Agreed
The only reason I casually pay attention to the World Cup is because it's soccer at its highest level with its greatest athletes. For the record, I really don't care how Team USA does. In another week I'll go on ignoring the sport for another 4 years.
By the way, love these flopping videos! But a lot of NBA flopping is comparable.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
You ever read Klosterman's thoughts on soccer. I find it rather amusing. http://www.thewire.com/entertainment...-soccer/24006/
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
Sweden - no
Russia - no
Czech - no
Finland - probably yes
Slovakia - maybe
If you've ever immersed yourself to European culture you'd know they are mad for it.
What a silly discussion, everybody is going to support their country, some get far more emotional and patriotic than others about it and that's fine. Each to their own. I can relate to what Dutch says, every time the All blacks get knocked out of the rugby World Cup I'm absolutely devastated!
Not THAT hairy, honest!
That idiots whole nonsensical diatribe is based off of some pathetic notion that somehow people who aren't good or into the big 4 US sports are inferior.
He uses such a weak premise for an argument, I don't really care for soccer personally, but this guys a proper twonk, to be honest it just seemed like he's letting of steam, some soccer fan must have pissed him off.
To say "Every time I pull up behind a Ford Aerostar with a "#1 Soccer Mom" bumper sticker, I feel like I'm marching in the wake of the Khmer Rouge. " I mean come on, that's just a very weak attempt at humour, and sarcasm in journalism is simply poor journalism.
Not THAT hairy, honest!
Yeah....um...
Also, that video about diving in real life situations...what a humorous, lighthearted look at one of the few small blemishes on our beloved sport of soccer!
And I would similarly laugh at a video making light of hockey fights in real life situations and would certainly not waste my time posting anything negative about an attempt at humor...after all, the heart was in the right place - to make others laugh.
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F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
PS - Dutch, I feel your pain. I was pulling for Holland. One of my closest friends is Dutch, and a diehard soccer fan even with no World Cup on. He and his son were decked in orange (complete with wigs) each game. I felt some of their pain! To lose in a shootout after all that work and effort to lose in a game of chance...if diving is one blemish on soccer, the shootout to determine a winner is another. And hockey shares that one
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
Hmmm... yeah good point, I got sucked into an argument that is rather pointless.
It gave me a good chuckle
Not THAT hairy, honest!
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
The Best Fantasy Hockey Site
15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
After honeymooning in New Zealand, I've grown an incredible love for the All Blacks and the Haka, and the Maori culture in general as well. I cheer for you guys in any sport after Holland, and in certain sports Canada (hockey not being one of them) So I am glad you guys feel the same about NZ rugby as we do soccer Can't wait for next year's rugby WC!