Just not our sport folks. At least not for men. All available great atheletes are playing something else.
Nope Jif Mia Hamm has retired to be the full time Mrs Nomar...maybe that is why he's having a great season so far.
No doubt US Men are way behind. I think IrishCorey once opined that Collegiate Soccer in the US was at about the 16y/o level in other major soccer nations. Terry
Ugh . Czechmate, 3-0. I followed the game using ESPN's sportstracker, but couldn't find a net feed. Too bad for the Czechs if they've lost Koller.
Once again there was the months of buildup. This was a different team. This time it would be different. You can't judge today's team by past records.....etc., etc. etc. And I'm thinking to myself, why doesn't this bother me more. Why is it something that is easy to accept. And then I rememberd.......... IM A F&$KIN' LIONS FAN
:? It could be worse...the last time we played the Czechs in the World Cup they beat us 5-1... It was brutal and the shame of it is: we are dramatically improved. It just doesn't matter right now. America is not a joke anymore. We fielded a good team that accurately reflected the strength of our national program. We have a pro league that's less than 15 years old, some players who're good enough to play in Europe and one world-class goalie who could use some help. The Czechs, on the other hand, have a pro league that dates to the earliest days of the sport, their players play all over the world and they have so many world-class players at some positions (like center-forward) that they can't play them all at the same time. The only thing that happened today, was the Czechs took us seriously.We're improving, but we're not ready for prime time. We're probably still 15-20 years away. It was like watching Fresno State play Ohio State in football. The Bulldogs are dramatically improved too, but beating the Buckeyes in Columbus is a tad more difficult than beating Weber State... Close your eyes now soccer fans. The only way forward from today's disaster is to beat Italy in Germany. This looks like a job for Fresno State... .....................JO'Co
ugh <t>many of Italy's greatest teams have come when they weren't suppose to win it all. We're in a bad spot. We'll need wins and the remainder of our opponents will play to tie throughout.<br/> <br/> Bruce Arena put forth his worst effort in recent memory. His love of Kasey Keller is beyond explanation. I just don't get it. Never have, never will. The bottom line is that we've never won a game with Keller in the nets. Sometimes, chemistry means something. Anyone remember Keller being the one to run his mouth while the US made their run with him on the pine 4 years ago? I do. Now that he's gotten his shot, can we put him back in charge of the gatorade and backstabbing?<br/> <br/> Just a terrible effort all the way around.<br/> <br/> still, that wont keep me from poking fun at the Dutch in the little bit.</t>
Corey, your brother kept wondering if you were watching and yelling at the TV too..... He was very upset Dad was t one end of the house and Eric the living room you could have heard both of them at least 3 blocks away.. Eric had just spent the weekend in Big Bear at Jessic's softball tournament (they took 1st second tournament in a row) ... But you know how this family can be during world cup ... they go crazy.... its almost as bad as football season