

2017-18 Football/Soccer thread
#21
Posted 11 October 2017 - 05:39 PM
#22
Posted 11 October 2017 - 05:43 PM
https://www.wsj.com/...-fox-1507749391
The failure of the U.S. men’s soccer team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup creates a major headache for broadcaster 21st Century Fox Inc., which faces the prospect of smaller TV audiences and diminished advertiser interest without Team USA on the field.
#23
Posted 11 October 2017 - 05:46 PM
https://www.nytimes....-world-cup.html

COUVA, Trinidad and Tobago — Just win the game. Win the game against Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, the United States national team knew, and nothing else would matter.
But the Americans didn’t win. Over 90 excruciating minutes, and then a half-dozen more in extra time, it all went very, very wrong. Even a tie would have been enough for the Americans. Even with a loss, they still might have been all right, depending on other results. But those went wrong, too.
And so the United States is not going to the World Cup in Russia next summer, but Panama is, and Honduras might. “It was a perfect storm kind of a night, where everything that could have possibly went wrong did, in this stadium and two others,” Michael Bradley, the American captain, said.
To be continued...
#24
Posted 11 October 2017 - 05:48 PM
1st minute Three Games, Three Countries
The ball rolls off the spot to kick off World Cup qualifiers here in Couva, Trinidad; in San Pedro Sula, Honduras; and in Panama City. The United States qualifies for next year’s World Cup with a win or a tie. But if the Americans lose, and Panama and Honduras both post wins, over Costa Rica and Mexico, they’re out. Their opponent, Trinidad, is in last place in the qualifying group, with one win in nine games.
But...
At 17’ Americans Stunned by Own Goal
The first sign of trouble comes at the same time as a hint of potential salvation. In San Pedro Sula, Oribe Peralta gives Mexico a 1-0 lead over Honduras at about the same moment United States defender Omar Gonzalez swings his leg toward Trinidad forward Shahdon Winchester in Couva. Gonzalez and Winchester both are racing to be first to a routine cross, but Winchester gets there first and the ball ricochets off him, then off Gonzalez’s shin, and then in a spinning loop over goalkeeper Tim Howard.
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#25
Posted 11 October 2017 - 06:05 PM
Even with a loss, USA gets in if Panama loses against a solid Costa Rican team. But when Panama is awarded a goal that never crossed the line, USA's fate is sealed...
#26
Posted 11 October 2017 - 06:09 PM
Honduras' win over Mexico featured a bizarre own goal that came off the crossbar, hit the goalie if the head, then went in...
#27
Posted 11 October 2017 - 11:59 PM
Citizen of the World, on 11 October 2017 - 05:39 PM, said:
Edited by blackhawkrush, 12 October 2017 - 12:03 AM.
#28
Posted 12 October 2017 - 11:42 AM
goose, on 11 October 2017 - 06:05 PM, said:
Even with a loss, USA gets in if Panama loses against a solid Costa Rican team. But when Panama is awarded a goal that never crossed the line, USA's fate is sealed...
#29
Posted 12 October 2017 - 12:44 PM
Citizen of the World, on 12 October 2017 - 11:42 AM, said:
goose, on 11 October 2017 - 06:05 PM, said:
Even with a loss, USA gets in if Panama loses against a solid Costa Rican team. But when Panama is awarded a goal that never crossed the line, USA's fate is sealed...

Thanks, Trump.

#30
Posted 14 October 2017 - 12:17 AM
Citizen of the World, on 12 October 2017 - 11:42 AM, said:
goose, on 11 October 2017 - 06:05 PM, said:
Even with a loss, USA gets in if Panama loses against a solid Costa Rican team. But when Panama is awarded a goal that never crossed the line, USA's fate is sealed...

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Posted 14 October 2017 - 11:59 PM


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#36
Posted 28 October 2017 - 12:35 AM


Edited by blackhawkrush, 28 October 2017 - 12:35 AM.
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Posted 29 October 2017 - 12:07 AM


#38
Posted 29 October 2017 - 12:46 PM
Edited by Boots, 29 October 2017 - 12:47 PM.
#39
Posted 03 November 2017 - 02:34 PM
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Posted 03 November 2017 - 02:34 PM
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