USA - CANADA

It's on baby! Thursday June 21st 7pm my time on Telefutura and FSC. There's no love lost between the North American rivals. Canada have impressed quite a lot of people. They have two good players in De Rosario and De Guzman.

Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light...

De Guzman is indeed quality.....allthough you should see his little brother:Ale:

Fey wrote:De Guzman is indeed quality.....allthough you should see his little brother:Ale:

I'll keep an eye on De Guzman's younger brother. I was gonna leave for Florida this Thursday (pushed back a couple of days), but now plans changed as soon as this match materialized. Chicago! here we go! USA USA USA!

IT'S ON, IT'S ON!!! Two countries that don't give two shits about football are about to play eachother.

Kimbo wrote:IT'S ON, IT'S ON!!! Two countries that don't give two shits about football are about to play eachother.

Lol, that really had me laughing out loud

Puro wrote:

Fey wrote:De Guzman is indeed quality.....allthough you should see his little brother:Ale:

I'll keep an eye on De Guzman's younger brother. I was gonna leave for Florida this Thursday (pushed back a couple of days), but now plans changed as soon as this match materialized. Chicago! here we go! USA USA USA!

He wont play for Canada Puro!!! He got his full education at Feyenoord(The endless conveyor of Dutch talent)....and is now considered to become a player for the Dutch team

Kimbo wrote:IT'S ON, IT'S ON!!! Two countries that don't give two shits about football are about to play eachother.

You're stuck in the 80's Kimbo! Every year "soccer" is getting more and more popular here, and I'm sure it's the same in Canada judging by their team's current performances.

You should watch them two Canadians I mentioned earlier. De Rosario is lots better than Lampard. True story my man!

This game is gonna be fiercely contested. There will be crunching tackles, snot flying out. Do not fear Kimbo! take a good look at the future with us Americanos.

Axeslammer wrote:
Lol, that really had me laughing out loud

Yes, it's sort of funny I agree. However, one third of the country follows "soccer", that's 100 million fans! That's a $h!t load of people following "soccer" here in the USA, and that's a heck of a lot more than most countries in the world!. I'm sure you'll agree with me Axe.

Puro wrote:

Axeslammer wrote:
Lol, that really had me laughing out loud

Yes, it's sort of funny I agree. However, one third of the country follows "soccer", that's 100 million fans! That's a $h!t load of people following "soccer" here in the USA, and that's a heck of a lot more than most countries in the world!. I'm sure you'll agree with me Axe.

yet they still regard Donovan as a quality player

I have to admit team USA really impressed me in their match against Italy at the 2006 WC

...they didn't reach that level in the other matches though.

I'm 50%American 50%Mexican and live in Monterrey, MX the best city in the world. I love America but I hate their National Team with a passion. Go Mexico! Go England!



Although I do love American Football, hockey, baseball

Axeslammer wrote:

Kimbo wrote:IT'S ON, IT'S ON!!! Two countries that don't give two shits about football are about to play eachother.

Lol, that really had me laughing out loud

Leave Canada out of this Kimbo. We are quite football literate tbh.

forza_rossi wrote:

Leave Canada out of this Kimbo. We are quite football literate tbh.

Kimbo only knows England well, and he was told that's the whole world and to continue paying dues to keep supporting his queen.

Puro wrote:

forza_rossi wrote:

Leave Canada out of this Kimbo. We are quite football literate tbh.

Kimbo only knows England well, and he was told that's the whole world and to continue paying dues to keep supporting his queen.

Football is a 5th rate sport in the US, Padded rugby, Rounders, basketball, and ice hockey are all bigger - that won't change. NASCAR is probably more popular aswell, and golf. Infact it's a 7th rate sport at best.

Kimbo wrote:

Puro wrote:

forza_rossi wrote:

Leave Canada out of this Kimbo. We are quite football literate tbh.

Kimbo only knows England well, and he was told that's the whole world and to continue paying dues to keep supporting his queen.

Football is a 5th rate sport in the US, Padded rugby, Rounders, basketball, and ice hockey are all bigger - that won't change. NASCAR is probably more popular aswell, and golf. Infact it's a 7th rate sport at best.

That's in US only. Rugby, Football and field hockey are quite big here. They are not major commercial sports, but people know thier "soccer" and pretty much everyone has played it while growing up. loads of european/african/south american immigrants are here especially in Toronto and areas close by so no shortage of football knowledge or the sport being played.

@forza, little off topic question. Do you know Darryll Roberts?

Come on Canada do the business which I very much doubt..Saw there last game against Guatemala I hope they can play better and beat there southern neighbors but they really are not that good yet..

Oleguerisntthatbad wrote:

Puro wrote:

Axeslammer wrote:
Lol, that really had me laughing out loud

Yes, it's sort of funny I agree. However, one third of the country follows "soccer", that's 100 million fans! That's a $h!t load of people following "soccer" here in the USA, and that's a heck of a lot more than most countries in the world!. I'm sure you'll agree with me Axe.

yet they still regard Donovan as a quality player

if you saw him in mls or regular usa games you'd think he was good (aside from his corners which are god awful). just most people see him in major tournaments where he is just as bad as lampard and dinho in wc 06

Kimbo wrote:IT'S ON, IT'S ON!!! Two countries that don't give two shits about football are about to play eachother.

Not everyone in the US feels that way! Why else would I be on here if I didn't care about football, esp my own country when they play!

Kimbo wrote:

Puro wrote:

forza_rossi wrote:

Leave Canada out of this Kimbo. We are quite football literate tbh.

Kimbo only knows England well, and he was told that's the whole world and to continue paying dues to keep supporting his queen.

Football is a 5th rate sport in the US, Padded rugby, Rounders, basketball, and ice hockey are all bigger - that won't change. NASCAR is probably more popular aswell, and golf. Infact it's a 7th rate sport at best.

You know, I was actually going to create a topic based on this for discussion. I still might. But you raise a good point. If soccer is only the 7th best sport in this country and yet it is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in every other country in the world, I don't think it is a bad thing to be 16th in the world and be as decent as we are.

Now I am sure the size of our country and economics might be brought into this discussion. However, there is nowhere near the popularity among youth for soccer. Yes, there are leagues. But you never see kids in this country go to the park or the street and play a game for fun unless they are Mexican and Latin American (only ones I see play in the park by my house unless it is a league playing), European, or some nation outside of North America. They play baseball, basketball, football. To compare training and schools to identify talent here in the US as opposed to those in Europe is a joke as Europe is far more advanced in developing talent. It is rare that any of our best athletes will ever play soccer here in the US. The other sports are too big. There are hardly any soccer only stadiums here in the US. We are so far behind in popularity, passion, training, athletes, facilities, etc and have so many other sports dominate soccer that it amazes me we can compete on the level we do despite our country's size and economics.

... Canada has a national team?

Yes they do - Paul Stalteri

TeamSpirit wrote:Yes they do - Paul Stalteri

Paulie Gualtieri is awesome

USA won 2-1.

The USA win wasn't pretty. USA was the better team for most of the match but a header by USA defender Onyewu led to Canada being called offsides right as he shot the ball and scored to tie the game. The goal came in VERY LATE in the 5th minute of stoppage time when stoppage time was only 4 minutes. 15 seconds later the game ended. This was a VER controversial finish and one that will be talked about a long time here. USA slacked off like they normally do around the 75th minute and Canada scored to make it 2-1 and made it a match.

Typical US. Score a couple of goals before the half, miss numerous other opportunities, have a huge lapse 3/4 of the way into the match, and hold on for the win. But this was much more controversial than any match the US has had in a while. I am glad the US won but I almost feel guilty about it. But the poor play at the end of the games by the US is getting old.

Canada were robbed. USA were a bit better than them Habs, and the best two teams meet in the Final anyhow.

Puro wrote:Canada were robbed. USA were a bit better than them Habs, and the best two teams meet in the Final anyhow.

How did my brother play?

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Puro wrote:Canada were robbed. USA were a bit better than them Habs, and the best two teams meet in the Final anyhow.

How did my brother play?

he did good got KILLED by bocanegra who shoulda got red carded

Mexicanbecks wrote:

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Puro wrote:Canada were robbed. USA were a bit better than them Habs, and the best two teams meet in the Final anyhow.

How did my brother play?

he did good got KILLED by bocanegra who shoulda got red carded

Thanx. Do you by any chance know Bocanegra's home address?

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Puro wrote:Canada were robbed. USA were a bit better than them Habs, and the best two teams meet in the Final anyhow.

How did my brother play?

Yes, Bocanegra glipped him over. The tackle wasn't that bad to be honest. But his flip was bad and fortunately he wasn't hurt. For the most part though, De Guzman was pretty quiet for most of the game. He didn't get enough touches and he was quiet for the msot part.