A Prelude to the WC if England thinks that the Yanks suk?

[spikeman]

I am one of the American youths that love football. I also love American football and hockey but I can tell you that there are tons of kids in my school who watch and play football. I'm in a football class with tons of people. There are some really good kids I'm my class (I'm not one of them). However, many of the kids are becoming fans of the big 4 clubs because they are the only teams that American tv shows. But when they do show clubs from the bottom half of the table, the kids are used to exiting sports so they can't stand watching them and instead watch the likes of chelski, manure, arseanal, or rs.

BTW, I go to the same high school that Oguchi Onyewu went to. And his coach is the teacher of my football class.

 

[turner]

some of the americans might be surprised to find that lots of english football fans are not really bothered about the england team. to me it's a team choc-full of all the players that are ruining the modern game.

 

[Khalekan]

I couldn't give a toss about England, Thebes.

I will be rooting for Tim Howard and Landon Donovan when you guys play us in the summer.

As someone else said, how the heck could any self respecting Evertonian support a team boasting that nasty, diving RS scally among its ranks?

 

[pfim]

I couldn't give a toss about England, Thebes.

I will be rooting for Tim Howard and Landon Donovan when you guys play us in the summer.

As someone else said, how the heck could any self respecting Evertonian support a team boasting that nasty, diving RS scally among its ranks?

I think that's a very large difference between the two countries. Really, the latest interest in soccer here in the US is derived from the success of the National team. In fact, the league was formed as part of the bid for the 94 World Cup by a few wealthy benefactors. One of the main reasons for the founding of the league was to support the national team.

I grew up in the time between the NASL and MLS, I never had a club team to follow.

And when people bag on the MLS, that is what I tell them. Just 15 years ago, there was no club soccer here for all intents and purposes. Expecting it to compete with the top leagues in Europe is simply ridiculous.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

I personally think this is England's best chance to win the whole thing. The biggest challenge for England will be the climate and fitness level. The US has a decent chance but were their talent is in question their desire and fitness won't be. I'd like to see both continue past the group stages but the biggest hurdle this year maybe the Spanish.

 

[thebes20]

I couldn't give a toss about England, Thebes.

I will be rooting for Tim Howard and Landon Donovan when you guys play us in the summer.

As someone else said, how the heck could any self respecting Evertonian support a team boasting that nasty, diving RS scally among its ranks?

I have a really hard time imaging that England would not get behind their team in the WC regardless of club affliciations. I can see where, NOW, (February), one might say that they could never support a team that had X player from hated X team, but really, when it comes down to the opening of WC, and your national team is on the field, DO you really think that you would really still harbor those grudges? When it is Rooney, home bred vs Donovan, Socal bred? England vs the US?

I know that that post came from one person, and maybe, THEY felt that way, but come on, this is your national team!

The only way that I can maybe understand it, is that tonight the USMNT played El Salvador. Great run up practice team! BB is such a dick. I went out to dinner and never thought about them at all. BUT tomorrow night I will be searching for streaming feeds to see the Sporting/Everton game. That right now means more to me. It means a lot more to you, right now!

I can't say that I did not care whether the US team won or lost, because I did. I wanted them to win, but did not care to see them play EL SALVADOR, not enough to break a hot date. Tomorrow, Everton/Sporting, I would not even make a date. Schedule cleared.... to either read reports from the field on this site, or hopefully, find something on Veetle. So, in essence, I am saying that your club team matters now, BUT, maybe when the table is set, and the boys take the field in SA, YOU, might have second thoughts on that statement. I can not, at all imagine, that you will not. You English posters will all will be pulling for England, regardless of the players that take the field, from whatever club team. Am I truely wrong?

BTW USA won 2-1 against the soccer power house of El Salvadore. I went to Bigsoccer, and the, "they played like crap" posts vs "glowing" reports of players, (that I had high hopes of never seeing again suit up for the USMNT), were lighting up the board. It took me 6 pages before I even found out the results. 2-1 the hot date was better.

Also, I left a message during the MU/Everton game when I said I was in bed starting to watch, and then cancelled a client, and some people took that the wrong way. I work as a trainer. Physical trainer, not on my back.

 

[pfim]

Dude, it was a B team fixture not on an international date, did you expect Brazil?

I don't think anyone can complain about the schedule the US has gone through the past 2 years.

The team played well except in the final third. Kljestan's finishing was very poor in the first half, should have had two easy ones. Brad Evans proved he isn't a right back.

 

[MLS is not quite EPL]

To be honest, most of us love Everton far more than the national team. We'll cheer for England, sure, but deep down my feeling is that it is something now of a closed shop where playing for a Sky-4 team is almost essential if you want to become an England regular.

I personally think the USA will win the World Cup before England win it again, and that England will probably never win it again in my lifetime (the next 50 years).

Really? Wow, that's an interesting perspective. I look up to England when it comes to National-level stuff. I think it will be a while longer before the USA can really challenge England on a consistent basis. Win a match here or there? Sure, but to be consistently on a similar level? I still think we have a lot of work to do. We don't have the infrastructure or interest to foster the programs and talent stateside. It's unfortunate but it is picking up (unless that strike happens, which would set the sport back 10 years).

The MLS is awful. I've watched it quite a bit this year, and it compares with the Scottish league.
I just dont see football catching on over there. There are far too many sports who dominate the headlines ahead of it. Plus Americans dont like draws, and like fast paced sports. The MLS is far from fast paced.

Funny that you say that, but true. Americans do hate ties, low scores, and games that aren't "fast paced". The irony is that while gridiron might be faster-paced, it's slower overall in that it takes twice as long to watch/enjoy, and there are stoppages every 15-20 seconds, plus those damn commercial breaks every 5-10 minutes. I actually have started gravitating more toward soccer now because i hate spending 4+ hours watching a gridiron game with commercials. Given our problems with ADD, you'd think we'd appreciate soccer.

 

[MLS is not quite EPL]

You have won and been the best at every other major sport in the world, bar cricket and rugby, your always top with China in the Olympics, your boss at Golf, Tennis, Athletics and your own sports.

It won't be long till your up there with the best at Football

Had to post again to "cheers" this post.