OT: Premiership Forum

[puckhead]

so we need to beat Panama and Guadelupe? surely can we do that?
/and stop calling me Shirley

Guadalupe takes a red card 4 minutes in.... that'll help!

 

[puckhead]

Canada beats Guadalupe 1-0.


take THAT, Guadalupeans!!
Next up, Panama on Tuesday

 

[esls79]

Panama is now your group leaders after that joke of a performace by the US.

 

[puckhead]

might as well put the Hassli goal in here, too.
here's a better vid than in the 'bored' thread

 

[jstewismybastardson]

might as well put the Hassli goal in here, too.
here's a better vid than in the 'bored' thread

wonder goal

but lol ... could that tsn graphic "goals scored by interval" have been any larger? lucky they pulled it off the screen so we could see the goal

 

[puckhead]

Holy shit, the Whitecaps actually won again!
2-6-8 now.... within striking distance of a couple of clubs now.
haven't won since the opening game of the year.

 

[puckhead]

this is pretty funny when he goes off on a rant about Tom Cruise

"If he smelled a soccer jockstrap, he'd faint dead away"

 

[SLY]

Clint Dempsey, U.S. top Panama to reach Gold Cup final - ESPN

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i guess they train England goalkeepers to make horrible gaffes at an early
age

go to 1:15

 

[puckhead]

i guess they train England goalkeepers to make horrible gaffes at an early
age

go to 1:15

furthest canada's ever been at a tourney like that, i'd assume?

also... ha ha!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

furthest canada's ever been at a tourney like that, i'd assume?

also... ha ha!

yup ... at the u17 level ... theyve had some good u20 level teams that have picked up results in fifa world cups but the u17 stands alone in terms of being an historical embarrasment

kinda says something about coaching at the youth level in canada ... that the u17 is a shitshow and then some players go overseas get better coaching and the national u20 team gets results


The draw earned Canada its first ever point at the world championships, ending a 13-game losing streak that started in 1987. During that run of losses, Canada had been outscored 45-3.

Read more: Canada earns 1st point at FIFA U-17 World Cup

 

[jstewismybastardson]

woohoo ... vancouver isnt the only city with idiots

/we need one of them water cannon trucks ... maybe in time for canada celebrations Friday??? 200,000 downtown ... stay tuned

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27062011/58/world-football-fans-riot-river-plate-relegated.html

[YOUTUBE]za-6sPXuaYA[/YOUTUBE]

 

[mooger_35]

we need one of them water cannon trucks

I was calling for those when the Vancouver riot was happening.

 

[puckhead]

woohoo ... vancouver isnt the only city with idiots

/we need one of them water cannon trucks ... maybe in time for canada celebrations Friday??? 200,000 downtown ... stay tuned

I thought VPD had tested one of them new fangled sonic cannons a couple of years ago.
what's the point of having toys, if you won't use them?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

soccer catchall thread?

good work by Brunt

For those skeptical about the game in general, and those fans of men’s soccer who can’t quite wrap their heads around watching the women, comes a pretty definitive counterargument: a display of toughness drawn straight from the national hockey mythology, followed by a piece of skill worthy of any elite male player.

Both were provided by Christine Sinclair, Canada’s captain at the Women’s World Cup, the greatest soccer talent of either gender the country has produced, who played on despite suffering a broken nose, who scored on a picture-perfect free kick against Germany, the storybook hero in one of those losses that feels like a win.

http://twitpic.com/5hpcm3



good burnaby girl!!!

BERLIN—Her goal was brilliant, but Christine Sinclair’s highlight Sunday was a battle on the sidelines with her own medical staff as they tried to treat her broken nose.

Sinclair was struck in the face by a brushback elbow from German defender Babett Peter in the 48th minute of Sunday’s match. She crumpled to the ground, and was helped off the pitch by a pair of medics.

When she took her hands away from her face, it was clear that her nose was bent over nearly perpendicular to her face. As one doctor tried to tend her, Sinclair repeatedly brushed away his hands and screamed, “I want to play.”

Sinclair looked past the men at coach Carolina Morace. There appeared to be tears in her eyes.

“The doctor said to me, ‘Her nose is broken. She can’t play,’” said Morace afterward. “I asked him what she’d be risking. He said, ‘If she gets hit again in the face, it will be worse and maybe she’ll need surgery.’ But she looked at me and said, ‘Let me play.’”

Sinclair went back onto the field on an absolute tear.

A few minutes later, she collided heavily in mid-air with a German. Sinclair popped up, looked back at her opponent, who was looking worse for wear, and screamed, “Get up!”

“I looked at her — she takes the front post on corners — and I thought, ‘Oh my,’” said Canadian goalkeeper Erin MacLeod. “Her nose was like a big zig-zag. I said, ‘Do you really want to still be here?’ And she said, ‘Yeah, I got it.’ She’s tough. She wears the armband for a reason.”

 

[puckhead]

good for her. that's a good Canadian kid.
Reminds me of Steve Nash - the toughest cat in the NBA, too.

Dwayne Wade would have needed a wheelchair and traction for this one.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I thought VPD had tested one of them new fangled sonic cannons a couple of years ago.
what's the point of having toys, if you won't use them?

that shit is awesome ... i first saw that acoustic weapon on a whale hunt protesting documentary ... however, I believe its against the criminal code of canada for police to indiscriminately fire that thing into a crowd

 

[SLY]

<-- Not a fan of the U.S. Women's new kit.

 

[puckhead]

Toronto FC beat Whitecaps 1-0 on a penalty kick tonight in the Nutralite thingie.
this was the game that was restarted from a few weeks ago.... and Vancouver's goal was wiped off the board.
that goal certainly would have come in handy

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Toronto FC beat Whitecaps 1-0 on a penalty kick tonight in the Nutralite thingie.
this was the game that was restarted from a few weeks ago.... and Vancouver's goal was wiped off the board.
that goal certainly would have come in handy

nope

tonight was a regular season MLS game

the replay of the Nutralite championshio game is Saturday July 2nd. Whitecaps are playing for the cup ... rested a lot of regulars for tonights game

/in other news TFC signed Torsten Frings ... german world cup vet ... very good midfield signing