On the Eve of the new Season...

[lagas]

funny stuff...

<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2010/5/26/1488312/US-2010-world-cup-roster-America-athletes
">what if the best american athletes played soccer?[/url]

[vansmack]

funny stuff...

what if the best american athletes played soccer?

I fixed the link for you.   That's pretty funny stuff.

I also liked this one:

THE WORLD CUP, TRANSLATED INTO AMERICAN

If you're American, soccer probably isn't your cuppa tea. But, due to ESPN's admirably relentless promotion (they'll be unleashing their three Big B's: Bob Ley, Bill Simmons and Bono), you're probably at least a little curious about the World Cup, if you're a sports fan anyway. But when it comes to going the extra mile and actually learning about all the teams, perhaps that sounds like something for which you can't be bothered.

I'm here to help.

What follows is a list of every one of the World Cup's 32 teams, alongside the American sports team it most parallels. Some of these analogies are slightly better than tenuous. Some of them are dead-on. All of them are at least a decent starting point to give you a frame of reference. 

[Barcelona]

So my World Cup plans are almost finalized.

Then Barcelona for Spain vs Switzerland.

Haven´t visited the forum in a while so a bit lost. you mean you will be in Barcelona for the Spain Switzerland game? you won´t find a crazy environment at all for this game. FC Barcelona is our religion, Spain, we have mixed feelings, you may actually find quite a lot of people who want Spain to lose even in this World Cup where probably 6 players of the starting 11 come from barcelona lower divisions. Skip Barcelona or the Basque country for the World Cup, watch it in Valencia or Sevilla.

[vansmack]

Thanks for the tip Barcelona.  We were heading to Madrid but need to be in Barcelona for the next leg of our trip.  Maybe we'll find another city to watch the match in before heading to Barcelona for our flight to Venice.

[vansmack]

At 3am this morning I had a revelation...

I hate Spain too!  Barcelona sounds perfect!

[godsshoeshine]

hahahah

i'm totally jealous for the record

[vansmack]

i'm totally jealous for the record

We have an  odd number still and I'm the off-man-out so its not too late to join us.

The flight to London never came down ($1k) but everything else is getting cheaper by the day. Long live the Euro!

[godsshoeshine]

can i bring the baby

[vansmack]

can i bring the baby

I don't think I'm the correct person to ask.


MIIIILLLLLLLWWWWAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!

[godsshoeshine]

rafa out, surprised = no one

i am trying to wrap my head around how they're going to do better especially without torres, mascherano, gerrard ect

[vansmack]

rafa out, surprised = no one

Apparently these guys are surprised....

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/liverpool/30131/photos-liverpool-fans-burn-us-flag-in-protest-over-hicks-gillett-regime.html

Stay classy, Anfield.

[hutch]

what a bummer that drogba is out... rio ferdinand probably too

I have to say that playing "friendlies" before the start of WC is idiotic.. At least Maradona got that right.

[vansmack]

what a bummer that drogba is out... rio ferdinand probably too

I have to say that playing "friendlies" before the start of WC is idiotic.. At least Maradona got that right.

Wrong thread.  This is for the leagues.  Sweetcell was getting confused so he started his own WC thread.

[godsshoeshine]

rafa out, surprised = no one

Apparently these guys are surprised....

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/liverpool/30131/photos-liverpool-fans-burn-us-flag-in-protest-over-hicks-gillett-regime.html

Stay classy, Anfield.

holy fucking hell

cant wait to bust those out on americans that root for liverpool

[vansmack]

holy fucking hell

cant wait to bust those out on americans that root for liverpool

No kidding.  I'm thinking of paying for Steven Cohen today.  My brother in law is looking to buy a Liverpool jersey just to take a picture of him taking a shit on it. 

I personally, think they should have burned a spanish flag as it was all of Rafa's crappy purchases that really cost them.