that was better than average. He certainly hasn't once contributed more than Donovan is capable of, regressed though he has. Really disheartened by all this, really.I can only presume there must have been some bustup between LD and JK. Perhaps a Harkes/Sampson issue although not due to banging a teammates wife.
He's not particularly good either. Does well in MLS but a nothing player at the international level and now World Cup bound. There are plenty of more talented players that should be selected over Davis. Corona, Torres, Gil, Edu, Kljestan, Shea...I had to google who Brad Davis was, he's 32, never left the MLS and has 14 caps since 2005 for the US. I know they're different positions but fact he was in the squad and Donovan wasn't is insane.
I might have lived with a Torres, Edu, Kljestan, or even Shea (as a wildcard). Not this though. Truly stunned.He's not particularly good either. Does well in MLS but a nothing player at the international level and now World Cup bound. There are plenty of more talented players that should be selected over Davis. Corona, Torres, Gil, Edu, Kljestan, Shea...
Never let facts get in the way of an argument.Not an american here but is anyone else tired of seeing this 'football vs soccer' crap pop up in all US-related discussions? As if the word is an indicator of quality or a measure of the football culture. It's like watching 8-year-olds argue on Reddit.
Not to mention that the term 'soccer' originated and was used frequently in the UK.
It will probably beat the NBA before it beats MLB.The US is undergoing massive demographic changes so it's likely football will become more popular over there, I think it will be more popular than hockey within a few decades and maybe one day more popular than baseball, it's unlikely it will ever beat basketball and US football though.
It is brought up by people who are either ignorant of the term or bring it up because they think it is cool. sort of like the old school reporters in the US who bring up the same tired arguements about the game ignoring the facts. It really is a level of uninspired ignorance.Not an american here but is anyone else tired of seeing this 'football vs soccer' crap pop up in all US-related discussions? As if the word is an indicator of quality or a measure of the football culture. It's like watching 8-year-olds argue on Reddit.
Not to mention that the term 'soccer' originated and was used frequently in the UK.
Sad for Donovan but I agree that it won't change the US prospects. In addition, Klinsmann loves surprise nominations; anyone recall Odonkor in 2006 for the German team, or preferring Jens Lehmann over Oliver Kahn as #1 GK?So Landon Donovan left off the US National Team. What's everyone think of that? He has been so-so in the MLS so far this season and of course he took some time off from the National Team in 2013. At 32 this was going to be his last World Cup. He has been replaced with a 18 year old with little international experience.
Now this really is not going to change the US's outcome at the World Cup, Donovan is not good enough to carry the US team over the teams it faces in the Group Stage. Klinsmen just got an contract extension till 2018 so he might be buidling his squad in part with an eye to the next World Cup, hoping to have an experienced team with many of the youngsters from this squad in their prime.
I can understand the decision from that point and obviously nobody deserves a spot on the squad just because of what they have done in the past. But I am sort of surprised he is not taking him along.
End of the day, though this decision is unlikely to change the outcome of what the US does at this World Cup, no matter how much Landon's fans scream about it.
He is a pretty good pundit now to be fair. Also players like twellman and mcbride show that the americans arn't afraid to maim themselves for their club or nation.He had to retire due to repeated concussions. I don't think he can do anything more strenuous than walking a golf course these days.
While i agree he shoulda taken donovan, im not sure beckerman and davis (yes i know, same positions) are the worst on that list. Julian Green isnt exactly an all star... yea lots of potential and bench rides for bayern.. donovan could of at least been good off of the bench.klinsmanns a fool. cutting donovan for the likes of beckerman or davis or that handful of mutts he dug up from average bundesliga clubs. disgrace.
Twellman did a bit more than maim himself. Read through his symptoms: http://theshinguardian.com/2010/12/07/inside-taylor-twellmans-head-part-i/He is a pretty good pundit now to be fair. Also players like twellman and mcbride show that the americans arn't afraid to maim themselves for their club or nation.
Most of them don't even look like professional footballersPosted in the US Soccer thread before I realized this one was here:
Donovan out, Wondolowski / Julian Green in. Unbelievable.
John Brooks in at Goodson's expense is insane, also.