**Official USMNT Soccer Thread**

Are you ******g kidding me :stoneface:

I just bought that at retail a month ago :smh: :lol:
 
WTF, I gotta go to my local Marshall's some time this week

O When The Yanks
’95 Yank looking for success in England
US eligible Gboly Ariyibi
There are few better places than Southampton for a British footballer to develop. Over the last couple years they’ve seen Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlin, Wayne Bridge and Luke Shaw rise through their Academy. So when an American joins their Academy at the tender age of 10, people should take notice.

’95 US eligible Gboly Ariyibi joined Southampton Academy in 2005, following a successful year with youth club Quarry Rovers. Southampton seems to specialize in producing top-class wingers and wing-backs, so when the natural winger Ariyibi had a chance to join the Saints he jumped at the chance.



Ariyibi plays on either the left or right wing. He’s a two-footed player and has speed for days. Like any good winger he enjoys taking on players in 1v1 situations and has a flair to him. A 6’0”, he’s got a good frame for his talents.

In the 2012-2013 season, as a U18 Academy player, Ariyibi moved up to train with the Southampton first team on several occasions. He also linked up with the Southampton U21s six times and made three appearances.


However, Ariyibi is at a delicate age for young footballers. He’s now too old for the U18 Academy and is hoping to secure a professional contract. “I’ve had trials at a few clubs, and should be all sorted in the next three weeks or so,” Ariybi told OWTY. Ariyibi continued “I am looking to secure a professional contract here in England. A few Championship/League 1 clubs, and possibly Cardiff, want to see me. I would like to be in the Championship. Brentford, Oxford United, Oxford City, Birmingham City and Bournemouth have expressed the most interest in me as of late.”


Ariyibi has also made his international status very clear: he would love to represent the United States. He has had no contact yet with US Soccer. “I am confident that I am good enough to represent the US Under-20 national squad,” Ariyibi said. “I just haven’t been given the chance yet, but I would love to show the federation what I can do.”

http://owhentheyanks.com/2013/08/23/95-yank-looking-for-success-in-england/
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For US Soccer fans. Bob Bradley's recent appearance on the Dan Patrick Show talking about Egypt & the uprising...
 
Roster for the September WCQs is out. Early-ish by Klinsmann standards...

Brooks is included, will be able to be cap tied. Goodson left out.
Bedoya and Diskerud get in, leaving Corona out in the cold.
Not a surprise...but Landon and Johannsson in at FW.

USMNT WORLD CUP QUALIFYING ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS- Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Nick Rimando
DEFENDER- DaMarcus Beasley, Matt Besler, John Brooks, Geoff Cameron, Edgar Castillo, Brad Evans, Omar Gonzalez, Michael Orozco
MIDFELDERS- Kyle Beckerman, Alejandro Bedoya, Michael Bradley, Mix Diskerud, Fabian Johnson, Jermaine Jones, Graham Zusi
FORWARDS- Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Aron Johannsson, Eddie Johnson
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That Bob Bradley interview w/ DP was great, man. So much love for Bob, he's a great guy and raised one hell of a soccer player.

So many carrying yellow cards going in. Who gets the start????? Predictions??
 
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I know this is the men's thread but gotta give the women's team love. Beating the Mexican team 7 - nil. Sydney Leroux with 4 goals!!!!!!
 
aye just found out that Fri's game is on beIN :smh: the one channel I don't have. NBC, ESPN, FS1 couldn't pick it up? damn. But ESPN made sure to get the mexico game. So I guess it balances out. |I
 
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Picked this up at Marshalls for $35. Reg price is $90...Love it!
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Any chance the receipt has a product number for it for Marshalls?
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Left back? I'm interested in who Klinsmann fields all around & if Jozy is really fit enough to play/contribute. Will Alejandro Bedoya and/or John Brooks play? This Ticos side is decent & I could see us losing this game being it's their field.

Looks like the Klinys & the boys have had to endure some "gamesmanship" :rolleyes :smh:... Regardless, should be a great game to watch.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...elcome-20130906,0,6570121.story#axzz2e86GRzAp


U.S. soccer faces challenges in Costa Rica even before qualifier
By Kevin Baxter
September 6, 2013, 8:12 a.m.

You couldn't blame the U.S. national soccer team if it got out of Costa Rica as soon as possible after Friday night's World Cup qualifier in San Jose. Since the moment the U.S. team arrived Tuesday, the Costa Ricans have proven to be inhospitable hosts.

Which isn't to say the Central Americans don't have reason to be unwelcoming.

The U.S., which sits atop the six-team table in regional qualifying after six matches, can clinch a berth in next summer's World Cup with a victory. But Costa Rican fans believe that should be the fate awaiting their team -- and it might have been had the Central Americans not lost a 1-0 decision to the U.S. in Colorado in March in a game played through a blizzard.

Costa Ricans still blame the U.S. for orchestrating that result, with fans chanting "No fair play, USA" at the American team upon its arrival in San Jose.

"That was not our fault. I didn't call God to give us some snow," U.S. Coach Juergen Klinsmann said. "It was difficult for both teams to play that game but I think you have now a situation, Costa Rica [with] 11 points, close to the World Cup, we have 13 points, close to the World Cup. We both want to get there and I think it's going to be exciting."

At the airport the Americans were forced to endure long lines at customs and immigration rather than being fast-tracked through the process as is customary (the Costa Ricans were not given special treatment on their winter visit to the U.S.). Then the team bus was pelted with eggs on its way to the hotel.

During the week the three training sites suggested by the Costa Rican soccer federation refused to allow the U.S. access -- the team eventually wound up practicing at a dairy where someone dressed as cow in a soccer uniform repeatedly tried to harass Klinsmann by blowing an air horn during a TV interview.

Game balls the Costa Rican federation was supposed to deliver the U.S. team never arrived and on Thursday fans, organized on social media, gathered outside the team hotel to serenade the players as they tried to sleep.

Another social media campaign, this one involving taxi drivers, was being arranged in an attempt to clog the streets Friday afternoon, delaying the team's arrival at the stadium -- where more than 800 police will be deployed to keep order.

At least one U.S. player refused to criticize the gamesmanship, however.

"I love it," the Galaxy's Landon Donovan told FoxSports.com. "You'd much rather play in front of a lot of people that care than a few people that don't."

But if simply getting to the field is a struggle, things may not get much better for the Americans once they're there since Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodriguez has been assigned to officiate the match. One of the most experienced referees in CONCACAF, Rodriguez also has a well-earned reputation for handing out yellow cards -- not a good prospect for a U.S. team with eight players carrying yellow cards. Another caution Friday would keep those players out of Tuesday's qualifier with Mexico in Columbus, Ohio.

"I don't doubt that Marco Antonio Rodriguez is a great referee," Klinsmann told ESPN radio "But at the same time there is something I can't get out of my head. I have eight players with a yellow card and four days later we face Mexico. Truthfully, I don't like this."
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Aight guys, get your predictions in.....

I like 1-1 draw w/ CR drawing a late bull**** penalty.

Landon nets one early for the US.
 
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