It was also announced that they arrested Chuck Blazer back in 2013, and that he plead guilty and forfeited $1.9 million and will have to pay another sum when he is sentenced. He is facing ten years in prison as well. Blazer is the guy responsible for making soccer popular (for some definitions of popular) in the US.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/f...-admitted-corruption-charges-2013-doj-n365161
This is a very interesting (albeit long) read about him, including his scheming with Jack Warner, one of the men just arrested:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/the-rise-and-fall-of-chuck-blazer-the-man-who-built-and-bilk
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/f...-admitted-corruption-charges-2013-doj-n365161
This is a very interesting (albeit long) read about him, including his scheming with Jack Warner, one of the men just arrested:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/the-rise-and-fall-of-chuck-blazer-the-man-who-built-and-bilk
I was away last week and just got home yesterday and watched the US/Mexico game from Saturday night. Damn that last goal was impressive. Mexico deserved to win the game, but dammit anyway. I guess it's better than the US losing at penalty kicks. I read this morning that Klinsman sent Fabian Johnson home because he pulled himself out of the game and forced a final substitution in overtime. Klinsman was planning to put Nick Rimando in at goalkeeper if it went to PK's, and he wouldn't have been able to because of that.
Nail biter tonight after USA lost in Guatemala Friday night. If the US fails to win tonight, there is a very real chance that they could miss out on the 2018 World Cup, and they aren't even in the final round of qualifying yet...they haven't failed to qualify since '86.
Thanks for bumping this onto my radar. I tuned in late, bummer about that card on Bradley, and Finlay was robbed, but USA USA USA!
USA kicks off Copa America tomorrow night against Columbia! I'm torn between going out to the bar to watch the game with a bunch of rabid fans versus staying home to bite my nails and then cry in sorrow alone. I mean, I want to believe we have a chance, but James Rodriguez will likely single-handedly rout us.
Roadie
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Let's see how they do tomorrow. Big difference between Colombia and Costa Rica. If they can win tomorrow they have a chance to advance
Roadie
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Big win! They needed a performance like that.
It's a good thing that I don't actually bite my nails when I'm nervous, or I wouldn't have any nails left.
But WTF Jermaine Jones? How stupid can you be, but that call still seemed really harsh. It looks like he was trying to push the dude away with his fist, and it also looks like he didn't even make contact, but why do that? The other player was clearly gonna be sent off, why risk joining him?
And can they just do away with the ridiculous yellow card accumulations rule yet? Players get carded for the stupidest shit nowadays, how can you expect them to go four or five games without picking up two yellow cards!
I can't care about Euro 2016 until the USA's Copa run is over
But WTF Jermaine Jones? How stupid can you be, but that call still seemed really harsh. It looks like he was trying to push the dude away with his fist, and it also looks like he didn't even make contact, but why do that? The other player was clearly gonna be sent off, why risk joining him?
And can they just do away with the ridiculous yellow card accumulations rule yet? Players get carded for the stupidest shit nowadays, how can you expect them to go four or five games without picking up two yellow cards!
I can't care about Euro 2016 until the USA's Copa run is over
Zaskar
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It's a good thing that I don't actually bite my nails when I'm nervous, or I wouldn't have any nails left.
But WTF Jermaine Jones? How stupid can you be, but that call still seemed really harsh. It looks like he was trying to push the dude away with his fist, and it also looks like he didn't even make contact, but why do that? The other player was clearly gonna be sent off, why risk joining him?
And can they just do away with the ridiculous yellow card accumulations rule yet? Players get carded for the stupidest shit nowadays, how can you expect them to go four or five games without picking up two yellow cards!
I can't care about Euro 2016 until the USA's Copa run is over
You're right, that 2nd half was a nail biter. What was Brooks thinking as well there?? Running in with a push??
So no Jones or Wood for the semi's!
Great game dough.
Yeah I don't know. He was so strong in the past two games, but I was sure that one clearance at the end was an own goal to tie the game. That was pretty freaking close!
On the plus side, we are now guaranteed to be playing in two more games, and any highly competitve games at the international level are really great experience, especially for the younger players. Hopefully it's the semi and the final, and not the semi and the 3rd place consolation game, but either way we get to see them play twice!